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Viewing cable 08JERUSALEM1149, UNRWA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FOOD

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08JERUSALEM1149 2008-07-02 12:00 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Jerusalem
VZCZCXRO8089
PP RUEHROV
DE RUEHJM #1149 1841200
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 021200Z JUL 08
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1974
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 2508
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0155
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 001149 
 
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR PRM/FO, PRM/ANE, NEA/IPA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL
 
SUBJECT: UNRWA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FOOD 
PROGRAMS 
 
REF(S): Jerusalem 1045 
 
1. (SBU) UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, briefing 
donors at UNRWA's annual food aid meeting in Jerusalem on June 30, 
expressed concern about shortfalls in donor funding for its food 
program.  The regular food program, funded outside UNRWA's regular 
budget, aims to support roughly 66,000 destitute families across 
UNRWA's five fields, while UNRWA's emergency program supports a 
total of 195,000 families in the West Bank and Gaza.  Both programs 
face severe budget shortfalls in part due to higher food prices, 
forcing cuts in rations at a time when WFP and UNRWA assess that 
there is increased need.  Grandi urged donors to consider additional 
in-kind or cash assistance for UNRWA's 2008 food programs.  End 
Summary. 
 
UNRWA Faces Shortfalls in Food Programs 
--------------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) On June 30, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Filippo 
Grandi used the annual food aid meeting in Jerusalem to alert donors 
to budget shortfalls and possible cutbacks in food rations to 
vulnerable refugees.  He emphasized the importance of UNRWA's food 
assistance program in ensuring that the most vulnerable refugees 
maintain an acceptable standard of living.  Since most donors have 
different funding mechanisms for food aid and for general 
humanitarian or development aid, UNRWA manages its food program 
budget separately from the General Fund, he said.  While UNRWA's 
regular food program in 2008 is 81 percent funded, UNRWA is 
concerned that the 2009 food program will be even more underfunded. 
Grandi also expressed concern that the 2008 emergency food 
assistance specific to the West Bank and Gaza remains 62 percent 
funded at present. 
 
UNRWA May Reduce Regular 
Food Basket by 40 percent 
------------------------- 
 
3. (SBU) Director for Relief and Social Services Beth Kuttab 
explained that budget shortfalls in the food program are due to 
higher global food prices -- the cost of UNRWA's food basket 
increased from USD 18 in 2006 to USD 40 currently -- and UNRWA's 
reform of the Special Hardship Program (SHP).  The SHP assists 
roughly 66,000 refugee families in UNRWA's five fields. 
 
4. (SBU) UNRWA has reformed the SHP program in the last year by 
changing eligibility based on "age and gender biased" criteria to 
eligibility based on verifiable household data.  The goal of the 
reform is to improve targeting toward refugees living in "abject 
poverty," which UNRWA defines as families not able to meet their 
basic food needs.  The previous SHP provided the same benefit to all 
families (USD 166/person/year), while the reformed program seeks to 
lift each eligible family out of abject poverty through a 
combination of food and cash assistance. 
 
5. (SBU) The cost of the reformed program rose from USD 35 million 
in 2007 to USD 58.3 million in 2008. (Note: USD 15.5 million of the 
increase is due to higher food prices and USD 7 million of the 
increase is due to the SHP reform.  End Note.)  The SHP reform will 
be further expanded in 2009, requiring a total budget of USD 70.4 
million.  With anticipated changes in 2009 to European Commission 
funding for food aid programs worldwide, UNRWA worries that its 2009 
food program will experience a shortfall of USD 47.5 million.  To 
compensate for the shortfall, UNRWA is considering cuts to the food 
basket that would reduce caloric intake from 1,700 calories to 
1,000, or in the worst case scenario, 700 calories per person. 
 
Emergency Food Assistance Also Faces Cuts 
----------------------------------------- 
 
6. (SBU) UNRWA Project Manager for the Emergency Program Sam Rose 
said emergency food aid is provided to 125,000 refugee families in 
Gaza and 70,000 in the West Bank.  Emergency food aid is provided to 
refugee families who have lost their source of income or whose 
income has dropped below the poverty line.  With current shortfalls 
of USD 40 million out of a total USD 105.6 million emergency food 
budget, UNRWA expects it will only be able to distribute four out of 
the five planned rounds of assistance in Gaza and only two of the 
planned four rounds in the West Bank.  These cutbacks would result 
in the provision of only 50 percent of caloric needs per recipient 
in Gaza and 18 percent of caloric needs in the West Bank.  Grandi 
concluded the meeting with an appeal to donors to "dig deep" and 
consider additional in-kind or cash contributions in 2008 for 
UNRWA's food programs.