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MCIC
Situation report Macedonia no. 5/2001 |
09 July - 15 July 2001
Skopje, 16th of July 2001
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
Displaced persons
The number of internally displaced persons (IDP)
increases. According to the Macedonian Red
Cross, 38,300 IDPs are registered in Macedonia, out of which 1,297 are
settled in the collective centres (Table 1).
Refugees return from Kosovo to Macedonia.
The number of refugees returning from Kosovo increases. 11.800 refugees
(ethnic Albanians) returned till now. UNHCR plans organized return for
the refugees without documents. The lists will be verified by the authorized
ministry and after that the refugees can return in Macedonia.
The inhabitants of Aracinovo still cannot return
to their homes. According to the displaced
ethnic Macedonians only one member of each family can visit their home.
According to the ethnic Albanians, the police allow only ethnic Macedonians
in the village, while they have to ask in written the Coordinative Body
for crisis management to be permitted.
Human life impact
Military action areas.
Since the beginning of the conflicts between the extremists and the Macedonian
Security Forces, the villages in the area of Skopje, Kumanovo and Tetovo
were involved in military actions.
In the region of Skopje and Skopje Crna Gora,
the villages of Tanusevci, Brest, Gosince, Malina mala, Lukare, Aracinovo,
Mojance, Grusino, Orlanci, Brnjarci and Radusa have been involved in military
actions.
In the region of Tetovo, the villages of Selce,
Lavce, Vejce, Brodec, Bozovce, Vesala, Gajre, Lisec, Sipkovica, Germo,
Drenovec, Brezno, Jelosnik, Varvara, Otunje, Setoele and Jedoarce.
In the region of Kumanovo, the villages of Lojane, Vaksince, Orizare,
Slupcane, Otlja, Lipkovo, Lopate, Opaje, Matejce, Ropajce, Nikustak, Vistica,
Izvor and Umin Dol.
The situation in Lipkovo.
At the present in the Municipality of Lipkovo, controlled by the extremists,
there are around 14,000 inhabitants. Only in the village of Lipkovo there
are around 7,000 persons. This number is very variable because of the
movement of the inhabitants from the villages around Lipkovo (Orizare,
Slupcane, Vaksince, Otlja and Matejce). They rely upon the humanitarian
aid provided by the local NGOs. In the village of Lipkovo there is no
water supply system. The village is supplied with water from the local
wells and there is also electric power. The village is not affected by
the military actions (Table 2).
Damages caused
At present, there are no official reports of the
Coordinative Body at the Macedonian Government about the damage evaluation
from the conflicts in Aracinovo.
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
Food
Distribution for IDPs.
The International Red Cross Committee provided humanitarian aid consisted
of 950 parcels of food and hygiene supplies for the internally displaced
persons (IDPs) settled in the collective centres of Cicino Selo, Zdravko
Cvetkovski, Ranka Milanovic, Senic, Partenie Zografski, Dimitar Vlahov
and Stiv Naumov. ICRC provides parcels with basic food supplies only for
the first two months of the IDPs' registration. After this period, the
provision of aid should be overtaken by some other organization. The Italian
organization Intersos, financed by ECHO might overtake the provision of
aid for 18,000 IDPs.
The convoy for Sipkovica waits
for a permission. The humanitarian aid convoy for the villages
of the Municipality of Sipkovica, organized by the ICRC and the humanitarian
organizations "El Hilal" and "Klasje na dobrinata"
still have not attained approval from the Ministry of Internal Affairs
to enter in this area. There are around 5,000 inhabitants in these villages
seeking humanitarian aid because of the two months limited access.
Aid convoy in Municipality of
Lipkovo. On 12th of July, humanitarian aid convoy for the 14,000
inhabitants (ethnic Albanians) entered in the Municipality of Lipkovo.
The convoy was organized by the humanitarian organizations Natyra (supported
by ACT/MCIC), Jeta, Mother Theresa, Klasje na dobrinata, Merhamet, League
of Albanian Women, and Flora. The aid consisted of 18 trucks with 40 tons
of food, which is enough for 2-3-week needs. The aid will be distributed
to the inhabitants of the villages of Orizare, Lipkovo, Otlja, Slupcane,
Vaksince etc.
Aid for the displaced ethnic Macedonians.
Through intermediation of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, on 12th of July
in Tetovo from Germany, arrived 600 parcels of humanitarian aid for the
inhabitants (ethnic Macedonians) from the villages of Setole, Otunje,
Jedoarce, Varvara, Brezno and Jelosnik. These 2,500 persons were forced
out to leave their homes by the extremists. Several Macedonian Church
Municipalities, associations and individuals organized the humanitarian
action.
Health
The Macedonian Government's Decision for free
medicines for IDP's still not implemented.
Shelters
There are no new collective centres for IDP's.
The Government has decided to finance IDP's in
the collective centres of 400 MKD for each IDP daily (5,64 USD). It is
not certain yet, whether this amount would cover the costs (and even whether
paid at all) and whether would there be needs for support of other agencies.
Water supply and sanitation
MCIC continues its activities for providing an
alternative water source for the Medical Centre in Kumanovo. After the
failure of the first sample, the second one showed that the source is
consumable.
Schools and education
There are no activities in this sector so far.
Humanitarian demining
There are no such activities in this period.
Protection and human rights
On MCIC initiative, an "Informative and Legal
Support for the Internally Displaced Persons" brochure is being prepared.
MCIC requested information from the ICRC for that purpose.
Psychological aid
There are no such activities in this period.
Post crisis rehabilitation
The Sanitary Service in the Municipality of Aracinovo
collected around 120 corpses of dead livestock. The animals are being
buried in special burrows. There is also a possible danger of diseases
in the crisis areas where the animals' corpses have not been removed.
HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION
Financing
New financial package.
The EU works on an additional financial package of 50 million Euros for
Macedonia for the support of the political agreement expected to be reached
soon. These 50 million Euros are added on already promised 42 million
Euros for this year.
ECHO funds distributed. The
ECHO budget of 3.15 million Euros has been distributed. Intersos is one
of the beneficiaries and will provide basic food parcels for 18,000 IDPs
in the next six months.
Coordination
On President Trajkovski's initiative, the Ministry
of Labour and Social Policy with logistic support of MCIC, on 11th of
July, organized coordinative meeting for establishing National Humanitarian
Coordinative Body. Representatives from the President's Cabinet, the Ministry
of Labour and Social Policy, international governmental organizations,
international nongovernmental, domestic governmental and domestic nongovernmental
organizations, and the Red Cross, were present of the meeting. It was
agreed to reduce the number of participants in the Coordinative Body in
order to achieve greater efficiency, and to obtain more information from
the Government's Coordinative Body for Crisis Management. It was also
agreed that the National Humanitarian Coordination should be central body
coordinating the activities of all organizations and institutions. The
next meeting will be on 19th of July 2001.
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