Côte d’Ivoire

Main objectives

Consolidate local integration of Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees in Côte d’Ivoire, partic- ularly those living in the Zone d’Accueil des Réfugiés (ZAR) in the west of the country; improve the legal integration of refugees, including urban refugees, by registering the entire refugee population, and ensuring that they hold appropriate Ivorian government identity documents; expand operations to ensure that newly arrived Liberian refugees have access to protection and life sustaining material assistance; identify suitable urban refugees who were displaced in the after- sites and install basic infrastructure in the vital math of the attempted coup d'état, and to persons of sectors of water and sanitation; strengthen protec- concern to UNHCR who were affected by the tion at entry points, transit centres and camps and spread of the conflict to the provinces of the ZAR; enhance transport capacity to move refugees from collaborate with humanitarian actors to ensure a border areas; adapt existing strategies and pro- co-ordinated response to the needs of these popu- grammes to respond effectively to the needs of lations; facilitate voluntary repatriation of Liberian

Persons of Concern

Main Origin / Total Of whom Per cent Per cent Type of Population In Country UNHCR assisted Female under 18 IDPs 100,000 - 70 - (Refugees) 43,000 43,000 53 48 Asylum-seekers 1,140 1,140 43 25 ROC (Refugees) 580 580 49 48

Income and Expenditure (USD) Annual Programme and Supplementary Programme Budgets Income from Other Funds Total Funds Total Revised Budget Contributions 1 Available 2 Available Expenditure AB 6,360,550 400,000 5,916,889 6,316,889 6,316,889 SB 3,371,372 1,055,098 1,441,018 2,496,116 2,496,117 Total 9,731,922 1,455,098 7,357,907 8,813,005 8,813,006

1 Includes income from contributions restricted at the country level. 2 Includes allocations by UNHCR from unearmarked or broadly earmarked contributions, opening balance and adjustments. The above figures do not include costs at Headquarters. The above figures include budget and costs related to the Regional Office (for details, please refer to the Regional Overview).

UNHCR Global Report 2002 209 that tat assisted é coup d' Ivoire, efforts were efforts Ivoire, ’ and harboured some and harboured – te d were severely affected. affected. severely were ô – s history. The semblance of s history. ’ provoked a full-scale civil war. provoked The country was soon divided, with the north in the hands of and the south under the rebels The Government control. ensuing conflict created social upheaval unprecedented with significant population movements within and across The western its borders. which have a provinces, long-standing tradition of host- neighbouring from ing refugees countries 70,000 at the time of the attempted coup of hostili- Prior to the outbreak ties, the Government had embarked on an initiative to refugee-hosting rehabilitate with technical and areas, tarily to their countries of origin. Ivoire has been marked by socio-political Ivoire ’ s ’ to return volunto return A to assisted were refugees total of 27 Liberian 86 to Monrovia. from repatriate of other nationalities (, refugees , ) were Congo, , Abidjan. Seven new transit centres were were centres Seven new transit Abidjan. the Abidjan following in established towns in security of shanty demolition to urgently was made Every effort operations. by zones, war-affected from refugees relocate Ivorian authorities to identify collaborating with For those parts of the country. sites in other safe would be better for whom protection refugees outside C addressed made to find countries in the region that would in the region made to find countries also alternative options were accept them and outside the region. for resettlement explored te d ô tension since the December 1999 military coup, the tension since the December 1999 military first in the country following presidential normality that returned, last shattered and legislative elections in 2000, was September by a second attempted C • environment Working The context in , with UNHCR tat é coup d' and Korhogo to and Korhogo é UNHCR / G. Fardanesh UNHCR Global Report 2002 the return of individual urban refugees to their to urban refugees of individual the return September led to the curtailment of planned September led to the curtailment in the ZAR. activities aimed at integration shifted to provide were resources Accordingly, in assistance to urban refugees emergency Abidjan and in Nicla camp. in transit centres Following the outbreak of the crisis, UNHCR of the Following the outbreak refugees assisted the transfer of some 50 urban Bouak rebel-held from A Liberia were total of 18,462 new arrivals from assisted in the Danane transit and protected they received and in Nicla camp, where centre and food, domestic items, health care shelter, agricultural projects. benefited from settle newly Endeavours to identify sites to interrupted in the ZAR were arriving refugees concerns by the crisis. In due course, security following the attempted In May and June, UNHCR individually In May and June, transit in the ZAR, 45,000 refugees registered and continued to and urban areas centres integration of 43,000 Liberian the local promote of the construction through refugees supplementary classrooms. 210 After years in exile, Liberian refugees voluntarily repatriated After years in exile, Liberian refugees • • Impact • refugees to stable regions of their country and facili- of their country stable regions to refugees tate country of origin. country of assistance, to their home country. assistance, to their home country.

