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SUBJECT: GOH PREPARES FOR JULY 25 DONORS, CONFERENCE 
 
¶1.  (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please 
protect accordingly. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Summary: The GOH is beginning to get into high gear 
for the July 25 Donors' Conference.  Minister of Finance 
Daniel Dorsainvil outlined the GOH's priorities for the 
Conference: closing the financing gap, allocating existing 
donor activities to the Social Appeasement Program (French 
acronym, PAS), and finding new investments for the extension 
of the Interim Cooperation Framework (ICF) through 2007. 
Dorsainvil said his personal priority is to leave the 
Conference with an honest assessment of the pledges -- how 
much will be available and when.  The Haitian National Police 
and UN Police are working together to ensure that proper 
security measures are in place for the Donors' Conference. 
As the Conference logistics come together, the expectations 
of certain GOH officials are increasing.  However, 
Dorsainvil's modest goals for the Conference results were a 
refreshing sign of realism.  End Summary. 
 
GOH Preparations Underway 
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¶3.  (U) The GOH is moving into high gear for the July 25 
Donors' Conference.  According to the lead organizer, Anthony 
Dessources from the Ministry of Planning, there are no major 
crises, but some glitches remain.  In this week's planning 
meeting, the six committees -- conference document, support, 
security, public relations, protocol, and budget -- shared 
information and tracked last-minute logistical concerns, like 
parking and a timely translation of the conference document. 
The GOH circulated the conference document in its latest 
draft form, which is still very general and lacks budget 
figures.  (Note: Details have been forwarded to WHA/CAR and 
AID/LAC by email.  End note.)  The Executive Core Donors' 
Group will meet with the Ministries of Finance and Planning 
on July 13 to press them for final documents, including 
budget figures, by early next week. 
 
MOF Dorsainvil Outlines GOH Priorities 
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¶4.  (SBU) Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil told A/DCM 
and Econoff July 10 that the GOH has three priorities for the 
Donors' Conference: 
 
-- closing the financing gap of USD 18 million for this year 
and USD 104.5 million for the 2006/2007 fiscal year, which he 
said could drop to USD 40 million if the GOH obtains debt 
relief.  (Note: Dorsainvil's 2006 figures differ somewhat 
from others we have seen.  Per septel, International Monetary 
Fund Resident Representative Ugo Fasano reported a financing 
gap of USD 111.5 million.  End note.)  Dorsainvil said he is 
not yet confident the GOH has donor commitments to close the 
financing gap even for this fiscal year.  (Separately, the EU 
delegation told us that the EU plans to contribute 10 million 
Euros toward this year's deficit, with additional funds under 
consideration for 2006/2007.) 
 
-- allocating existing donor activities to the Social 
Appeasement Program (French acronym, PAS).  Dorsainvil 
explained the PAS as a vehicle to quickly disburse donor 
funds that are already in the pipeline.  He acknowledged that 
donors cannot easily mobilize new funds to support the PAS 
and at this stage can only, at best, re-package existing 
commitments under the PAS rubric.  (Separately, Fasano told 
us that his GOH contacts did indeed report new funds to be 
provided to the PAS as a subject of the government's broader 
infrastructure rehabilitation project.) 
 
-- finding new investments for the extension of the Interim 
Cooperation Framework (ICF), which will tackle broader 
problems like security and justice. 
 
¶5.  (SBU) Dorsainvil said his personal priority is to leave 
the Donors' Conference with an honest assessment of the 
pledges -- how much is available and when it will be 
disbursed.  More than large numbers, he wants the right 
numbers and "predictability," so that he can properly adjust 
next year's budget.  Already he said that he had given each 
 
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line ministry a budget ceiling, following consultations with 
an International Monetary Fund team that visited Haiti in 
June.  These envelopes will be discussed at a cabinet meeting 
July 12, Dorsainvil said. 
 
Security Plan Ready 
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¶6.  (U) The Haitian National Police (HNP) and UN Police 
(UNPol) have joined forces to ensure that proper security 
measures are in place for the July 24 and 25 conference 
dates.  The HNP will post over 400 police to the conference 
site, intensify patrols, and reinforce static points in the 
capital.  UNPol will station an extra 100 police around 
Port-au-Prince with an additional 25 at the conference site. 
 
¶7.  (SBU) Comment:  The GOH is urgently making last-minute 
preparations for the Donors' Conference.  However, as the 
logistical preparations come together, the GOH's expectations 
for the conference results are increasing.  Dorsainvil is a 
savvy and experienced politician who has realistic goals for 
the up-coming Donors' Conference, but it is not clear that 
other government officials have such modest expectations. 
Post will continue to remind GOH officials that although the 
international community supports Haiti, it is government 
action and not donors' pledges that will indicate to 
parliamentarians, the private sector and the population at 
large that the country is finally moving forward. 
SANDERSON