Operational Meeting

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Operational Meeting

• September 14 2007
• BCIS Auditorium

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AGENDA

• 1. Feedback and updates
• Advocacy update
• CCHA sub committee on resettlement
• Inter Agency Standing committee
• IDP protection meeting
• (8.15
  am 9.00 am)
• 2. Fact finding mission to Mannar and Medawachiya
• checkpoint Mr. F Hashim - CHA
• 
  (9.00 am 9.20 am )
• 3.  Announcements / AOB
• (9.20 am 9.30 am)

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• Advocacy update

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• CCHA sub committee on Resettlement

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• Inter Agency Standing committee

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• IASC Country Team Meeting
• 12 September 2007
• Update on Situation on Mannar UNHCR
• Promotes
• Living with host families first option assist
  with tents
• Community Centers
• Erecting Shelters - last option
• Manthai West 5000 displaced
• Length of displacement
• Contingency for future
• Update by ICRC - Uyilankulam

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• Discussion on IASC Coordination Mandate and
• Membership
• IASC CT in Sri Lanka 29 Members
• Chairperson UN RC/HC
• Secretariat - UNOCHA
• Steering Group - CHA, ICRC,
  OXFAM, UNHCR,
• 
  UNOCHA
• Full Members - FAO, UNHCR,
  UNICEF,
• 
  UNDP, UNOCHA, WFP,
• 
  UNFPA. WHO
• Standing Invitees - ICRC, IFRC, ILO,
  IOM,
• 
  OHCHR, CHA, FCE, Sewalanka,
• 
  Sarvodaya, Oxfam, NRC, Care, WV,
• 
  ACF, ZOA, Solidar,SciSL, Merlin,
• 
  WB, UNDAA
• Observer - ECHO

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• Workshops
• Planning for 2008 CAP
• Humanitarian Space in Sri Lanka
• IASC IDP Paper for Advocacy Update
• Shared with Government and the LTTE and comments
  incorporated.
• Not a public document meant was not for the media
  but for stakeholders.
• Document for use by dignitaries visiting S/L
• Insufficient Advocacy with LTTE
• Translate Executive Summary/recommendations to
  the local languages
• Beneficiary awareness
• Use with local government/military/police
• Need to decide who will advocate internationally

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• Visits Mr. Manfred Nowak UN Special Rapporteur
  on Torture

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• IDP protection meeting

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• Fact Finding Mission Mannar and
• Medawachiya checkpoint CHA

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• Places Visited
• Murunkan - Don Bosco and Murungan MV
• Vankalai - IDP Location
• Naanattan - District Secretariat and IDPs
• Thallady - Brigade HQ
• Uyilankulam - Entry/Exit point
• Medawachchiya Vehicle Check point

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• Displacement as at 10 September 2007
• Musali - Registered population is
  nearly
• 6000
• Division Families Persons
• Musali DS 1054 3703
• Naanattan DS 183 641
• Total 1237 4344

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• Displaced Located in
• Musali Division - 1054 families 3703 Personnel
• Periyakaddalkadhu
• Umankari
• Rasamadhu
• Don Bosco Murunkan
• Murunkan Maha Vidyalaya
• Naanattan Maha Vidyalaya
• Puthirarkandan
• VP Kandal
• Moddalkadadai
• Pontivukandal
• Vankalai North, East and West
• Achchankulam
• Naanattan Village
• Pallankodai
• Vanchiyankulam

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• Naanattan Division - 183 families 641 Personnel
• Kandal
• Irradaikulam
• Pontivukandal
• Illanthaimoddai
• Decision on Welfare Centers
• Naanattan
• Mill - 80 families
• Church Premises - 30 families
• School ground - 60 families
• Playground - 90 families
• Murunkkan MV
• Church compound
• Host Families
• Welfare Centre Coordinators

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• Coordination and Assistance
• Agency Assistance
• Coordination
• Sector Focal points
• Inter Agency
  UNHCR/OCHA
• Food WFP
• NFRI UNHCR
• Emergency Shelter UNHCR/Solidar
• Water and Sanitation UNICEF
• Health and Nutrition DPDHS/UNICEF
• Protection UNHCR
• Resettlement/Relocation UNDP
• GA will deal with focal points directly

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• Security of personnel and property
• Only two welfare centers
• Living in pockets discouraged
• Personal Security of Displaced
• Security of Property
• Responsibility of the military/government
• Missing Person Police complaint
• Reports of break - in
• Resettlement
• Plea by the displaced
• Livelihood farming, agriculture and fishing
• Citizen Committee visit
• GAs Brief
• Brigade Commanders Brief

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• Uyilankulam Check Point
• Closed wef 3rd September.
• Mortar Exchange
• ICRC Presence
• Teachers to Schools
• Families in either sides
• Lack of Essential Items
• Use of Omanthai Entry/Exit
• Civil Military Liaisons
• Bde Cmdr and Agencies
• Security Issues
• Healthy Rapport
• Civil Administration - GA

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• Recommendations
• Investigate Missing Person
• Secure assets and valuables
• Speedy Resettlement
• Citizen Committee Visits
• Opening of Uyilankulam check Point
• Government led assistance
• Methodical re-settlement with security

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Road under construction - Chettikulam
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Registration of IDPs Murunkan, Mannar
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IDPs in Don Bosco Training Centre Murunkan,
Mannar
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Coordination Meeting GA with Agencies 8 Sept
2007
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Mannar
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Uyilankulam Entry/Exit Point
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Medawachiya checkpoint

• Meeting with OIC of Check Point
• Loading/unloading staff
• Passenger and Bay recording staff
• Checkpoint staff
• Drivers of Vehicles Inbound and Outbound

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• Daily Traffic

Passengers - Over 5000 persons Vehicles -
425 Date Passenger Vehicles
Goods Vehicles Total 6 September 210 219
429 7 September 220 189 409 8
September 212 224 436
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• Procedure
• Goods vehicles
• Upto Medawachchiya only
• Transfer of goods
• Chit System
• Passenger Vehicles
• Thorough Check South bound
• Vehicles
• Passengers / luggage
• Not Stringent - North Bound

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• Overcoming Delays
• Previous Delays - 5 Days queued up
• Presently - Within the same day
• Separate Bays for Mannar and Vavuniya Bound
• Goods Vehicle
• Increase in Staff Officials and Labourers
• Room for Improvement

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• Improvement Required
• Staff Strength Officials and labourers
• Labourers - 60 (20 per shift)
• Bay Facilities
• Tarring of bay area.
• Overhead shelter
• Waiting area with washroom facilities for
  drivers.
• Tube well

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Transfer of Goods Medawachchiya Check
Point
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Vehicle Checking Bay
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Needs Tarring
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Vehicles Awaiting Access to Bay
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Instructions to Passengers
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• Announcements / AOB