SYRIA – Meeting Minutes

SYRIA – Meeting Minutes
LOCATION:
DATE:
CHAIR:
PARTCIPANTS:
Damascus, Syria
16 April 2014
Logistics Cluster Coordinator
ACF, FAO, GOPA, IOM, SIF, UNHCR, UNRWA, WFP and WHO
AGENDA:
ACTION POINTS:
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Situation Update
Common Services
Joint Humanitarian Convoys
Damascus to Qamishly Emergency Airlifts
Organizations’ Updates and AoB
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The Logistics Cluster will obtain and share the approved
humanitarian cargo list (Nusaybin – Qamishly) with participants
The Logistics Cluster -WFP will provide assistance to UNRWA for the
setup of two Mobile Storage Units (MSUs).
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SITUATION UPDATE
Syria
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Inaccessible areas at present include Deir Ezzour, Raqqa, Rural Aleppo, and some areas in Rural
Damascus (Zabadani, Yarmouk, and Ghouta).
Jordan
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The Jordan/Syria official border crossing point, ‘Al-Naseeb’, remains operational. After
completing customs clearance in Naseeb, trucks can proceed to onward destinations via Sweida
city.
Lebanon
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The Lebanon/Syria border crossings of ‘Al-Masnaa’, ‘Al-Arida’, and ‘Abboudiyeh’ are
operational.
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The international highway leading to the Al-Arida border crossing point is currently open.
COMMON SERVICES UPDATE
Transport
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The Logistics Cluster continues to provide free-to-user cargo transport for humanitarian relief
items within Syria.
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The Logistics Cluster also continues to offer free overland transport (not inclusive of custom
clearance) from Lebanon/Jordan to Syria.
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From 11 March until mid-April, the Logistics Cluster delivered over 4,729 m³ of humanitarian
relief items to different governorates including Damascus, Rural Damascus, Idleb, Aleppo and
Homs on behalf of FAO, IMC, IOM, Mercy Corps, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP, UNRWA, and
WFP.
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WHO and other participants updated the group on new rules whereby a security representative
is required to supervise, check and seal every single truck. For medicines, a representative from
the Ministry of Health (MOH) is required to supervise the loading process.
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The accessibility to Deir Ezzour was discussed with participants. WFP noted that on the previous
attempt, after receiving the necessary approval and facilitation letters, the trucks were unable
to cross the Sukhneh area.
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The cargo for IOM and WHO, which was transported from Turkey to Syria via the Nusaybin
border and was stored by the Cluster in Qamishly, has not yet been cleared by customs.
Storage
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Over 6,269 m³ of inter-agency cargo has been stored at the Logistics Cluster’s common
warehouse facilities (Safita, Rural Damascus, Qamishly) for the past month.
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To meet partners’ storage needs in Lattakia, the Logistics Cluster is exploring options for a
potential common storage facility in Lattakia.
JOINT HUMANITARIAN CONVOYS
Accomplished Convoys
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Over the past month, the Logistics Cluster supported a number of inter-agency Joint
Humanitarian Convoys to Rural Damascus (Douma), Rural Homs (Ghanto and Teir Malla) and
Rural Idleb (Saraqeb).
DAMASCUS TO QAMISHLY EMERGENCY AIRLIFTS
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The Logistics Cluster updated the group on the completion of emergency airlifts of over 1,000
m³ of relief items on behalf of GOPA, IMC, IOM, UNICEF, WHO, and WFP from Damascus to
Qamishly (inaccessible by road from Damascus).
ORGANIZATIONS’ UPDATES AND AOB
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WFP is working on a strategy to deliver food to Deir Ezzour, via coordination with the Ministry
of Social Affairs (MOSA) and the Governor of Deir Ezzour.
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UNHCR plans to continue using the Nusabyin border crossing to deliver aid from Turkey to Syria,
access permitting.
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UNRWA plans to participate in the upcoming Joint Humanitarian Convoys to Aleppo.
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As per request from UNRWA, the Logistics Cluster will assist them in erecting two Mobile
Storage Units (MSUs) in the Alliance area.
Contacts:
Syria
Jeppe Andersen
Mira Baddour
Logistics Cluster Coordinator
Logistics Cluster Assistant
[email protected]
[email protected]
Lebanon
Matteo Perrone
Hamza Mohmand
Logistics Officer
[email protected]
Information Management Officer
[email protected]
Jordan
Jonas Herzog
GIS Officer
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