F OCHA Situation Overview

Issue No. 50, covering the period 16-30 June 2009 Kathmandu, 1 July 2009

Highlight s: • Laboratory tests confirm Influenza A (H1N1) virus cases in Nepal • Government scraps UCPN-Maoists' decision on Chief of Army, Cabinet of new coalition still to be formed • UN political mission in Nepal (UNMIN) extended by six months • Norwegian Refugee Council report finds 25% of conflict displaced (IDPs) not registered, many lacking durable solutions

CONTEXT Political Developments Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is yet to completely On 24 June, the Cabinet announced that it had decided to shape his month-old cabinet due to disagreements among request an extension of UNMIN’s mandate, which will end allied parties. A loose alliance of 22 political parties in the on 23 July, stating that the mission’s presence was necessary parliament elected Mr. Nepal as the head of government last to monitor the ongoing peace process. However, the duration month. of the mandate extension was not specified. Madhav Kumar Nepal became the Prime Minister after the During the reporting period Indian Foreign Secretary Shiva Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) Prime Shanker Menon and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Minister stepped down as the executive Bashir conducted an official visit on bilateral issues. head of the state on 4 May. Dahal resigned in protest of the President’s interference with his decision to remove the Chief of Army Staff. Since then, the Maoists have obstructed Safety and security parliamentary sittings and organized general protests. During the reporting period, abduction cases have risen On 20 June, Nepali Congress Vice President, Ram Chandra alarmingly not only in the capital but throughout the country Poudel was elected as Parliamentary Party (PP) Leader. and especially in Terai districts. It has been noticed that the Poudel secured 61 votes while the other contestant, NC increased reasons behind kidnapping/abduction cases both Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba secured only 48 votes. The in Kathmandu and outside is mainly for ransom and parliamentary party also elected 17 PP working committee personal enmity. Taking advantage of the unstable and members, 11 elected unopposed while 6 elected through volatile political situation that lacks surveillance voting. mechanisms, the business community and children are being targeted with impunity. The sum of the ransom ranges A day after a new leader for the Nepali Congress PP was between a few lakhs 1 to a million depending on the victim’s elected, NC party president said he and their family’s financial status. wished to leave active politics and hand over full responsibility for leadership to a second generation. He cited The overall security situation of Eastern Region remained health reasons for his decision. tense with increasing security-related incidents. Public movement, daily life and general operations were impacted On 16 June, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal over the past fortnight due to the protest/ Bandh /strikes and presented a 19-page long political document. The report roadblocks, IED explosions, threats and abduction cases. The states that the Maoists will try to form a national government reasons behind such incidents are mixed - political, ethnic- to conclude the peace process and write the constitution on based, criminal, etc. and were carried out by different time, provided that the President’s ‘unconstitutional’ step is political, non political groups, as well as underground corrected and civilian supremacy is established. groups. On 18 June, the cabinet overturned the previous Maoist-led On 21 June, Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) government’s decision to sack Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) (UCPN-M) demonstrators locked Government offices and General Rookmangud Katawal. In a meeting held at the prevented officials from entering at a number of locations Prime Minister’s office in Singhadurbar, the UML-led throughout the country by staging sit-in demonstrations in government also scrapped the Maoist government’s decision front of the offices for two hours. Although the home to appoint General Kul Bahadur Khadka as the acting army ministry had issued strict instructions to security agencies to chief. The last cabinet meeting of the Maoist-led government ensure entry of civil servants and normal functioning of the held on May 4 had sacked CoAS Katawal and appointed day to day activities in the offices, service in government General Kul Bahadur Khadka as the acting army chief. offices has been disrupted throughout the country. On 22 June, the cabinet decided to appoint Yuvaraj CPN-Maoist Matrika Yadav called for two days strike in Khatiwada as a vice chairman of the National Planning Morang District from 16 June to protest the alleged Commission (NPC). The Prime Minister is the ex officio interference in the Party’s work and displacement of landless chairman of the NPC which is the advisory body for formulating development plans and policies of the country under the directives of the National Development Council 1 (NDC). Currency measurement unit used in Nepal.10 lakhs equals a million Nepalese rupees (approx US$ 13,000)

