The Urbanization of Conflict

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 - 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 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 – Right Side – September 201720