{"id":208455,"date":"2004-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=208455"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:34:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:34:49","slug":"auto-insert-208455","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-208455\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian Monitoring Report (May 2004) – OCHA report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNITED NATIONS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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P.O. Box 38712 East Jerusalem<\/p><\/div>\n

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Phone: (972) 2 – 5829962 \/ 5825853, Fax: (972) 2 – 5825841<\/p><\/div>\n

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ochaopt@un.org, <\/span>www.ochaopt.org<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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HUMANITARIAN MONITORING REPORT – May 2004<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Humanitarian Monitoring Report is produced monthly by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It draws on information from the Access, Closure and Information System (ACIS), among other data sources that humanitarian agencies have submitted to OCHA. The report is provided to the Task Force on Project Implementation (TFPI) as a basis for discussions with the Government of Israel. It is available on the website (<\/i><\/span>www.reliefweb.int\/hic-opt<\/i><\/a>).<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Ms Catherine Bertini as his Personal Humanitarian Envoy to address the humanitarian needs arising from the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict since September 2000. Ms Bertini was requested to assess the nature and scale of the humanitarian needs, and to clarify the respective responsibilities of all actors with regard to humanitarian needs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The report monitors the humanitarian commitments made by the government of Israel to Ms. Bertini during a mission to the region from 12-19 August 2002. It concluded that there were serious humanitarian problems linked to the ongoing conflict, and specifically, to the measures implemented by the government of Israel to safeguard its citizens from Palestinian attacks.<\/p><\/div>\n

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These security measures, including curfews, closures and roadblocks, led to a crisis of access and mobility, instigating a drastic decline in the Palestinian economy. A large part of the Palestinian population has difficulty accessing basic services such as health and education. Similarly, humanitarian service providers such as UN agencies, NGOs and Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Palestinian Ministry of Health ambulances have experienced providing assistance and services to beneficiaries.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Health<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n