WEEKLY HUMANITARIAN REPORT HUMANITARIAN TRENDS IN 2009 ISSUE 51| 1 January - 27 December, 2009

Events per department in 2009

La Guajira

Atlántico Magdalena

Cesar

Sucre Bolívar Córdoba Norte de Santander

Antioquia Santander Arauca

Chocó Boyacá Casanare Caldas Cundinamarca Risaralda Vichada Quindío , D.C. To l i m a Valle del Cauca Meta

Huila Guainía Cauca

Guaviare Nariño

Putumayo Caquetá Vaupés

Amazonas

Legend 5 - 47 48 - 114 115 - 203 204 - 305 Fuente: OCHA-SIDIH 306 - 542 WEEKLY HUMANITARIAN REPORT HUMANITARIAN TRENDS IN 2009 ISSUE 51| 1 January - 27 December, 2009 COLOMBIA

Events in 2009 | Weekly trend*

350 325

175

96 132

70

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 0 1 3 5 7 9 111315171921232527293133353739414345474951

Events in 2009 | Total per department Number of events per category

Antioquia 542 Nariño 305 Massacres, Displaceme Forced Cauca 296 125 nt events, recruit., 63 Valle del Cauca 261 Road 81 Córdoba 269 blocks, 55 Norte de Santander 250 Caquetá 225 Arauca 203 Atlántico 157 Armed Tolima 160 conf., 825 Bolivar 150 Meta 146 APM/UXO Bogotá D.C. 109 Victims, Huila 106 670 Cesar 114 Sucre 93 Homicide Putumayo 86 of PP, 417 Risaralda 83 Magdalena 85 Santander 78 Chocó 78 Guaviare 71 La Guajira 68 Kidnappin Vaupés 47 g, 157 Attacks on Caldas 36 civ., 1.675 Quindío 27 Cundinamarca 23 Casanare 22 Boyacá 18 Quindío 12 Vichada 7 Guanía 5

0 300 600

WEEKLY HUMANITARIAN REPORT HUMANITARIAN TRENDS IN 2009 ISSUE 51| 1 January - 27 December, 2009 COLOMBIA Main events in 2009 per month

• January: Flood Response Plan mobilised US$ 3.1 million from CERF. Nearly 1.6 million affected in 2008 (46% more than 2007). Avalanche of the volcano affects indigenous com- munity in Paez, floods threaten Tumaco (Nariño) and Riosucio (Chocó)

• February: Awá massacre (17 dead) perpetrated by FARC | 1,500 IDPs in Nariño, 1,128 in Cauca (López de M.), 550 in Chocó (Alto Baudó) | Sudden flood in Tumaco affects 31,320 persons settled in high-risk areas

• March: Access jeopardised by illegal armed strikes in Arauca, Cauca, N. Santander and Casanare | Awa “minga” starts with difficulties; 1,300 Awa are confined, several minga participants sick (1,000) | Displacements in A. Baudó (Chocó), El Charco (Nariño), Tarazá (Antioquia) | Floods in- crease, 62,894 affected in Tumaco

• April: ICRC’s 2008 report of activities and Codhes’ 2008 Annual Report on Forced Displacement indicate an increase of forced displacement in 2008 by 24% | Continued displacements and threats affect indigenous communities in Chocó and Cauca | Violent aftermath of the FARC’s illegal armed strike in Arauca | 137,000 affected by severe flooding during the first quarter of 2009

• May: Indigenous IDPs in Chocó return| Arauca under armed pressure, displacements and block- ades | Displacement in Bolivar | Attack against medical mission in N. de Santander | Food inse- curity and aerial fumigation affect communities in Cauca, Antioquia and Nariño

• June: Increasing displacement in Nariño | New displacements in Antioquia | At-risk communities in Arauca and Meta due to illegal armed strike and potential impediments to humanitarian access

• July: Displacements and forced recruitment in Córdoba | Continued threats against indigenous population in Nariño, Cesar and N. de Santander | Displacements in | At- risk afro-Colombian communities in Chocó | IDPs in Bogotá come to terms with the government

• August: 2nd massacre against the Awa leaves 12 victims, 7 of them children | Displacements in- crease in Nariño (700 IDPs per month), mostly from El Charco and Magüí Payán | Landslide in Chocó killed 6 persons, combats keep rising | Indigenous and peasant communities at-risk in An- tioquia due to clashes between emerging armed groups

• September: Displacements rise in Nariño (1,200 in 2009) | Displacement and at-risk indigenous communities in Cauca department | Third indigenous displacement in Chocó department in 2009 | Displacement in Córdoba

• October: Displacements recorded in Nariño, Cordoba and Huila Departments | Worsened security conditions increased the risks for rural communities in Cauca | Increased violence against civil- ians in Santander and Arauca. The Volcano is on red alert

• November: Second Review Conference on the Ottawa Conventions in Cartagena | Displacement in WEEKLY HUMANITARIAN REPORT HUMANITARIAN TRENDS IN 2009 ISSUE 51| 1 January - 27 December, 2009 COLOMBIA

Colombia discussed at the Inter American Human Rights Commission Summit | Displacement and attacks against civilians affect communities in the Pacific Coast | Eruption of the Galeras Vol- cano and flooding of the Guapi River (Cauca

• December: Displacements registered in Antioquia, Chocó and Cauca departments | Nearly 11,000 persons affected by floods in Antioquia and Nariño Departments | Emergency Response Fund project for $214,000 approved for the Pacific Coast | International Earthquake Simulation awarded by the district authorities | Governor of Caquetá department kidnapped and killed by the FARC

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* All data herewith presented was processed by OCHA from official and secondary sources.

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