Bulletin 33 UNJLC Sudan

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• DARFUR:
• Summary
• Air Operations
• Common NFI Pipeline
• NFI Cargo
• Road Transport and Access
• Road Transport
• Rail Transport
• River Transport/Port Operations
• Warehousing in Darfur
• Security
• SOUTHERN SUDAN:

 

DARFUR:

 

Summary

Overall a quiet week with no significant changes.  Several of the main roads including the critical  El Obeid to Nyala, and El Fasher to Nyala, are problematic and open and close on a daily basis.  The general trend is to more roads and roads further to the east being closed (or open with delays) because of security concerns.
Security issues remain a dominate issue and the UN SMT/UNCT again reviewed MOSS compliance.   NGOs are generally not covered directly by UN MOSS or security procedures but most follow them in spirit if not always to the letter.  
The UNJLC is reviewing with OCHA staff in the field the current status of basic NFI distributions to uncovered IDP locations.  As seen from the stock summary, basic NFI is available in all three state capitals and more is arriving. The primary reason is limited distribution capacity.

 

Air Operations

Aircraft: Due to crew duty limitations, flights were slightly reduced during the past week but from this weekend, flights will back to the full capacity of the one AN-12.
In line with the decision by the air cargo User Group committee (UCG), additional common pipeline items that are in stock in the state capitals, will no longer be transported by air from Khartoum.

All high value items such as medicines, computers, generators, vehicles, communication equipment, seeds & tools and air conditioners will still be transported by air on NFI flights. Agencies are encouraged to limit requests for air transport in line with the UGC decision.
UNJLC is in the process of investigating a possible road transport modality to Darfur (for NFI) for the humanitarian community.
The three WFP helicopters based in Nyala are operational and have adequate Jet A1 fuel from WFP"s own purchases. A tentative schedule has been made for regular weekly flights.
Agencies are reminded that regular updates with regards to the NFI service will be posted on the UNJLC website www.unjlc.org.

Airports: El Fasher Airport is open and functioning.
Nyala Airport is open the apron is being repaired and extended to increase parking space.
El Geneina Airport is open and functioning with landing weight restrictions.

 

Common NFI Pipeline

UNJLC is assisting UNOCHA in managing a Common NFI Pipeline to Darfur.  The table below details the donations to the Common NFI Pipeline in the past and coming weeks:
Recently announced proposed contributions:

	UNICEF from cash donations	DFID thru UNICEF	USAID in-kind	SAUDI thru UNICEF
Blankets	40,000		35,000	100,000
Plastic Sheet 4X5M	20,008		8,000	50,000
Jerry can 10l - 20l	58,600
Bucket w. lid, 20l	29,300	373,754
Soap (1kg/month for 3 months), Kgs	163,700	207,400
Clothing (womens wraps)	76,600			140,000
Plastic sleeping mats (Each)				450,000
Sanitary material (Each)				500,000

The table below details the current stocks of NFI commodities held in Sudan:

NFI Commodities	In stock in Sudan on 22nd Oct 2004
	El Obeid	El Geneina	Nyala	El Fasher	Total
Blankets	4,998	10,120	30,531	37,873	83,522
Plastic Sheet 4X5M	1,400	5,140	13,694	19,905	40,139
Jerrycan 10l - 20l	-	30,278	45,187	22,486	97,951
Bucket w. lid, 20l	20	19,168	15,287	18,000	52,475
Mosquito Nets	10,000	14,140	10,667	9,360	44,167
Soap (Kg)	336,510	16,848	198,450	32,535	584,343
Clothing (womens wraps)	57,000	2,400	-	-	59,400
Plastic sleeping mats Ea	-	-	2,282	8,134	10,416
Sanitary material M	-	-	2,492	-	2,492
NFI Commodities	En Route on the 22nd of October from El Obeid
	El Obeid	El Geneina	Nyala	El Fasher	Total
Blankets					-
Plastic Sheet 4X5M					-
Jerrycan 10l - 20l					-
Bucket w. lid, 20l			12,763	12,000	24,763
Mosquito Nets					-
Soap (Kg)		11,057	22,230		33,287
Clothing (womens wraps)		26,000		38,000	64,000
Plastic sleeping mats Ea				13	13
Sanitary material M					-

 

OCHA and the UNJLC continue to meet with NGOs to support additional NFI distributions in unassisted IDP locations.  While some locations needing NFI are off-limits because of security concerns, others are accessible but have no NGO available to do the distribution. 
The UNJLC is reviewing with OCHA and informally with donors on the NFI plans for 2005. The provisional planning figure is 2 million IDPs in need of NFI in 2005, average family size 4.5 to 5.5, secondary distributions to all who received in 2004, and a more complete standard package of NFI.  More extensive discussions will take place in coming weeks to confirm with donors the NFI needs for the 1stQ 2005. 

