Report No. 38
Implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access
(18 April –1 May 2007)
The United Nations1 is submitting the 38th bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 18 April – 1 May 2007.2
1. Overall Progress:
Rafah crossing was open for 4 out of 14 scheduled days, a 21% decrease compared to the last reporting period; Sufa crossing was open for 4 days during the reporting period (Sufa has been closed regularly in the last 2 months due to Israeli security concerns); Karni was open all scheduled operating days, however, met on average 14% of the 400 daily export of truckloads under the AMA target, a similar level to the previous period.
2. Changes of note since Report No. 37 (17 April):
• Rafah crossing was open on 4 days only allowing a total of 3,934 people to cross into the Gaza Strip and 4,293 people out (compared to 7 days during the previous reporting period which allowed 6,420 people to enter and 7,183 people to exit the Gaza Strip).
• Karni crossing was open 11 scheduled operating days3 enabling a total of 3,140 truckloads of goods into (excluding aggregates/construction materials) and 619 truckloads of goods out of the Gaza Strip. Karni was open for 72% of scheduled hours, a 19% increase compared to the previous period.
• Sufa crossing was open for 4 days during the reporting period (Sufa has been open only 6 days in the last two months).
• Kerem Shalom crossing was open on 1 day (compared to 5 days during the previous month) for the import of humanitarian supplies.
• Erez crossing remains closed for over 13 months (since 12 March 2006) for Palestinian workers and during the reporting period was closed for two days for Palestinian traders.4 An average of 240 traders crossed each day (calculated on the basis of scheduled days open), an increase compared to the
previous period (193).
• Obstacles to movement in the West Bank has slightly decreased compared to the previous reporting (down from 539 to 537). Overall this represents an increase of 171 obstacles or 43% over the baseline figure of August 2005.
3. No Change since Report No. 37 (17 April):
• There were one reported security incidents at Rafah crossing during the reporting period.5
Convoys between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank:
Ports:
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1 The Office of the Quartet’s Special Envoy closed on 28 April. Since then the United Nations through the oPt OCHA office has assumed reporting responsibilities on the implementation of the AMA.
2 The report draws on all available data sources for reporting including the EU-BAM, UN agencies, PA ministries, PalTrade, COGAT and the World Bank.
3 In addition to being regularly closed on Saturdays, Karni was closed on Tuesday 24 April for an Israeli holiday (not counted as a closure day, see Technical notes).
4 Erez was closed on 22 and 23 April for Palestinian movement. In addition Erez was closed on Tuesday 24 April for an Israeli holiday (not counted as closure day, see Technical Notes).
5 On 24 April a member of the Presidential Guard was shot and killed by a Palestinian gunmen at the main gate of Rafah terminal.
FULL REPORT:
Download Document Files: https://unispal.un.org/pdfs/AMA38.pdf
Document Type: AMA implementation report (See also - Entity listing: Quartet Special Envoy), Implementation report, Press Release, Report
Document Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Subject: Access and movement, Closures/Curfews/Blockades
Publication Date: 01/05/2007