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OO RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV
DE RUEHRO #1325 1661336
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 151336Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8347
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT PRIORITY 0288
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM PRIORITY 0433
RUEHFL/AMCONSUL FLORENCE PRIORITY 2460
RUEHMIL/AMCONSUL MILAN PRIORITY 8744
RUEHNP/AMCONSUL NAPLES PRIORITY 2621

UNCLAS ROME 001325 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR PRM/ANE, HILARY INGRAHAM AND NEA, KATHERINE ALLEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL KWBG EU LE IT
SUBJECT: NO ITALIAN BILATERAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR UNRWA 
FLASH APPEAL IN LEBANON AND EMERGENCY APPEAL IN WEST BANK 
AND GAZA 
 
REF: STATE 78944 
 
¶1.  (SBU)  Econoff discussed reftel points with several 
contacts at the MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) 
June 11 and 14.  Contacts stated that there were no MFA 
bilateral assistance funds available to assist Lebanon; 
rather, ODC and the Italian Embassy in Beirut would work with 
the UN and/or the World Health Organization to ensure that a 
portion of Italy's multilateral assistance budget would go 
toward aiding Palestinian refugees in the near future. 
(Note:  The ODC prefers working with multilateral 
institutions like the UN, given ODC's limited capacity to 
carry out assistance programs itself.  End note.) 
 
¶2.  (U)  Additionally, poloff shared reftel points with MFA's 
UN Office Director, who had no comments. 
Spogli