Côte d’Ivoire because oftheconflict. not grantedrefugee statusona basis, inparticularforurbanrefugees andthose ities to situation compelledUNHCRandtheIvorianauthor- d border securityinthewesternregion ofC ment activities,andthrough thestrengthening of munities through economicandsocialdevelop- tion strategyaimedatimproving thelivesofcom- project waspartofthecountry andUNHCR.The financial supportfrom UNDP hostilities. of theinvolvementforeign combatantsinthe local publicopinion,fuelled, inpart,byallegations rity ofrefugees emanatedfrom increasingly hostile rebel-held areas. Furtherriskstothephysicalsecu- sep dles the C physical securityofrefugees inthewesternzonesof UNHCR remained particularlyconcernedaboutthe Protection and solutions Achievements andimpact shelter andbasicassistance. shanty towns.Thisgroup wasgivenprotection, of urbanrefugees displacedbythedestruction of It wasparticularlydifficult toservethepopulation negative impactonalloperationsinthecountry. The fundingcrisisinthelastquarterof2002hada Funding lasting solutionsforrefugees inC documents remained ahandicapinsearching for The lackofnationalasylumlegislationandidentity Constraints remaining refugees. where UNHCRhadonlylimitedaccesstothe larly worryinginMan,Danan them toprotection problems. Thisbecameparticu- deteriorated inthewesternborder area, exposing oration ofthesecuritysituation. Access torefugees The ongoingconflictcontributedtoarapiddeteri- ’ ô Ivoire. Therehabilitation project wassuspended te d ’ look forpracticalsolutionsonacase-by-case Ivoire especiallyinNicla camp,whichstrad- aration linebetweengovernmentand prima facie ’ s povertyallevia- é ô andTulepleu, te d ’ Ivoire. This basis. ô te also benefitedfrom thisprogramme. Ivorians whomadetheirlandavailabletorefugees rice andvegetableoutput(andsellthesurplus). refugee farmerstoenablethemincrease their now responsible forrefugee statusdetermination. nationale d The NationalEligibilityCommission Crop production: Community services: Activities andassistance to healthservicesinstate-run facilities in Abidjan as Health/nutrition: Food: Education: Domestic needs/householdsupport: ants. assessments madebycommunityservicesassist- items were delivered tothemfollowinghomevisit were variouscategoriesofvulnerablerefugees. The refugees inNiclawere givendomesticitems,as in thetransitcentres in Abidjan andnewlyarrived received agrantfrom DAFI. and 65adults(forvocationaltraining).30students refugee children (forprimaryschoolattendance) assistance wasgiventotheparents of130 urban tificates duetotheeruption oftheconflict.One-off ZAR, whounfortunatelydidnotreceive theircer- training were offered tosome300youthinthe National Education.Vocational andothertypesof andtheMinistryof operation ofUNICEF, WFP Ivorian educationsystemintheZARwithco- on theintegrationofLiberianchildren intothe were madeavailablefortherefugee community. the EducationforPeaceprogramme. Condoms ised intheZARonHIV/AIDSandcontextof activities. Publicawareness campaignswere organ- encourage themtotakeupincome-generating Training activitiesforwomenwere organised to tine tasksinthedifferent refugee settlementareas. and follow-upofvulnerablecaseswere almostrou- continued toreceive foodfrom WFP. Abidjan. After arrivalinNicla,thenew refugees Nicla) asdidrefugees inthetransitcentres in centre received foodassistance(priortotransfer Newly arrivedrefugees inDanan ’é ligibilit The sensitisationcampaigncontinued UNHCR GlobalReport 2002 Generally, refugees are givenaccess é Additional supportwasgivento ) was reinforced in August andis The identification,assistance Refugees living (Commission é transit 211

