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Iraq 2010 Humanitarian
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Executive Summary
The 2010 Iraq Humanitarian Action Plan (IHAP) was prepared with an emerging consensus that Iraq has passed the acute humanitarian emergency phase and is progressing towards normalized relations and improved Government capacity to address the country’s longer-term recovery and security challenges. Indeed, the legacy of decade-long sanctions, conflicts, sectarian violence, under-development and neglect cannot be reversed in a short period of time. While the country experiences a fragile transition to development, considerable and protracted needs still exist. Many of these needs must still be tackled through urgent humanitarian actions. In this context, the 2010 IHAP focuses on enduring vulnerabilities across Iraq, while targeting assistance to 26 priority districts where humanitarian needs are most acute.
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Displacement in Mosul
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Situation Report No. 3 (6
March 2010) |
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HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES
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According to figures
verified by UNHCR, the
total number of
internally displaced
people (IDPs) has risen
to 866 families (or
5,196 people) as of 4
March 2010, up from 720
families (4,320 people)
on 1 March, representing
an increase of 146
families (876 people).
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The immediate
humanitarian needs of
the IDPs in the areas of
displacement have been
met through a
coordinated and timely
response by the UN, NGOs
and local authorities,
including distributions
of basic food, non-food
items (NFIs) and hygiene
kits.
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Protection remains an
ongoing concern for the
Christian families
remaining in Mosul,
where anecdotal reports
indicate that some
families continue to
receive threatening
phone calls and written
messages.
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The authorities in
Ninewa governorate have
begun their humanitarian
response by distributing
up to 200 litres of
kerosene per family and
food in the areas of
displacement. ...etc
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Expanded Humanitarian
Response Fund (ERF)
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The Expanded Humanitarian
Response Fund (ERF) provide
quick and flexible funding
of up to US$400,000 to
national and international
organizations for urgent
humanitarian activities in
Iraq to alleviate the
suffering of the civilian
population through emergency
response to humanitarian
needs.
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ERF Bulletin No. 26
February 2010
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Iraq 2010 Humanitarian
Action Plan |
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The 2010 Iraq Humanitarian
Action Plan (IHAP) is a
continuation of the
inter-agency consolidated
appeal process launched for
Iraq in 2008 and expanded to
Iraq and the Region in 2009.
The 2010 IHAP is a joint
humanitarian strategy for
Iraq in 2010. It is not
characterised as a
consolidated appeal per se,
in that it is not
accompanied by detailed
project proposals (although
it is intended to facilitate
fund-raising for
humanitarian operations in
the country).
The humanitarian situation
in Iraq at the beginning of
2010 is projected to be in
transition, situated between
crisis and recovery.
Decreasing levels of
violence, improved
government capacity and lack
of new displacement have
contributed to a gradual
stabilisation of the
humanitarian situation.
However, these improvements
could unravel should the
security or political
situation in the country
deteriorate in 2010 or in
the event of a disease
outbreak (such as H1N1 or
cholera) or a natural
disaster. Therefore, the UN
and NGO humanitarian
agencies should maintain
their response capacity to
both human-made and natural
disasters. This response
capacity should also extend
to supporting the Government
of Iraq in implementing
preventive measures such as
disaster risk reduction
initiatives.
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Disaster Risk
Reduction/Emergency
Preparedness Planning and
Response Capacity Support to
the Government of Iraq
((GoI) |
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Updated: Nov 18, 2009
Iraq faces serious
challenges in coping with
disaster risk reduction in
relation to natural
disasters such as floods,
earthquakes, landslides,
drought and a plethora of
human induced episodes of
fire and industrial
accidents to toxic
pollutants and remnants of
war in addition to the
spontaneous arrival of
refugees from bordering
nations. It is within this
context that the United
Nations, responding to a
request from the Government
of Iraq, undertook a
comprehensive review of
existing disaster risk
management capacities to
assess the level of
preparedness and response
against both natural and
human induced hazards.
The consultancy team
collected information to
prepare documents on the
State of Disaster Risk
Reduction in Iraq and a
proposed way forward for the
Government of Iraq to
strengthen national disaster
risk reduction at the
central,
governorate/regional and
community levels in Iraq (A
Strategic Framework for
Natural Disaster and Risk
Reduction in Iraq). Finally
the Team Leader developed an
Action Plan for Implementing
Disaster Risk Reduction
Initiatives in Iraq that
includes recommended
capacity building and
institutional development
support on disaster risk
reduction by UNDP, UNOCHA
and other members of the UN
Country Team.
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A Strategic Framework for
Natural Disaster |
الإطار الاستراتيجي لمكافحة
الكوارث الطبيعية |
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The State of Disaster Risk
Reduction in Iraq |
إدارة الكوارث في العراق |
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Action Plan for Implementing
Disaster Risk |
خطة عمل لتنفيذ مخاطر الكوارث |
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World Humanitarian Day |
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Baghdad, 19 August 2009:
United Nations agencies in
Iraq today inaugurated the
first World Humanitarian
Day. During a press
conference at the UN Baghdad
Headquarters, UN agencies
called for renewed
commitment to meet the needs
of Iraq’s most vulnerable
following years of conflict.
“This is an opportunity to
honour those who have lost
their lives in humanitarian
service, highlight the
devastating losses suffered
by Iraqi civilians and draw
attention to the ongoing
humanitarian needs in Iraq,”
said Mike McDonagh, Head of
the UN Office for
Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA).
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