WikiLeaks: More on NZ's Unifil Contributions - 27/09/06

September 27, 2006 More on NZ's Unifil contributions

date:2006-09-27T22:51:00 source:Embassy Wellington origin:06WELLINGTON760 destination:VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHWL #0760 2702251 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 272251Z SEP 06 FM AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON TO RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT IMMEDIATE 0003 RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE 4552 RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0068 RUEKJCS/OSD WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RHHJJAA/JICPAC HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE classification:CONFIDENTIAL reference:06WELLINGTON727 ?C O N F I D E N T I A L WELLINGTON 000760

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/28/2016 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, MARR, MOPS, NZ, UN, LE SUBJECT: MORE ON NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS

REF: WELLINGTON 727

Classified By: DCM David J. Keegan, for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)

1. (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a 6-person technical team for UNMAS/UNIFIL, pending UN approval and the identification of force protection and logistics support. The team will offer technical assistance on demining and unexploded ordinances work, and will undertake surveys of mine sites. It will be deployed for 12-months from October.

2. (C) Paterson said that the UN has already accepted GNZ's offer of a 4-person demining team (reftel). GNZ is still working to get the appropriate force protection for the team, and assumes this will come through soon. Keegan

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