Kyrgyzstan Situation 2011 Supplementary Budget Requirements

Protection and assistance to returnees and internally displaced persons in southern Kyrgyzstan

Cover photo: Survivors of the June events in the remains of their home, destroyed in a violent attack in Jalalabad, southern Kyrgyzstan. UNHCR / S. SHULMAN

Donor Relations and Resource Mobilization Service

January 2011

Kyrgyzstan

Communal violence, destruction and looting in southern Kyrgyzstan during June 2010 led to the death of over 400 people and the injury of another 2,000, the destruction of close to 2,000 homes, the looting of many more, and the forced displacement of 375,000 people, of whom 75,000 fled to Uzbekistan, while 300,000 were displaced within Kyrgyzstan. UNHCR has been coordinating the protection, as well as the emergency shelter and non-food relief clusters of the international humanitarian response. During 2011, UNHCR will need to continue supporting the protection and reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees by delivering humanitarian aid and improving the human rights, rule of law and protection situation, providing livelihood opportunities, as well as supporting community reconciliation, peace and stability in Osh, Jalalabad and Batken provinces of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Inter-communal violence erupted in the 2011, most refugees and IDPs had incorporate the results of regular needs city of Osh on 10 June 2010 and returned. An estimated 169,500 people assessments. The revised and spread to Jalalabad province. Lasting still remain displaced. extended Humanitarian Flash Appeal, several days, the violence was covering the period of June 2010 - characterised by widespread arson, Although the situation stabilised during June 2011, seeks a total of USD 96 looting and the destruction of private, the second half of 2010 and the million, out of which USD 34 million commercial and State property. The beginning of 2011, the security, human remains unmet. Government confirmed that 426 people rights and protection environment in were killed during the events. However, southern Kyrgyzstan remains To address the needs of the displaced the real figure may be much higher, as precarious. Continuing human rights populations in Kyrgyzstan in 2010, many victims were buried without being violations, including arbitrary arrests UNHCR requested a supplementary registered. and detentions, harassment and budget of USD 23,062,122. Thanks to discrimination are fuelling distrust generous support by donors and Some 375,000 people were forced to between the communities and the law partners, the programme was fully flee their homes as a result of these enforcement authorities and need to be funded. events, which is approximately 18 per addressed as a matter of urgency. cent of the total population of Osh and For the entire year of 2011, UNHCR is Jalalabad. Some 300,000 of these In response to acute humanitarian requesting a supplementary budget of people were internally displaced within needs generated by the violence and USD 11,442,964 in order to support the affected provinces, while another displacement, humanitarian partners returnees and displaced persons 75,000 sought refuge in neighbouring launched a Flash Appeal in June 2010. through protection, assistance and Uzbekistan, most of whom repatriated The Appeal was revised twice, in July reconciliation activities. to Kyrgyzstan before the Constitutional and November, to reflect changes in referendum of 27 June. By January the operational environment and

Achievements in 2010

Immediate emergency response

UNHCR’s initial emergency the eruption of the violence, emergency team was deployed to response met life-saving protection, UNHCR partners started to address Kyrgyzstan to support the shelter and non-food needs of urgent needs for physical security, expanding operation. As soon as internally displaced persons in food, clothing, medical and hygiene security clearance was obtained, Kyrgyzstan and of refugees in items as well as psycho-social and UNHCR opened offices in Uzbekistan. Within a few days of legal assistance. A UNHCR Jalalabad and resumed full

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operations in Osh. Between 21-28 convoys, including 19 trucks 27,600 blankets, 5,300 kitchen June, UNHCR airlifted 120 metric brought UNHCR non-food relief sets, 9,600 jerry cans, 5,700 plastic tons of aid to Osh, which was then items that were no longer needed in sheets, 7,800 sleeping mats, 2,200 distributed among those displaced Uzbekistan from Andijan to Osh. By buckets, 1,600 mattresses, 2,600 in Osh and Jalalabad provinces. At August, UNHCR had provided family tents, and a variety of other the end of June, two cross-border victims of the violence with over relief items.

