Highlights
• An estimated 177,174 children with life threatening severe acute malnutrition (SAM) were treated from January to October 2018. The children reached represent 102 per cent of the overall UNICEF 2018 planning target of 173,000 SAM children.
• A UNICEF-supported inter-agency assessment found 102 children, all boys, reported to be associated with the Puntland forces in Tukaraq military base, in need of further screening and separation from the military.
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Summary
Geneva, Mauritania – Areas of Mauritania that were under the threat of anti-personnel mines for forty years are now deemed safe. “I am extremely honoured to declare that after four decades since these weapons were laid and nearly two decades of clearance, Mauritania is free of all known mined zones. This makes us the 31st State Party to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention to declare such feat,” said Mr. Alioune Ould Menane, Coordinator of Mauritania’s humanitarian mine clearance programme for development (pndhd).
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Summary
Adopted Legislation
Facilitating access to social housing opportunities for IDPs
Prolongation of the validity of the Law on the special order on local self-government in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
Amendments to Government resolutions ensuring protection of and financial assistance to persons deprived of their liberty in NGCA/TOT and their family members
Amendments to the procedure on issuing identity documents (IDs)
Elaboration of a procedure on affordable housing
This Situation Update describes events that occurred in Dwe Lo and Lu Thaw Townships, Hpapun District during the period between March and April 2018. It includes information about military skirmishes, landmines, internal displacement, the killing of civilians and explicit threats to villagers.
The following Situation Update was received by KHRG in April 2018. It was written by a community member in Hpapun District who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights conditions.[1]
Introduction
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Summary
Highlights
• In October in Al-Hassakeh governorate in Syria, almost 70,000 school children (70 per cent of all children attending Ministry of Education schools) were negatively impacted by a local authority decision to ban transportation of children to schools to attend the nationally accredited curriculum. UNICEF and partners are advocating with the local authorities to resolve the issue.
Response
This report is produced by OCHA Iraq in collaboration with humanitarian partners and with the input of official institutions. It covers the events of 25-27 November 2018. Additional Flash Updates may be issued if required.
I. HIGHLIGHTS
• Heavy rainfall on 22-23 November caused severe flooding across Iraq, leading to the displacement of thousands of people
• An estimated 10,000 people in Salah al-Din and 22,000 people in Ninewa need assistance, including thousands of families living in IDP camps
HIGHLIGHTS
• Conflict-related civilian deaths and injuries increase in eastern Ukraine from May–August
• More than 1.3 million people cross the contact line, marking highest number of crossings since 2015
• Security incidents disrupt services at education, WASH, and checkpoint facilities in eastern Ukraine
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
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Summary
Introduction
The Civilian Impact Monitoring Project (CIMP) is a monitoring mechanism for real-time collection, analysis and dissemination of data on the civilian impact from armed violence in Yemen, with the purpose of informing and complementing protection programming.
CIMP is a service under the Protection Cluster Yemen and monitor civilian impact from armed violence countrywide, divided into 5 hubs; Al-Hudaydah,Sa’ada,Sana’a,Aden and Ibb.
In Syria, the humanitarian crisis is in its eight year. In 2018 UNHCR partners with national and international actors are responding to immediate and urgent needs of internally displaced, returnees and host communities, while mitigating risks and strengthening resilience.
1,094,873 displacements from affected areas in northern and southern Syria were recorded by the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM)
Cluster in the last 12 months.
Palais des Nations, Geneva
Madame President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The success of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) in protecting lives and limbs is undeniable.
Twenty-one years after adoption, countless lives have been saved, and the goal of a mine-free world is within reach.
Thankfully, we no longer live in a world where 20,000 people, mostly civilians are killed or mutilated, by mines each year.
Today:
More than 80% of States are party to the Convention;
Excellencies,
Distinguished Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the Afghan delegation, I am honoured to present Afghanistan’s achievements and challenges in fulfilling its commitments under Article Five of the Convention.
Afghanistan remains one of the most heavily contaminated countries in the world. 3,451 minefields, covering 687 square kilometres remain contaminated and continue to affect 1,506 communities, 254 districts, in 33 out of 34 provinces of the country.
Situation Overview
Two tropical storms and sustained heavy rainfall during July, August and September 2018 have affected the entire country, including an estimated 2,400 villages and 132,000 households. 3,616 households have been evacuated, and 55 people reportedly died. Approximately 150 km of national and provincial roads, as well as 133 km of district and 350 km of rural roads and 47 bridges have been damaged.
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — As many as 2,000 people were killed by post-war landmines between 2010 and 2014, while an estimated 6.1 million hectares accounting for more than 21 per cent of Việt Nam’s land remains contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO).
This information was released by Đặng Văn Đồng, deputy director of Việt Nam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) under the Ministry of National Defence, at a Friday conference on promoting international partnerships and supporting victims of UXO and Agent Orange (dioxin) in Việt Nam.
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Summary
Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
The SMM recorded ceasefire violations near the Stanytsia Luhanska and Zolote disengagement areas.
The SMM facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to critical infrastructure in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
