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Security
The bombing of the Italian headquarters in Nasiriya on 12 November left 19 dead and over 80 wounded. Additional precautionary measures have has been taken to tighten security in a number of areas in south-eastern Iraq.
United Nations
Talks are underway amongst UN agencies over the future strategy for UN operations in Iraq. Those taking part include UNICEF, the World Health Organisation, UNESCO and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, along with headquarters staff from New York and Geneva. Discussions will focus on how best to continue the UN's work in health, education, food distribution and support for refugees.
Food
The Ministry of Trade announced that the November Public Distribution System (PDS) ration would include increased quantities of sugar, vegetable oil, pulses, milk, and weaning cereals, but a decrease of infant formula and detergent. November PDS distributions are reported to have begun throughout the country.
Electricity
Power generation was at 3,855MW on November 2. Scheduled maintenance continues at power plants across Iraq, resulting in a reduction of approximately 300MW from peak capacity. Demand remains relatively low as a result of cooler weather.
Syria and Turkey are now contributing power to Iraq's electricity grid.
Economy
The changeover to the new Iraqi currency continues on track, with approximately 34% of the 4.36 trillion dinars having been converted so far. The programme is expected to be completed by mid January 2004.
DFID NEWS Funding
DFID has now committed £209 million to humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in Iraq. A full list of DFID funding is attached.
The total UK Government commitment to humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in Iraq this financial year is £248 million, including Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence non-military expenditure.
In advance of the Madrid Donors' Conference on Iraq, on 23-24 October, the Government announced that the UK would commit a further £296 million towards the reconstruction effort in Iraq up to March 2006, including £29 million which is our share of planned European Community spending on Iraq.
DFID currently provides 19% of European Community (EC) funding for Iraq. The EC commitment currently stands at €100 million. The Commission has proposed a further €200 million for the rest of 2003 and for 2004.
Staff Deployments To Iraq
DFID is currently deploying 28 members of 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 Ministries and administrators, the United Nations and other agencies.
In Basra, DFID advisers work with the Coalition Provisional Authority on economic management, infrastructure, legal affairs, press and public affairs, gender and civil governance; and a consultancy team has been established to support CPA projects.
DFID has also seconded a number of consultants to support UN agencies in Iraq and the region.
AGREED DFID FUNDING FOR IRAQ
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
Affairs
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
Affairs
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
|
| United Nations Mines Advisory Service
To provide 20,000 units of plastic explosive for use by UNMAS In Iraq to destroy mines and other UXO. |
£357,378
|
| Total to UN Agencies for Consolidated Appeal |
£63,993,977
|
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 CARE £499,070 Rehabilitation of water, sanitation and health facilities in centre/south 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
|
| AMAR
Provide medical and sanitary support to refugees In Iran. |
£792,135
|
| Total NGOs |
£6,061,262
|
DFID SECONDMENTS/MISCELLANEOUS COSTS
| DFID secondments/consultants, security, miscellaneous costs. |
£18,678,114
|
| Total DFID Secondments/Miscellaneous Costs |
£18,678,114
|
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
(i) Emergency radio programme & media audit (ii) Re-establishment of radio and television broadcasting capacity in the four Southern Governorates of CPA South. | |
| 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 Other Reconstruction Work |
£39,123,920
|
| Summary of DFID contribution to humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Iraq |
£m
|
| UN Preparedness |
13.0
|
| UN Agencies for Appeal
(plus £36 million committed but not yet allocated to specific activities) | |
| Red Cross |
32.0
|
| NGOs |
6.1
|
| DFID Secondments, Security, Miscellaneous Costs |
18.7
|
| Other Reconstruction Work |
39.1
|
| T o t a l |
£172.9
|
| Grand Total Funding Agreed: |
£172,857,273
|
| (Total Funding Committed: |
£209,000,000)
|
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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