Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) – Fifty-third biweekly implementation report (OCHA)

Report No. 53

Implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access

(14-27 November 2007)

The United Nations¹ is submitting the 53^rd bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 14-27 November 2007.

Overall Progress:

In the last two weeks of November 2007, two years after the implementation of the AMA, it is clear that no progress has been made to facilitate the movement of goods and people within and in/out of the Palestinian territories. The Rafah, Karni, Erez and Sufa crossings remain generally closed for the movement of goods and people to and from the Gaza Strip. Kerem Shalom remains the only crossing point open for the import of commercial and humanitarian supplies and the majority of Gazans remain stranded either inside or outside Gaza.

A single-lane conveyor belt/chute at Karni continued to function on an average of two days per week for the import of wheat grain and animal feed into Gaza. A total of 3,800 calves were allowed into Gaza via Sufa during this reporting period. A total of 936 truckloads, including 110 from humanitarian agencies, were allowed into Gaza between 14 and 27 November, compared to 752 truckloads in the previous reporting period. An average of 6 traders per day crossed through Erez into Israel during this reporting period.

Changes of note since Report No. 52 (13 November):

No Change since Report No. 52 (13 November):

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¹ The Office of the Quartet’s Special Envoy closed on 28 April. Since then, the United Nations, through the OCHA oPt office, has assumed reporting responsibilities on the implementation of the AMA.

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