Transcript La situation des IDPs

Briefing on the Situation in
SOMALIA
IASC, 28 May 2008
Ute Kollies, GCMS
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Current Developments
• Security Council Briefing ,
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14 May by DPA
New Security Council
Resolution 1814
Peace Talks in Djibouti
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communiqué
New Humanitarian
Coordinator in place
• Increased food insecurity
• Continuous displacements
• Reduced humanitarian
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access
Piracy
Human rights abuses,
including torture, rape,
killings, arbitrary arrests
Abductions /kidnappings
of humanitarian workers
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« Low »lights
• Soaring food prices, deepening drought and delayed Gu
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season rains lead to a detereoration of the situation
with about 2.6 million people (35% of total population)
in need of assistance;
Additional 600,000 urban poor particularly vulnerable ,
as shilling was devalued - Hyperinflation
Insecurity hampers delivery of assistance
(South Central and Puntland)
Except for Food Aid Cluster all clusters are downscaling
operations
42,000 newly displaced in April alone
Third week of April heaviest fighting experienced this
year.
Over 16,000 arrivals at the coast of Yemen (Jan-Apr)
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«Low »lights ctd...
• Poor harvests
• Cereal price rise of over 80%
• Increase of people in need expected to possibly rise to
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3.5 million!!! By year end
Very critical nutrition situation with GAM at 24.1% and
SAM at 2.8%
Jan-April: 24,828 AWD cases reported
After a mosque raid, 41 children arrested
CAP funding at 35%
IDP numbers doubled from 325,000 in 2007 to 750,000
in 2008- 82% of new IDPS in most vulnerable regions of
Lower and Middle Shabelle
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Highlights
• 23,000 MT of food distributed to 1.2 million
beneficiaries, despite difficult security
environment
• ARS met with SRSG and agreed to talk to the TFG
• Peace talks in Djibouti
SC resolution 1814
• supports UN peacekeeping troops SUBJECT TO
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broad based political and security agreements
and IMPROVED conditions on the ground
Supports the SG’s approach and welcomes a
comprehensive and integrated UN strategy for
peace and security
Relocation of UNPOS from Nairobi to Somalia
foreseen
CP for eventual PK deployment to continue
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Capacity & Response
114 International Staff plus 652 National Staff
across 15 locations
Food:
• WFP requests an additional 123 million USD or 117,067
MT – 2 million beneficiaries targeted
• Shipping delays affect pipeline
• WFP partners with CARE to feed 677,500 people in the
central regions of Mudug and Galgaduud
• WFP achieved 87% of the planned distributions
and distributed 21,147 MT to 1.2 million beneficiaries
• WFP and DRC entered agreement on wet feeding
programme in Mogadishu (50,000 people per day)
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Capacity & Response
Livelihoods & Food Security:
• In drought affected regions, FAO(with COOPI and CISP)
supports 3,000 households with supplies for fishing,
farming etc.
• In Lower Shabelle, FAO/WFP provide cash and food for
work for rural infrastructure rehabilitation:
30 kms of river embankment
300 kms of irrigation canals
4 water catchments
150 kms of feeder roads
• In Awdal region, FAO and Min. of Livestock work on an intra
cluster animal health intervention and restocking , following
mass mortality of lifestock of pastoralists
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Capacity & Response
Nutrition:
• Nutrition assessments undertaken reporting serious GAM at
24.1%
• Resumption of some emergency nutrition interventions
• 8 new supplementary feeding programmes and 8 outpatient
therapeutic feeding programmes in Diinsoor (IMC/UNICEF)
• 44,000 children registered in IDP corridor for 10 kg blended
food ration distribution in 1. Week of May
• Baidoa experiences increased nutrition vulnerability –
integrated response considered
• Nutrition programmes were delayed or interrupted due to
insecurity
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Capacity & Response
Health:
• Decrease in AWD cases in comparison to last year
• Priorities : provision of Acute Flaccid paralysis surveillance
training, National Immunization days in July and August, vitamin A
distribution and deworming
WATSAN:
• Water trucking expanded to Galgaduud and Mudug, Hiraan, Bay,
Puntland and Somaliland
• 600,000 people receive a minimum of 5-10 l water per day
• Rehab of water supply systems are planned
• Water trucking in the Afgooye corridor delivers to 600,000 people
• Advocacy
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Capacity & Response
Education:
• Emergency education continues
• UNICEF/IAS, Islamic Relief, SAACID provide basic education
services in Mogadishu
• Expansion in Mogadishu planned
• In Galgaduud, CARE, CISp and Intersos plan to implement
emergency education
Funding:
• Food aid, shelter&Nfis, protection and WASH moderately funded
• Overall funding at 35%
• Pooled fund mechanisms supported water trucking and wet food
feeding
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Issues
• Lack of media attention due to situation in
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China and Myanmar
Lack of funding
Access negotiation
NEW Humanitarian Coordinator to preserve
humanitarian space
UNPOS: joint planning unit to be established
for coherence in the UNCT
Free lance militia not included in Djibouti
communiqué
Capacity of national NGOs to be boosted
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