OCHA Nepal Situation Overview, Issue No. 50/ 01 July 2009 1 squatters by the police and some locals at Darbesha of On 25 June, Police arrested leaders from two armed Terai Morang district. Media sources claim that Yadav has groups, Terai Defence Army and Terai Janatantrik Mukti constituted a separate armed wing for the struggle and that Morcha from Chhatiwan, Sarlahi District, according to local the national assembly of the Yadav-led Maoists scheduled for media. Janakpur next month will make the official decision regarding armed revolution. The rebel leader Matrika Yadav During this time, the Peace Ministry has initiated telephone defected from the Unified CPN (Maoist) mainstream with a contact with five armed groups in the Terai to give continuity claim to re-establish the CPN-Maoist some five months ago. to talks held by the previous Maoist led government in February, which imposed a code of conduct. However, On 21 June, UCPN-Maoists seized about 147 bighas 2 of land following a dispute with the government over observation of from a local in Chhitaha, Sunsari. The same dates, 12 the code, relations between the groups and the government government staff including the CDO were locked in the DAO became strained. The new government has expressed office for the whole day. Two senior government officials in willingness to start a review meeting at a time when the Dhankuta were injured by the UCPN-Maoists demonstrators. armed groups have been threatening the government over its stance. Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Rajan faction) and On 21 June, a Bara sub-district secretary of UCPN-M was Madhesh Virus Killers state they are ready for talks with the injured after cadres of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha- government. Although the previous government sent a Jwala Singh (JTMM-JS) shot him in the chest and arm. “review letter” to the five Terai armed groups and one armed Locals captured two of the JTMM-JS cadres when they fled group in the hills, talks could not materialize once the the scene and were beaten to death by the villagers. JTMM- Maoist-led government fell, according to local media. JS claimed responsibility for the shooting by phone, according to local media reports. The Pichada Barga Mahasangh-Other Backward Classes (OBC) enforced an indefinite Terai bandh from 16 June Dalit Janajatis announced a Baglung district bandh on 22 demanding the implementation of the previously agreed 11- June, after a clash ensued between the police and Dalit point demands. was called off on 21 June following a four- Janajatis on the issue of inter-caste marriage. The area point agreement with the government. According to the remains tense, with no vehicular movement and entire agreement, the Government will form a committee within market areas, academic institutions, and industries have one month to work with the backward community, provide been closed in Baglung district. treatment for activists who were injured during the bandh On 21 June - The District Administration Office imposed a and release activists who were arrested during the protests. curfew in Dhadingbensi after cadres of the UCPN-Maoist The bandh had affected vehicular movement in the Terai vandalised government offices. According to DAO, the districts of eastern and central Nepal as well as along the curfew has been imposed in Dhadingbesi bazaar from 1500 East-West highway. hrs to 0400 hrs on 22 June. On 22 June, a cadre of an armed Terai group Madhesh Rastra Janatantrik Party (MRJP) reportedly took Reach of the State responsibility for the stabbing death of a man in his home in An OCHA mission to eastern and central Terai (Jhapa, Dhanusa District. According to the media reports, the MRJP Morang, Sunsari, Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusa, Mahottari, attacked the man for charging high interest rates while Sarlahi, Bara, Parsa and Rautahat Districts) found that more loaning money in his village. than 40 percent of VDC Secretaries have moved to District On 22 June, a demonstration by UCPN/M was reported in Headquarters due to threats and warnings of physical attacks Guleriya Bardiya in front of the DPO. The Bardiya were by underground armed groups and criminal gangs. The protesting against the police intervention in its protest majority are from VDCs located near the border. programme on 21 June 2009. Violent threats reportedly resulted in civil servants being On 23 June, UCPN-M cadres pelted stones at the State reluctant to attend work in Terai Districts. Consequently, Minister of Energy at Tikapur (Kailali district), Chandra around two dozen offices in Siraha and Saptari are without Singh Bhattrai, when he was attending the Municipality Chiefs, while others face a severe lack of manpower. Civil Council. Following the incident the situation became tense servants fear for their personal safety due to threats of and the Municipality Council meeting was cancelled until violence, and has led to a lack of human resources in further notice. government offices to provide the required services. The threats and increase in insecurity is related to the figures of On 23 June, all government offices were padlocked by the violence against government employees over the last year. protestors in Saptari demanding dismissal of the cases Around 90 percent of government offices face a manpower registered against the students who were allegedly involved shortage. The seven sub-Custom Offices in Saptari were in beating the campus chief. However, the police denied the closed from 16 June due to the lack of civil servants. media reports. On 23 June, cadres of Kirat Janabadi Workers Party demanded donations of Rs. 2 lakh (approx US$ 2,630) The seven sub-Custom Offices situated in the Nepal-India from each of the VDCs in Bhojpur. border, reportedly remained closed due to the insufficiency of civil servants, resulting in a 75 percent tax collection Four Limbuwan State Council - Revolutionary supporters reduction in the District. were reportedly arrested charged with the abduction of a man from Bharappa-3 VDC (Panchthar district) on 23 June, From 26 June, the Biratamod Trade and Commerce according to media reports. Federation called an indefinite market strike against the decision of the Porters’ Association to increase wages of the Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha demanded NPR 20 porters without the consent of the Federation, according to thousand from a VDC secretary and threatened to kill the local media. official if their demand is not met in Kapilvastu on 23 June. On 24 June, Sankhuwasabha district police identified two un-detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the entrance of the Tumlingtar Airport. This find came two days 2 Bigha is a traditional unit of land area in South Asia. 1 Bigha equals 0.677 hectare in Nepal

