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FICSS in DOS Iraq Atlas Map Field Information and Coordination Support Section As of December 2007 Division of Operational Services
Email : [email protected] Pazarcik Golcuk Karakeci Senkoy Meyaneh
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Secondary town or village 750 to 1000 metres Banda Az Zawr 1000 to 1750 metres 00 100100 200200 Al Jahra KUWAITKUWAIT CITYCITY International boundary 1750 to 2500 metres 2500 to 3250 metres Main road Al Ahmadi Al Funnayhil kilometres kilometres Printed: 26 December 2007 B The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Sources: UNHCR, Global Insight digital mapping - © 1998 Europa Technologies Ltd. Executive Summary Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Jordan) as well as Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Gulf States and coun- UNHCR estimates that more than 4 million tries further afield. This refugee situation Iraqis are currently displaced from their represents the largest urban population homes, including some 2.2 million inside Iraq which UNHCR has ever been called upon to and up to 2 million refugees. In addition, respond to and poses an unprecedented load Iraq continues to accommodate some 41,000 on the economies and social infrastructures refugees who are in need of protection and of host countries. assistance. In the last quarter of 2007, and according to UNHCR has a limited presence in Iraq with the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migra- international staff restricted to Baghdad and tion (MoDM), over 3,600 IDPs and some Erbil. The operation relies on a network of 30,000 refugee families have returned to national officers, implementing partners and certain areas in Iraq. These numbers have Government counterparts. The Office has not been confirmed as UNHCR cannot moni- developed innovative mechanisms through tor the routes and return areas. While the which it extends its protection and assis- Office continues to consider voluntary repa- tance responsibilities. Nonetheless, securing triation as the preferred durable solution, it access to those most in need continues to be is difficult to establish the extent to which a major challenge. current return movements are safe, volun- tary, and sustainable. Until security condi- Countries in the region continue to bear the tions are conducive to a safe and dignified brunt of the refugee burden, in particular, return and allow for sufficient monitoring, the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) and the UNHCR cannot promote or encourage returns
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protection space to accept and host refu- of newly displaced persons and where possi- gees, including to meet the basic needs of ble and feasible, develop mechanisms and the most vulnerable through national struc- responses to fa-cilitate return. tures (education and health), improve pro- tection (through registration, resettlement) In refugee-hosting countries, UNHCR will and limited individual assistance (monthly support host countries and seek to enlarge allowances and food distributions).
Title Iraq Operation Populations of concern Iraqi refugees : 2 million, in Syria, Jordan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey and several Gulf States
IDPs inside Iraq : 2.2 million
Refugees in Iraq : 41,000
Iraq returnees (current planning figure): 15,000 families Timeframe 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008
Total requirements US$ 261,056,000
Context, needs and challenges
Inside Iraq
In Iraq, every governorate hosts internally displaced persons (IDPs). Their needs are significant, particularly in respect of shel- ter, food, water, non-food items and em- ployment, due to reduced income and de- pleted savings. Official social welfare net- works are struggling to provide services, but frequently lack resources, infrastruc- ture and policy mechanisms that would fa- cilitate an effective response.
Refugees in Iraq are in dire need of protec- tion and assistance for their physical safety, access to services and livelihood opportunities. They are also confronted with discrimination due to their legal status and ethnicity. Palestinian refugees are particularly vulnerable , as they have lim- ited resources, face specific and targeted persecution and are unable to flee to safety across international borders due to Falluja, April 2007 : Internally displaced persons receive their limited resources and the lack of ad- food items from WFP and non-food items from UNHCR. mission opportunities in host countries. There is a clear need for UNHCR and the UNHCR’s operations inside Iraq remain con- United Nations Country Team (UNCT) to fur- strained by continued insecurity and the lim- ther develop partnerships with local and na- ited capacity of Government institutions and tional organisations working in particular ar- implementing partners. These challenges eas and accepted by the local community. are exacerbated by the limited freedom of UNHCR will increase its presence in Baghdad movement of international and national staff and Erbil to provide closer support and su- in Iraq. pervision to its national staff and other coun- terparts inside Iraq.