South Darfur: Common Pipeline NFI distributions continued in Southern Darfur, but continued to be disrupted by insecurity.

West Darfur: Full NFI Distributions completed in Um Tajouk on 24/25 Oct (SRC/World Relief)
2000 Mos nets allocated to MSF Swiss for El Geneina camps, mos nets are distributed based on medical/need criteria to vulnerable individuals/families.
Soap distributions continue In Sisi, Goker, and Kirinding II.
No other full NFI distribution requested this reporting period.

 

NFI Cargo

UNJLC supports and tracks the air movement to Darfur of non-food items used to support relief operations.  This program began on the 21st of August and is known as the NFI Cargo program.
Over the past week, the air cargo service has moved 3 vehicles for SC-US and 3 vehicles for Concern to Darfur. 3 more SC-US and 2 more Concern vehicles are manifested for the coming period.
Americares are donating 11.5mt of medical supplies to IRC. It will be transshipped through Nyala to El Geneina. A flight is scheduled on 31 Oct and, if necessary, a second flight is planned for 2 Nov.
A drilling rig and compressor for ACF is scheduled to be flown to Darfur on 2 Nov.
The table below details the weight of the NFI cargo that has been transported since the program began and is broken down by the type of aircraft used.

NFI Weight (Kg)
Status	To	Aircraft Type				Grand Total
		AN-12	C-130	IL-76	N/A
Cancelled	FAS				12,390	12,390
	GEN				142,850	142,850
	KHT				1,650	1,650
	NYA				31,812	31,812
Cancelled Total					188,702	188,702
Delivered	FAS	39,613	29,143	30,961		99,717
	GEN	274,913	186,985			461,898
	KHT	18,724	11,980			30,704
	NYA	102,342	48,363	84,224		234,929
Delivered Total		435,592	276,471	115,185		827,248
En-route	FAS
	GEN
	KHT
	NYA
En-route Total
Manifested	FAS	9,638				9,638
	GEN	32,048				32,048
	KHT
	NYA	13,670				13,670
Manifested Total		55,356				55,356
Not Available	FAS				20,268	20,268
	GEN				111,074	111,074
	KHT				197	197
	NYA				37,402	37,402
Not Available Total					168,941	168,941
Pending	FAS
	GEN				2,250	2,250
	KHT
	NYA
Pending Total					2,250	2,250
GRAND TOTAL		490,948	276,471	115,185	359,893	1,242,497

Road Transport and Access

North Darfur: No new information.

South Darfur: No rain and road conditions improving.

See Security section below for further information on roads closed due to security.

West Darfur: All routes for supply and distribution are now physically passable.

USAID fielded a mission to Darfur to review possible road repairs.  This will be reviewed further with USAID and other donors.  Several GoS funded road repair teams are operating on the roads to western Darfur now.

 

Road Transport

Truck availability in all locations is generally adequate.

 

Rail Transport

El Obeid to Nyala is open but with frequent extended delays.

River Transport/Port Operations

The UNJLC report is available on www.unjlc.org

 

Warehousing in Darfur

Report has been published and is available on www.unjlc.org.

Fuel Type	Commodity prices per unit (SDN)
	Khartoum		El Fasher		Nyala		Geneina		El Obeid
	IG	L	IG	L	IG	L	IG	L	IG	L
Diesel	345	76	650	143	750	165	1000	220	354	78
JetA1	334	75	780	172	650	143	638	140	368	81
Kerosene	300	66	700	154	800	176	1000	220	250	55
Petrol	555	122	900	198	900	198	1500	330	580	128

Prices in Sudanese Dinars (SDN) at exchange rate of 1 USD = 260 SDN

IG:  Imperial Gallon, L:  Litres, 1 IG = 4.546 litres

North Darfur: No change from last week.

