WFP Emergency Report
Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme
Report No. 47 / 2005 - Date 18 November 2005


This report includes:

(A) Highlights
(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe:
    (1) Occupied Palestinian Territories (2) Pakistan
    (3) Russian Federation (Caucasus)
(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Ethiopia
    (4) Rwanda (5) Somalia (6) Sudan (7) Tanzania (8) Uganda
(D) West Africa: (1) Chad (2) Cote d'Ivoire (3) Liberia (4) Niger
(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola (2) Lesotho (3) Madagascar (4) Malawi
    (5) Mozambique (6) Swaziland (7) Zambia (8) Zimbabwe
(F) Asia: (1) Indonesia (2) Korea (DPR) (3) Maldives (4) Myanmar
    (5) Sri Lanka
(G) Latin America and Caribbean: (1) Bolivia (2) Colombia (3) Cuba
    (4) Ecuador (5) Guatemala (6) Nicaragua


(A) Highlights

(a)  In Chad, there has been an overall improvement in the nutritional
status of refugees in the camps.

(b)  In Niger, figures indicate that 3.2 million people ?nearly a third
of the rural population?are severely and moderately food insecure, and
will need food and non-food assistance in the short term. The operation
urgently needs 11,000 tons of food in order to avoid pipeline breaks,
which threaten as early as December.

(c)  In Pakistan, since the start of the operation, 13,735 tons of WFP
food supplies have been dispatched

(d)  In Ethiopia, the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission
started on 14 November with six teams currently assessing crop
production throughout the country

(e)  In October 2005, the WFP Southern Africa Regional Bureaux (ODJ)
purchased over 88,000 tons of food at a cost of USD 20.6 million.  This
was the second highest monthly volume on record, surpassed only by the
96,000 tons purchased in November 2003.  Over 78,000 tons of food has
been purchased for the regional Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation
(PRRO) 10310. The main recipients of the food purchased were Malawi,
Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.



(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Occupied
Palestinian Territories (2) Pakistan (3) Russian Federation (Caucasus)

(1) Occupied Palestinian Territories

(a)  There has been no improvement in the security situation in either
the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. Hostilities continue in both areas.
Access for National staff (WB and Jerusalem ID card holder) into Gaza
was eased this Sunday.

(b)  In the West Bank, distributions are ongoing for the Social Hardship
Cases (SHC). Beneficiary selection is ongoing for the New Poor (NP).

(c)  In the Gaza Strip, selection of NP beneficiaries is ongoing in five
Governorates. Community, Habitat and Finance (an NGO)  held meetings
with local committees in the Middle area, Gaza City and Gaza North. The
Beneficiary Applications Forms were distributed to Logistics Centres to
start registration which will be completed by the middle of next week;
registration in the South is running smoothly.

(d)  During the reporting period (11 ? 17 November), 1,243 tons were
delivered.


(2) Pakistan

(a)  Up to 87,000 people have been confirmed dead and nearly 2.5 million
people have lost their houses, the majority of them now living in tents
and makeshift shelters. Some 2.2 million people - 84% of the affected -
are in rural areas; 100,000 in semi-urban areas and 200,000 in urban
areas.

(b)  Reports of favourable weather conditions for the food distribution
efforts were received from various areas.

(c)  The WFP Emergency Operation (EMOP 10491.0), "Food Assistance to
Affected Persons- South Asia Earthquake" is striving to meet the needs
of an estimated 1,000,000 people. Of these, 901,757 have been reached so
far. Since the start of the operation, 13,735 tons of WFP food supplies
have been dispatched. The EMOP currently has a funding shortfall of 62%.

(d)  WFP also approved three Special Operations to provide inter-agency
services and support:  (1) Logistics support for base camps, warehouses,
delivery of relief cargo. (2) Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS), (3)
United Nations Joint Logistics Centre The WFP has established area
offices in Muzaffarabad and Mansehra; 4 sub-offices in Shangla,
Batagram/Chatterplan, Garhi Habibulla/Balakot, Bagh; one Air Hub in
Abbottabad.

(e)  In Muzaffarabad, 121.435 MT of food was dispatched through 54 air
flights. Cooperating Partners are distributing food to the beneficiaries
but the data are not available since the process is still continuing.
Deliveries are going on by air and by trucks.

(f)  In Mansehra, 81.54 tons of food commodities reached 3,000
beneficiaries. In the quake affected villages 95% of the houses were
either completely or partially destroyed and most of the villagers are
now living in tents or friends/relatives houses.

(g)  In Shangla/Batagram, 259 tons of mixed food were distributed to
13,800 persons in three distribution points in Batagram, three
distribution points in Shangla district and parts of it in Mansehra
(Chatter Plan ? Battal) through WFP implementing partners IRC, HOAP,
ACF, Save the Children and Pakistan Army. Community based distributions
were organized in order to distribute as closely as possible to
beneficiaries and reduce the distances which they have to travel.  At
three distribution points the food was distributed by the Pakistani
Army.

(h)  In Bagh, benefiting from the favourable weather conditions, WFP,
assisted by Islamic Relief and especially by relief troops of the
Pakistan Army, distributed monthly rations without delay to 5,500
beneficiaries.

(i)  The Nutrition Survey, a joint effort of WFP and UNICEF, will start
its field mission on Monday 21 November.

(j)  Since the start of the air operation, UNHAS has airlifted 1,698.51
tons of cargo and 6,260 passengers.

(k)  The oncoming winter makes the humanitarian operations a race
against time.  Access remains a major concern with most of the access
roads to the valleys are still fully or partially blocked. Without the
necessary resources, WFP will not be able to pre-position food and
non-food items in time


(3) Russian Federation (Caucasus)

(a)  No significant change occurred in the security situation in the
North Caucasus during the reporting period (1?15 November). A number of
operations were undertaken by federal forces to locate and detain
militants. Security force personnel were also the targets of a number of
militant attacks and suffered casualties as a result.

(b)  In Chechnya, preparations for the forthcoming parliamentary
elections got under way with a gradual increase in the security alert
level.

