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Uzbekistan: Population Movement Emergency appeal n° MDRUZ002 Uzbekistan: GLIDE n° OT-2010-000113-UZB Population Movement 15 July 2010 This revised Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 1,166,159 in cash, kind, or services to support the Uzbekistan Red Crescent Society which provided assistance to tens of thousands of refugees from Kyrgyzstan in June and July 2010. The revised appeal will cover the period of six months and will be completed by the end of December 2010. A Final Report will be made available by 31 March 2011, three months after the end of the operation. CHF 300,000 was allocated on 15 June from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support this operation. The Red Crescent provided tents, clothing and mattresses to refugees upon their arrival. Photo: Uzbekistan RC/Namangan Appeal history: • This Emergency Appeal was initially launched with a target of CHF 4.15 million, on a preliminary basis, on 16 June 2010 for 6 months to assist 24,000 beneficiaries. • Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 300,000 was allocated from the International Federation’s DREF to support the National Society to respond. • This revised Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 1,166,159 in cash, kind, or services to support the Uzbekistan Red Crescent Society. As per 15 July 2010 the coverage of the revised appeal is 102 per cent. The IFRC is not appealing for additional funding through this appeal due to the changed situation and as initial needs are covered. Please see the donor response list for information on contributing donors. Summary: Violent clashes in the south of Kyrgyzstan starting on 10 June 2010 resulted in a massive population movement towards and across the Uzbekistan border. An estimated number of 92,000 refugees were registered in Uzbekistan and accommodated in camps in the areas of Andijan, Namangan and Fergana. However, the situation in Kyrgyzstan quickly changed and on 24 June the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan notified that all refugees, with some minor exceptions, had returned to Kyrgyzstan. The Movement response was prompt and comprehensive. Initially the National Society distributed food and non-food items from its own stock while delivery of items was organized by the IFRC carrying non-food items, a combination of in-kind donations from a number of partner National Societies and the IFRC’s regional logistics unit in Dubai. Moreover a FACT as well as senior Federation staff members, including a senior advisor, was deployed to Uzbekistan. 2 Due to the quickly changed situation there was no distribution of relief items delivered by the IFRC to Uzbekistan: refugees returned to Kyrgyzstan before the distributions could be organised. The IFRC considers it is logical to transfer part of the goods delivered in Uzbekistan to the Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan while keeping the rest in Uzbekistan to replenish the National Society’s preparedness stocks and strengthen its preparedness capacity in areas prone to a renewed refugee influx. In terms of disaster management, and as part of the appeal, capacity building in core areas of disaster management planning, organisational preparedness, community preparedness and disaster risk reduction will be initiated. The IFRC is about to re-open its country office in Tashkent in order to enhance coordination of Movement actions in time of crisis and monitor the situation as conditions in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan remain calm but still volatile. Moreover permanent Federation presence will contribute to strengthening the Red Crescent’s representation role as well as auxiliary to the state authorities. <click here to view the attached Emergency Appeal Budget; here to link to a map of the affected area; or here to view contact details> The situation Violent clashes in the south of Kyrgyzstan starting on 10 June 2010 resulted in massive population movement towards and across the Uzbekistan border. An estimated number of 92,000 refugees were registered in Uzbekistan and accommodated in camps in the areas of Andijan, Namangan and Fergana. The Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan, acting as an auxiliary to the public authorities engaged immediately in the provision of relief assistance to the affected people. In response to the quickly developing crises, the International Federation deployed a field assessment and coordination team (FACT), seconded senior Europe Zone Office personnel to Tashkent, issued a preliminary Emergency Appeal, made a DREF allocation of CHF 300,000 and arranged for the delivery of emergency non-food items to Uzbekistan. Two flights organized by the International Federation arrived to Uzbekistan on 20 June carrying non-food items, a combination of in-kind donations from a number of partner National Societies (Canadian, British, and Danish Red Cross Societies) and International Federation stocks dispatched from the Dubai regional logistics unit. Consignments of relief supplies were flown to Uzbekistan by the Finnish Red Cross and the Turkish Red Crescent. The International Committee of the Red Cross provided support to the National Society