OCHA Nepal Situation Overview, Issue No. 50/ 01 July 2009 2 after the disposal of another IED found at the same location. The IEDs was diffused by the Nepal Army Disposal Team. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION The Bhojpur Multiple Campus remained padlocked for the past three weeks by the two students unions, Students Union Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has decided to close its Revolutionary and Nepal Students Union that demand the programmes in Nepal from August 2009. According to the resignation of the Campus Chief. Country Director, the major reason for leaving the country is the evolution of the political situation, which should permit the Nepali government to assume the responsibility to The padlocking of the government offices by the protesting uphold the rights of IDPs with the support of the groups including UCPN-M has impacted the delivery of international community. Another reason for NRC’s closure public services. The reports of the disrupting the delivery of is the lack of funding to continue its activities beyond August. the government services: • On 22 June, Pawandut Transportation Entrepreneurs The NRC is a nongovernmental humanitarian organization Committee (PTEC), Kanchanpur padlocked the and has six offices located in relevant axes of displacement, Mahendranagar Town Development Committee Office in Kathmandu, Nepalgunj, Biratnagar, Rukum, Surkhet and (TDCO) for an indefinite period, following the decision of Lahan covering 17 districts of central, eastern and mid- TDCO to sell the land that was for parking land by PTEC. western regions of the country. The PTEC is demanding the withdrawal of the decision to Koshi Floods, Eastern Region: sale the land • On 23 June, UCPN-M cadres pelted stones at Chandra Singh Return Package: As of 23 June, 5,788 households had Bhattrai State Minister of Energy at Tikapur (Kailali district) received the Return Package. The distribution is on-going at when he was attending the Municipality Council, following a rate of 160-170 households per day. the incident the situation of the Tikapur became tense and Koshi Embankment Repair: As of 24 June, the Koshi the Municipality Council meeting was cancelled until the embankment repair and reconstruction was 90 percent further notices. completed in Pachim Kusaha, Rajabas and other locations identified as a risk for breaching. Operational Space Cross-Border Preparedness: On 26 June, there was a Joint Interaction Meeting between the District Sepaul, India, UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides representatives and the CDO of Sunsari and Saptari to discuss the Koshi River and embankment reconstruction assistance to around 3.5 million people in Nepal, was situation and preparedness for possible scenarios with the operating at only 50 percent of its capacity because of recent up-coming monsoon season. strikes. The WFP , which has between five and 300 trucks Camps: As of 24 June, 96 households remain in four camps. moving around the country at any given time, depends in In Jhumka Camp, the majority of households received the general on the commercial sector to move its food but drivers Return Package and returned to the pre-flood place of origin. are becoming too scared to carry food during a strike . All remaining 15 households indicated that they will relocate to the pre-flood place of origin once the Return Package is The Tharuhat Joint Struggle Committee (TJSC) and received, closing the Jhumka Prison Camp. In Laukhi Border Tharuhat Autonomous State Council (TASC) sent a letter Customs Camp, 17 households remain who also await the demanding inclusion in the programs and the staffing to UN Return Package. These households require tarpaulin; the and I/NGOs in Nepalgunj. On 3 June, Tharuhat cadres distribution was postponed due to tension. Households will padlocked an Nepalgunj-based INGO office to pressure for be encouraged to collect the tarpaulin from the DDRC to Tharu recruitment. Humanitarian partners and human prevent further tensions in the camp. In Laukhi Dev Kota rights organizations discussed the issue, and agreed uphold Camp, 60 households remain that also indicated they will the principles of the Basic Operating Guidelines (BOG). return upon receiving the Return Package. Issues on operational space and Basic Operating Guidelines The padlocking of the government offices by the protesting (BOG) were also discussed in the eastern region. Participant groups including UCPN-M has impacted the delivery of organizations were encouraged to report any incident related public services. to BOGs violation or operational space related/humanitarian issues to OCHA so that a comprehensive security mapping Mid/ Far Western region: and BOGs violation mapping could be done and shared among all partners. Dang Displacement: Following the report of encroachment of Nepali land by Indian security leading to the displacement A BOGs group meeting on 18 June, co-chaired by SDC and of 200 families, from different Village Development the HC/RC agreed, inter alia, to: further disseminate the Committee (VDC) along the Nepal India border in Dang BOGs, and to advocate for their endorsement with the District, the villagers left and started living in the Kaari Government of Nepal. Community Forest (KCF) following the threats and intimidation from the India Sasharatha Sima Bal (SSB) - Issues related to Operational space were discussed during Border Armed Police. The displaced people have started to the 19 June IASC meeting and concluded that: return home following the action plan on basic services and • Operational space has been reduced in the past months relief to the people of 22 Nakas (border). across the country especially in Terai districts. The delay in the monsoon has severely affected the farmers • UNICEF, WFP, OCHA and UNDSS are working together to and general populations in MWR/FWR. Due to the lack of address the security issues raised by recent bandhs and rainfall, the crops grown in the rain-fed lands are drying up, strikes. and if the current drought continues there will be severe food security implications. During the week, both regions continued to remain drier and warmer. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, compared to last