(c)  During the reporting period, WFP together with cooperating partners
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Islamic Relief (IR) completed the 9th
general distribution cycle in Ingushetia and Chechnya with the exception
of one district where it was started only on November 10 due to lack of
food stocks in WFP warehouses. Altogether within this programme during
the first two weeks of November WFP distributed some 644 tons of food
commodities to 60,753 beneficiaries. The school feeding programme (SF)
continued in 14 districts of Chechnya with the distribution of 485 tons
of buckwheat, oil, sugar and salt to provide daily hot meals to 133,206
school children in the second half of November and December.

(d)  During the reporting period, 36 Food-for-Work (FFW) projects were
implemented in Chechnya that involved some 546 participants
(representing 2 730 beneficiaries). The projects are aimed at improving
public infrastructure in different areas of Chechnya through the
rehabilitation of irrigation canals, water and gas pipeline repairs.
Within the Food-for-Training (FFT) programme, 25 trainees continued
attending vocational courses in the city of Grozny.

(e)  The TB programme in Ingushetia and Chechnya continued and provided
food for about 640 inpatients and outpatients as an incentive for
finalizing their treatment; about 22 tons of food commodities were
released by WFP for this project.

(f)  As of end-September, donations reached about 78 per cent of the
funding required for the completion of the programme in December 2005.
The WFP office is currently in the process of preparing the follow-up 12
months Emergency Operation (EMOP) 10128.2, starting from January 2006.
Within the next six months WFP expects considerable shortfalls of food
commodities unless resources are mobilized soon.



(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Ethiopia (4)
Rwanda (5) Somalia (6) Sudan (7) Tanzania (8) Uganda

(1) Burundi

(a)  (Last week, WFP distributed 1,301 tons of food aid to 161,707
beneficiaries.

(b)  On 13 November, WFP in-country stocks amounted to 6,045 tons of
food commodities. An additional 1,487 tons are being offloaded from
trucks and barges. Regional stocks in transit amount to 160 tons only.

(c)  In view of the projected pipeline shortfalls, WFP is considering to
extend ration cuts and suspend some activities ? food-for-work and
food-for-training - in November/December in order to keep sufficient
food to sustain a minimum level of activities in January/February 2006.
Additional resources are immediately needed to reduce the shortfalls
expected from January onwards.


(2) Congo, DR

(a)  In North-Kivu, particularly in Lubero and Rutshuru territories,
food distribution was hampered as United Nations Mission in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and Forces Armees de la Republique
Democratique du Congo (FARDC) took the offensive against Forces
Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) and other armed groups
operating in the area. According to Cooperating Partner (CP) CARITAS,
who is identifying displaced people in Kanyabayonga (some 70km from
Goma), about 5,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are seriously
affected by insecurity.

(b)  Last week, WFP in Kisangani, Oriental Province, released a total of
143 tons of food commodities to 10,711 beneficiaries, including 1,589
HIV-infected persons and children, 280 participants in food-for-training
(FFT) activities, 542 malnourished and 8,300 food-for-work (FFW)
participants. The FFW activity contributed to restoring access roads,
thus improving commercial activities such as the sale of garden products
from farms to markets in Kisangani.

(c)  WFP and German Agro Action (GAA) plan to conduct an assessment
mission next week in North-Kivu to identify the needs of 350 peasant
households recently expelled from the Virunga Park by armed groups. In
Ituri district, GAA distributed WFP food aid to some 3,000 returning
IDPs in Mabanga. The IDPs, coming from Nizi, received resettlement food
packages of 63kg per person.

(d)  During the period under review, 93 tons of maize meal were
airlifted from Goma to Kindu to meet the needs of beneficiaries
including 4,000 malnourished on treatment in nutritional centres managed
by CP Bureau Diocesain des ?uvres Medicales (BDOM) in Alunguli and the
Anglican Communion in Kindu.

(e)  The WFP Matadi and Kikwit sub-offices particularly face food
shortages in maize meal, corn-soya-blend, pulses and salt. Food rations
for November will consequently be reduced or modified to compensate.


(3) Ethiopia

(a)  The FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission has started on
14 November; six teams of FAO and WFP staff are currently assessing crop
production throughout the country. This assessment will estimate the
2005 Meher (main rainy season) crop production and food supply for the
year 2006. Fieldwork will continue until 4 December; a de-briefing with
the United Nations agencies, the government, donors and NGOs is
scheduled for 8-9 December.

(b)  Preparations for the complementary pre-harvest Meher emergency
needs assessment led by the government's Disaster Preparedness and
Prevention Commission (DPPC) have been under way for the past two weeks.
The final briefing of the assessment teams is on 18 November and field
visits of some 20 teams start immediately afterwards: WFP, other United
Nations agencies, donors and NGOs participate. The DPPC-led multi-agency
assessment will identify the people requiring external assistance to
meet minimum food requirements, i.e., beneficiaries by district, by
month, for 2006. The chronically food-insecure population will be
addressed through the Productive Safety Net Programme (cash and food
transfers). The population affected by acute, unpredictable disasters
are to have their food and other basic needs addressed through emergency
response mechanisms. The debriefing of assessment teams is scheduled for
13 December.


(4) Rwanda

(a)  The litigation committee registered an additional 14 refugees in
Gihembe camp, which increased the number of refugees from 17,234
reported in the previous week to 17,248. Refugee numbers in all other
camps remained the same. The total number of Congolese refugees
currently in Rwanda stands at 40,053.

(b)  Voluntary repatriation continued in Nyamure camp with 141 refugees
returning to Burundi; the number of refugees in Kigeme camp remained
stable. In total there are currently 2,703 Burundian refugees in
Rwanda..

(c)  No food distribution was carried out in refugee camps during the
past week. However, food distributions to 1,975 refugees in Nyamure camp
are planned for 22 November, and to 17,248 refugees in Gihembe camp for
next week.

