Cablegate: Portugal: Demarche On International Coordination

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FM AMEMBASSY LISBON
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8074

UNCLAS LISBON 000030

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DEPT FOR WHA/FO STACY WILLIAMS
DEPT ALSO FOR S/ES-O TFHA01 MELISSA ROSSER AND AID/A MAURA
O'NEILL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREF EAID PHUM PGOV UN HA PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION
AND REGISTRATION OF DONATIONS FOR HAITI

REF: STATE 4909

On January 20, Poleconoff delivered reftel points to Joao
Batista, Deputy Director of the Americas Department at the
Portuguese MFA, urging the Portuguese government and major
private sector donors to use OCHA's Financial Tracking System
to register their donations. Batista thanked us for the
notice and said he would provide the information to others
within the MFA and other ministries.

For more reporting from Embassy Lisbon and information about Portugal,
please see our Intelink site:

http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/portal:port ugal
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