UN System humanitarian assistance
Most of the UNDP/UNOPS activities in Burma are described as "human development" projects. "Human Development" appears to be somewhere in between economic development and humanitarian assistance. Comments welcome.
Websites/Multiple Documents
Description:
These maps, profiles and lists cover the area affected by Cyclone Nargis as well as other parts of the country. The categories are:
Affected Area Maps;
Assessment Area Maps;
Hazard Area Maps;
Organizations Maps;
Population Area Maps;
Planning Maps;
Snapshots Maps;
Township Profiles Maps;
Who, What, Where Maps & Reports.
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Date of publication:
2009-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2009-11-16
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Maps and satellite imagery, UN System humanitarian assistance, International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) present in Burma
Language:
English
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Description:
Conflict-induced displacement. Standards, mechanisms, many links to humanitarian, relief and protection agencies dealing with internally displaced people, refugees, landmines, non-state actors, international organisations etc.
Source/publisher:
Office for the Cooordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN)
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Internal displacement/forced migration: specialist organisations and resources, UN System humanitarian assistance
Language:
English
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Description:
Some links are rather out of date
Source/publisher:
OCHA
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
UN System humanitarian assistance
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
UNOPS
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-06
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
UNOCHA
Date of entry/update:
2014-12-02
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
UN System humanitarian assistance
Language:
English
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Individual Documents
Description:
""After killing all the men, they asked: 'Who are you?' We replied: 'We are Rohingya, Rohingya'. They said: 'This is not your country, you can't live here," recalls Rowza Begun, a Rohingya refugee.
In August 2017, Myanmar's military launched a large-scale "security clearance operation" in the northern Rakhine state which left thousands dead and drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their homes to neighbouring Bangladesh.
The crackdown on the Rohingya has been described by the UN as ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, and UN investigators have warned that the genocide threat for Myanmar's Rohingya is greater than ever.
Despite historical evidence of their long-standing presence in Rakhine state, Myanmar's government and army refuses to recognise the Rohingya's right to citizenship and classifies them as "illegal migrants" from Bangladesh and India.
"They call themselves Rohingya, but to us they are Bengali. What do you want us to do? There's too many of them," says U Parmaukha, a nationalist Buddhist monk.
When modern Burma was established after gaining independence from Britain in 1948, the Rohingya were first recognised as part of the Burmese nation and were registered as citizens, as an ethnic minority.
But "as early as 1966, the Burmese military started to see the Rohingya as a problem," says Burmese academic Maung Zarni and explains that the government set up special forces to deal with the Muslim minority..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of entry/update:
2019-11-26
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, UN System humanitarian assistance, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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Description:
"The Myanmar Humanitarian Fund (MHF) mobilizes resources for humanitarian actors to respond to critical humanitarian needs in Myanmar. It provides funding to both national and international humanitarian organizations for activities that are in line with the United Nations and Partners' Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan. As of 31 October 2019, a total of US$ 9.4 million has been allocated to 24 projects targeting 500,000 people in need in Chin, Rakhine, Kachin, Shan and south-eastern Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
OCHA (New York) via Reliefweb (USA)
Date of entry/update:
2019-11-23
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
"The Myanmar Humanitarian Fund (MHF) mobilizes resources for humanitarian actors to respond to critical humanitarian needs in Myanmar. It provides funding to both national and international humanitarian organizations for activities that are in line with the United Nations and Partners' Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan. As of 31 October 2019, a total of US$ 9.4 million has been allocated to 24 projects targeting 500,000 people in need in Chin, Rakhine, Kachin, Shan and south-eastern Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
OCHA (New York) via Reliefweb (USA)
Date of entry/update:
2019-11-23
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Individual Documents
Category:
UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
"Since August 25th, Bangladesh has welcomed over 923,0001 Forcibly-displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN), who require immediate, large-scale humanitarian services to address their basic needs. Recent multi stakeholder needs assessments, have identified that the majority of the new arrivals either have little knowledge of how and where to access services or are not aware of services being available or provided to them. They also need rapid and complete information and knowledge on key life-saving/priority practices. With the onset of cyclone and monsoon seasons, families and individuals in the camps are at risks of cyclone, flooding and land slide. Therefore, the need for information on how to prepare and respond in case of a cyclone, flooding and landslide are vital.
