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Humanitarian 2016 RESPONSE PLAN HUMANITARIAN 2016 RESPONSE PLAN DEC 2015 IRAQ OCHA/Gwen McClure PART I: TOTAL POPULATION PEOPLE IN NEED PEOPLE TARGETED REQUIREMENTS # HUMANITARIAN OF IRAQ (US$) PARTNERS 36M 10M 7.3M 861M 188 TURKEY Dahuk 657,446 Erbil 474,394 Ninewa 2,825,286 Sulaymaniyah Kirkuk SYRIA 812,039 210,059 Salah al-Din IRAN 658,906 Diyala 603,293 02 Baghdad Anbar 1,514,276 1,368,919 Wassit Kerbala Babylon 154,000 125,825 180,841 Qadissiya Missan 49,490 Najaf 156,899 Thi-Qar 169,010 67,835 Basrah SAUDI ARABIA Muthanna 30,742 8,345 KUWAIT xx People in need The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. The data for this map has a limited number of sources, including parties to the conflict. The data has not been independentlyThe designation verified and is employed subject to error andor omission, the presentationdeliberate or otherwise of bymaterial the various and source mapss. Due into the this fluidity report of the conflict,do not control imply status theis likely expression to change. of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Humanitarian Country Team and partners concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. PART I: TABLE OF CONTENT TURKEY Dahuk PART I: COUNTRY STRATEGY 657,446 Foreword by the Humanitarian Country Team ������������������� 04 Erbil The Humanitarian Response Plan at a glance �������������������� 05 474,394 Ninewa Overview of the crisis ������������������������������������������������������������ 06 2,825,286 Sulaymaniyah Scenario planning ������������������������������������������������������������������� 09 Kirkuk Strategic objectives ���������������������������������������������������������������� 10 SYRIA 812,039 210,059 Response strategy ������������������������������������������������������������������ 11 Operational capacity �������������������������������������������������������������� 13 Salah al-Din IRAN 658,906 Humanitarian access �������������������������������������������������������������� 14 Diyala 603,293 Response monitoring ������������������������������������������������������������� 15 Summary of needs, targets and requirements ������������������� 16 03 Baghdad Anbar 1,514,276 Summary of cluster response ����������������������������������������������� 17 1,368,919 Wassit Kerbala Babylon 154,000 125,825 PART II: KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ 21 180,841 Qadissiya Missan 49,490 Najaf 156,899 PART III: OPERATIONAL RESPONSE PLANS 29 Thi-Qar 169,010 67,835 Basrah PART IV: ANNEXES 93 SAUDI ARABIA Muthanna 30,742 8,345 KUWAIT xx People in need The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. The data for this map has a limited number of sources, including parties to the conflict. The data has not been independently verified and is subject to error or omission, deliberate or otherwise by the various sources. Due to the fluidity of the conflict, control status is likely to change. PART I: FOREWORD BY THE HUMANITARIAN coUNTRY TEAM FOREWORD BY THE HUMANITARIAN coUNTRY TEAM The conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) During 2015, the Humanitarian Country Team supported the na- has had profound humanitarian consequences. Nearly one-third tional effort, preparing one of the most highly prioritized appeals of Iraq’s population, 10 million people, need help. Three million launched in the region. Partners, supported generously by do- Iraqis have fled their homes and 3 million more are living under nors, have worked around the clock to reach people under siege, ISIL control. Countless people have been brutalized in some of help newly displaced seek safety, provide life-saving support the most horrific violence in the world. The situation of wom- to families at extreme risk, and deliver assistance to returnees. en and children, including those who have been captured and Unfortunately, all indicators point to a worsening situation. Iraq, enslaved, is heartbreaking. a country devastated by years of violence and conflict, is expe- Parties to the conflict are regularly violating human rights and riencing triple crises—a humanitarian disaster, fiscal collapse international humanitarian law. Indiscriminate bombing, killing, and widespread, paralysing insecurity. Despair among Iraqis abduction, rape, looting and expulsion are common in hard-hit is growing and many are deciding they have no option but to 04 areas and sectarian violence is threatening to tear communities leave their country. apart, undermining national reconciliation, perhaps for gen- The contributions of humanitarian partners will have a dispro- erations. portionate impact this year on the future of the country. Knowing Families throughout Iraq are struggling to find jobs and to secure this, the Humanitarian Country Team has developed an honest housing, decent health care, food and safe drinking water. Two