(d)  A total of 188 returnees from DRC crossed the border to Rwanda
through Nkamira and Nyagatare transit centres. After being registered,
they received a three-month repatriation package consisting of mixed
food commodities. Three convoys with 282 returnees from Uganda arrived
in Gicumbi transit centre, Byumba province. Following registration the
returnees also received a repatriation package of mixed commodities
before they were transferred to their places of origin.

(e)  The food security situation in the country is following two
distinct trends. On the one hand there is fair food security in those
areas that experienced a good season 2005B harvest. Household stocks are
expected to last until the end of the lean period (September?November).
On the other hand, the most vulnerable households in areas of chronic
food insecurity received little or no season 2005B harvest and had to
depend on casual labour in neighbouring districts since July. There is
increased temporary migration in search of casual labour, sale of
household assets (e.g. radios, bicycles) and sale of animals. Rains were
generally on time and crops (maize, beans, sorghum) were seen to be well
established and maturing in Umutara, Byumba, Gisenyi, Ruhengeri,
Gitarama and Kigali Ngali provinces. However, late and erratic rainfall
has led to inconsistent planting and less acreage cultivated than normal
in western and southern Rwanda (Kibuye, Cyangugu, Butare, Gikongoro and
Gitarama provinces). WFP observed this trend in southeast Bugesera
region, and the northeastern districts of Kibungo province. However,
farmers are confident that if the present rains continue well into
December a good season 2006A harvest may still be realized.

(f)  The Disaster Management Coordination Unit under the Prime
Minister's Office has called for a rapid joint assessment with partners
to establish the number and location of extremely vulnerable households.
These typically include the elderly, child-headed households, the
chronically ill and the disabled who are unable to rely on casual labour
to meet their minimum food requirements.


(5) Somalia

(a)  The start of the minor rainy season or Deyr (October-December) in
southern Somalia was three weeks later than normal, has so far been both
disappointing and unevenly distributed. With the exception of patchy and
localized showers, Hiran, Bakol and Bay regions received only about 15
percent of their normal rainfall for October. No rains were reported
during the month of October in the whole of Gedo region, where
populations have been facing chronic food insecurity for the past four
years. Field reports confirm that shortages of water and pasture in
traditional grazing areas in the Juba valley and Gedo Region have
resulted in an unusual movement of people and livestock towards Juba
River. Malnutrition rates in many parts of southern Somalia are already
unacceptably high, up to 20 percent in some areas. In addition,
persistent insecurity and renewed civil strife and tension in the south
is depressing further the coping options of the populations till the
breaking point and this might lead to acute food shortage and hunger
before the Deyr harvest season in February-March 2006.

(b)  All activities in Northeast Somalia, including the tsunami
Emergerncy Operation (EMOP) distributions, have been postponed due to
lack of stocks in Bossaso.

(c)  Due to the recent activities of pirates in Somali waters, ship
owners are demanding an armed escort in order to visit Somali ports.
Negotiations are ongoing between WFP and vessel owners to go at least to
the northern ports of Berbera and Bossaso, where the risk is lower.
Meanwhile, WFP Somalia has been making preparations for alternative
overland routings via Kenya for south Somalia and Djibouti for North
Somalia.

(d)  In the North, on the other hand, the start of the Deyr rains was
largely normal and the food security situation has considerably improved
since the end of a four-year drought with heavy rains in October 2004,
although some pockets of population made destitute by the drought and
those displaced are still in need of emergency relief attention.

(e)  In a worst-case scenario, if this trend of poor rainfall of the
Deyr season continues, at least some 640,000 people, including the
displaced, in Southern Somalia will be at risk of a major humanitarian
emergency and hunger crisis at the end of this year. The hardest-hit
regions include Gedo, Bakol and Middle and Lower Juba, which are
normally already chronically food insecure.

(f)  WFP is still in need of some 10,000 tons of cereals, pulses,
vegetable oil and blended food till mid 2006 to assist the most
vulnerable population in Somalia. These figures are likely to increase
by at least 20,000 tons if the current drought continues. The Food
Security Analysis Unit of FAO made a Cereal Supply and Demand Balance
Forecast for June 2005-May 2006, which took into consideration WFP
stocks and pipeline; it predicts that with a very poor ongoing Deyr
rainy season (30 percent of the post-war average) at least another
20,000 tons might be needed. Depending on the access to Somalia for
commercial imports that could be limited due to maritime piracy and
renewed civil strife, the cereals' deficit might increase up to 110,000
tons.

(g)  WFP's in country stocks are at an all-time low, because the
logistics supply line to Somalia has come under severe stress due to the
spate of ship hijackings in Somali waters, which included two vessels
with WFP food aid. Vessel owners are reluctant to call at Somali ports
and are asking for armed escort. WFP has begun to again use the overland
route from Kenya to south Somalia, while the possible use of Djibouti is
being explored for north Somalia.


(6) Sudan

(a)  Darfur:

(b)  The reporting period (8-15 November) was characterised by a marked
increase in fighting between, and increasingly within, armed factions
party to the conflict in Darfur. Further displacements of populations to
the region's camps were reported as a result.

(c)  On 4 November, an African Union (AU) patrol team was detained by
armed rebels near Joghana to the south of Nyala. The 35 strong patrol
was released later the same day without report of injury. In a separate
incident on 9 November, also in South Darfur, an AU patrol was held by
armed rebels, although again without injuries reported.

(d)  Between 1 and 13 November, WFP dispatched a total of 20,731 tons of
mixed food by land from the logistical hubs to the Darfur region,
representing 42 percent of the month's distribution target.

(e)  A total of 2,604 tons of cereals have been dispatched along the
Abeche (Chad)-El Geneina corridor so far in November realising 52
percent of the month's allocation.  The Abeche operation continued to
run smoothly during the reporting week and will become the main corridor
to deliver cereals into El Geneina.

(f)  Between 1 and 13 November, WFP delivered a total of 955 MT by
airlift to the Greater Darfur region. Air operations to Darfur have been
significantly reduced during November as all locations have become
accessible by land.

