VZCZCXRO1538
PP RUEHAST
DE RUEHRK #0305 2371649
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 251649Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2923
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 0007
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0066

UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000305 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/NB, NEA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID PREL LE SW IC
SUBJECT:  LEBANON: ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTION AND DONOR CONFERENCE 
ATTENDANCE PLANS 
 
REFS: A) STATE 139903 
  B) Jaskel - F. Evans - B. Evans emails 8/25 
 
¶1.  (U) To date, the Government of Iceland (GOI) has announced 
donations of ISK 24 million ($340,000) in humanitarian aid to 
Lebanon.  The pledges were divided between a 27 July tranche to UN 
agencies and local NGO Church Aid Iceland, and a 15 August tranche 
split between the World Food Program and International Committee of 
the Red Cross.  (Note: the GOI's entire budget for FY2006 is roughly 
$4.5 billion.  End note.) 
 
¶2.  (U) On 24 August the MFA's Minister Counselor for International 
Organization and Near East Affairs told post that the GOI had no 
immediate plans to increase its assistance to Lebanon but would 
continue to look for opportunities where Icelandic assistance could 
be particularly helpful.  Iceland will be represented at the 
Stockholm Donors' Conference by Icelandic Ambassador to Sweden 
Gudmundur Arni Stefansson. 
 
VAN VOORST