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NGO Humanitarian Coordination no.3 |
MINUTES
3rd Coordination meeting
1st of August 2001, Skopje
Present
Zorica Pavikevik, Dragi Zmijanac - First Children's Embassy in the World
"Medzasi"; Dilbera Kamberovska - ROZM "Daja"; Svetlana
Janeva - SOZM; Zija Abdiu - Klaseje na dobrinata; Memedali Rahmani, Selam
Arifi - Mesecina; Abdulauf Prusi - El Hilal; Artemis Peric - OOZM; Igor
Nikolovski - Milosrdie; Guner Nebiu - SAZM; Bajram Sulejmani - Natyra;
Aleksandar Krzalovski, Emina Nuredinoska - MCIC.
Absent
DROM
Aleksandar Krzalovski, Programme Coordinator, was the presiding of the
meeting.
Record person: Emina Nuredinoska
AGENDA
- Record from the 2nd meeting of NGO humanitarian coordination.
- Reports for humanitarian activities
a) Report from the 3rd meeting of NHC
b) Reports from the organizations for last week's activities
- Joint humanitarian aid appeal to the international community
- Distribution of explosive gadgets and weapons warning publications
- Problems and issues to be considered and solved
Introduction to the record of the 2nd NGO humanitarian coordination meeting
made Aleksandar Krzalovski, MCIC.
The record from the 2nd meeting was accepted.
Ad. 1.
a) Emina Nuredinoska, MCIC, made introduction. The record from the 2nd
meeting was distributed to the organizations.
Abdurauf Prusi, El Hilal, said that the so-far activity of NHC had no
results, which raises the question of further functioning of the NHC.
b) The organization' representatives submitted short written and oral
reports for their last week's activities.
Displaced persons
Klasje na dobrinata registered a total of 11,200 displaced persons so
far, out of which 9,800 in Skopje and 2,400 in Kumanovo.
According to the Regional Coordination in Gostivar, 960 persons or 218
families have been registered in Gostivar. Almost 90% of them are Romas.
Natyra's representative said the number of displaced persons in Kumanovo
increases as a result of their return from Skopje and Kosovo.
Food
El Hilal, provided 62 tons of aid for the area of Lipkovo. In cooperation
with MCIC, El Hilal provided 15 tons of mineral water for Aracinovo.
A convoy of 14 vehicles with food items by Natyra reached the Lipkovo
crisis area.
MCIC distributed food and hygiene supplies for the newly arrived IDPs
in Dojran.
Milosrdie provided aid of food, medicines and hygiene items for 700 families
in Kumanovo and 1780 families in Skopje. 12 tons of aid has been distributed
in Tetovo.
The aid provided by ROZM "Daja", SOZM, SAZM and OOZM is in
smaller amounts and from their own resources.
Health
Klasje na dobrinata and SAZM provide free medical examinations for displaced
persons.
Natyra still has not obtained permission to import medicines donated by
partner from Austria.
Water supply and sanitation
The repair of the water supply system in the village of Otlja - Lipkovo
area has been completed.
Shelters/hosting families
The number of persons settled in the Megasi's shelter increased to 15
persons, including the second newborn child since the establishment of
the shelter. Megasi, in cooperation with Basic Rights and Democracy Committee
will organize free summer tour in Ohrid for 47 displaced children from
different ethnic composition from the collective centres, from 8 - 17th
of August 2001.
Psychosocial aid
ROZM "Daja", SOZM, SAZM and OOZM continue their psychosocial
support for women and children.
Coordination
SOZM established women coordination bodies in all collective centres
in order to follow the needs of the displaced persons.
In SOZM's offices, a new information centre has been established. All
information for IDPs can be obtained in the centre.
Ad. 2.
Aleksandar Krzalovski, MCIC, made introduction to Ad.2.
All participants have accepted the appeal. Only Mesecina requested to
consult the Regional Coordination in Gostivar before accepting the appeal.
Conclusions from Ad.2.
The message "Support peace through humanitarian aid" has been
approved
Mesecina should inform NGO Humanitarian Coordination whether accepts the
appeal or not till August 03.
The conclusions have been accepted unanimously.
Ad. 3.
Aleksandar Krzalovski, MCIC, made introduction to Ad.3.
All participants showed interest in distributing the explosive gadgets
and weapons warning publications.
Svetlana Janevska, SOZM, emphasized the experience from the Kosovo crisis
and suggested organizing workshops on this issue.
Ad. 4.
Abdurauf Prusi, El Hilal, said that they regularly face problems while
distributing aid in the crisis areas. According to him, problems occur
at the police checkpoints, even when permission has been obtained from
the Government Coordination Body.
Artemis Peric, OOZM, expressed the settling problem of a pregnant woman,
currently settled at Ranka Milanovic Collective Centre. More adequate
conditions are necessary for normal raise of the baby that should be born
in August 2001.
Memedali Rahmani, Mesecina, informed that the situation with the displaced
persons in Gostivar is alarming. They are settled mostly at socially endangered
families and the aid provided by the Red Cross is minimal. IDPs are not
treated equally, and thus the situation from the Kosovo crisis happens
again. The displaced Romas are left on their own.
Bajram Sulejmani, Natyra, said that it is necessary to remove the dead
animals and provide disinfectants.
Conclusions
- Initiating meeting with the Government's Coordination Body. Delegation
of NGO Humanitarian Coordination should meet Coordination Body for Crisis
Management representatives in order to discuss the following issues:
- faster procedure for obtaining personal documents for IDPs
- access to private properties for the harvest
- provision of adequate settlement for displaced persons from Gostivar
- Composition of the humanitarian parcels of Intersos. It is necessary
to contact Intersos representatives in order to discuss the composition
of the humanitarian parcels that should be distributed in the next 6
months. The objective of this is to assure that the aid should be socio-culturally
acceptable and adjustable to the IDPs needs.
- Unequal treatment of IDPs. IDPs are not treated equally. Especially
displaced persons in Gostivar, ethnic Romas, live in extremely inadequate
conditions. It is necessary to provide equal treatment of all IDPs wherever
settled. The Regional Coordination Body in Gostivar will no longer participate
NGO Humanitarian Coordination, unless NHC takes serious measures in
solving the problem.
- Information support for IDPs. Besides the urgent aid centres, it
is also necessary to provide information centres for IDPs as well (phone,
e-mail, Internet etc.).
These conclusions reaffirm or concretize the last meeting's conclusions
(2, 4, 8 and 9), and part of them is included in the Appeal for humanitarian
needs of Macedonia.
The meeting started at 14 hours and finished 16:15 hours.
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