2008 Iraq Situation Supplementary Appeal 2 In the region to fund. Unable to pay for medical treat- ment or education for their children and The admission of Iraqis into neighbouring fearful that their status may be compro- countries has become increasingly restric- mised, refugee families frequently have tive; consequently, the number of new no choice but to keep their children out arrivals has decreased. For those Iraqis of school and avoid approaching official who are permitted entry, their presence services, such as health care. is tolerated through the granting of resi- dency status that must be renewed peri- UNHCR is continuing to strengthen its re- odically. This status does not permit em- lationships with host countries throughout ployment. the region, civil societies and the Red Crescent movement. In particular, efforts Iraqis are encouraged to register with are being made to support national struc- UNHCR, however due to the great de- tures and strengthen response capacities mand, particularly in Syria, the waiting of countries burdened by large numbers of period may be up to two months. The refugees. Office is making efforts to reduce the waiting time and mechanisms have been The complexity and diverse nature of ac- introduced to provide emergency assis- tivities undertaken by the Iraq operation tance to vulnerable groups prior to a full- necessitate continuous assessment and fledged registration, especially for single- scrutiny of procedures and standards. This female headed households and those who is particularly true for registration and may require medical treatment or reset- resettlement activities, where criteria tlement. and mechanisms require transparency, impartiality and full accountability. Pending and post-registration, Iraqis face consi-derable difficulties in meeting their More attention needs to be paid to cer- day-to-day needs. Housing is difficult to tain groups of Iraqi refugees, including find and expensive, quickly depleting a intellectuals, artists and university stu- family’s resources. Officially barred from dents to capitalize on their skills, and en- gage them in activities that can help contribute to their community’s needs until such time that they can return home.
2007 achievements and activities
Since early 2007, UNHCR has reinforced its offices and staff and has initiated new protection and assistance activities in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkey and the Gulf States. Priority ac- tivities include refugee regis- Syria, 7 October 2007 : alestinian refugees from Iraq, one day P tration, an expanded reset- after the fire struck Al Tanf refugee camp in the no man’s land between Iraq and Syria. UNRWA/A.Haaland tlement programme, large- scale assistance programmes and the mobilization of international sup- employment, many refugees attempt to port and partnerships. Inside Iraq, UNHCR find limited, temporary work opportuni- has refocused its operations and strength- ties, but these are often poorly remuner- ened remote management modalities to ated and accompanied by poor working improve access and delivery of assistance conditions. Food, clothing and other ma- to people of concern under tight security jor expenses, such as medicines for arrangements. chronic diseases, are increasingly difficult 2008 Iraq Situation Supplementary Appeal 3 Main objectives
To implement effectively, UNHCR has in- In 2008, UNHCR and its partners will im- creased its operational infrastructure. plement a comprehensive and multi- Nearly 350 staff are directly engaged in sectoral response to the needs of the dis- the Iraq operation and more than 55 placed, including IDPs, refugees and re- agreements have been signed with organi- turnees throughout the region. UNHCR sations to implement protection and assis- will also work with concerned partners on tance activities, including operational a detailed operations plan for large-scale agreements under the Global Memoran- returns, which will be put into action dum of Understand (MoU) with the World once satisfactory levels of legal, material Ford Programme (WFP). From this plat- and physical safety are met and deemed form, over 220,000 Iraqi refugees have to be conducive to voluntary and sustain- been registered, 210,000 health interven- able return and reintegration. tions have been made, a large-scale food distribution has begun and over 21,000 UNHCR’s main objectives for the Iraq Op- Iraqis have been submitted for resettle- eration are to: ment. Activities in all sectors are de- signed with a view to prevent and respond • Ensure protection and access to essen- to sexual and gender-based violence tial services for vulnerable Iraqi refu- (SGBV) and priority is given to assist na- gees in the region, and