Shelters built by UNHCR are warm, safe and durable. UNHCR/ T. Bjorvatn

Shelter

While some displaced people were the Government and donors. By and Rehabilitation and local accommodated in tents pitched late August, UNHCR received authorities, completed the near their destroyed homes and permission from the authorities to construction of 1,301 transitional others were staying with host start reconstruction and remove shelters (built on the foundations of families or in collective centres, the large amounts of rubble in all destroyed houses). The successful priority for UNHCR was to provide affected areas. Despite formidable completion of the UNHCR the displaced population with warm logistical challenges to source, emergency transitional shelter shelters before winter. In late June purchase and deliver to all sites programme provided more than 2010, the shelter cluster of the large amounts of mainly locally 13,400 people with durable, safe international humanitarian purchased construction materials, and warm two-room shelters before response, led by UNHCR, within 100 days, UNHCR and its the onset of winter. This facilitated undertook a rapid joint shelter shelter partners (ACTED, the the reintegration of these residents assessment. By late July, an Danish Refugee Council and Save on their own property in their emergency shelter strategy had the Children), supported by the neighbourhoods of origin. been developed and endorsed by State Directorate for Reconstruction

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A mobile team of NGO lawyers and authorities helps in restoring documents. UNHCR/ T. Bjorvatn

Protection

As lead agency for the protection June violence was the loss or other documents, which are vital to cluster of the international destruction of personal identity, access rights and services. humanitarian response, UNHCR property and other documents. To immediately coordinated closely address this concern, UNHCR- To ease reintegration and prevent with other protection agencies on funded mobile documentation further displacement – and in key issues such as human rights, teams – composed of State tandem with its emergency shelter gender-based violence and child Registration Service (OVIR and project – UNHCR also focused on protection, as well as land and ZAGS) officers and NGO lawyers – housing, land and property (HLP) property rights issues. Protection assisted persons in affected rights issues. During the second assessments, monitoring and communities in re-issuing their half of 2010, UNHCR partner interventions by UNHCR and personal identification documents lawyers established a mobile legal partners commenced in mid-June. and civil status registration. This clinic and provided 1,943 individual Protection monitoring first assessed allowed authorities to assist citizens consultations on housing, land and and assisted populations on the who could not approach property rights to affected persons move, including at the border with government offices for security or who needed to restore or establish Uzbekistan. Focus then turned to other reasons. By the end of the their property ownership rights. communities of origin, return and year, these mobile documentation internal displacement. By early teams had conducted close to A free protection helpline, autumn, community mobilisation 10,500 consultations on the established by UNHCR shortly after activities complemented individual restoration of documentation. the outbreak of violence, received, monitoring through a community- Advocating for a waiver of fees and addressed and referred almost based approach. reimbursing some of them, UNHCR 3,300 calls. ensured that many persons One key protection concern affected by the violence were able Other protection activities focused identified in the aftermath of the to restore their lost passports or on the specific needs of vulnerable

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victims of the events, including persons and the elderly, ensuring and assistance, or supplementing it separated children, disabled their access to existing services as needed.

Winter aid

In October, UNHCR and partners and orphanages. By early ton of coal per family from UNHCR. launched winter aid activities by December, UNHCR completed the The Office also distributed 13,700 distributing non-food items such as distribution of winter clothing, folding beds, 19,600 mattresses, blankets, warm clothing and donated by the Japanese retail 35,200 bedding sets and 30,000 heating support (stoves, coal) to company UNIQLO, to almost pillows, donated by the IKEA thousands of families who urgently 25,000 people from all Foundation to persons who had lost needed it. These activities were communities. A similar number of all furniture when their homes were also extended to social institutions vulnerable persons received burned or looted as well as to some such as hospitals, elderly homes, heating support in the form of one 100 social institutions.

Key activities and needs in 2011

In 2011, UNHCR will address the remaining humanitarian and protection needs of some 280,000 persons in southern Kyrgyzstan. As coordinator of the protection cluster and through its own projects, UNHCR will strengthen human rights protection and rule of law, facilitate the sustainable reintegration of returnees, and assist IDPs as well as host communities. The Office will facilitate and support peacebuilding and reconciliation among communities and between communities and authorities. UNHCR will focus on the legal and socio-economic needs of persons affected by the violence and displacement and pay particular attention to women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities and other persons with specific needs. As long as peace and stability in southern Kyrgyzstan remains fragile, UNHCR will continue preparedness activities.