OCHA Nepal Situation Overview, Issue No. 50/ 01 July 2009 3 year this June is much warmer. The maximum temperature farmers have just started seeding paddy seeds that can be on 23 June in 2008 in Nepalgunj was 33.6 degree Celsius; transplanted within the next month. however this year on June 23 the maximum temperature was 42.2 degree Celsius. Normal life has been affected by the Health increased heat in the Terai, valleys and the foot hills in the On 29 June, National Health Officials of the Government of MWR/FWR, and schools in Dang and Kanchnpur are closed Nepal confirmed swine flu in the country as three persons for a week. In the hills and Terai the drinking water sources have been infected for the first time in Nepal, since the are drying up and people are compelled to drink AH1N1 emerged nearly three months ago in Mexico. contaminated water, and outbreaks of epidemics particularly diarrhoea, cholera and jaundice are inevitable in the poor Swine flu is a respiratory disease, caused by a strain of the communities in MWR/FWR. influenza type A virus known as H1N1. On 11 June, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the ongoing global Cluster Updates: spread of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. First seen in Mexico on 25 April, H1N1 has spread to 113 countries, over Food Security 60,000 infected and 263 have died according to WHO. According to Dr Senendra Raj Upreti, Director of Relentless strikes across the country over the last month Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD), the have severely hampered WFP’s ability to deliver food department has stockpiled the drug Tamiflu and masks and assistance in a timely manner. During the last two weeks, systems are in place for 40,000 patients. WFP was only able to transport about half of its planned food assistance because of the ‘domino’ effect of bandhs. WFP The District Public Health Office (DPHO) in Jajarkot continues to push for unhindered access of humanitarian confirmed as of 24 June, 24 people died of diarrhoea, assistance during strikes. dysentery and high fever in different VDCs including Garkhakot-3, Bhagawati-2, Laha-1, Salma-1, Pajaru-1, The delayed onset of monsoon rains, particularly in the Sakala-5, Rokayagaon-5, Nayakbada-2, Ramidanda-1, western Terai is of extreme concern. Farmers are already -1, Talegaon-1 and hundreds have fallen sick since reporting seedling loss due to lingering drought. If the rains May 2009. The DPHO has already mobilized the available do not begin within the next two weeks, there could be severe medicine and additional medicine is requested from consequences for the summer paddy crop. Regional Health Directorates and Health Departments. The FAO informed that they have been working with District District Public Health Office (DPHO) claims that the disease Agricultural Development Office in supporting Koshi is under control. During the last week of May the Health returnees by providing paddy seeds with fertilizer Minister and the health team visited the diarrhoea affected supplements. VDCs and promised medicines and health workers. Agriculture Emergency Shelter/NFI With the impact of drought and late monsoon, Nawalparasi • WFP-funded food for training is ongoing. The quota of 250 is most affected among the project districts where FAO is trainees are all expected to participate in training courses by working. Due to late monsoon paddy seedlings are drying in the end of June, with the first graduates expected towards the seedbed. However, in the areas around the 'Gandak the end of July. It is planned that one course would provide canal' paddy seedlings are good. training specifically to women. In Kapilbastu, most of the farmers have not been able to sow • Some developments on the UNDP Koshi Early Recovery paddy in seedbed. They are still waiting for the monsoon. If Programme (KERP), with funding sought from BCPR it is late by another few days, production will be significantly (Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery). UN Habitat has reduced. requested US$ 100,000 from the revised budget of US$ 0.5 million to support vocational training for specific target groups. Education Education cluster recently concluded a contingency planning workshop in Kathmandu. Similarly, district contingency planning workshops were also completed in Banke and Kailali districts. • Save the Children with support from UNICEF responded in emergency education in Kailali and Kancahnpur, in areas affected by the 2008 Flood. The project was implemented through SC’s partners: Backward Society Education (BASE), Kailali and Nepal National Social Welfare Association (NNSWA), Kanchapur. In Kanchanpaur a total of 13,901 children (Boys-7,173 and Girls- 6,728) were benefited by the project. Similarly in Kailali a total of 24,751 (Boys- 12,348 and Girls- 12,403) were benefited through various interventions such as educational materials support in Stunting maize seedlings in Gadhuwa, Dang; Photo UN OCHA schools, ECD Centres, and school renovations. One hundred schools were provided with kit materials, 6,500 students received kit bags with school uniforms, stationery and other In Gulmi, despite the late monsoon, paddy seedlings are materials. 30 schools and 63 ECD centres received support good. If the monsoon is delayed by one more week, paddy for repair and maintenance. Schools renovations included seedlings will be too old for transplanting. Some of the compound walls, fencing, roofing and flooring. 12 ECD

