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Viewing cable 05HELSINKI1186, FINLAND INCREASES ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTANI

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05HELSINKI1186 2005-11-10 08:48 2011-04-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Helsinki
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS HELSINKI 001186 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID PHUM PK PREL FI
SUBJECT: FINLAND INCREASES ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTANI 
RELIEF EFFORT 
 
REF: SECSTATE 200915 
 
1. (U) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA officials 
noted that they would increase their Pakistan earthquake 
relief assistance by another EUR 4M (approximately USD 
4.4M). This increase--pending Parliament approval--would 
bring Finland's total official contribution to over EUR 9M 
(or approximately USD 11M). 
 
2. (U) Finland current official contributions are as 
follows: 
 
--1.0 M EUR to Red Cross Field Hospitals 
--2.7 M EUR for the purchase of 6,000 winter tents 
--1,000 winter tents from the Ministry of Defense/Interior 
   (valued at 0.8 M EUR) 
--0.3 M EUR for building materials and health care 
   (through FinnChurchAid) 
--0.15 M EUR for hospital construction 
   (through the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission) 
--31 medical personnel and other experts 
--2 experts to UNDAC team 
--2 Finnish rescue force experts to UN Support Team 
 
3. (U) In addition, Finland's private contributions are as 
follows: 
--185,600 EUR from private donations to FinnChurchAid 
--50,000 EUR from private donations to the Finnish 
Evangelical Lutheran Mission 
 
4. (U) The GoF plans to send Matti Pullinen, Deputy Director 
General for Americas and Asia, to the Pakistan Donors 
Conference on November 19. 
 
HYATT