Updates now issue once a week, on Fridays. Updates can be emailed: contact c-moye@dfid.gov.uk
Security
Security continues to be a serious concern, underlined by the death near Mosul on 5 September of British citizen, Ian Rimmel who was working for the NGO MAG (Mines Action Group).
Reconstruction Funding
The US Administration is requesting $20.3 billion supplemental funding in the 2004 US budget for security and reconstruction programmes in Iraq (in addition to military expenditure). The request includes $5 billion to rebuild the Iraqi security and justice system, $5.7 billion for electricity infrastructure, $3.7 billion for water supply and sanitation, $2.1 billion for oil infrastructure and $3.4 billion for other reconstruction work including in the health, housing and communications sectors. The request will be considered by the US Congress.
Electricity and Fuel
Work is continuing through the UN Development Programme (DFID funded) and Bechtel (US funded) to restore electricity generation and transmission capacity. DFID has just approved £20 million for essential infrastructure in the south of the country (see DFID news below).
The availability of fuel, particularly petrol, has continued to improve. But concerns remain over stocks of kerosene in the lead up towards winter. Diesel is still in short supply, but with work underway to increase local production, and initiation of imports, the situation is expected to improve steadily.
The first imports of around 8,000 tonnes of LPG (cooking gas) into the south has significantly reduced the supply shortage. Continued imports are likely to be required into 2004 until Iraq's own production capacity is fully restored.
Refugees
Refugee repatriation is currently on hold until the UN High Commission for Refugees resumes its operations in Iraq.
DFID NEWS
Funding
DFID has now committed £198 million to humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in Iraq.
£20 million was allocated last week towards the restoration of essential services in southern Iraq. The assistance is expected to improve service delivery of power, water and fuel to over 5 million people. The money will be used for equipment and spare parts, including mobile generators, repairs and refurbishment of electrical, fuel and water pipelines.
A full list of DFID funding is attached.
£12 million remains available in DFID's current allocation of £210 million. A further £60 million has been set aside by the Chancellor for Departments to claim from HM Treasury for humanitarian and reconstruction work in Iraq if required, some of which has already been allocated for support to the CPA.
DFID also provides 19% of European Community (EC) funding for Iraq. The total EC commitment to Iraq currently stands at €100 million.
Staff Deployments To Iraq
DFID is providing over 25 staff in Iraq, including consultants on short-term contracts.
In Baghdad, DFID is providing a number of advisers to the Coalition Provisional Authority. These include the Director of Operations, and advisers focusing on food security, IDP/refugees, salary payments, statistics, gender and public works. They work in close liaison with Iraqi administrators, the United Nations and other agencies.
In Basra, DFID advisers work with the Coalition Provisional Authority on economic management, legal affairs, press and public affairs, gender and civil governance; and a consultancy team has been established to support CPA projects. Other DFID staff are seconded to the UK military and humanitarian agencies.
DFID has also seconded a number of consultants to support UN agencies in Iraq and the region.
AGREED DFID FUNDING
UN PRE-CONFLICT PREPAREDNESS
| World Food Programme
Food pre-positioning for 250,000 for ten weeks. Upgrading logistics and communications capacity. Activating UN Joint Logistics Centre (UNJLC) and UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS). |
£8,000,000
|
| United Nations Children's
Fund
Pre-positioning supplies (health kits, birthing kits, therapeutic milk, high protein biscuits, hygiene supplies and mobile water purification units, school in a box, and NFIs. Developing campaign for mine awareness. Enhance capacity of field offices. |
£2,000,000
|
| United Nations High Commission
for Refugees
Winter kits for 350,000. Procurement of remaining kits for target caseload of 600,000. Site identification and deployment of additional emergency officers. |
£1,750,000
|
| World Health Organisation
24 emergency health kits pre-positioned. Training on communicable diseases and awareness for CBW. Need to preposition 76 additional health kits and 20 surgical kits. Strengthen field operations, logistics, communications. |
£1,000,000
|
| Office for the Co-ordination
of Humanitarian Assistance
Deployment of personnel to Country Teams and Larnaca. Deploy IRIN officers to Cyprus, Turkey, and Jordan. Develop public information capacity. |
£150,000
|
| Office of the United Nations
Security Co-ordinator
Enhance current security structure with 1 Regional Security Coordination Officer, 6 Field Security Officers, oversight and training. |
£100,000
|
| Total for UN Preparedness |
£13,000,000
|
UN CONSOLIDATED APPEAL
| Food and Agriculture Organisation
Support to agricultural and poultry production in war-affected areas of southern Iraq to boost food security and contribute to improving the nutritional status of project beneficiaries in areas targeted. |
£1,500,000
|
| World Food Programme
Support to enable the procurement, transport and distribution of foodstuffs, including operational and logistical support. Support to the provision of the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service and the United Nations Joint Logistics Centre. |
£25,000,000
|
| World Health Organisation
Support to the implementation of policy and the operation of the health system, in close cooperation with new national and local authorities, including assessing overall health needs as well as the overall capacity of the Iraqi health structures |