OCHA Nepal Situation Overview, Issue No. 50/ 01 July 2009 4 centres had new rooms built. 96 ECD centres received kit preparedness plan. UNICEF, Save the Children, OXFAM, UN materials and 11 centres received carpet. Similarly 2 tutorial OCHA and other humanitarian organizations provided classes were conducted in the schools. technical and financial assistance to District Disaster Relief Committees in organizing the workshops as per guidelines provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA). Similar workshops are planned to be held in Nawalparasi and other districts in July 2009. The information about 2009 pre-monsoon preparedness workshops activities are posted in Nepal Information Platform (NIP) under coordination forum. The link is: http://www.un.org.np/DisasterPreparedness/index.php

Damaged ECD centres in Kailali Damaged ECD centres in Kailali (Before) Photo Credit SC (After) Photo Credit: SC The Nepal Army in collaboration with US Army Pacific command is organizing a Multinational Partners Protection Augmentation Team (MPAT) programme in Kathmandu On 16 June, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) launched from 26 August to 4 September 2009. A two day planning a report on the current status of conflict induced exercise was held in June for the forthcoming Earthquake Disaster Response Simulation, where over 150 national and displacement in Nepal. The report finds that of the estimated 50,000-70,000 conflict-induced IDPs approximately 25% international participants are expected to attend. The Nepal remain unregistered. 53% of IDPs want to integrate locally, Army, Government, Civil Defense, NSET, donors and the 37% are interested in return, while 10% of the interviewed IASC community all contributed to the development of the earthquake scenarios to be used in the exercise, and to the IDPs would like to resettle elsewhere. The report further timeframe, roles and responsibilities and structure of the added that factors that inhibit the return of IDPs include: simulation. security concerns; unresolved land and housing issues; livelihoods and economic opportunities are better in their place of displacement; and low social acceptance in places of COORDINATION origin. See Distant from Durable Solution- Conflict Induced Internal Displacement in Nepal", Coordination meetings based on the cluster approach continue to take place both in the regions and Kathmandu to www.nrc.no/print.aspx?did=9227488 coordinate response and preparedness activities. During 22-26 June, the Protection Cluster held a training for district officials and NGOs from 6 flood-prone districts UPCOMING EVENTS / MEETINGS (Rautahat, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Mahottari, Dhanusha • and Parsa). Trainers from UNICEF, UNFPA, OHCHR, and 3 July, 2009: Operational IASC Meeting, 10:30 am – TPO facilitated sessions on protection, child protection, 12:00 pm, OCHA Conference Room psychosocial issues and gender in emergencies. OCHA • 8–9 July, 2009: MIRA Training, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, representative facilitated also led a session on cluster management and contingency planning. This training is one Himalayan Hotel of a series, with the first held in Nepalgunj at the beginning • 10 July, 2009: Operational IASC Meeting, 10:30 am – of June, and the last to be held in Biratnagar at the end of 12:00 pm, OCHA Conference Room July, covering 17 at-risk districts in preparation for the next emergency. • 23 July, 2009: Emergency Health and Nutrition Working Group Meeting, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, WHO The contingency plan for the Protection Cluster has been Meeting Room developed collaboratively by members during a workshop facilitated by OCHA. This contingency plan will guide • July, 2009(date yet to be fixed): Workshop on Early preparedness activities during 2009, as well as any response Recovery Protection in Disaster, Biratnagar activities by the PC as needed, offering clear instructions on the roles and responsibilities of various actors, and articulating the protection needs in emergencies, including For more details, please visit Meeting schedules at UN Nepal particularly vulnerable categories of persons. Information Platform (NIP). http://www.un.org.np/WebCalendar/month.php On 18 June, United Nations Office for the High