(g)  A total of 109 tons of mixed food was dispatched to schools in
rural El Fasher on 12 November marking the start of the
food-for-education pilot in North Darfur. Under the agreement between
WFP and the Ministry of Education in the state, 10,500 children in 26
schools will receive daily school meals. Non-food items such as cups,
bowls and cooking utensils were also provided where needed. Meanwhile,
food-for-education proposals from IRW, the Ministry of Education and
INTERSOS were being finalised for the launch of the pilot in West
Darfur.

(h)  The nutrition situation in North Darfur was generally stable during
the week although GOAL reported an increase in admissions due to
diarrhoea in its selective feeding programme in Kutum. MSF-E meanwhile
reported an increase in respiratory tract infections in children under
five in its feeding centres in the state. In West Darfur, the nutrition
situation was also reported by partners to have remained, with decreased
net admissions to supplementary and therapeutic feeding centres. The
downward trend is expected continue in the coming months with the
continuation of the harvest period.

(i)  As of 10 November, WFP's Emergency Operation (EMOP 10339.1) in
Darfur had received a total of US$430 million. Cash contributions of
US$29 million are urgently needed to repay outstanding loans.

(j)  The WFP-HAS Special Operation 10181.3, valued at US$24 million in
2005, faces a funding shortfall of US$6.3 million. With monthly
operating costs of US$2 million, donor support is vital to allow WFP-HAS
to continue to provide services to the humanitarian community in Darfur
and throughout Sudan.

(k)  Without further contributions, WFP's cereal pipeline to Darfur will
break in January 2006, and the non-cereal pipeline by April.

(l)  To avoid the break, and to allow WFP to continue to feed 2.5
million people in 2006, the Darfur operation urgently needs either
in-kind cereal donations or cash contributions to allow WFP to purchase
cereals locally.

(m)  South, East and Transitional Areas of Sudan:

(n)  Summary of Monthly Key events in October for Emergency Operation
10048.03:

(o)  Mr Salva Kiir Mayardit forms the government of South Sudan in
Juba.. The formation of the government in Juba is expected to strengthen
WFP's collaboration in carrying out activities in South Sudan.

(p)  The Annual Needs Assessment (ANA) 2006 Field data collection was
started.

(q)  FAO, in collaboration with WFP, EC, SRRC, Ministry of Agriculture
(MoA) and the Secretariat for Agriculture and Animal Resources (SAAR),
conducted the WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) in
South Sudan.

(r)  Two staff of Fondation Suisse de Deminage (FSD) are killed in an
ambush in South Sudan.

(s)  Yellow Fever has been reported in Southern Kordofan.

(t)  Cereal prices begin to fall in part of Sudan.

(u)  USAID Mission holds discussion with WFP Khartoum.

(v)  The Inter-Agency Barge Operation serves 95,430 people in the Upper
Nile.

(w)  WFP supports school construction in South Sudan.

(x)  Summary of Monthly Key events in October for Protracted Relief and
Recovery Operation 10122.1:

(y)  WFP and its Cooperating Partners distribute 747 tons of food to
82,796 refugees representing 92 percent of targeted beneficiaries in
October.

(z)  To date, WFP received 60 percent of the total operational
requirements for this operation.

(aa)  Security concerns continued to restrict movement in Abuda, Um Ali
and Wad El Helew camps.

(ab)  In October, UNHCR and COR grant refugee status to 358 new arrivals
who were included on WFP's general food distribution list.


(7) Tanzania

(a)  Since UNHCR started the facilitated repatriation of refugees to the
DRC on 12 October, a total of 1,637 Congolese refugees have returned
home. An official launch of the operation, with participation of both
governments, took place on 09 November in Kigoma.

(b)  The initial police force deployed in Kigoma region to protect
refugee camps has completed their six-month contract and a new police
force that has been trained in refugee protection will take over this
month. The regular replacement of the police force is part of the
security agreement with the Government of Tanzania.

(c)  Due to resource shortages, no corn-soya-blend (CSB) or salt and a
reduced ration of pulses of 80g/day are being distributed. The reduced
rations provide refugees with a daily intake of 1,813 Kcal, or 86
percent of the approved ration level. The current rations will continue
to be applied until 19 December 2006.

(d)  General distribution covers 365,957 registered refugees. During the
past week, WFP distributed some 1,336 tons of food through general
distribution, supplementary and therapeutic feeding in refugee camps in
western Tanzania. Around 7,046 food insecure and otherwise vulnerable
Tanzanians in the host communities surrounding the camps were also
supported with WFP host community activities, including access to
camp-based health care facilities, school feeding, food-for-work,
food-for-training and food-for-hospital in-patients.

(e)  A shortfall of 8,976 tons of food, valued at USD 5.3 million,
remains up to the end of May 2006. While the pipeline situation for the
coming six months has improved, WFP is not yet in a position where full
rations can be provided.


(8) Uganda

(a)  The arrest of the leading opposition candidate for President, Dr.
Kiiza Besigye, on 15 November on charges of treason and rape provoked
two days of rioting in Kampala. The governing National Resistance
Movement Organization held its first nomination convention in Kampala
from 14 to 18 November and nominated President Yoweri Museveni to stand
for re-election.

(b)  The security situation in northern Uganda remains tense. Rebels of
the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed and killed a British citizen
in Murchison Falls National Park on 08 November. This follows three
attacks on NGO staff in northern Uganda in separate incidents on 25 and
26 October.. NGOs are re-commencing activities in internally displaced
person (IDP) camps following a suspension of activities in reaction to
heightened insecurity. LRA continued guerrilla activities within Uganda.
The security situation in most of the Karamoja region remained unstable
and unpredictable. Tribal warriors clashed and exchanged gunfire close
to the WFP warehouse in Moroto Municipality.

(c)  WFP relief operations continued in northern Uganda despite the
heightened insecurity. In the past week, WFP reached 118,627 people with
1,300 tons of food assistance.

