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10UNROME18
2010-02-16 17:46:00
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UN Rome
Cable title:
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 UN ROME 000018
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/HS, PRM/MCE, AF AND EB/IFD/ODA
USAID FOR DCHA, FFP, OFDA, AND AFRICA BUREAU
NAIROBI FOR GEORGIANNA PLATT, SUREKA KHANDAGLE, NICK COX AND PETE MOHAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR
SUBJECT: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
OF FEBRUARY 15, 2010
REF: A) 09 STATE 132604; B) UN ROME 01; C) UN ROME 03; D) UN ROME 08; E) UN ROME 10; F) UN ROME 12
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 UN ROME 000018
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/HS, PRM/MCE, AF AND EB/IFD/ODA
USAID FOR DCHA, FFP, OFDA, AND AFRICA BUREAU
NAIROBI FOR GEORGIANNA PLATT, SUREKA KHANDAGLE, NICK COX AND PETE MOHAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR
SUBJECT: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
OF FEBRUARY 15, 2010
REF: A) 09 STATE 132604; B) UN ROME 01; C) UN ROME 03; D) UN ROME 08; E) UN ROME 10; F) UN ROME 12
1. (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please
handle accordingly.
2. (SBU) WFP continues to express concerns over intensified
fighting and shelling in Mogadishu. Although not targeted, WFP
fears spillover into the port area where WFP is currently
operating its feeding operations for Mogadishu and the Afgoye
corridor.
3. (SBU) On February 15, WFP disseminated its latest situation
report. The text is pasted in its entirety below:
BEGIN REPORT
"WFP Somalia Operations Situation
As of February 15, 2010
Summary Update
-- A second road convoy from Berbera Port, Somaliland has left
for Galkayo, central Somalia with about 450 mt of maize. This
follows a test convoy from Berbera to Galkayo which successfully
delivered 300 mt of food two weeks ago.
-- During the last week of January all 16 sites of the wet
feeding programme in Mogadishu were fully operational. All 16
kitchens provided an average of 77,600 hot meals per day for the
week. The total meals provided across the city during the 114th
week of the programme were 473,320; taking the total number of
meals delivered to 42,900,000 since the programme started in
2007.
-- WFP Bossaso Sub Office, with the support of Country Office
Programme Team, concluded a two-day programme implementation
review meeting with 18 cooperating partners undertaking various
activities in Puntland. During the meeting, the partners noted
that reporting, invoicing and use of waybills has improved
following the training conducted last year by WFP. However,
targeting-related issues still need to be improved by using
Village Data Base and issuing ration cards in order to
streamline the process of food distribution.
-- Due to the deteriorating runway conditions in Hargeisa, the
UNHAS Dornier Jet (from Nairobi - Hargeisa- Wajir - Nairobi) has
started using the Berbera airport since 2 February. A shuttle
service with a smaller UNHAS aircraft between Hargeisa and
Berbera is established. This service should be replaced by a UN
vehicle shuttle service after one month. The UN staff exposure
to security risks while traveling between Hargeisa and Berbera
based on a scheduled routing shuttle service will increase
substantially.
-- UNHAS operations continue to be fully available to
organisations wishing to fly into the South, subject to security
clearance from UNDSS.
WFP Security Update
In Mogadishu, day missions for international staff members may
be possible, subject to UNDSS New York Security Clearance.
National staff members continue to operate from the seaport. The
security situation in Mogadishu continues to rapidly deteriorate
as attacks linked to A/S are intensifying in anticipation of a
larger confrontation with government forces backed by AMISOM.
Reports are now surfacing that some residents have begun to flee
the capital as clashes between the two forces are expected to
generate significant collateral damage. According to UNHCR, over
8,000 people have left the city to escape the fighting since the
beginning of February.
In Puntland, assassinations and hand grenade explosions are
expected to continue especially in Galkacyo, Bossasso and
Garowe. The Sool region, particularly the capital Las Anod,
remains a hot spot, as both Somaliland and Puntland claim this
territory and have fought over its control.