Protection

Through systematic protection Following the successful forced eviction, illegal expropriation, monitoring, the protection helpline completion of its shelter project in harassment and other threats. and community mobilization, 2010, UNHCR will continue to focus UNHCR will continue to identify on ownership documentation and The provision of non-food winter aid protection gaps and vulnerable the official registration of all shelters to affected and vulnerable families groups, with a particular focus on with the respective State organs. will continue until March 2011. remaining IDPs, families who lost The Office, through its the bread-winners, elderly people implementing partners, will also Through targeted training and without care-givers, people with continue to provide legal advice technical assistance, the Office will disabilities, and women and and representation to people who improve survivors’ access to children. Individual cases will be need to restore or establish their professional psycho-social referred to service providers and property ownership rights. This counselling and assistance. relevant clusters. Through its legal remains a priority, as almost 50% of NGO partners as well as direct beneficiaries of the shelter project In early 2011, UNHCR will advocacy, interventions, and lost their property documentation complete a verification of the technical assistance, the Office will during the conflict and over 70% did affected population in the south of improve equal, non-discriminatory not have legalised property Kyrgyzstan, which will provide a access to social services and ownership rights registered. These solid basis for the planning and benefits, and an enjoyment of housing, land and property rights implementation of projects for social rights. activities aim to protect victims of protection and other clusters.

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Quick-impact projects

In order to facilitate a smooth reconciliation and peace, targeting with local authorities and will transition from an emergency to a and connecting communities of contribute to building trust between sustainable reintegration phase, different backgrounds. Projects them and local communities. UNHCR will implement community- identified by local communities that These small-scale and short-term based quick impact projects. Local aim to address protection, social, projects will also assist a smooth infrastructure, community health and other concerns revealed transition from humanitarian to development, and livelihoods during protection monitoring will be recovery responses and aim at projects will be designed and prioritized. These projects will be filling gaps between larger-scale implemented to promote implemented in close coordination developmental interventions. Reconciliation and peace-building

In line with the Office’s efforts to confidence-building activities, and awareness activities to focus on rebuilding relationships including those that facilitate enhance transparency and among different ethnic groups and dialogue between communities and accountability of State agencies will communities in southern authorities and support community also be undertaken. These Kyrgyzstan, it will continue to development by rehabilitating activities will be linked with findings design and implement activities to community infrastructure. Needs of of protection monitoring, and promote human rights, rule of law, special groups, such as women, whenever possible, will be reconciliation, diversity, tolerance children and the elderly will be supplemented by quick impact and inter-ethnic dialogue. These mainstreamed and a specific focus projects. will mainly be community-based will be placed on youth. Advocacy

Emergency preparedness

The Ferghana valley remains key establishment of early warning for UNHCR’s preparedness and mechanisms, including border response capacity in Central Asia. monitoring, inter-agency As long as peace and stability contingency planning, the remains precarious, UNHCR will replenishment of emergency stocks need to maintain an adequate level of relief items as well as the of emergency preparedness. strengthening of the capacity of Activities will include the local actors.

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2011 Supplementary budget requirements for Kyrgyzstan situation

Original Kyrgyzstan 2011 budget: USD 2,472,711

Original Kazakhstan Regional Office 2011 budget: USD 6,682,278

RIGHTS GROUPS AND OBJECTIVES in USD Favourable Protection Environment Prevention of displacement is strengthened 658,019 National legal framework developed or strengthened 283,019 National administrative framework affords better protection 822,419 Cooperation with partners strengthened 258,019 Emergency management strengthened 458,019 Subtotal 2,479,495 Fair Protection Processes Level of individual documentation increased 802,210 Subtotal 802,210 Basic Needs and Services Population has sufficient basic domestic and hygiene items 1,849,655 Services for groups with specific needs strengthened 1,414,655 Subtotal 3,264,310 Community Participation and Self-Management Level of self-reliance and livelihoods improved 2,169,581 Community self-management and equal representation strengthened and expanded 1,081,981 Subtotal 3,251,562 External Relations Public information improves quality of protection 215,324 Subtotal 215,324 Logistics and Operations Support Logistics and supply optimized to serve operational needs 201,606 Programme management, coordination and support strengthened and optimized 316,206 Subtotal 517,812 Headquarters and Regional Support Emergency response capacity and effectiveness reinforced 163,646 Subtotal 163,646 SUBTOTAL 10,694,359 7 per cent support cost 748,605 TOTAL SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET REQUIREMENTS1 11,442,964

1 Out of the total supplementary budget, USD 682,291 is for activities in the Kazakhstan Regional Office; USD 10,760,673 is for activities in Kyrgyzstan. 7

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