(d)  Some 1.5 million people remain displaced in 140 overcrowded camps
with few coping mechanisms except cultivation around the peripheries of
the camps. The population remains dependent upon WFP assistance for
basic survival. WFP provides 74 percent of minimum dietary needs on a
daily basis for the able-bodied IDPs. Extremely vulnerable people ? the
elderly, disabled, orphans, child mothers and others ? receive 100
percent rations.

(e)  Refugees continue to enter Uganda. Some 300 Congolese were reported
in the media to have entered Uganda on 12 November.

(f)  WFP faces a shortfall of some 79,000 tons through June 2006, valued
at USD43 million. Access to land around the IDP camps increased in
recent months due to a reduction in violent LRA attacks. IDPs should be
able to provide 40 percent of their daily food needs starting January
2006, but will still require 60 percent from external sources until at
least the July 2006 harvest. Without this assistance, malnutrition rates
would rise sharply and the death rates of young children would increase
rapidly.



(D) West Africa: (1) Chad (2) Cote d'Ivoire (3) Liberia (4) Niger

(1) Chad

(a)  The overall security situation remains fairly calm in the refugee
camp areas despite the continued military presence in the region, namely
along the border between Tine-Bamina-Bahai and Cariari. However, this
has no direct impact on WFP humanitarian operations.

(b)  Military and police night patrols (21h to 8h) continue as usual in
the areas of Abeche, Farchana, Goz Beida and Guereda. The capital
N'Djamena has also seen reinforced military presence during the past
week with a continued atmosphere of tension and uncertainty. Two
separate attacks were reported early on November 14th, both targeting
Chadian military facilities in the city centre and Koundoul (20 km south
of N'Djamena). It was reported that the objective of the attacks was to
steal weapons.

(c)  The WFP/UNHCR targeted caseload for the November distributions
stands at 200,832 refugees in twelve camps. The registration exercise is
continuing in the camps and is expected to be completed by the end of
the current year.

(d)  The replacement of old ration cards is almost complete in the Mille
and Kounoungou camps. UNHCR/CNAR are preparing to undertake
regularisation/registration of 'spontaneous' cases in the camps of
Touloum, Iridimi and Am Nabak. The operation is expected to begin next
week.

(e)  WFP has completed general food distributions for the month of
November in the southern and central camps and has commenced in northern
camps this week. In Oure Cassoni, the distributions have encountered
delays due to security concerns related to tensions among different
groups in the camp. It was jointly agreed among agencies and traditional
refugee leaders to postpone the start date.

(f)  In an effort to improve the distribution process in the Iriba,
Iridimi and Touloum camps, WFP held a meeting with partners - UNHCR,
CARE, CNAR and GTZ - on 10th November to address all problems or
difficulties encountered during the distributions and to better organise
the following cycle.

(g)  Following a similar initiative undertaken by WFP-Guereda last week
with UNHCR, CARE, SECADEV and ACF partners, WFP underscored the
necessity of providing reliable beneficiary statistics and ensuring that
the distributions are conducted efficiently. The distributions commenced
in the two camps of Mile and Kounoungou on 4th November.

(h)  On 10th November, a training session was held for all WFP food aid
monitors in the Iriba and Bahai sub-offices regarding the implementation
of the Results Base Management (RBM) tool kit. This includes General
Food Distribution (GFD) monitoring report, GFD Focus group discussions,
and a Supplementary Feeding checklist. The Food-for-Work tools are
already being field tested. The exercise aims to improve the Food Basket
Monitoring & Post Distribution Monitoring activities and to reinforce
the Monitoring and Evaluation system in general. The pilot test of the
kit has already commenced in the camps of Am Nabak, Iridimi and Touloum.

(i)  Refugees in the Mile camp continue to face difficulties in
obtaining firewood for cooking and often face problems with host
communities. The camp's chief has reminded the refugees of the necessity
to acquire permits to leave the camp so as not to be perceived as
thieves by the host communities. In the Kounoungou camp, some refugees
have complained that their ration cards have not yet been renewed and
will have to depend on other family members' rations. Others have voiced
their need for blankets and mattresses. UNHCR has confirmed that some
6,000 blankets should be available very soon.

(j)  The construction of 15 classrooms in various villages in Iriba is
expected to be completed by the end of November, under the supervision
of Cooperating Partner ADESK (Association Developpement Economique de
Kobe). Participants should receive their rations thereafter.

(k)  The rehabilitation of the air strip in Guereda was completed during
the reporting week (10 ? 16 November), after which a total of 500
participants received 12.250 tons of food.

(l)  Under the Blanket Supplementary Feeding programme for local
populations, Cooperating Partner IRD (International Relief Development)
expects to complete the final distributions by the end of November,
after which the programme will be phased out.

(m)  Meanwhile, WFP is engaged in reinforcing the recovery and
development activities planned under the Country Programme by
implementing safety net programmes under the Emergency Operation through
various income generating and school feeding activities.

(n)  In country stocks in Abeche and the Extended Delivery Points as at
13th November total 4,610 tons of cereals and 3,850 tons of non-cereal
commodities. Through the Libyan corridor, two convoys transporting
861.75 tons of sorghum departed from El Kufra on 7 October and are
expected in Abeche within two weeks. Out of the consignment, a total of
286 tons are destined for the Sudan project and a 576 tons for the Chad
Emergency Operation (EMOP).

(o)  Overall malnutrition rates are stable in the refugee camps, with an
average Global Acute Malnutrition rate of around 10% according to the
latest screenings by nutrition partners. In accordance with the JAM
recommendations, a nutrition survey started last week in the Djabal camp
and will also be conducted in the Oure Cassoni and Am Nabak camps
shortly. The surveys are aimed at confirming figures collected by the
partners through active screening.

(p)  The national immunization campaign against polio was conducted from
11 to 13 November in the department of Kobe (Iriba). Results are
expected to be presented by the organisers next week.

(q)  Following an evaluation mission undertaken by OXFAM/UNHCR last week
in the camps of Goz Amir and Djabal, UNHCR stated it plans to construct
300 latrines in the camps.

