The Urbanization of Conflict IRAQ
Directorate of Mine Action(DMA) Ministry of Health and Environment Republic of Iraq
14 Feb. 2018- Geneva
1 Contents - Scope of Problem - Response to New Situation - Challenges - Needs
2 Scope of Problem
ISIS was controlled several Provinces in Iraq After 10 th June 2014 .
Thousands of IEDs were planted everywhere in these provinces .
Iraqi forces was faced new challenge by IED contaminations during liberating operations .
Difficulties of IDPs and Returnees Movements
Provinces that ISIS controlled 3 Response to New Situation
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Removed/Destroyed Devices (IEDs) in Liberated Areas
Total Removed/Destroyed Devices by Provinces
60,000 Total Devices 51,850 (IEDs) • 103,811 Pcs 50,000
40,000 37,820
30,000
Total
20,000 No. of Devices (Pcs) (Pcs) Devices ofNo.
10,000 5,569 5,281 2,449 95 747 0 Anbar Babylon Baghdad Diyala Karkuk Ninewa Salah al- Din
12 MRE Activities Number of MRE Visits in Number of MRE Field Visits liberated Areas •13,031 7,000 6,644 2015 - 2017 6,000 5,000 4,000
3,000 2,674 2,520
2,000 Visits MRE of FieldNo. 1,000 699 76 201 217 0
13 Number of MRE Beneficiaries
Number of Beneficiary by Age and Gender 1,200,000 1,018,236 Beneficiaries 1,000,000 from MRE 800,000 1,404,883 600,000 522,106 445,914
Beneficiary 400,000 266,042 307,170 250,298 200,000
0 Children 5_12 Youth 13_18 Adult 19 Female Male
14 Victim Assistance
Victims Survey in Al - Fallujah district started and around 5000 victims reported
15 Challenges
Unstable Security situation
No international Standards for IEDs.
Low No. of Operators and lack of Experiences .
Lack of information
Lack of financial resources
IDPs and Returnees
16 Total IDPs and rate of IDPs affected by IEDs
5,018,822 594,229 %11,8 Affected IDPs by IEDs Hazards
1.8 1.69 • Total IDPs • IDPS • Rate of 1.6 affected affected Millions 1.4 IDPs 1.21 1.2 0.98 1 0.88 0.8
people 0.6 0.42 0.4 0.2 0.14 0.15 0.11 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0 Anbar Babylon Baghdad Kirkuk Ninewa Salah al-Din
Effected People by IEDs (3 Km Buffer) Effected People
17 Total Returnees and rate of Returnees affected by IEDs
3,031,806 594,229 20%
• Total • Affected • Rate of Returnees Returnees affected By IEDs Returnees by IEDs
18 Needs to face the new challenges
➢Funding ➢Capacity Building ➢NTS for Liberated Area ➢New Technology for detecting IEDs
19 Mosul – Right Side – September 201720