for IDPs and tional Governments in their response to refugees within Iraq, through advo- education and health needs of Iraqi refu- cacy, direct provision of life-sustaining gees. cross-sectoral material assistance and support to host communities; Moreover, assistance to IDPs inside Iraq has been redoubled through an inter- • Improve access to education for Iraqi agency approach in order to provide assis- refugee children through provision of tance to the most vulnerable in the vari- financial and technical support to ous governorates across the country. This countries hosting Iraqi refugees in or- includes distribution of relief items; reha- der to strengthen their national educa- bilitation of essential services in commu- tional institutions; nities hosting IDPs; shelter assistance; and protection monitoring and interventions through a country-wide network of Pro- • Improve access to health services for tection and Assistance Centres (PACs). Iraqi refugees through sup- port to national authorities and other partners in order to reinforce essential public health systems; • Promote resettlement, and work towards timely processing and departure to third countries of the most vulnerable among Iraqi refu- gees to third countries; • Implement the UNHCR Rapid Response Plan for the provision of assistance to 15,000 returnee families in coordination with other UN partners and support for the Iraqi Government’s efforts to This school in Seida Zeinab, Syria, has nearly doubled in size receive and reintegrate re- since the beginning of the school year due to the large number of Iraqi refugee children that have arrived. UNHCR/S. Wilkes turnees. UNHCR will also work with all stakeholders to
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Strategy and planned activi- ties
In Iraq: IDPs and the potential return environment
UNHCR’s efforts inside Iraq are being con- ducted in a complex operational environ- ment. Remote management is often the only mechanism for channelling assistance to IDPs, refugees in Iraq and returning Iraqis. Activities inside Iraq will be con- ducted in close coordination with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and other UN and local partners. As part of the Iraq UNCT commitment to Registration at Douma,Syria. UNHCR enhance humanitarian delivery inside Iraq pursuant to Security Council Resolution develop a longer-term framework to 1770, UNHCR is increasing its presence of support larger-scale returns in condi- international, national staff and imple- tions of safety and dignity; menting partnerships inside the country. The activities and requirements of UNHCR • Ensure the protection of refugees in- operations inside Iraq will be part of the side Iraq and their access to essential UN Iraq Consolidated Appeal, which is ex- services; deliver care and maintenance pected to be launched in early 2008. assistance; actively pursue, as appro- priate, local integration and voluntary repatriation for those groups for whom UNHCR’s activities inside Iraq in areas conditions exist to achieve these dura- where access is possible will target some ble solutions; and seek resettlement 400,000 vulnerable displaced people and and humanitarian relocation for the will focus on providing protection and as- most vulnerable groups and individu- sistance to IDPs and returnees. Assistance als, particularly Palestinian refugees to IDPs and returnees will be conducted forced into secondary displacement; within the inter-agency framework of col- laborative responsibilities, including: • Enhance UNHCR’s preparedness and response capacity, including by rein- forcing its contingency stockpiles in- Protection and the pursuit of durable so- side Iraq and in the region for up to lutions 370,000 persons; • Protection and Assistance Centres • Promote greater international atten- (PACs) will be in place in 16 gover- tion with regard to this humanitarian norates alongside four PAC mobile situation and advocate on behalf of teams. displaced Iraqis for needed protection, • assistance and solutions; PACs will conduct protection monitor- ing and needs assessments; advocate • Increase the capacity of Iraqi institu- for improved protection and access to tions to collect and manage data, as- justice and essential services, with sess IDP needs, and provide protec- special focus on women and children; tion, assistance and security in full re- and deliver legal aid and information. spect of international norms; • Support the Government of Iraq’s ef- • Ensure close coordination with UN and forts to establish a comprehensive pol- other partners, in particular on cross- icy framework on internally displaced cutting issues such as education, persons. health, sanitation, shelter, human
rights, HIV/AIDS, etc.
