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STATE FOR EUR/UBI (REITER), EB/IFD/ODF (WAECHTER) 
STATE ALSO FOR NEA/ELA (ALLEN) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN EAID PREL LE NL
SUBJECT: URGING SUPPORT FOR LEBANON -- DUTCH RESPONSE 
 
REF: A. STATE 2781 
 
     ¶B. THE HAGUE 1913 
 
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ACCORDINGLY. 
 
¶1. (U) Emboffs delivered January 15 reftel A points urging 
ministerial level representation and donor support for 
Lebanon at the Paris Donor's Conference on January 25 to 
Peter van der Bloemen, Desk Officer, Syria and Lebanon, 
Middle East and North Africa Division, Dutch Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs (MFA). Econoff delivered reftel A points 
separately to Joost Andriessen, Head, Humanitarian Aid 
Division, MFA. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Van der Bloemen confirmed that Dutch Foreign 
Minister Bot will head the Dutch delegation to Paris III. 
Other members of the delegation include Director General for 
Political Affairs Peter de Gooijer, Director for North Africa 
and Middle East Henrietta van Lynden-Leijten, and the 
PolCouns from the Dutch Embassy in Paris. Van der Bloemen 
said the Dutch may seek a bilateral between Secretary Rice 
and Bot, adding that a discussion between de Gooijer and his 
counterpart in the U.S. delegation would suffice if a 
bilateral was not possible. To that end, van der Bloemen 
requested a list of the U.S. delegation. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Van der Bloemen said the Dutch plan a reconstruction 
program that includes a series of small, 300,000-400,000 euro 
projects including: capacity-building measures for local 
government in southern Lebanon, training forensics experts in 
Lebanese police forces, dialogues between different parts of 
Lebanese society organized by the Dutch embassy in Beirut, 
and --  in coordination with the US and UK -- a possible 
Dutch contribution to security sector reform efforts. The 
Dutch plan to budget 1.5 million euros for these projects in 
2007, van der Bloemen added. 
 
¶4.  (U)  ACTION REQUEST:  The Dutch also requested a list of 
USG delegates to Paris III.  If available, please forward to 
Jay Heung at heungj2@state.gov for forwarding to Dutch MFA 
officials.  END ACTION REQUEST. 
ARNALL