The members of CwC Working Group are running around 90 “Information Hubs (Info Hub)/Information Center (IFC)” and are providing information on essential lifesaving needs to re-enforce access to and utilization of basic humanitarian services as well as providing a platform for engaging with to voice communities’ views and feedback. The Info hubs, as like as other facilities in camps, are vulnerable to cyclone and monsoon hazards including flooding, landslides etc. This SoP for Info Hub/IFCs is developed to provide guidance on monsoon and cyclone preparedness communication and also on how to operate before, during and after such event..."
Source/publisher:
"Reliefweb" via Inter Sector Coordination Group
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-13
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This update is produced by OCHA Myanmar in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 10 to 18 July 2019
Description:
"More than 45,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by flooding in Kachin, Rakhine, Mon and Chin states and Mandalay, Sagaing, Bago and Magway regions in Myanmar.
• In areas at higher altitudes it has not rained for four days, and water is draining off to lower-lying areas. Many people have thus returned home, leaving more than 11,500 people in evacuation centres, according to the most recent data. Data for Kachin, for example, hasn’t been issued yet, but people there are generally returning.
• However, rivers are still overflowing their banks and remain at dangerously high levels, upstream and downstream.
• Areas downstream are of particular concern, as water flows generally to the south/southeast toward Mandalay, Magway and Pyay along the path of the Irrawaddy River and its delta. The situation could deteriorate should it start to rain again, and those areas, including heavily populated Mandalay, are potentially at risk.
• Likewise, the Kaladan River, which runs through Chin State southward into Rakhine State, and the Lay Myo River pose a risk to villages and displacement sites across a wide area that is also currently embroiled in conflict, meaning civilians there are considerably vulnerable.
• This is only the beginning of the monsoon rains. There is a need for vigilance and to maintain preparedness measures, as has been done effectively so far.
The situation remains dynamic and hard to predict. It can quickly change...မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ် ၁..."
Source/publisher:
"Reliefweb" via UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-11
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Natural Disasters - General, Flooding in Burma/Myanmar, Climate Change - Migration Burma/Myanmar, UN System humanitarian assistance
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"• Monsoon floods that have affected eight states and regions are estimated to have displaced more than 78,000 people.
• Where flood waters have receded, evacuation centres have been closed and people have returned to their homes.
• However, with water moving to the south, floods have affected Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway regions where over 43,000 people were evacuated.
• As of 23 July, more than 40,000 people remain displaced in 39 evacuation centres in these three regions while almost all of the displaced people in other affected states and regions have returned to their homes.
• UN and humanitarian partners are working closely with the authorities, monitoring the situation and ready to reinforce the Government’s response to floods as required... မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ- ရေကြီး- ရေလျှံခြင်း အကျဉ်းချုပ် အစီရင်ခံစာအမှတ်၂..."
Source/publisher:
"Reliefweb" via UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-11
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Natural Disasters - General, Flooding in Burma/Myanmar, Climate Change - Migration Regional, Climate Change - Migration Burma/Myanmar, UN System humanitarian assistance
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Biometric, fraud-proof cards being issued to all verified refugees over 12 years old, says UNHCR
Description:
"More than half a million Rohingya refugees living in makeshift camps in Bangladesh have been issued identity documents, a UN agency said Friday.
To date, “more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been jointly registered by the Bangladesh authorities and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency”, the UNHCR said in a statement.
Those registered, mostly for the first time, now have proof of their identity -- a secure identity card, it added.
“The biometric, fraud-proof cards are being issued jointly by Bangladeshi authorities and UNHCR to all verified refugees over the age of 12.”
The accurate data will help agencies in their program planning, particularly for those with specific needs such as women, children and people with disabilities, the statement said.
“The new registration cards indicate that Myanmar is the country of origin, a critical element in establishing and safeguarding the right of Rohingya refugees to return to their homes in Myanmar,” it said.
The fraud-proof identification can be used by humanitarian partners to ensure there is no overlap in assistance and nobody is left out, the statement added.
An estimated 900,000 Rohingya refugees live in crowded settlements in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, with over 740,000 thought to have fled from Myanmar since August 2017, it said, although according to Bangladesh government statistics, the country is now hosting more than 1.1 million Rohingya refugees.