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• Monitor returns and provide initial re- In Iraq: refugees integration assistance to returnees as outlined in the UNHCR Rapid Response There are currently over 41,000 refugees Plan for Returns developed in Decem- in Iraq, including Palestinians (13,000), ber 2007 in close coordination with Iranians (11,500), Turks (15,593), and oth- MoDM and UNAMI. ers (708). Pressing needs for these refu- gees include assuring their physical safety • Develop, in close coordination with and enabling their access to documenta- partners, a long-term Return Frame- tion and livelihood opportunities. work that clarifies conditions, bench- marks and operational measures for UNHCR’s support to return. These will Protection and the pursuit of durable so- include scenarios under which UNHCR lutions would facilitate, encourage or pro- mote return. UNHCR will promote re- turn when conditions are conducive to The Office will continue to address the organized voluntary return movements plight of refugees in Iraq - such as that of under conditions of physical, legal and the Palestinians stranded in border areas - material safety. through advocating for their resettlement and humanitarian relocation. UNHCR will continue to undertake demarches with Assistance traditional and non-traditional resettle- ment countries to secure their safe trans- Household needs fer. The recent offer made by the Gov- • ernment of Sudan to admit an initial num- Meet essential household needs ber of 2,000 Palestinians from Iraq will be through emergency NFI distributions actively pursued in coordination with the for up to 400,000 IDPs and returnees. Palestinian authorities. Within the overall objective to provide protection and assis- Shelter tance to refugees in Iraq and pursue dura- ble solutions, planned activities and tar- • Meet essential shelter needs through gets include: the distribution of up to 10,000 shelter kits tailored to the needs of vulnerable • Registration and issuance of updated IDPs, based on the types of settle- identity documents for all refugees in ments and individual shelters prevail- Iraq; ing in the local context. • Resettlement of 500 of the most vul- • Ensure adequate physical planning and nerable people; layout of camps and other group set- tlements. • Resettlement/humanitarian relocation for Palestinians stranded in border ar- Camp coordination camp management eas; • Provide basic assistance and camp co- • Continued pursuit of other durable so- ordination/camp management services lutions, including local settlement and on behalf of IDPs in camps and other repatriation for Iranian and Turkish group settlements. refugees. Assistance Community-based essential services reha- bilitation projects Refugees in Iraq face great difficulties to • Ensure access to basic services and in- meet their basic needs. In Southern Iraq, crease the absorption capacity in com- Iranian refugees have limited freedom of munities hosting IDPs through commu- movement, for fear of detection which nity-based projects aiming at rehabili- could lead to harassment, torture and tation of communal infrastructures. even death. As such, securing their ra- tions from the public distribution system is perilous. Palestinians, especially those
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in Baghdad, are frequently targeted and UNHCR will reinforce the number of regis- particularly unable to find employment. tration staff and activities to reduce the In Northern Iraq, refugees require particu- waiting period, and, for extremely vulner- lar assistance to meet their shelter and able cases, immediate assistance will be other basic needs. While the pursuit of granted before registration is completed. sustainable protection for these ex- UNHCR’s outreach capacity and presence tremely vulnerable groups is a priority, on the ground will be strengthened so UNHCR will also undertake the following that non-registered vulnerable cases are assistance measures: identified quickly and their needs ad- dressed. To do so, the following strategic • Emergency assistance including pay- priorities will be pursued: ment of rental subsidies for the most vulnerable families, health care, edu- • Streamline registration and documen- cation and the provision of relief items tation procedures to permit immediate for refugees living in urban areas; identification of persons requiring ur- gent protection, assistance or durable • Care and maintenance for camp refu- solutions; gees, for example in Makhmour camp and other refugee settlements in • Strengthen mobile teams and decen- Northern Iraq and in the tralize services and of- Basra area. fices to improve out- reach to refugees; In the region: Iraqi refu- • Monitor the protec- gees tion environment in neighbouring countries, UNHCR’s strategic response including through border to the humanitarian needs monitoring, advocating of Iraqi refugees in the re- for non-refoulement and gion aims to alleviate the intervening on behalf of heavy burden on host coun- individual protection tries and communities cases; and addressing through financial support the needs of those in and capacity building of detention as a priority. local institutions in order to preserve the protection space and improve refu- Resettlement: Pending gees’ living conditions. a