Fact Sheet - No. 7: United Nations cross-border operations from Jordan to (as of 8 February 2015)

UN Security Council Resolution 2165/2191 Through the unanimous adoption of resolutions 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014), until 10 January 2016, the UN Security Council has authorized UN agencies and their partners to use routes across conflict lines and the border crossings at Bab al-Salam, Bab al-Hawa, Al Yarubiyah and Al-Ramtha, with Jordan, to deliver humanitarian assistance, including medical and surgical supplies, to people in need in Syria. In accordance with the resolutions, the government of Syria is notified in advance of each shipment and a UN monitoring mechanism has been established to oversee loading in neighboring countries and confirm the humanitarian nature of consignments.

UN cross-border response Number of beneficiaries by sector Sector Classifications

NFI 236,234 Food: food baskets 225 6 543,464* Food 162,500 NFIs: dignity kits, blankets, jerry cans, kitchen sets, sleeping mats, mattresses, winteri- beneficiaries Agencies 76,250 zation kits, tarpaulins Trucks WASH Quatana Health 68,080 WASH: basic water kitsDh aformee rfamilies, water purification tablets, hygiene kits for families *An undetermined percentage of the beneficiaries will have received multiple sectoral interventions; therefore, the beneficiary numbers at the Education 400 and babies, sanitary napkins, diapers sector level is a more accurate reflection of those being reached. Duma Health: emergency health kits, surgical kits, reproductive health kits, midwifery kits, LEBANON Bait medical consumables Jan Rural Ghizlaniyyeh Kisweh Education: recreational kits Sa'sa'

Khan Arnaba Beneficiaries Assisted Masaada (6,484) Ghabagheb To date, UN agencies, in cooperation with international and national NGOs, have QuneitraQuneitra (13,420) Masmiyyeh reached some 543,464 people in need in southern Syria from Jordan via Al-Ramtha (4,833) (7,455) e border point. n i t As-Sanamayn s Little e l 106,885 a 17,315 Sura P

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o Shaqa B Ariqa norate (with 106,885 beneficiaries). Quneitra is a district far north of the Jordanian ö ' border which has long been difficult for humanitarian actors to access, like al-Fiq Al 88,640 Izra' (32,065) 28,000 in the same governorate (where 28,000 beneficiaries have been assisted by the Fiq Nawa Sheikh Tassil (25,128) ö (13,925) Miskine UN). To a slightly lesser extent, Izra’ District of Dar’a Governorate, where 88,640 bene- Fiq (775) (1,838) Mazra'a As-Sweida ficiaries received UN aid, has also been historically under-assisted. Ash-Shajara (26,583) Da'el Mashnaf (15,450) Hrak (12,080) As-Sweida Shipment History Mzeireb (47,650) Kherbet Ghazala Mashnaf The first UN shipment from Jordan crossed twenty three days after the resolution 2165 ] (17,500) Tal 302,624 As-Sweida was adopted on 6 August, bringing food, NFIs, and WASH supplies to people in need. Dar'a Shihab ö Mseifra JORDAN (17,640) To date, 19 convoys under UNSCR-2165 and UNSCR-2191 crossed Al-Ramtha (con- Dar'a Legend ] (59,800) sisting of 225 trucks), bringing humanitarian supplies from UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, Total Beneficiaries Dar'a WFP, WHO and IOMMilh to people in need in Dar’a and Quneitra Governorates.

0 - 30,000 Jizeh Qarayya ] ] (11,150) 30,001 - 60,000 Al Nasib 60,001 - 90,000 Busra Next Planned Shipment Esh-Sham 90,001 - 120,000 (7,010) Salkhad The next shipment is scheduled to take place on Monday, 09 February 2015 120,001 - 302,624 Thibeen (XX) PiN (as of Jan 2015)

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