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Viewing cable 07OTTAWA349, GOC PLANS FOR WHO POLIO CONSULTATION

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07OTTAWA349 2007-02-26 18:02 2011-04-28 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ottawa 
VZCZCXYZ0028
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHOT #0349 0571802
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 261802Z FEB 07
FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5066
INFO RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA 0068
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 1066
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 0782
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0107
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0862
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 2143
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0383
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0937
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 1330
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 3300
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS 0595
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1226
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0288
 
UNCLAS OTTAWA 000349 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR WHA, OES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO EAID SENV CA
SUBJECT: GOC PLANS FOR WHO POLIO CONSULTATION 
 
REF: STATE 20845 
 
1. (U) ESTH discussed WHO DG Chan's upcoming high-level 
consultation on polio eradication with GOC officials from 
Health Canada and Foreign Affairs Canada and provided a 
non-paper drawn from reftel.  Our interlocutors were well 
aware of Dr. Chan's initiative but were still deciding who 
would represent Canada in Geneva and were thus grateful to 
learn who planned to lead the U.S. delegation.  They have 
since advised that Canada will be represented at the 
consultation by Geneva mission CIDA counselor Peter Oldham 
and CIDA senior health advisor Garry Aslanyan. 
 
2. (SBU) Canadian officials were likewise aware of the 
funding gap facing the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 
2007-08.  They noted the importance Canada attaches to 
eradicating polio and stressed that Prime Minister Harper was 
fully supportive and considered the GPEI a priority.  At the 
meeting, the delegation will reinforce continuing strong 
Canadian support for polio eradication efforts.  Canada 
contributed C$45 million to polio eradication in 2006-07, and 
was contributing an additional C$5 million for polio 
eradication in Afghanistan.  Our contacts said Canada had 
made no decisions about additional contributions to meet the 
funding gap, but noted active development assistance programs 
in the regions where polio seemed to be making a comeback. 
Any immediate additional support would be focused on efforts 
at the country level in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. 
(Canada does not have a donor relationship with India, at the 
latter's request.) 
 
Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa 
 
WILKINS