ICRC 2003 FACTS AND FIGURES INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES RUSSIAN RED CROSS THE NORTH CAUCASUS AND THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA JANUARY-MARCH I I N N T E T R E N A R F T I N O A N A A ADYGEA Jan-Mar 03 L T C F I E O D E T R N A RUSSIAN FEDERATION T A I S O L N Maikop O C F A R O E D N M C STAVROPOL R M O D S KRASNODAR S I KRAI T A N T F D E KRAI Cherkessk R E The ICRC established its E I D O G C R F E S U C T E H N presence in the North T R E R R U E KARACHAY- S E S I A D S N CHERKESSIA Caucasus in 1993, in R C E D R C R O 4 O KABARDINO- CASPIAN SEA S S S S response to the Prigorodny BALKARIA CHECHNYA Nalchik conflict. INGUSHETIA Grozny Nazran Khasavurt NORTH Vladikavkaz DAGESTAN Since then the organisation BLACK SEA OSSETIA Makhachkala has maintained a permanent region-wide ICRC Plan of Action presence and continues to provide assistance and on the North Caucasus in 2003 protection to those affected by the situation in the The year 2003 will see a substantial shift from the emergency oriented response to Chechen republic. one which addresses both emergency and rehabilitation needs in the affected areas. The ICRC will also continue its structural support to efforts of the federal N The ICRC maintains offices and local authorities providing essential services to residents. It comprises in Chechnya, Ingushetia, doubling of the current ICRC surgical support to hospitals in Chechnya and W E further rehabilitation work including laboratory, blood banks and training Dagestan, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and elements, as well as enhancing water and sanitation programs. S Stavropolsky krai. Highlights January, 25, Nalchik In its annual appeal for Representatives from Chechen television media participated in the mine awareness 2003, the ICRC requested roundtable organised by the ICRC as part of its mine awareness programme. It is vitally nearly 30 million USD to important to have correct information about the daily threat from landmines and media plays finance its activities in the key role in raising awareness about the danger. The ICRC experts and the journalists shared Russian Federation. ideas on how to draw the public's attention to the problem and promote the appropriate behaviour in the region. The journalists are willing to make TV clips and documentaries Operations in the Northern propelling the life-saving activities and giving the warning messages. As a tool for effective Caucasus amount to over mutual cooperation, such roundtables will be held on a regular basis. 27 million USD. February, 4, Mozdok "Humanity and War" exhibition opened its doors to visitors again. The exhibition shows the impact of war on human lives and highlights the principles of the Geneva conventions, the norms of International Humanitarian Law and the worldwide activities of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. The exhibition has proved successful over the last few years and travelled to Elista, Cherkessk, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Tuapse, Armavir, Vladikavkaz, Nalchik, MinVody, Budennovsk, Mozdok etc. It is especially important that the exhibition is attended by the school graduates due to join military service in the near future. February, 12, Moscow In January-March 2003, each month the ICRC Arjan Erkel - the Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) Head of Mission in Dagestan (Russian provided food and non- Federation) - was kidnapped six months ago. There has since then been no news about his food assistance fate. As it has done repeatedly since his abduction, the ICRC calls for Arjan Erkel's immediate to more than 150’000 and unconditional release. Kidnapping of civilians is prohibited under international beneficiaries in the humanitarian law. Furthermore, by targeting humanitarian organizations, kidnapping has North Caucasus. moreover proven a major constraint on aid reaching victims in Chechnya and surrounding Republics. Security in North Caucasus remains a major concern for all the humanitarian actors. January-March, Shali In the first quarter of 2003 the ICRC completed a rehabilitation project in Shali Regional Central Hospital. Repair works covered water supply system, general facilities unit, surgery department and operating theatre. The total cost of rehabilitation project is 60 000 USD. Shali Regional Central hospital provides care for more than 350 people. For further details visit our web site www.icrc.org The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organisation whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and co-ordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening international humanitarian law and international humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 1 I I N N T E T R E N A R F T I N O A N A A Jan-Mar 03 L T C F I E O D ICRC Operations in Chechnya in 2003 E T R N A T A I S O L N O C F A R O E D N M C R M O D S S I Among the limited number of humanitarian organizations present on the territory of the Chechen T A N T F D E R Kargalinskaya E E I D O G C Republic, the ICRC, within security and access constraints, plans to move more of its efforts there R F E S U C T E Znamenskoye H N T R E with the goal of maintaining the economic security of its residents with diverse support. The ICRC R R U E S E S I Kalinovskaya A D S N Shelkovskaya R C E will provide additional economic input at the household level in the form of food and non-food D Goragorskiy R C R O 4 O S S Gudermes S S assistance. Social criteria is used to define the most vulnerable sections of the displaced and Grozny resident populations affected by the situation in Chechnya. As part of its protection programs, the Argun Achkhoy- Martan Gekhi Kurchaloy ICRC will not only continue visits to those detained in relation to the situation in Chechnya, but will Shali Bamut Starye Novye Urus- Atagi Atagi also extend the dialogue with relevant authorities on respect of the civilian population and global Martan protection issues. Shatoy (Sovetskoye) Food Assistance Bread Programme ICRC setup in Chechnya The bread programme is being implemented since 1997. The most vulnerable people living ! in urban centres and big villages in the republic receive 12 loaves of bread and a 92 national staff supplemental ration including 1 kg sugar, 1 lt oil, 1 laundry soap and 0,2 kg tea on a monthly ! 98 daily workers basis through 58 kiosks monitored by the ICRC staff. Number of beneficiaries: 47 100 Areas of distribution: ! Towns: Grozny, Urus-Martan, Shali, Argun, Kurchaloy, Gudermes; ! Villages: Chechen-Aul, Gikalo, Prigorodnoe (Grozny district), Alkhan-Yurt (Urus- Food Items Martan district). ! 1 968 food parcels Collective centres (CC) Programme ! 401 657 loaves of bread ! 140 485 kg of sugar The ICRC is consistently providing the residents of the nine old Collective Centres with one ! food parcel per person every two months and a hygiene kit twice a year. 140 485 lt of oil ! 277 482 boxes of tea (100 g) Number of beneficiaries: 2 395 ! 8 745 kg of wheat flour Areas of distribution: ! ! Argun, Sakhzavodskaya str., 9 8 745 kg of beans ! Argun, Sakhzavodskaya str., 11 ! 8 745 kg of potatoes ! Argun, Gagarina str., Kindergarten ‘DCK’ ! 3 498 kg of onion ! Argun, Gagarina str., Kindergarten ‘Sakhzavod’ ! Argun, Sakhzavodskaya str., 13 ! Gudermes, Depovskaya str., 76 ! Gudermes, Makhachkalinskaya str., 60 Non-Food Items ! Grozny, Tukhachevskogo str., 11 A ! 325 592 bars of soap ! Grozny, Yaltinskaya str., 24 ! 2 691 hygiene kits The ICRC continues registration of the beneficiaries in seven newly established Collective ! 24 gas stoves Centres in order to assist them with hygiene kits every 6 months. Number of beneficiaries: 4 093 Areas of distribution: Social criteria of ! Grozny, gor. Mayakovskogo, 119 Chechnya Bread ! Grozny, B. Khmelnitskogo str., 133 Programme beneficiaries ! Grozny, Vyborgskaya str., 4 ! elderly (people older than ! Grozny, Ponyatnikva str,. 98 ! Grozny, gor. Mayakovskogo, 140a 70) ! Gudermes, Zheleznodorozhnaya str., 7 ! invalids from birth and ! Gudermes, Depovskaya, 74 those of category I ! orphans between 0 and 14 In the near future the most vulnerable residents from both old and new Collective Centres years will be taken into consideration within the ICRC bread/supplemental ration programme and ! the CC programme will be cancelled. single-parent children between 0 and 14 years Institution Programme ! children between 0 and 14 years from large families This program assists elderly, orphans and disabled people residing in eight social and (to qualify a family need to medical institutions in the republic. The beneficiaries receive 5 kg of wheat flour, 5 kg of beans, 5 kg of potatoes, 2 kg of sugar, 2 l of oil, 200 g of tea and 2 soap bars every month. have 5 or more children between 0 and 20 years) Number of beneficiaries: 583 Chechnya 2 I I N N T E T R E N A R F T I N O A N A A Water and Sanitation Jan-Mar 03 L T C F I E O D E T R N A T A I S O L N O C F A R O The objective of this program is to provide the civilian population of Chechnya with sufficient E D N M C R M O D S S I T A N supply of drinking water.