Commissioners for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) and the Armed Police Force (APF) organized a programme to launch RECENT MAPS AVAILABLE : the “Armed Police Force Human Right Handbook”. The OCHA IMU produced a number of mapping products, some handbook is a result of two years of collaboration between of which are listed below and also available on the Nepal OHCHR and the APF Human Rights Cell, and outlines Information Platform (NIP) ( http://www.un.org.np/ ). human rights standards for APF personnel, and includes additional instructions for supervisory officials. Nepal: Reports of Bandhs / Blockades - 1 to 31 May, 2009 http://www.un.org.np/maps/metadata.php?id=652

Disaster Preparedness Nepal: Reports of Security Incidents- 1 to 31 May, 2009 District Contingency Planning workshops were organized in http://www.un.org.np/maps/metadata.php?id=651 Kailali, Banke, Saptari, Sarlahi and Sunsari from 14 till 30 June 2009 to develop district Contingency Plans to prepare Nepal: Reports of Security Incidents - Jan to April, 2009 the districts for the upcoming monsoon floods season. Most http://www.un.org.np/maps/metadata.php?id=650 of the district stakeholders were involved in 2-3 days workshops in formulating district floods response and floods Nepal: Reports of Bandhs / Blockades - Jan to April, 2009

OCHA Nepal Situation Overview, Issue No. 50/ 01 July 2009 5 http://www.un.org.np/maps/metadata.php?id=649 IRC Report: Elimination of Kala-azar in Mahottari District http://www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?m Nepal: Incident Affecting Operational Space - Jan to April, id=546 2009 http://www.un.org.np/maps/metadata.php?id=648 IASC Protection National Cluster: Contingency Plan 2009 (Draft) Nepal: Focal Agency Supporting DDRC for District Pre- http://www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?m Monsoon Disaster Preparedness, 2009 id=544 http://www.un.org.np/maps/metadata.php?id=647 CONCERN WORLDWIDE Report: Nutrition Survey Report RECENT REPORTS AVAILABLE : http://www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?m id=543 On behalf of UN Resident Coordinator Office, a webpage on Influenza A H1N1 has been posted in the UN Nepal Koshi Flood: Rapid Hazard And Risk Assessment (Post- Information Platform. The page contains daily situation Flood Return Analysis) updates from the RC’s office as well as global reports from http://www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?m WHO. Please visit UN Nepal Information Platform for more id=542 details. WASH Cluster Report: Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies: http://www.un.org.np/resources/influenza-a-h1n1.php Lessons Learned from Koshi Flood Response http://www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?m id=541 Some of the recent reports available on NIP are listed below. UNICEF Report: Wash Cluster Nepal Earthquake IRC Report: Access to Health Care in Rural Jajarkot: Final Contingency Plan Survey, Report of Findings http://www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?m http://www.un.org.np/reportlibrary/table_metadata.php?m id=540 id=547

Note: Since March 2008, OCHA Nepal has been providing regular Fortnightly Situation Overviews for the humanitarian community in Nepal and an interested readership worldwide. As of July 2009, OCHA Nepal will produce the situation overview on a monthly basis. With this we would like to inform you that our colleague Vincent Omuga, who was the focal point for this report, has moved to OCHA Zimbabwe. We would like to extend our sincere thanks for his support and wish him all success in his future endeavours.

Disclaimer: The information in this report is consolidated from media, UN, NGO, and other humanitarian partners, subject to availability of data. Although OCHA aims to confirm reports independently, occasional factual inaccuracies can occur. For inputs, questions or comments please contact: Rita Dhakal Jayasawal, National Coordination Officer on ph. 9851072938, [email protected]

Wendy Cue, Head of Office OCHA Nepal Tel. +977 (1) 559-2311 [email protected] Visit the Nepal Information Platform at http://www.un.org.np

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