According to Amnesty International, more than 750,000 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh after Myanmar forces launched a crackdown on the minority Muslim community in August 2017..."
Source/publisher:
"ASIA - PACIFIC"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-09
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
"UN aid agencies and NGO partners launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, and are seeking to raise USD920 million to meet the massive needs of more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and over 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in host communities.
Information for media:
If you would like to use this video to communicate refugee stories or require B-Roll, transcripts, stills or much more information, please contact [email protected]"
Source/publisher:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-28
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
"The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar travelled to the country from 9 to 18 July. In Yangon, she met with representatives of civil society, think-tanks, eminent personalities and INGOs, the UN country team and the diplomatic corps. She also met with religious leaders, members of the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance and Development (UEHRD) and members of the former Rakhine Advisory Commission.
In Rakhine she travelled to Myebon and to Sittwe and visited IDP camps from both Rakhine and Muslim communities, as well as resettled Rakhine persons. She met with the representatives of civil society, political parties and members of parliament and the Rakhine State government. She also had discussions with the INGOs and with representatives of the resident UN agencies in Sittwe.
In Nay Pyi Taw, she met with various government officials, including the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; the Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Win Myat Aye; the Union Minister of Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe; the Union Minister of Education Dr. Myo Thein Gyi; the Union Minister of the State Counsellor’s Office U Kyaw Tint Swe; the Union Minister of International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin, and the Vice-Senior General Soe Win of the Tatmadaw . She also met with members of parliament, in particular, U Aye Tha Aung, the Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) in his capacity as Chair of the Committee for Supporting Peace and Stability in Rakhine State (CSPSRS) together with some members of the Committee, and the Public Complaints Committees of the Amyotha Hluttaw and of the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House).
While welcoming the fact that the IDP Camp Closure Strategy had been finalised and was pending distribution, she regretted that for instance in Myebon, where over 80% of the IDPs have citizenship, their freedom of movement remained very limited. In her discussions, issues of security and divisions within and between the communities were raised. She repeatedly underlined the need to overcome them..."
Source/publisher:
Progressive Voice via "UN Special Envoy of the Secretary General on Myanmar"
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-26
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
''A few days after starting this job, in September 2017, I went to Diffa in Niger, on the border with Nigeria, a place to which huge numbers of people, most of them women and girls, had fled from the Boko Haram terrorists who were wreaking havoc in their homelands.
I met a woman called Achaitou, and her four young children.
They were living under a plastic sheet. Achaitou was terrified of violence, especially fearful that she and her daughters might be abducted by armed men roaming over the border. To protect them, she took her children into the bush every night, risking disease and snakebites.
A few weeks later I was in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, listening to the stories of women who had fled the violence of the Myanmar authorities in Rakhine. Stories of being forced to watch as their husbands, sons and fathers were killed. And then being themselves subject to the most extreme forms of rape and sexual violence.
A few months later, I met Monga Albertine and her children, in a camp near the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her husband had been killed in tribal fighting, and she fled to try to save her children. She was trying to survive under a plastic sheet on a wet, slippery hillside, with not enough to eat, no school for the children and no way of making a living.
And two months after that, I met a woman called Fatima in another camp in South Kordofan, in Sudan. She described the risks she took every day, gathering firewood in an area where women are frequently assaulted and raped.
Most people caught up in humanitarian crises round the world are just like this. The majority are women and girls – although there are many men and boys too. Most of them are caught up in conflict. And the thing that makes it hardest to help them is how the men with guns and bombs behave in those conflicts.
The world’s humanitarian agencies do a good job in saving lives and reducing suffering among people caught up in conflict. But we do not do a good enough job for women and girls.
In my dozens of visits to countries caught up in crisis, the stories of women and girls have stuck with me more than any others.
Stories of escape from violence and terror.
Stories of barbaric acts committed against them.
Stories of fear for their children and loved ones.
But, stories also of resilience and hope.
Women and girls defiant...''
Source/publisher:
reliefweb
Date of publication:
2019-02-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-24
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, UN System humanitarian assistance, Reports about women of Burma by UN entities, Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Arakan (Rakhine) State
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English
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Description:
"The Humanitarian News Digest is a monthly compilation of links to reports, web stories, press releases, and
other public products published online by international organizations with humanitarian
operations in
Myanmar. The content and views expressed in these publications do not necessarily reflect the views of OCHA...