major improvement of The Office will support na- conditions in Iraq which tional structures and, to would allow massive the extent possible, avoid large-scale voluntary the establishment of paral- repatriation movements, lel systems. Iraqi refugee’s passport in Amman, Jor- resettlement will remain dan UNHCR/Phil Sands an important durable so- lution for the most vul- Protection and the pursuit of durable so- nerable Iraqis. In early 2007, the High lutions Commissioner announced that UNHCR would submit 20,000 vulnerable Iraqi Safe asylum and registration: Through ad- refugees for resettlement by the end of vocacy with relevant authorities, UNHCR the year; consequently UNHCR scaled up is seeking to ensure the continued safe its resettlement capacity and exceeded stay of Iraqis in their respective asylum its resettlement target. As of 30 Novem- countries until voluntary repatriation be- ber 2007, over 21,000 individual cases comes a viable option. This will require had been submitted to 16 resettlement advocacy and intervention with relevant countries. By 1 December 2007, some 20 authorities, particularly for detention per cent had departed (4,575 individual cases and others under threat of deporta- Iraqi refugees). In 2008, UNHCR’s reset- tion. tlement submissions are projected to be
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similar in number to those in 2007. Food: Food is urgently needed to support UNHCR stands ready to increase submis- Iraqi refugees in the region. Within the sions should resettlement countries pro- terms outlined in the Global MoU between vide additional space within their quotas. UNHCR and WFP, an increased number of persons will receive food assistance, and Organized voluntary return, when condi- distribution methods will be improved tions permit: UNHCR will monitor returns through basic or supplementary feeding and provide initial reintegration assis- for vulnerable families and school feeding tance to returnees as outlined in the UN programmes. An agreement reached with Rapid Response Plan for Returns devel- WFP will increase the number of food oped in December 2007 in close coordina- beneficiaries in Syria up to 360,000 bene- tion with MoDM and UNAMI. A longer- ficiaries by the end of 2008. UNHCR will term Return Framework will be developed also aim to provide food rations for up to in close coordination with partners that 20,000 people in Jordan, Lebanon and clarifies conditions, benchmarks and op- Egypt during 2008. erational measures for UNHCR’s support to return. These will include scenarios Education: UNHCR will extend its involve- under which UNHCR would facilitate, en- ment in the programme designed jointly courage or promote return. UNHCR will with UNICEF and the authorities in host promote return when conditions of physi- countries with the aim that as many Iraqi cal, legal and material safety are condu- children as possible are enrolled in cive to organized voluntary and sustain- school. The Joint Education Appeal able return movements. launched in July 2007 targeted the enrol- ment of 155,000 additional Iraqi refugee Assistance children in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Leba- non in order to bring the total to 200,000 Assistance for Iraqi refugees in the region pupils by the end of 2008. As of Decem- will be delivered using a two-pronged ber 2007, around 100,000 Iraqi refugee approach: i) assistance for vulnerable children are attending school. The 2008 individuals will be provided directly by target is therefore to provide an addi- UNHCR or in cooperation with UN and tional 100,000 children with the opportu- NGO partners, in particular the Red Cres- nity to receive adequate schooling. This cent movement; and ii) a community- number will include formal education in based approach will be utilised to sup- public and private schools as well as infor- port existing government structures, par- mal education in home study programmes ticularly in health and education sectors, and non-formal education through NGOs. to maximize their capacity to respond to the needs of Iraqi refugees. In this re- The strategy and activities described un- gard, UNHCR aims to maintain flexible der the 2007 Joint Education Appeal re- mechanisms to support host countries main valid for 2008 and will pursue the while maintaining an adequate level of expansion of public school absorption ca- reporting, monitoring and accountability. pacity; the reintegration of school drop- outs through community mobilization, In line with UNHCR’s emphasis on Re- particularly for girls and adolescents; and sults-Based Management (RBM) and to the provision of support for poor and vul- promote greater accountability in service nerable families to encourage them to delivery, specific and measurable targets send their children back to school. School for each assistance sector have been uniforms and materials will also be cov- identified. These targets provide a qual- ered under the programme. In addition, ity-control mechanism to assess progress selected students will receive opportuni- and improve transparency and confi- ties for higher education, respecting the dence in UNHCR’s reliability and effec- absorption capacity of the respective uni- tiveness among the refugee, host country versities in the host countries. and donor communities.