Côte d’Ivoire mecha- et urbaine (AMURT), Association ’ l assistance aux ’ lique de Dieu en lique é Ivoire for 2002 was Ivoire ’ and 1,090 refugees and 1,090 é vang Shelter was provided Shelter was aide et d é ’ te d ce (antenna) was opened ô fi (MEDEC), and Save the s activities continued with ’ Mission Service d A were total of 68 urban refugees (SAARA) as well as some other Ivoire Ivoire ugees and 73 Sierra Leonean refu- ugees and 73 Sierra ’ auto-promotion sanitaire sanitaire auto-promotion ’ te d l ô à Ananda Marga Universal Relief Ananda Marga s governmental counterpart. Programmes ’ s programme in C s programme ’ ce Refugees were supplied with water according Refugees were s et apatrides fi é fugi é implemented by a small team in Abidjan and a field implemented by a small team in in Guiglo (26 international and 47 national office A staff). small subsidiary of for operational needs the former field in Tabou, closed. was already there office de soutien Caritas, GTZ, IOM, Christ de C given a travel allowance to facilitate their movement given a travel allowance in 1,140 displaced refugees Another Abidjan. in to established UNHCR transferred Abidjan were to assistance received refugees 113 transit centres. of origin (27 Liberian refu- to their country return gees, 13 urban ref gees). Overall assessment During 2002, UNHCR Management UNHCR others with Working In 2002, UNHCR worked closely with its govern- mental counterpart, local and international NGOs such as (ASAPSU), the full involvement of the authorities via SAARA, the Of Shelter/other infrastructure: Shelter/other Transport/logistics: Water: Organisation and implementation in Abidjan were given shelter in Abidjan. Abidjan. given shelter in Abidjan were in to newly arrived Liberian refugees in Nicla camp, in Nicla refugees arrived Liberian to newly Bouak from refugees while 50 Children UK. As a consequence of the prevailing As a UK. Children co-ordination crisis, existing inter-agency nisms with WFP reinforced. and UNICEF were to UNHCR standards in the transit centres in in the transit centres to UNHCR standards Abidjan as well as in the site in Nicla. r s ’ s capacity ’ UNHCR provid- nancial procedures. ational Eligibility Commis- upport in recruiting infor- upport in recruiting fi Liberian and Sierra Leonean UNHCR worked closely with the efugees. UNHCR assisted the Govern- Showers and latrines were set up in the set up in Showers and latrines were undertake screening and individual regis- undertake screening partner accounts for 2001 and 2002 followed UNHCR Global Report 2002 eld of information systems. Training on data- eld of information systems. Training fi and work on a law on asylum. The National and work on a law on asylum. The nancial and administrative procedures were made. were nancial and administrative procedures government counterpart. Financial review of imple- government counterpart. Financial review menting their to improve recommendations by appropriate fi The governmental agency was assisted in improving their administrative and sites in Abidjan and Nicla. Soap was distributed to Abidjan and Nicla. sites in the refugees. refugees benefited from a micro-project programme a micro-project benefited from refugees aimed to help them in the ZAR. The programme vocational training Two become self-sufficient. in the ZAR to give continued functioning projects the ability to compete for jobs. refugees 212 Sanitation: Operational support (to agencies): Legal assistance: Income generation: well as in the ZAR. UNHCR covers the cost of con- covers the cost the ZAR. UNHCR well as in sultation vulner- In 2002, some 490 and medication. In medical assistance. received urban refugees able supervised by centre a medical centre, Nicla transit a modest for sick refugees of all took care a doctor in the ZAR, health centres fee. In the government authorised by the medical co- medical evacuations per cent paid for by UNHCR. Fifty were ordinator by also covered costs were of hospitalisation AUNHCR. for underfed children nutritional centre in exceptional cir- Occasionally, operated in Nicla. subsistence would provide cumstances, UNHCR families. urban refugee assistance for 287 ed 20 computers, 15 laptops, 25 generators, five ed ambulances, of transportation and air means other to implementingconditioners partners and the local UNHCR authorities. One UNV reinforced in the managementbase and s mation technology staff was provided to UNHCR was provided mation technology staff sion 166 individual Eligibility Commission reviewed activities cases involving 14 nationalities. Training for government representatives. organised were Government on all aspects of refugee protection Government on all aspects of refugee (Abidjan) level. both in the field and at the central de- were Joint teams, including technical experts, ployed to tration of r N the strengthen ment to