(r)  During the reporting period, WFP HAS transported a total of 160
passengers on the N'Djamena-Abeche routing (UN 21W) and 196 passengers
on the Abeche-eastern strips routing (UN 23W). The Farchana runway is
currently undergoing repair works of runway markings and installation of
windsock. Although the airport is operative, the Directorate of Civil
Aviation is due to conduct a runway inspection once the works are
concluded.

(s)  To date, the EMOP 10327.1 has received a total of US$36.9 million,
representing 42.58% of the total requirement. The overall pipeline
situation is healthy with sufficient resources to cover needs until May
2006. Nevertheless, taking into account the lead time for the food to
reach the beneficiaries (4-6 months), it is crucial that additional
contributions are confirmed by December to allow for pre-positioning by
May 2006.

(t)  The WFP Humanitarian Air Service (SO 10338.1) remains severely
under-resourced, with only US$1,044,634 so far confirmed against a total
US$7.2 million requirement. In the absence of new confirmed
contributions, WFP will be forced to suspend the air service in December
2005.


(2) Cote d'Ivoire

(a)  During the reporting period (10-16 November), WFP distributed 520
tons of food to 46,200 beneficiaries. This included distributions to
more than 8,000 Liberian refugees and 6,000 IDPs who continue to live in
camps in Cote d'Ivoire.

(b)  The general security situation remains calm, but the tension is
mounting due to the different points of view in the designation of a new
Prime Minister.  WFP is continuing with the contingency planning
preparedness. WFP's Country Office and sub-offices are currently
reviewing all cooperating partner agreements with an objective to have
fewer partners with increased capacity in 2006 to deliver/distribute
food. Additionally, food security data are being updated with the
support of a national consultant who has been appointed to compile
lessons learned from the 2002 crisis and to review and analyze current
food security data.


(3) Liberia

(a)  Thus during this reporting period (7-13 November), WFP and its
Cooperating Partners delivered 130 tons of food to 13,000 beneficiaries
in various programmes throughout the country. This included
distributions for the resettlement of IDPs and returnees, Institutional
and Selective Feeding, and Food For Work programmes. Since the start of
the resettlement program, a total of 42,674 returnees and 241,245 IDP
have been resettled and given their first tranche resettlement food
assistance. Of the total resettled to date, 23,079 returnees and 175,707
IDP beneficiaries have received the four-month food ration, which
completes their resettlement food package.

(b)  Preliminary results from Liberia's post-war presidential run-off
election held on November 8, 2005 revealed Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as
winner over the other candidate, ex-football star, Mr. George Weah.
Official results are expected to be announced by the National Election
Commission in due course.

(c)  Breaks in WFP's pipeline are expected as early as December with
serious shortfalls of cereals. Delays in the shipments are hampering the
planning and distribution process, and Emergency School Feeding
activities have been temporarily halted until more food is available.
WFP/Liberia is working closely with the Regional Bureau and Headquarters
to receive additional resources and to speed up the expected shipments.


(4) Niger

(a)  Planned Emergency Operation (EMOP) activities through March 2006
will reach a total of over 2 million beneficiaries.  Programmed
activities include supplementary feeding, a protection ration, a family
ration along with rural development activities including support to
cereal banks and Food for Work. To date, the WFP Niger EMOP has reached
nearly 3 million beneficiaries.

(b)  Monitoring activities showed that cereal banks which WFP had helped
to establishe in 2001 remained operational for years up until the time
of the crisis.  Resources permitting, 5,000 MT will be delivered to
replenish cereal banks which were depleted during the crisis. Cereal
banks are financially independent storage centres which provide, on a
credit or subsidized sales basis, village community members with food
grain during the lean season. Cereal banks provide more secure access to
food grain, as well as reducing the transport costs to often distant
markets for beneficiaries.

(c)  The upcoming Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO), which
will run from April 2006 through September 2007, will contain Nutrition,
Food for Work, and Cereal Bank activities, and possibly additional
School Feeding activities and a small Food for Training component.  The
possibility of free food distribution activities has not been excluded.
Together with partners and the GoN, the results of current assessments
will be discussed to determine the most appropriate course of action.

(d)  In order to implement its planned operations, WFP needs the
collaboration of its cooperating partners. There is currently some
concern about which of the partners will have sufficient funding to stay
in the country.  It is now being confirmed within the aid community that
the majority of EMOP partners undertaking nutrition activities will
remain in Niger through March.

(e)  WFP is currently collaborating with MSF/Switzerland, MSF/Spain and
MSF/Belgium to provide protection rations to children in their centres.
Through the EMOP, it has also provided both MSF/France and
MSF/Switzerland with take-home family rations and with wet rations for
mothers staying in their centres. 590 MT of commodities for a targeted
blanket distribution to approximately 33,000 moderately malnourished or
at-risk children in southern Zinder.  A first round of distributions has
been completed and a second round is about to start.

(f)  Vulnerable nomadic populations in the Department of Abalack,
originally not included in the General Free Food distribution plan, will
receive half-rations of cereals and pulses, as decided by the Christian
Reformed Church (CRC).  Planning for delivery and distribution is now
underway.  The food insecurity projection for the coming year is in the
process of being prepared.  The results of various assessments are being
analyzed in order to gather an accurate picture of the situation.

(g)  Preliminary results from the UNICEF/Centre for Disease Control
nutritional survey are expected to be available this week.

(h)  The EFSA has provided data on the food insecure in Niger, as
follows: 1.22 million are in severe food insecurity (13% of the total);
1.99 million are in moderate food insecurity (22% of the total); 1.91
million are at risk for their livelihoods (21% of the total). Those in
severe and moderate food insecurity will be in need of aid in 2006.

(i)  Most of the households in severe food insecurity are located in the
regions of Tahoua (24% of the households in the region), Dosso (19%),
Tillaberi (16%) and Maradi (10%). Households in moderate food insecurity
are found in the regions of Dosso (33%), Agadez (29%), Tahoua (25%),
Tillaberi (19%) and Maradi (19%).