2008 Iraq Situation Supplementary Appeal 8 UNHCR and UNICEF will coordinate closely tional training will be made available for with other partners, such as specialized refugees to enable temporary self- institutions and NGOs, in conjunction with reliance. Outreach teams will continue to relevant governmental ministries, to en- identify vulnerable non-registered refu- sure adequate planning and appropriate gees and respond to their needs as re- interventions for the implementation of quired. the programme. Counselling and community services: The Health: UNHCR’s intervention in this Office will continue to ensure that its sector is outlined in the Health Appeal staff as well as partners’ staff are atten- launched jointly by UNHCR, WHO, UNI- tive to the social, legal and psychological CEF, UNFPA and WFP in September 2007. vulnerability of Iraqi refugees, and that The main objective of this appeal is to they undertake the necessary action to support the national authorities and address these vulnerabilities. This is par- other agencies in Syria, Jordan and Egypt ticularly crucial as thousands of Iraqis to improve access to health services for who approach UNHCR are victims of tor- Iraqi refugees, including through the ture, SGBV or violent attacks. Many are strengthening of public health systems. disabled, suffer serious medical problems As part of this joint endeavour, UNHCR or have insufficient or no resources. will support and expand the capacity of local governmental and non- The High Commissioner’s global initiative governmental implementing partners to to tackle SGBV and to find adequate solu- deliver better quality primary health tions for affected refugees will be fully care, including both preventive and cura- integrated in the Iraq Operation. The de- tive services; support the respective Min- centralization of assistance, counselling istries of Health (MoHs) as well as the and community services will be strength- network of Red Crescent clinics of the ened through the establishment of field host countries to provide health clinics units outside capital cities and the ex- and referral hospitals; purchase medi- pansion of mobile outreach/registration/ cines and equipment for those clinics assistance/counselling teams wherever that have large numbers of Iraqi refugee possible. Other planned activities in- patients; and purchase ambulances to clude: improve transportation of medical emer- gency referrals to hospitals. Moreover, • Strengthen social, legal, psychological UNHCR will respond to SGBV as part of its counselling and referrals to relevant protection mandate, taking into account partners, especially for those suffering UNFPA’s role in dealing with the health from trauma; and social consequences of gender-based • violence. Support local institutions, such as or- phanages and child-care facilities, to respond to separated, unaccompanied Domestic needs, household support and and other vulnerable children; and shelter: Many Iraqi refugees have de- pleted their resources and are unable to • Expand the number and capacity of undertake income-generating activities in safe houses for women and separated their host countries. As they are staying children. Safe houses are instrumental in urban environments in an already frag- in addressing SGBV, other abuses and ile economic and social context, a large in preventing prostitution. The first number depend on international aid for safe houses were setup in 2007 in Syria their basic needs. Depending on the and Jordan. situation in the country of asylum, meas- ures to be undertaken will include the provision of locally procured non-food packages, the rehabilitation of public buildings sheltering refugees, support for host families, and in exceptional cases, the provision of cash assistance. This lat- ter assistance will prioritize large fami- lies, female-headed households and dis- abled refugees. Wherever possible, voca-
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Contingency planning and emer- gency response preparedness
In view of the unpredictability of the situa- Partnerships: tion in Iraq and in order to maintain UNHCR’s capacity to respond to emergencies, emer- gency stockpiles of relief items for up to 370,000 persons and an expanded warehous- ing capacity will be maintained (100,000 in- Iraq 14 partners side Iraq and 270,000 in the region). In addi- Syria 15 partners tion, UNHCR will strive to replenish the 200,000 NFI stocks destined to cover ongoing Jordan 15 partners distributions to address the immediate needs of refugees, IDPs and returnees. Warehouses Lebanon 7 partners will be maintained in Erbil, Dohouk, Basra, Kerbala, Najaf and Baghdad inside Iraq and in Turkey 2 partners Kuwait, Zarqa (Jordan) and Damascus/Hasake Iran 5 partners (Syria) in the region. Funds will also be main- tained within the Iraq Support Unit to cover Total 58 partners international procurement of NFIs and to sup- port the acquisition of supplementary food Agreements will be signed with supplies where required. at least 58 government and NGO- partners Advocacy
All possible efforts to keep the international community updated on this major humanitar- ian crisis will be made in order to mobilize resources and support for UNHCR, and advo- cate for additional opportunities for the af- fected populations in terms of assistance and solutions. The burden borne by neighbouring countries hosting Iraqi refugees, and by Syria and Jordan in particular, and the need to provide them with further support on a bilat- eral basis will continue to be highlighted. In this regard, UNHCR will fully support the ini- tiatives launched by the League of Arab States, including the upcoming promotional campaign to address the needs of displaced Iraqis. In addition, UNHCR will release regular reports and updates, organize periodic brief- ings with donor countries, the media and NGOs and will issue an annual report during the first quarter of 2008, which will highlight the achievements of the 2007 operation. Funds have also been reserved under the Iraq Support Unit budget to support qualitative and quantitative research and studies to en- sure that the programmes being implemented by UNHCR effectively address the most press- ing needs of the displaced.