South Darfur: Jet A1 at Nyala airfield is being supplied by Matthews Petroleum Company by means of a fuel tanker (Bowser).  Commercial stocks of Jet A-1 are generally limited, this does not directly affect WFP/HAS flights which have their own supply but because some NGOs use commercial carries it can affect their operations.  If the road El Obeid to Nyala is closed for an extended period, all commercial fuel stocks in Nyala will become problematic.
All fuel prices have gone up, except Jet A1 which stayed more or less the same. (0.3 up).  The price of diesel has gone up and is now 800 SD for one IG.
Cooking Gas is available.
Town electricity has been affected by multiple power surges in the past week.  The National Electricity Council (NEC) also switches the power off sometimes to give the generators time to cool off.  Due to the power cuts and surges, there are knock-on effects to the water supply.
West Darfur: No change in prices and all fuels apart from Jet A1 and cooking gas are available.

 

Security

North Darfur: No new information since last week.

South Darfur:The security situation continues to disrupt some humanitarian activities and caused more displacement in new areas of conflict.  Fighting around the town of Kheache (on the border of North Dafur/South Dafur) has caused a disruption to the main commercial traffic from El Obeid for South Darfur.

Below is a brief summary in regards to the areas of concern/reported incidents:

Nyala - Kass: GO area, but banditry is still on the increase on this route. Agencies are advised to go in convoy and only in the morning hours.
Kass - Nertiti - Zalingei: NO GO area. However some NGOs have been traveling along this route in the past week and report commercial traffic is moving normally. NGO movement along this route has been kept to morning hours.
Kalma Camp: has been quiet the past week, but the road out to Kalma is still deteriorating badly due to heavy traffic.
Nyala Area: has been quiet but the discussions are still ongoing with HAC/GoS in Nyala for humanitarian operational expansion in the Nyala area.
BIlal - Bashym- Taysha: Remains a NO GO area.
Nyala - El Fasher: GO area today but this changes day to day.
Nyala - Sanam El naga - Gerieda: GO Area, but regular updates are required from the NGOs.
Nyala - Muhajaria: GO area. MSF and Solidaritei are now operating in Muhjaria. The road to Marla and Sanu Afundu is a GO area, but does cross the GoS/SLA line.
Muhajaria - Ed Dian: NO GO area this route is still be used by commercial transporters but not on a regular basis. A number of the Care trucks from El Obeid have used the EL Daien - Muhajaria route and got through without a problem. However, the insecurity in Kheabech is restricting movement of all commercial traffic from El Obeid.
Feina - Mershing:  Unidentified armed men stopped vehicles between these two places, they were then questioned, and let go thereafter.

West Darfur: There are reported movements of SLA eastbound out of Chad particularly in the Masterai and Sileah Areas, missions are urged to be alert in these areas.
No reports of hindrance or harassment of convoys this week. The Southern Corridor opened by UNSECOORD 23 Oct.

 

SOUTHERN SUDAN:

Mission to Uganda: A UNJLC-UNICEF mission has been undertaken to Uganda to review infrastructure, road access and border crossing conditions.  The mission has returned today and will be debriefing the UN Country Team this morning.  A report on the mission will be made available.

Customs Review: UNJLC has c ommissioned a review of customs procedures and conditions in Kenya, Uganda and southern Sudan.  That review has just gotten underway.

Review of Commercial Transport Sector: TPG unit of TNT, is conducting a review of the transport sector serving the main humanitarian corridors from Mombassa into southern Sudan.

A-Z of southern Sudan: Final preparations for the first draft of the A-Z have been completed and the first draft is being printed.  That draft will be reviewed for completeness and accuracy with key informants over the next two weeks.  The first release will incorporate corrections and additions and be prepared by the end of November.  The digital layers used to make the A-Z will be shared amongst the humanitarian GIS community to establish an improved, updated and common mapping platform.

Sudan Logistics Planning Map: Comments on the Version 1 of the map are being collated.  Those comments together with improvements resulting from the finalizations of the A-Z first draft will be incorporated into the next Version of that map which will be released in mid-November.

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UNJLC is an inter-agency facility reporting, in the current emergency, to the Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, and overall to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Its mandate is to coordinate and optimize the logistics capabilities of humanitarian organizations in large-scale emergencies. UNJLC operates under the custodianship of WFP who are responsible for the administrative and financial management of the Centre. UNJLC is funded from voluntary contributions channeled through WFP. The UNJLC project document for Sudan can be viewed on the UNJLC website (www.unjlc.org)