(j)  The highest number of food insecure households are found in the
regions of Dosso and Tahoua (around one half of the households in each
region are food insecure), followed by Tillaberi and Agadez (around
1/3rd of the households in each region), Maradi (almost 30% of
households), Diffa and Zinder (15%).

(k)  The households in severe food insecurity are basically those who
currently have very low cereal stocks for their own consumption (less
than 3 months), who have had to sell during the crisis most of their
animals to access cash and because they could not feed them, and who
have incurred large debts this year. They rely heavily on daily labour
and on remittances for their income. They had very poor or poor food
consumption (in terms of frequency and diversity of the diet) at the
time of the survey (pre-harvest). Part of their food came from gifts and
loans in-kind.

(l)  Households in moderate food insecurity have slightly more cereal
stocks (3 to 5 months) but they have decapitalized tremendously their
animal herd (more than half of the animals sold) and also incurred large
debts. They depend on the sale of their agriculture, garden and
livestock produce, daily labour and remittances for their income. Their
food consumption was also very poor, poor or borderline at the time of
the survey.

(m)  Households at risk for their livelihoods are in a borderline
situation in terms of cereal stocks (around 6 months) and remaining
number of animals; however, they are less indebted than the above two
groups of households and could maintain a minimum number of animals.
They rely on the sale of their agricultural, garden and livestock
produce, daily labour and petty trade for their income. They had poor or
borderline food consumption at the time of the survey.

(n)  Food secure households are currently able to maintain larger cereal
stocks (at least 9 months); they have sold many animals due to the
crisis but they could keep a reasonable herd. Their indebtedness is less
important than the other groups. For those who do not have large cereal
stocks or animals, they can access food through the sale of cash crop,
trade or salaries. Their food consumption was borderline or acceptable
at the time of the survey.

(o)  Reports from MSF tend to indicate that blanket supplementary
feeding activities are an effective tool in reducing the incidence of
moderate malnutrition.  A recent MSF/WFP monitoring mission found that
on average, the monthly rations were lasting 21 days in each household,
suggesting a satisfactory consumption rate that would indicate correct
usage of commodities. It also found that 90% of the ration was reaching
the targeted children, with 10% reaching other family members.
Preliminary information from MSF on an evaluation of the blanket feeding
that MSF implemented in Maradi has also noted very positive results.

(p)  Action Against Hunger provided preliminary results of a nutritional
survey carried out in the regions of Tahoua and Maradi in September.
Comprehensive data collected over both regions was analyzed by
agro-ecological zone (corresponding to type of livelihood: agricultural,
agro-pastoral, and pastoral).  The results show alarmingly high
malnutrition rates, in general, and particularly in the agro-pastoral
band.

(q)  The Niger Emergency Operation (EMOP 10398.0) is 64.6% funded,
having received 37.2 million US dollars in contributions. The current
shortfall is of 20.4 million US dollars, which includes 12 Million US
dollars in IRA funds that were advanced to the EMOP. WFP is urgently
seeking cash contributions amounting to a minimum of 8.4 million US
dollars to avoid a break in the pipeline.

(r)  Niger's EMOP will face serious pipeline breaks in January. A
corn-soya blend shortfall begins in December and is urgently needed to
support nutritional centers throughout the remainder of the EMOP, along
with oil and sugar.  Cereals are needed for family support rations, food
for work programs and to replenish exhausted cereal banks, as are oil
and salt. Transport lead-times required to bring food into the country
make these resourcing needs extremely urgent

(s)  A total of 61,757 tons have been received to date.  Stock currently
arriving will be used for post-harvest EMOP activities. Reimbursement of
stocks to the Country Program are likely to be postponed.

(t)  CSB stock is rapidly deteriorating; fumigation activities
throughout the country as being undertaken as needed.

(u)  The December 2005 Monthly Distribution Plan is being generated by
the Programme Unit for use in the new standard operating procedure being
put in place by the Logistics Unit.

(v)  The Logistics Unit completed the LTSH matrix, which has been signed
and sent into OTF for final review.  New LTSH rates have been
established at 174.64 dollars per ton.

(w)  The annual CC/SAP meeting on preliminary vulnerability forecasting
will be held in Maradi from the 22nd through the 25th of November.  The
objective of the meeting is to furnish national authorities and
development partners with reliable information on the food security
situation across the various departments and districts of Niger.  WFP
will be actively involved in this process and will make a presentation
on EFSA results at the meeting.

(x)  The Regional Consultation on the Sahel is being held in Dakar on 15
? 16 November. WFP provided input for the document that was produced by
the CCA for the event.  H. E. Ari Malla, Director of the Cabinet of the
Prime Minister of Niger and President of the National Council for
Sustainable Development, and his delegation met with WFP's Executive
Director and West Africa Regional Director in Rome last week.
Preparations are continuing for the After Action Review at the end of
this month.



(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola (2) Lesotho (3) Madagascar (4) Malawi
(5) Mozambique (6) Swaziland (7) Zambia (8) Zimbabwe

(1) Angola

(a)  Despite ongoing pleas for donor assistance, the Angola Protracted
Relief and Recovery Operation, PRRO 10054.2 ? "Support to Return and
Resettlement" ? remains significantly under funded.  The operation will
be extended until 31 March, with a new PRRO scheduled to begin on 1
April 2006. WFP requires USD17 million or 20,000 tons of food to
facilitate planned distributions through the end of June 2006.

(b)  Due to a critical lack of resources, WFP may have to suspend the
"Humanitarian Air Passenger" services in December 2006. More than 200
humanitarian organizations rely on this service to reach remote
locations still inaccessible by road due to poor road infrastructure and
the proliferation of landmines.  At least USD500,000 is urgently needed
to keep the services in operation for the next three months, while a
further USD1.5 million is required to fund the project until the end of
2006.