Web Stories and Blogs:
Humanitarian aid: Five years of conflict in Kachin, Myanmar
(Trócaire
, 28 June 2016)...
Supporting community health and harmony through Chin Lone
(UNFPA, 27 June 2016)...
Helping displaced people rebuild lives
(U
NDP, 23 June 2016)...
Refugee children connected to learning at ?Heavenly Home?
(UN Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization, 17 June 2016)...
Sweden Provides 30 Million Swedish
Krona to Support UNDP?s Work in Myanmar
(UNDP, 17 June 2016)...
Developing a new roadmap for making Myanmar safe and resilient
(UNDP, 16 June 2016)...
Myanmar students compete in country?s first moot court competition
(ICRC, 9 June 2016)...
Solar pumps bring safe water to families in Myanmar
(UNICEF, 3 June 20.
Source/publisher:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Date of publication:
2016-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-06
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Individual Documents
Category:
UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
HIGHLIGHTS:
•
IDPs in
camps in
Rakhine
State
urgently need
repairs to
their shelters
ahead of
the
rainy season
•
Dry season water shortages in
Rakhine State
•
Thousands displaced
following renewed clashes in
northern Shan State
in
February and March
•
Majority of people in flood
evacuation sites have now
been resettled,
but over 3,000
remain displaced
•
Major assessment
by FAO
and WFP
shows that food
security and livelihoods are
still
at risk following 2015
floods
•
Putting ?Protection? at the
heart of humanitarian action in
Myanma
Source/publisher:
ReliefWeb
Date of publication:
2016-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2016-05-17
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Individual Documents
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UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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Description:
"In 2015, there continued to be significant humanitarian needs in Myanmar with additional displacements and vulnerability resulting from renewed conflicts in Kachin
and Shan states, and devastating floods that affected 12 of the country?s 14 states/regions. In Rakhine and Kachin/Shan states, many of the IDPs living in camps or camplike
situations remain dependent on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs largely due to continued restrictions on movements and limited access to livelihood
opportunities. The protracted displacement also has an adverse effect on the host communities, straining already scarce resources. The situation was further compounded
by the countrywide floods that affected over nine million people across the country..."
Source/publisher:
Office for the Cooordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Date of publication:
2016-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2016-04-05
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Type:
Individual Documents
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UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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John Ging
Source/publisher:
UNOCHA via UN Webcast
Date of publication:
2016-03-01
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
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UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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Description:
"On the night of 13 March, a public
ferry, the
Aung Dagun 3, sank near
Myebon town in
Rakhine State. According to state media, the boat was carrying at least 225 passengers
plus crew
when it sank en route from
Taungup to Sittwe. The most recent reports from
state authorities indicate that
169 people were rescued and that
at least
69 people died.
The Myanmar Government has set up a commission to investigate the incident.
The Myanmar Navy, local authorities, local
community members and the Myanmar Red
Cross Society
(MRCS)
led the search and
rescue operations for survivors.
Local
authorities
and the local community in the
areas close to where the incident happened
mobilized quickly and
provided assistance to
rescued passengers. There
were many
reports of heroic efforts made by the local
community to rescue passengers and
provide
emergency assistance..."
Source/publisher:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Date of publication:
2015-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-05-07
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Type:
Individual Documents
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UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
"Myanmar is pursuing an ambitious, multilayered reform agenda, which includes
political opening, democratization, modernizing state institutions, market re-forms, in addition to a complex peace process, aimed at brokering a settlement
between the Myanmar Government and the ethnic armed groups.
Related to that is an unparalleled diversity of development contexts - ranging
from ongoing conflict and post conflict settings, severe rural poverty, to the
challenges of fast growing urban development - which implies that development terms like poverty reduction, community resilience or inclusive governance means different things in different states and regions. This complexity
poses challenges to government and development partners alike.