and began mobilising in-kind assistance either. In the meantime the situation in Kyrgyzstan started to quickly change and on 24 June the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan notified that all refugees, with some minor exceptions, had returned to Kyrgyzstan and that no further international assistance was required. The Government further announced its wish that goods brought into Uzbekistan to assist refugees should be forwarded to the Kyrgyz Republic to follow the intended beneficiaries of international assistance. It is understood that the Government of Uzbekistan respects the need of agencies to remain accountable for the use of these resources and is therefore planning to facilitate the transfer of materials within agencies present on both sides of the border. The International Federation agreed with the approach, as did the Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan which had received confirmation from the Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan that the latter was ready, able and willing to receive the goods in question. However, taking into account that the Uzbekistan Red Crescent used large amounts of its own preparedness stocks to provide immediate assistance to the arriving refugees from Kyrgyzstan during the first days of the crises, the International Federation considers it totally legitimate to use the adequate number of relief supplies brought into the country as part of the International Federation response to replenish the stocks of the National Society that were utilized to support the refugees For that purpose, the International Federation in Tashkent, while awaiting a response from the Government of Uzbekistan to its proposal, has been working to establish a detailed overview of which goods would be transferred to Kyrgyzstan and which would be handed over to the Red Crescent branches in the regions of Andijan, Namangan and Fergana, keeping in mind both the need for replenishment and the need to respect 3 donors’ intent. The Red Cross Red Crescent back donors have given their agreement for the goods to be utilized in Kyrgyzstan. Coordination and partnerships The Uzbekistan Red Crescent Society, acting as an auxiliary to the public authorities, played the central role in organizing the provision of Red Cross Red Crescent assistance to the refugees who had arrived in their country, and participated in the work of the task forces the government of Uzbekistan had established at national and regional levels. The UN inter-agency system has been coordinated by the UN Resident Representative in Tashkent, while WHO has been leading coordination through bi-weekly meetings with all agencies involved in health sector. During and after the Federation FACT mission the IFRC increased its interaction with the wider humanitarian community. The National Society, the International Federation and the ICRC have been in close dialogue from the onset of the crisis, and established effective coordination mechanisms to ensure a well-coordinated Movement response. Coordination commitment is based on the Memorandum on Partnership and Coordination signed between the Uzbekistan Red Crescent Society, the ICRC and the International Federation in May 2010. The ICRC regional delegation in Tashkent has been working in close coordination with the Federation and mobilized resources to ensure a rapid Movement response and adequate support to the National Society. The ICRC contributed in-kind emergency supplies as well as technical support in areas such as Restoring Family Links (RFL) and water and sanitation. The Uzbekistan Red Crescent, the International Federation and ICRC had daily coordination meetings chaired by the National Society at its headquarters. The representatives of the International Federation have been based in the National Society headquarters and it has been agreed that to the extent the International Federation is to continue to be present in Tashkent it will do so in an integrated manner. In order to strengthen the co-ordination of Movement action, and to facilitate relations, the Director of Europe Zone made a visit to Tashkent during which she met with representatives of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the National Society leadership, the International Federation team, the ICRC, and representatives of UN and other international organisations present in Uzbekistan. The Europe Zone Office is preparing to support these efforts further, and to assist the Red Crescent Society in Uzbekistan in developing its role as an auxiliary to the public authorities, building on the good and constructive co-operation established during the crisis. Red Cross and Red Crescent action Andijan regional branch of the Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan began responding to the needs of the refugees almost immediately upon their arrival in large numbers. Starting late 11 June the staff and volunteers of the branch provided tents, used clothing and mattresses and began offering hot meals. Since the inflow of refugees from Kyrgyzstan started the Uzbekistan Red Crescent responded by providing relief items from its own stock. A wide-range of food and non-food items was distributed.
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