appeal. Partners are not asking for inflated funding in the hope million children are out of school and in a country with once of receiving a portion. Needs have been assessed and the costs high human development indicators, poverty is rising sharply, of meeting these at international assistance standards calculated and quickly. In the Kurdistan Region, where 1 million Iraqis at US$4.5 billion. have found safety, unemployment is creating serious economic Recognizing the enormous security, access, capacity and funding and social hardship. The cholera outbreak in August confirmed constraints they are facing, partners are requesting $861 million what many fear—that Iraq’s public and social infrastructure is in the 2016 Humanitarian Response Plan to help ensure that the collapsing, putting peoples’ lives at extreme risk. most vulnerable people receive the assistance they need. As was A truly impressive national effort involving the Government, the case last year, protection remains at the centre of the oper- civil society and countless communities has been mounted to ation. The amount being requested is not commensurate with address the crisis. The Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan the overall humanitarian needs in Iraq, leaving an ethical gap Regional Government have provided aid, coordinated assis- between the international standards and the packages partners tance and have helped to secure the safety of populations who plan to deliver. The appeal does, however, accurately reflect the need assistance. The people of Iraq have welcomed displaced absolute minimum required to help Iraqis survive the crisis. persons into their homes and communities and local groups and religious organizations have worked tirelessly to provide shelter, care and support. THE IRAQ HUManitarian COUNTRY TEAM The 2016 Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) has been developed to target populations in critical need throughout Iraq but does not cover the refugee response in Iraq. This is led by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and covered in the 2016-2017 Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP). In an effort to present a comprehensive overview of the humanitarian situation in Iraq, refugee needs and representative response actions are referenced in relevant sections of the HRP. PART I: THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN AT A GLANCE THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN AT A GLANCE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 PEOPLE IN NEED OPERATIONAL PRESENCE: NUMBER OF PARTNERS Reach as many DAHUK people in need as 78 ERBIL10M 188 55 possible across NINEWA SULAY- 49 Iraq 57 PEOPLE TARGETEDKIRKUK MANIYAH 20 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2 SALAH AL-DIN 9 Give options to DIYALA 29 families to live in ANBAR 7.3Baghdad M 11 30 Iraq with dignity 7 KERBALA BABYON WASSIT 7 7 REQUIREMENTS (US$) 6 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3 QADISSIYA MISSAN 9 11 8 Support NAJAF THI-QAR 1 million 22 voluntary, safe 500,000 861M BASRAH 6 and dignified 250,000 MUTHANNA returns STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 4 05 Bridge critical CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IDPS IN AND OUT OF CAMP POPULATION OF CHILDREN gaps in the social Veried grave violations of children’s In camp protection floor rights have increased by 0.3 million Out of of camp 1 2 displaced people is a child STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 5 Help people 99% 2.9 million brutalized by from June 2014 to May 2015 violence cope Source: UNICEF MRM database Source: IOM DTM November 2015 Source: Sex and age disaggregated data of and recover from Humanitarian Prole, October 2015 ....................trauma PEOPLE WHO NEED SOME FORM OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE AFFECTED HOST COMMUNITIES DAHUK 10M 3.2M 3.2M ERBIL NINEWA SULAY- KIRKUK MANIYAH SALAH AL-DIN DIYALA Baghdad ANBAR OTHER HARD-TO-REACH PEOPLE REFUGEES KERBALABABYLONWASSIT QADISSIYA MISSAN 3M 0.2M THI-QAR 3 million NAJAF 1.5 million BASRAH 750,000 MUTHANNA 1 million 250,000 PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS The humanitarian crisis in Iraq is highly complex, volatile, becoming protracted and expected to widen and worsen in the year ahead. Iraq’s crisis is driven by unpredictable, massive waves of dis- likely to fall below the self-supporting threshold, forced to seek placement caused by armed conflict. From January 2014 to No- aid, even as they share their few assets with displaced families. vember 2015, 3.2 million people were forced to flee their homes With conditions worsening, in many places dramatically, in several big waves of displacement, and multiple smaller ones. people are struggling desperately to cope. One of the most An additional 1.1 million
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