Economically, Myanmar was forecasted to grow by about 7% in 2014, which
according to preliminary government estimates seems to have been exceeded. Despite impressive economic progress, Myanmar still records low human
development, positioned at 150 out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index rankings for 2014. Graduation from LDC status by 2020 has become
a key mid-term policy objective of the government. Similar to other developing
countries, the challenge for Myanmar is to enable growth and to tackle vulnerabilities - regions, the poor, informal workers, small farmers, women, people with
disabilities, children etc - and to build resilience to economic shocks, natural
disasters, climate change, conflict and civil unrest, so that its economic progress
translates into developmental benefits for all over the long term."
Source/publisher:
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Date of publication:
2013-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-05-07
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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Description:
"Fighting broke out between the Government of Myanmar Army and the Myanmar National
Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and other armed groups in the Kokang Self-
Administered zone, north-eastern Shan State, on 9 February. The fighting continued
throughout the month of February. More than 13,000 people are estimated to have been
internally displaced from Kokang to other parts of the country during February, according
to the Relief and Resettlement Department in Lashio. Many of these people are migrant
workers who have travelled on to their places of origin in other parts of the country. The
number of people who have fled across the border into China is unconfirmed. Chinese
state media have reported that 60,000 people have crossed the border from Kokang into
China since 9 February, and that Chinese state authorities are providing assistance to
these people.
Access to the Kokang Self-Administered
Zone has been restricted due to the ongoing
fighting. Limited information is available on
the humanitarian situation and on people
displaced or affected by the fighting in this
area. The number of civilians killed or injured
due to the fighting is unconfirmed. According
to the Government?s Rehabilitation and
Administrative Support Committee for the
Kokang Self-Administered Zone, 3,000
people are staying at an IDP site at Border
Post 125, on the Myanmar side of the border
with China, with some assistance provided
by the government?s Relief and Resettlement
Department and local civil society
organizations (CSOs). UN staff have also
had access to some 950 displaced people
from Kokang who are now in Namtit (Wa
Self-Administered Division)."
Source/publisher:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Date of publication:
2015-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2015-04-07
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Type:
Individual Documents
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UN System humanitarian assistance
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Description:
"On 14 January, fighting broke out in the Hpakan area of Kachin State between the
Government of Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). According to
national NGOs and local authorities, over 1,000 civilians from Aung Bar Lay village and
surrounding areas were displaced to Kan See village. Those displaced were staying in
religious compounds in Kan See, in close proximity to the conflict area. More than 1,000
residents of Kan See village were also affected by the situation. Those displaced left
their homes quickly, during the winter and without any personal items.
The most urgent
humanitarian needs of the
newly displaced people
were met by local authorities
in Hpakan, as well as by the
Myanmar Red Cross Society
(MRCS) and national NGOs,
with support from the UN and
international NGOs. This
includes food rations for two
months, blankets, mats,
hygiene, dignity and UNICEF
student kits, and other basic
items. Food assistance was
also provided by local NGOs,
supplemented by WFP, to
existing IDP camps in
Hpakan and Lone Khin for
approximately 3,000 people."
Source/publisher:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Date of publication:
2015-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-04-07
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
UN System humanitarian assistance
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English
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Description:
"To strengthen inter-agency coordination, TBBC and the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) have mapped organisational reach in South East Burma/Myanmar for the education, health care and livelihoods support sectors.
Information collected by MIMU from agencies registered with the Government of the Union of Myanmar has been combined with information collected by TBBC from border-based agencies recognised by non-state armed groups. The result is a comprehensive mapping of organisational reach with input from 32 agencies funded through Rangoon/Yangon and 27 agencies funded along the border. However, due to protection and visibility concerns, the data does not include all relevant agencies.
The maps highlight how aid agencies based along the border complement the efforts of agencies based in Rangoon/Yangon in responding to humanitarian needs. Given the scale of vulnerabilities and limited funding, the agencies active in each sector have been disaggregated to the township-level to facilitate information sharing and to promote a more coordinated response.
While the border based responses are predominately managed by community-based organisations, the maps reflect how initiatives from Rangoon/Yangon are generally led by United Nations? agencies and international non-governmental organisations. As the peace process evolves and opportunities to expand humanitarian access into conflict-affected areas increase, the challenge will be to ensure that international agencies build on the local capacities of these community-managed approaches."...6 MAPS -- 2 FOR EDUCATION (BASIC AND COMPARATIVE), 2 FOR HEALTH CARE (BASIC AND COMPARATIVE) AND 2 FOR LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT (BASIC AND COMPARATIVE). THE MAPS ARE ABOUT 1.8MB EACH.
