OCHA Situation Report Week 45
Southern Sudan: Humanitarian Action, Recovery, and Development
14 November 2007


Summary/Highlights

- 3rd round of Polio National Immunization Days (NID) and Vitamin A 
supplementation targeting 2.85 million children under five concluded in 
all 10 states of Southern Sudan (UNICEF).

- Assessment underway to look at the humanitarian needs of hundreds of 
reported spontaneous returnees from Northern Uganda into Magwe county 
and Nimule in Eastern Equatoria (RCO).

- Immediate assistance recommended to 4000 HHs in Pibor County, Jonglei 
(OCHA).

Focus on stability and security

- During a visit to Yambio (Western Equatoria) OCHA EP&R staff observed 
that emergency communication procedures were not in place. The area 
remains tense and visits should be limited. A proposed workshop on 
disaster management and contingency planning activities in Yambio have 
been postponed due to security concerns (OCHA).

- The Governor of the state held a rally in Yambio in order to install 
confidence in people following insecurity incident involving Joint 
Integrated Units (RCO).

- In Northern Bahr El Ghazal, an SAF-ban has been lifted 6 November and 
commercial trucks are again allowed to cross Meriem and go to Aweil from 
Northern Sudan (RCO).

Current issues

- IOM s support to voluntary return of hundred of thousands of IDPs to 
Southern Sudan - restarting late November - will only last until the end 
of the year unless additional funding of USD 4 million can be found to 
begin the implementation of priority returns scheduled for early 2008, 
IOM said in a press release. IOM has assisted more than 60,480 IDPs to 
return to their homes since 2006 as part of the Joint Return Plan of the 
GoNU, GoSS, the UN and IOM. Emergency funding of USD 2 million from the 
Common Humanitarian Fund and additional funding by USAID will allow IOM 
to recommence voluntary returns of IDPs to and within Southern Sudan in 
the coming weeks.

Population movements and returns

- UNHCR assisted the return of 790 Sudanese refugees to Southern Sudan 
during week 45. 639 persons came from Uganda to Eastern and Central 
Equatoria States, and 151 persons came from Kenya to Eastern and Central 
Equatoria States under the organized voluntary repatriation programme. 
This represents the highest return in the past nine weeks, and a 
significant degree of repatriation has occured through the most recent 
corridor in Nimule.

- The head of WFP s sub-office and the SSRRC director in Eastern 
Equatoria are leading a team to verify/assess the humanitarian needs of 
hundreds of reported spontaneous returnees from Northern Uganda into 
Magwe county and Nimule. The WFP team will spend three days in Magwe and 
the SSRRC team will spend 10 days both in Magwe and Nimule. The report 
will be disseminated to UN agencies/NGOs operating in the area for 
further consideration (RCO).

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