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Key Targets
Country Iraq Syria Jordan Egypt Lebanon Other Total
Activity A. Protection
1. Registration of new cases or 40,000 120,000 30,000 6,000 3,000 5,000 204,000 update of existing data
2. Counselling including social, legal, psy. aid or interventions All cases approaching, reported to/or identified by UNHCR on detention/protection cases
3. Establishment of new - 5 2 1 1 1 10 community centers
4. Refugees women/children safely accomodated in safe - 550 200 50 100 50 950 houses
5. Mobile team entrusted with 10 3 2 . . . 15 outreach activities
B. Assistance
6. Shelter materials 15,000 - - - - - 15,000
7. Food, basic and - 260,000 12,500 7,000 2,000 1,500 283,000 supplementary
8. One-time or monthly cash - 22,000 6,000 2,000 1,000 500 31,500 assistance (families)
9. Packages of non-food items 100,000 80,000 10,000 - 10,000 - 200,000
Community 10. Number of new children based 75,000 20,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 100,000 enrolled in schools projects Community Equal access of all Iraqis to basic health services as for 11. Access to health services based nationals of host countries projects
C. Resettlement
12. 2008 Resettlement 500 5,500 4,500 250 1,500 4,250 16,500 1 submissions
13. Relocation of Palestinians 2,500 900 - - - - 3,400 and other vulnerable groups
1 UNHCR has the capacity to submit up to 25,000 persons in 2008, should resettlement countries announce larger quotas.
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Total 5,250,163 1,756,067 3,656,067 7,248,696 1,290,500 17,219,787 15,452,722 22,460,785 50,085,692 20,660,184 65,348,681 12,051,842 10,097,996 16,280,543 12,196,276 232,579,181 261,056,000
Q ------H 390,013 3,000,000 2,571,618 5,571,618 2,559,074 8,520,705
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port 3,341 50,500 300,000 348,465 119,307 403,617 133,701 200,242 192,176 202,929 1,147,631 2,898,980 3,101,909 Field tlement onfusion o v c
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------Saudi Arabia 21,000 300,000 300,000 321,000
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h. This should help a help This should h. c - - - Iran c
of 86,903 56,067 56,067 42,050 84,100 28,033 24,098 91,000 200,000 105,251 472,352 145,079 1,300,000 1,391,000 Islami
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gypt 364 1 E 51,566 11,456 40,000 48,954 85,095 453,800 685,000 729,018 111,457 149,213 T 2,131,615 2,365,923
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c 438,750 498,166 659,600 354,768 220,000 715,295 431,879 379,033 Lebanon du 1,985,879 1,297,500 6,169,958 6,980,888 E 2008
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c ------6,000 Turkey 80,000 647,652 360,000 220,000 220,000 150,000 117,856 160,578 1,683,652 1,962,870
- Syria 200,000 100,000 200,000 4,655,344 1,800,000 8,022,000 3,000,000 2,552,000 8,817,154 2,848,372 12,000,000 33,450,000 15,250,000 44,700,000 125,959,344 137,624,870 in response to the joint 2007 Health and risis; and simplify internal pro internal simplify and risis; ts c
ement ement
c ies, UNHCR’s three budgets for Iraq are being merged into one budget with a situational approa a situational with one budget into merged are being Iraq for budgets three UNHCR’s ies, - - - - c Jordan 627,518 3,874,851 2,557,972 4,391,451 3,048,209 1,685,606 1,936,658 3,406,166 2,224,790 12,799,433 17,737,821 48,659,519 54,290,475
el unmet of requiremen v
Iraq 450,000 600,000 5,204,495 2,633,689 5,300,000 1,500,000 3,500,000 1,650,000 6,500,000 1,600,000 1,200,000 3,200,000 4,566,311 2,653,315 3,989,335 37,904,495 44,497,145
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