Source/publisher:
The Border Consortium (TBC) , MIMU
Date of publication:
2012-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2012-07-31
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Cross-border assistance (border-based agencies), UN System humanitarian assistance, Maps and satellite imagery
Language:
English
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Description:
CONTENTS:
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AT THE CENTRE - MDG 1:
Organized Initiatives for the most Vulnerable;
Self-Reliance Groups in Action;
Mentoring for Success;
Community Leading Development...
FINANCING RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
Boosting Rural Finance;
From Disaster, to a Hopeful Future;
Every One Count...
SOWING THE SEEDS OF LIVELIHOODS:
Uniting Efforts for the Poores;
Advancing Recovery;
Rebuilding Livelihoods...
REDUCING THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS:
Preparation, Preparedness, and Response;
Safe Shelter;
Northern Rakhine State Flooding and Landslides;
Cyclone Giri...
ENSURING EQUALITY:
Engendering Development;
United against Discrimination;
Living lives with Dignity;
Youth Action...
FOCUSING INTERVENTIONS:
Sustainable Future;
Healthy Lives;
Education for All...
UNITED PARTNERSHIPS...
THE ROAD AHEAD...
FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN BY PROJECT...
FINANCIAL DETAILS.
Source/publisher:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Date of publication:
2009-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2012-04-24
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A HDI project administered by UNOPS
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UNOPS
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2010-12-06
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UNOPS
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2010-12-06
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"...Sustainable Livelihoods through Micro-Credit for the Poorest is one of 10 projects under the United Nations
Development Programme?s multisectoral Human Development Initiative Extension (HDIE) programme in
Myanmar. It provides credit and assistance in building small businesses to people in 11 of the poorest townships
in Myanmar: three in the Delta (Ayeyarwady Division), five in Shan State, and three in the Dry Zone of central
Myanmar.
The Micro-Credit project targets especially those who would not normally qualify for credit through the banking
system: women, the landless, and other marginalized groups. Experience elsewhere has shown that with the
right types of support, these people are excellent credit risks; repayment rates often approach 100%. Overall, it
is hoped to benefit about 30,000 of the poorest households (200,000 people) in the 11 townships..."
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UNOPS
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2010-12-06
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UNDP, UN System humanitarian assistance, Microfinance
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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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2007-06-29
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-06
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Armed conflict and peace-building in Burma - theoretical, strategic and general, UN System humanitarian assistance
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The Shan Plateau in eastern Myanmar is an extensive, mountainous upland ranging from 1000 to 2300 m
in height. The area is undulating; areas that have been stripped of their natural forest are subject to severe
erosion. The area covers the watersheds of four of Myanmar?s most important reservoirs: Kinda, Inle,
Paung Laung and Zawgyi. Erosion from the uplands threatens to clog these reservoirs with silt, endangering
much of the country?s hydropower production and irrigation water supplies for the lowlands.
The main staple crop is rice, but many other crops are also grown, including wheat, maize, chili, cotton,
potatoes, groundnuts, sesame, pulses, tea, tobacco and cabbages. The rainy season lasts from mid-April to mid-
November.
Farmers in Shan State face numerous problems. The soils are generally infertile, and crop and livestock yields
are low. The area?s isolation and lack of infrastructure make it difficult for farmers to sell any surplus produce at
a profit. Landholdings are small, and population growth forces farmers to overexploit the natural resources:
cutting more trees for fuelwood and clearing land on steep slopes for cultivation. This environmental
degradation further reduces yields, reinforcing a vicious cycle of poverty.
Source/publisher:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-06
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UNOPS
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2010-12-06
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Two years after the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis created a rare opening for foreign assistance into Myanmar, aid workers say they still face numerous operating challenges.
Source/publisher:
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Date of publication:
2010-05-24
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2010-06-04
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Agencies working inside Myanmar to assist forcibly displaced
people work within an extremely constricted operational
environment. Despite occasional glimmers of hope, carving
out sufficient humanitarian space to meet urgent needs
remains an uphill struggle.