UN ROME 00000018 002 OF 002
Most parts of Somaliland have remained accessible for
humanitarian operations and humanitarian operations dependent on
that access have not been significantly affected. Due to the
prevailing security situation, areas such as Las Anod, Buuhoold,
Xudun and Taleh that are located in the Sool region have
remained closed."
END REPORT
COUSIN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/HS, PRM/MCE, AF AND EB/IFD/ODA
USAID FOR DCHA, FFP, OFDA, AND AFRICA BUREAU
NAIROBI FOR GEORGIANNA PLATT, SUREKA KHANDAGLE, NICK COX AND PETE MOHAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR
SUBJECT: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS
OF FEBRUARY 15, 2010
REF: A) 09 STATE 132604; B) UN ROME 01; C) UN ROME 03; D) UN ROME 08; E) UN ROME 10; F) UN ROME 12
1. (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please
handle accordingly.
2. (SBU) WFP continues to express concerns over intensified
fighting and shelling in Mogadishu. Although not targeted, WFP
fears spillover into the port area where WFP is currently
operating its feeding operations for Mogadishu and the Afgoye
corridor.
3. (SBU) On February 15, WFP disseminated its latest situation
report. The text is pasted in its entirety below:
BEGIN REPORT
"WFP Somalia Operations Situation
As of February 15, 2010
Summary Update
-- A second road convoy from Berbera Port, Somaliland has left
for Galkayo, central Somalia with about 450 mt of maize. This
follows a test convoy from Berbera to Galkayo which successfully
delivered 300 mt of food two weeks ago.
-- During the last week of January all 16 sites of the wet
feeding programme in Mogadishu were fully operational. All 16
kitchens provided an average of 77,600 hot meals per day for the
week. The total meals provided across the city during the 114th
week of the programme were 473,320; taking the total number of
meals delivered to 42,900,000 since the programme started in
2007.
-- WFP Bossaso Sub Office, with the support of Country Office
Programme Team, concluded a two-day programme implementation
review meeting with 18 cooperating partners undertaking various
activities in Puntland. During the meeting, the partners noted
that reporting, invoicing and use of waybills has improved
following the training conducted last year by WFP. However,
targeting-related issues still need to be improved by using
Village Data Base and issuing ration cards in order to
streamline the process of food distribution.
-- Due to the deteriorating runway conditions in Hargeisa, the
UNHAS Dornier Jet (from Nairobi - Hargeisa- Wajir - Nairobi) has
started using the Berbera airport since 2 February. A shuttle
service with a smaller UNHAS aircraft between Hargeisa and
Berbera is established. This service should be replaced by a UN
vehicle shuttle service after one month. The UN staff exposure
to security risks while traveling between Hargeisa and Berbera
based on a scheduled routing shuttle service will increase
substantially.
-- UNHAS operations continue to be fully available to
organisations wishing to fly into the South, subject to security
clearance from UNDSS.
WFP Security Update
In Mogadishu, day missions for international staff members may
be possible, subject to UNDSS New York Security Clearance.
National staff members continue to operate from the seaport. The
security situation in Mogadishu continues to rapidly deteriorate
as attacks linked to A/S are intensifying in anticipation of a
larger confrontation with government forces backed by AMISOM.
Reports are now surfacing that some residents have begun to flee
the capital as clashes between the two forces are expected to
generate significant collateral damage. According to UNHCR, over
8,000 people have left the city to escape the fighting since the
beginning of February.
In Puntland, assassinations and hand grenade explosions are
expected to continue especially in Galkacyo, Bossasso and
Garowe. The Sool region, particularly the capital Las Anod,
remains a hot spot, as both Somaliland and Puntland claim this
territory and have fought over its control.
UN ROME 00000018 002 OF 002
Most parts of Somaliland have remained accessible for
humanitarian operations and humanitarian operations dependent on
that access have not been significantly affected. Due to the
prevailing security situation, areas such as Las Anod, Buuhoold,
Xudun and Taleh that are located in the Sool region have
remained closed."
END REPORT
COUSIN