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Viewing cable 08KABUL585, UNHCR Moves to Zone Defense in Afghanistan But Donors Have

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KABUL585 2008-03-08 03:32 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kabul
VZCZCXRO6088
OO RUEHIK RUEHPW RUEHYG
DE RUEHBUL #0585/01 0680332
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 080332Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3165
INFO RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/OSD WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
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RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KABUL 000585 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SCA/FO DAS CAMP, SCA/A, PRM 
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR AID/ANE, AID/DCHA/DG 
NSC FOR JWOOD 
OSD FOR SHIVERS 
CG CJTF-82, POLAD, JICCENT 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
SUBJECT:  UNHCR Moves to Zone Defense in Afghanistan But Donors Have 
Other Plans 
 
KABUL 00000585  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary.  UNHCR is urging donors to concentrate their 
refugee assistance projects in distinct geographic zones.  Their 
proposal would have major donors working around ongoing efforts of 
the Japanese in the east, the Germans in the north, and the Italians 
in the west.  Major donors who are already focusing on these regions 
in response to need prefer a programmatic rather than geographic 
approach.  Post is closely tracking donor funding and encouraging 
enhanced coordination to avoid duplication or funding gaps in 
program and geographic areas. 
 
U.S. and EC Would Get The Leftovers 
----------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) UNHCR used a January meeting to raise the idea of assigning 
donors to geographic zones.  Major donors (U.S., European Commission 
Humanitarian Organization (ECHO) and European Commission (EC)) 
recognized that this would leave them responsible for the South 
where security challenges are most severe and where needs are not 
necessarily the greatest.  We asked for further time to consider the 
proposal and, in a follow-up meeting,  preliminarily decided to 
maintain a programmatic approach in Afghanistan rather than a 
regional or geographic approach.  While all donors may put 
significant funds into the east, west, and north, where the majority 
of refugees are likely to return, none wanted to agree to be 
responsible for an area where monitoring and evaluation are 
difficult, or to be discouraged from working in zones covered by 
other donors. 
 
German and Italian Funding:  Limited and Not Strictly 
Geographically-Focused 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
3. (SBU) UNHCR's geographic zone approach makes sense in that it 
would, in principle, use resources from other sources to complement 
existing German and Italian programs in the zones defined by their 
PRTs.  But German and Italian funding is sparse, and even they do 
not confine their assistance to areas around their PRTs.  The 
Germans, who run PRTs in northern Kunduz and Badakshan provinces, 
have only 2 million euros for 2008 refugee assistance, one million 
of which they have already decided to use to connect a village in 
western Afghanistan on the outskirts of Herat (where German 
development agency GTZ built a water system last year) to Herat's 
city water system.  Furthermore, the Italian-run PRT in Herat does 
not even currently conduct medical assistance missions in their 
areas.  A major increase in Italian refugee assistance funding is 
unlikely. 
 
European Community Funding: Nangarhar Is The Big Winner 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
 
4. (SBU) Both ECHO and the EC focus on the eastern province of 
Nangarhar.  The EC will spend a total of 13.5 million euros on 
refugee issues, funding UN Habitat (5 million euros) to build 
shelter in the Sheik Misri Land Allocation Scheme (LAS) program near 
Jalalabad.  (The EC put no money into the LAS program in 2007, so 
their funding may reflect growing confidence in the program's 
future.)  The EC will also give 6.5 million euros to UNHCR, 1.5 
million euros to the Norwegian Refugee Council and 800,000 euros to 
HELP, a German NGO.  The EC will also fund projects in Districts 6 
and 7 of Kabul City, and will add District 13 and 5 (specific 
funding figures are unavailable).  Embassy urged the EC 
representative to stay in close touch with USAID's Office of Foreign 
Disaster Assistance, which is planning a Kabul urban shelter 
project. 
 
5. (SBU) ECHO will give 7 million euros to UNHCR and 8.5 million 
euros directly to NGOs for shelter and water/sanitation projects 
(ECHO cannot fund schools or clinics).  ECHO will focus shelter 
construction in Nangarhar, Paktia, and Herat (Faryan and Shindan 
districts), as well as a planned LAS site in Farah.  While all 
donors face shrinking budgets for Afghanistan, ECHO is plussing up 
its funding, particularly for humanitarian and disaster relief 
activities. 
 
The Japanese Give Big Money Behind The Scenes 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
 
KABUL 00000585  002.3 OF 002 
 
 
6. (SBU) Japan is providing $36 million (from a one-time Japanese 
Diet contribution) to UN organizations for refugee assistance in 
2008.  Programs will include: 1) $10 million to UNHCR to support the 
repatriation cash grant, 2,000 shelters (location tbd), and 
information sharing projects for Afghans considering repatriation; 
2) $12 million to UN Habitat for programs in Nangarhar, Laghman, and 
Kunar (all in the east) to create Community Development Councils and 
fund their block grants; 3) $9 million to the International 
Organization for Migration (IOM) to fund vocational training and 
shelters for Afghan deportees from Iran in Herat and Faryab 
provinces (in the west and northwest); and 4) $5 million to the 
World Food Program (WFP) for vocational training and food-for-work 
programs in Herat and Faryab. 
 
7. (SBU) Due to security concerns, Japan funnels all funds through 
the UN organizations, leaving most of the monitoring and evaluation 
to them.  Japan also has a Grassroots Assistance Grant Program 
(GAGP) "to meet local needs promptly."  GAGP funds 50-70 projects 
countrywide for roughly $90,000 each.  Projects focus on local 
infrastructure support, not specifically refugees, and target school 
construction, irrigation systems, vocational training, demining, 
roads/bridges, etc.  Japan also allocates less than $1 million to 
Japanese NGOs for a few small projects.  Due to Afghanistan's 
security situation, the Japanese Embassy advises Japanese NGOs not 
to work directly in-country. 
 
USG Should Focus Assistance on Programmatic Approach, Not Geographic 
Zones 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
8. (SBU) Post continues to press UNHCR to take a national 
programmatic approach rather than be locked into a geographic, 
formula-driven approach for the distribution of PRM's direct NGO 
funding ($9-10 million).  We are also pushing for enhanced donor 
coordination to ensure that donors and dollars do not all get 
channelled to certain provinces like Nangarhar to the exclusion of 
others, or fund only shelter programs without the accompanying 
social services.  Focusing on "pull factor" projects -- schools, 
clinics, livelihood development, and targeted shelter programs -- is 
imperative this year as large numbers of Afghans are expected to 
return home after decades in Pakistan and Iran. 
 
WOOD