Jean-François Durieux, Sivanka Dhanapala
Source/publisher:
"Forced Migration Review" No. 30
Date of publication:
2008-04-22
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-30
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Conclusion:
Agencies working outside Burma,
especially opposition groups in exile
and their support and lobbying
networks, should be encouraged
to gain a better understanding
of the important assistance and
protection work undertaken – despite
government restrictions – by local
civil society actors in Burma.
Organisations working from inside
Burma cannot afford to be as bold
in their advocacy roles as those
based in Thailand and overseas.
However, the presence of local and
international agency personnel in
conflict-affected areas can help to
create the humanitarian space? in
which to engage in behind-thescenes
advocacy with national,
state and local authorities.
Ashley South
Source/publisher:
"Forced Migration Review" No. 30
Date of publication:
2008-04-22
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-30
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Humanitarian agencies and community-based organisations
are working in partnership to assist remote communities in
the most contested areas of eastern Burma...Humanitarian responses to this
chronic emergency have come
both from agencies based inside
Burma and from agencies based
in neighbouring countries and
working discreetly across national
borders. Government restrictions
on programmes and travel by
international staff in remote
areas were formalised in a set
of guidelines for humanitarian
agencies in 2006. These government
regulations have particularly
restricted agencies that prioritise
the field presence of expatriate
staff as a protection strategy.
Source/publisher:
The Thailand Burma Border Consortium via "Forced Migration Review" No. 30"
Date of publication:
2008-04-22
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-30
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UN System humanitarian assistance
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English, Burmese
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UNOPS
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2003-06-03
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Executive Board of the
United Nations Development
Programme and of the
United Nations Population Fund
Distr.: General
11 July 2001
Original: English
Second regular session 2001.
10-14 September 2001, New York.
Item 5 of the provisional agenda.
Country cooperation frameworks and related matters.
Future assistance to Myanmar.
Note by the Administrator. Summary:
The current phase of UNDP assistance to Myanmar is expected to be concluded at the end of 2001 in line with Executive Board decision 98/14. The present report is
submitted in pursuance of decision 2001/7, in which the Board requested the Administrator, taking into account the findings of the independent assessment
mission to Myanmar, to submit at the earliest possible date, a proposal for continued
UNDP assistance to Myanmar in accordance with the guidelines provided in
Governing Council decision 93/21 and Executive Board decisions 96/1 and 98/14.
The attention of the Board is drawn in particular to chapter III, which provides an
outline of proposals for Board action in relation to future assistance to Myanmar.
Source/publisher:
Executive Board of UNDP and UNPF
Date of publication:
2001-09-14
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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UNOPS
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2003-06-03
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UNOPS
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2003-06-03
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First regular session 2002.
28 January - 8 February 2002, New York.
Item 1 of the provisional agenda.
Organizational matters.
Including:
Note by the Administrator on future assistance to Myanmar.
77. The Resident Representative introduced the note by the Administrator on UNDP continued assistance to Myanmar (DP/2001/27)...
General comments on the note by the Administrator:
80. Seven delegations commended the high quality of the note and thanked the Resident Representative for a clear and informative presentation and the excellent work in Myanmar...
:UNDP response
85. The Resident Representative thanked delegations for their positive comments and guidance...
90. The Executive Board adopted the following decision:
2001/15, Assistance to Myanmar
The Executive Board
1. Takes note of the proposals presented in chapter III of document DP/2001/27 for future assistance to Myanmar;
2. Approves continued funding of UNDP project activities for Myanmar from target for resource assignment from the core funding (approximately
$22 million) in the sectors previously outlined in Governing Council decision 93/21, and confirmed in Executive Board decisions 96/1 and 98/14 for the three-year programme-planning period (January 2002 to December 2004);
3. Authorizes the Administrator to approve, on a project-by-project basis, HDI project extensions up to $50 million in the event that additional funding becomes available from non-core resources as mentioned in chapter IV of document DP/2001/27;
4. Also authorizes the Administrator to mobilize non-core resources in order to supplement limited core resources for HDI activities proposed for the programme-planning period (2002-2004) to be implemented in accordance with the guidelines set out in Governing Council decision 93/21 and Executive Board decisions 96/1 and 98/14.
14 September 2001
Source/publisher:
Executive Board, UNDP and UNPF
Date of publication:
2002-02-08
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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