Côte d’Ivoire of hostilitiesfollowingtheattempted concluded successfully. Unfortunatelytheoutbreak UNHCR/Government registration exercise was parts andoperationalpartners.Inmid-2002,ajoint sessions were organised forgovernment counter- partners. Severalco-ordination meetingandtraining were implementedwiththeassistanceofsevenother still precarious. Liberian refugees remaining inC At theendof2002,situation40,000mainly country. location inNiclacampthewesternpartof a growing numberofrefugees, hostedinanunsafe which theywere living.Efforts were madetorelocate less afterthedestruction oftheshantytownsin number ofwhomfledto Abidjan orbecame including tosome2,000urbanrefugees, alarge possible, UNHCRprovided emergency assistance, Where accesstoremaining refugee groups was re-focused toaddress theemergency situation. UNHCR many refugees toreturn spontaneouslytoLiberia. the general hostilitytowardsforeigners forced country. Thedeteriorating the refugee hostingarea (ZAR)inthewestof programmes toenhanceaccessbasicservicesin children intotheeducationsystemand activities aimedatenablingintegrationofrefugee population. Likewise,there wasaninterruption of documentation tothelargely self-reliant refugee September ledtothesuspensionofissuing ’ s operationstherefore hadtobe security situationand ô te d coup d' ’ Ivoire was home- é tat in IOM Deutsche Gesellschaftf Others Save theChildren (UK) Mission Caritas Association desoutien Ananda Marga NGOs d Service Agencies Government Tabou Guiglo Abidjan é ’ vang aide etd é Universal Relief lique deDieuenChristC ’ assistance auxr UNHCR GlobalReport 2002 à ü l r Technische Zusammenarbeit Partners ’ auto-promotion sanitaire eturbaine auto-promotion sanitaire Offices é fugi é s etapatrides ô te d ’ Ivoire 213

Côte d’Ivoire Projects ’ 13 Annual ,988,786) Programme and Programme (3) 292,693 (5) s Projects Prior Years ’ Current Year Current Financial Report (USD) Financial Annual Supplementary Supplementary Programme Programme Programme UNHCR Global Report 2002 Figures which cross-reference to Accounts: which cross-reference Figures (1) Annex to Statement 1 (3) Schedule 3 (5) Schedule 5 in Abidjan to the Regional Office Includes costs related Outstanding 31 December 461,167 546,276 1,007,443 (3) 0 (5) New ObligationsDisbursementsCancellations 6,316,889 2,496,117 5,855,722 8,813,006 1,949,841 7,805,563 (1) 0 (3) 0 292,693 0 0 (5) 110,474 (5) Unliquidated Obligations Outstanding 1st January 0 0 0 403,167 (5) Refunded to UNHCR AdjustmentCurrency Outstanding 31 December 699,348 0 735,143 0 1,434,491 (241) 0 (241) 0 252,347 31,560 (29,860) BalanceOutstanding 1st January 0 699,348 735,384 0 1,434,732 0 (1,988,786) 2,302,553 Instalments with Implementing Partners Payments MadeReporting Received 997,500 298,152 880,950 145,566 1,878,450 443,718 133,416 2,122,202 Unliquidated ObligationsTotal 461,167 546,276 1,007,443 (3) 6,316,889 2,496,117 8,813,006 (1) (3) 0 (5) 292,693 Sub-total Operational Support Programme Sub-total Disbursements / Deliveries 5,855,722 1,949,841 2,136,235 7,805,563 1,949,841 3,719,487 4,086,076 0 3,719,487 216,281 76,412 Water 0 Water Instalments with Implementing Partners 3,679 699,348 3,679 735,384 1,434,732 4,542 (1 SanitationShelter / Other Infrastructure / LogisticsTransport 10,137 727,155 125,249 737,291 2,204 195,297 320,547 0 2,204 35,291 112,329 8,597 Income GenerationLegal AssistanceOperational Support (to Agencies) 110,061 1,675 2,101 220,224 111,736 54,585 0 274,810 2,101 253,592 152,682 7,000 EducationFoodHealth / Nutrition 46,544 65,872 2,378 855 0 68,250 46,544 47 901 192,411 1,296,729 2,431 Crop ProductionCrop SupportDomestic Needs / Household 12,701 138,341 151,042 13,015 0 13,015 28,128 38,037 Protection, Monitoring and Co-ordinationProtection, Community Services 816,641 90,562 907,203 11,283 738 12,021 2,9 70,386 Expenditure BreakdownExpenditure Budget Budget Total Notes Budgets Notes 214

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