£5,000,000
|
| United Nations Development
Programme
Emergency assistance in the electricity sector focusing on Central and Southern Iraq. Work includes assessments and rapid rehabilitation of facilities. |
£7,035,100
|
| UNDP Assistance to Electricity Sector Phase Two |
£5,116,312
|
| United Nations Children's
Fund
Support to key activities in water and emergency sanitation, routine immunisation and mine risk education throughout Iraq. |
£7,000,000
|
| UNICEF Water and Environmental
Sanitation
Emergency water and environment sanitation project for supplying potable water to schools and affected households of Baghdad and in the governorates of Dialla, Kerbala, and Salaheddin. |
£6,835,187
|
| United Nations Mines Advisory
Service
Support to mine clearance activities and mine action co-ordination throughout Iraq. |
£4,000,000
|
| Office for the Co-ordination
of Humanitarian Assistance
Support of information, coordination and technology in Iraq and the region. |
£750,000
|
| Office of the United Nations
Security Co-ordinator
Provide an interim security capability in Iraq. Develop a UN security management structure, capacity to monitor security; provide security advice, develop security structures and procedures. |
£500,000
|
| Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights
Promotion of human rights, protection/assistance to vulnerable groups and to raise awareness and development of national human rights capacity. |
£400,000
|
| United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Develop and implement a strategy for promoting women's rights in post conflict Iraq. |
£500,000
|
| Total to UN Agencies for Consolidated Appeal: |
£63,636,599
|
RED CROSS MOVEMENT
| International Federation
of the Red Cross
Support to pre-positioning stocks, deployment of delegates, as well as disaster preparedness/response activities of the relevant National Societies. |
£15,500,000
|
| International Committee
of the Red Cross
Support to pre-positioning stocks, deployment of delegates, emergency medical support, water and sanitation, protection and assistance activities. |
£16,500,000
|
| Total Red Cross |
£32,000,000
|
NGO SUPPORT
| Merlin
Emergency health, mobile units, rapid health assessments |
£265,000
|
| International Medical Corps
Emergency Trauma care, primary care for under-5s and pregnant woman and obstetric care |
£220,000
|
| Save the Children UK
Health, non-food items and tracing |
£500,000
|
| HelpAge International
Non-food items, shelter to elderly IDPs and their dependents |
£150,000
|
| GOAL
Assistance and Primary Health Care to southern Iraq |
£305,834
|
| War Child
Emergency bakeries programme |
£613,133
|
| MedAir
Assistance to IDPs in northern Iraq |
£295,565
|
| Mines Advisory Group
Mine action preparedness, mine marking and deployment of coordinators to centre/south Iraq |
£80,883
|
| 4RS
Assistance to vulnerable women in northern Iraq |
£105,673
|
| CARE
Rehabilitation of water, sanitation and health facilities in centre/south Iraq. |
£499,070
|
| MAG Northern Iraq Demining
Teams
To support three mine action teams to cover de-mining in the Mosul area. |
£781,639
|
| Merlin
Enhance existing Iraqi Ministry of Health outbreak preparedness and response capacity to prevent diarrhoeal disease in Baghdad city and Al-Anbar governorate. |
£76,259
|
| ACTED Rehabilitation of
Water Units
Rehabilitation of water supply units in Al-Muthana and Al-Najaf governorates. |
£276,500
|
| Muslim Hands International
Rehabilitation of four schools in Al-Falluja. |
£100,897
|
| International Medical Corps
Humanitarian risk reduction support to Iraqi vulnerable population. |
£522,031
|
| People in Need Foundation
Emergency rehabilitation of five Primary Health Centres (PHC). |
£29,012
|
| SCF Emergency Health Sector
Emergency health support to seriously sick children affected by the conflict and post-war insecurity in Iraq. |
£232,631
|
| Solidarite Sanitation Programme Sanitation programme to restore and maintain the sewage capacity of storm water networks in four secondary towns of the Babil governorate. |
£215,000
|
| Total NGOs |
£5,269,127
|
DFID SECONDMENTS
| DFID secondments/consultants, security etc. |
£7,864,088
|
| Total DFID Secondments |
£7,864,088
|
OTHER RECONSTRUCTION WORK
| Recovery Infrastructure
Group (RIG)
Design and implement recovery and infrastructure projects to assist the CPA in its programme of post-conflict recovery. |
£6,700,000
|
| Governorate Teams South
Support Governorate teams in CPA South - Maysan, Muthanna, Thi Qar, and Basrah. |
£2,230,000
|
| IMF Economic Management
Provide capacity and support to the fledging government of post conflict Iraq on key issues of economic governance and financial management. |
£3,150,000
|
| Institute of War and Peace
Reporting
One-year programme for training journalists. |
£513,222
|
| BBC World Service Trust
Emergency radio programme & media audit. |
£390,600
|
| Re-establishment of radio and television broadcasting capacity in the four Southern Governorates of CPA South. |
£6,770,288
|
| Restoring Essential Services
Consulting services, equipment, spare parts and rehabilitation works to improve service delivery in the power, fuel and water sectors in southern Iraq. |
£20,000,000
|
| Total Reconstruction |
£39,754,110
|
Summary of DFID contribution to humanitarian
aid and reconstruction in Iraq
|
SUMMARY
|
£m
|
| UN Preparedness |
13.0
|
| UN Agencies for Appeal (plus £36.4 million committed but not yet allocated to specific activities) |
63.6
|
| Red Cross |
32.0
|
| NGOs |
5.3
|
| Reconstruction |
39.7
|
| DFID Secondments |
7.9
|
| total |
161.5
|
| Grand Total Funding Agreed: |
£161,523,924
|
| (Total Funding Committed: |
£198,000,000)
|
NB: The difference between agreed and committed expenditure is accounted for by funding we have pledged to the UN but where negotiations are still continuing about exactly how this will be used.
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