(2) Lesotho

(a)  During 9 to 15 November, WFP and cooperating partners provided food
to approximately 42,000 people. Beneficiaries were participants in
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, mother and childcare, orphans and other
vulnerable children programmes, as well as Food-for-Work (FFW) and
Food-for-Assets (FFA) projects.


(3) Madagascar

(a)  Due to a deteriorating food security situation, the Ministries of
Health and Agriculture, WFP, UNICEF and numerous cooperating partners
carried out a rapid evaluation mission in 12 municipalities in
Vangaindrano District (Fianarantsoa Province).  Mission findings
indicate an average Global Malnutrition Rate of 50 percent, with rates
increasing in the southern areas. The affected number of children
showing signs of moderate to severe malnutrition is estimated to be
approximately 13,000 to 3,500 respectively.  WFP, in collaboration with
the Government, UN and cooperating partners will implement targeted
distributions as an immediate response to the situation.


(4) Malawi

(a)  The food situation in the country continues to be of grave
concern.. Maize supplies from Malawi's state grain marketer (ADMARC),
are erratic and scarce. Where available, maize sales were limited from
10 to 25 kilos per person.  Small amounts of maize are occasionally
found in local markets, however prices are well beyond the purchasing
power of most farming households.  While it has been estimated that over
4 million people are food insecure, field reports indicate that
escalating numbers of people are showing up at distribution points to
plea for food and/or are sharing maize with recognized beneficiaries.
The amount of wild food is decreasing and people are eating water lilies
and bamboo shoots where available.  In some areas people are migrating
in order to find work in tobacco estates.


(5) Mozambique

(a)  During October, WFP and cooperating partners provided food to
approximately 200,000 beneficiaries.  Distributions have been hampered
by delivery and custom clearance constraints.


(6) Swaziland

(a)  In view of the ongoing drought, WFP and cooperating partners within
the Food Security Consortium are planning to conduct a rapid needs
assessment in order to update the food security situation in the
drought-prone areas of the country.

(b)  Despite favourable rainfall in recent weeks, there has been limited
land preparation in the Lowveld.  As a result of the failing crops in
the past five years, farmers remain sceptical about committing their
meagre resources into agriculture. In addition, the escalating cost of
tractor services has placed the facility beyond the reach of many
farmers. Households with bullocks and other draught animals have also
been handicapped by the poor state of their animals.

(c)  While the water levels of the Great Usuthu and Ngwavuma rivers that
cut across the Lowveld are gradually increasing, smaller rivers, streams
and earth dams remain dry.


(7) Zambia

(a)  A team consisting of government officials, UN agencies, and NGOs
completed a rapid needs assessment in seven districts of the country,
previously considered 'borderline'.  Preliminary results indicate that
up to 1.7 million people may now be in need of food assistance.  A
complete report will be released from the Disaster Management and
Mitigation Unit in the coming week.

(b)  Following a snap nutritional survey by WFP in the southern and
western provinces, UNICEF has completed a comprehensive nutritional
survey in all drought-affected districts.  Data analysis has begun and
findings will be used as a baseline during drought period.


(8) Zimbabwe

(a)  The market price of maize grain has remained relatively stable.
In Harare and Masvingo, prices remained at ZWD10,286 per kilo and
ZWD14,286 respectively. In Bulawayo, prices increased from ZWD8,000 per
kilo to ZMD8,571. At the time of the market survey, prices remained the
same in Mutare due to non-availability of maize grain.

(b)  Availability of maize in the district wards through the Grain
Marketing Board (GMB) remains erratic, with reports that logistics
difficulties, including acute shortages of transport and fuel, are
hampering deliveries of Government food imports.  One Mashonaland
district (Centenary) indicated that their last GMB delivery was in
August, while another (Rushinga) also reported non-availability. Around
the country, communities are resorting to travelling long distances to
source the commodity, while high prices are preventing many from
accessing maize even where it is available.  As people dedicate the
little income they have to food purchases, there are also indications of
reduced purchases of non-food items, including agricultural supplies,
with longer-term impact on food security.  Increasing numbers of
households continue to have limited access to sufficient food as
evidenced by large crowds who throng WFP and cooperating partner final
delivery points (FDPs) on distribution days. Beneficiaries are having to
pay in kind to cart owners for the transportation of their food aid
rations, owing to the non-availability of maize and hyperinflation.

(c)  Consumption of wild berries and unripe mangos has become the norm
in some areas.  Visits to Gokwe and Rushinga hospitals (Mashonaland
Province) revealed increased numbers of children admitted into
therapeutic feeding and increases of adult pellagra as indicative of
severe household food shortages. In other districts (Zvimba) clinics
indicate fewer admissions, which they attribute to lack of transport or
fuel preventing people from accessing clinics. In Masvingo District,
children were frequently asking for water and leftover food at teachers'
houses.  The number and quantity of meals per day are still being
reduced, and there are increasing reports of children fainting in
schools due to hunger and/or schools releasing children early in order
to reduce stress. The school year ends next week. WFP school feeding
will commence in additional districts in January.

(d)  Communities and local authorities in several districts have
expressed concerns regarding WFP's targeting criteria, which focus on
the most vulnerable, claiming that the limited availability of maize has
forced most rural dwellers into that category.  WFP has advised them to
raise their concerns through appropriate Government channels, as the
parameters for the programme were set at the national level under the
expectation that maize would be available through the GMB at a price
that was affordable to 64 percent of the population.

(e)  The Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare launched
the 2005 Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee report on 17
November, at a ceremony involving the UN Resident Coordinator, the
Minister of Health and Child Welfare, WFP and other UN agencies, donors
and several NGOs. During the launch, the Minister acknowledged that the
delays in issuing the report had reduced the relevance of some of its
findings, indicating that the number of food insecure people has likely
risen beyond the 2.9 million estimated in the ZimVAC report, given
steeply rising food prices. The Minister agreed that a system should be
established to ensure regular updates of ZimVAC information and that the
Government would be dedicating further budgetary support towards the
ZimVAC process.



(F) Asia: (1) Indonesia (2) Korea (DPR) (3) Maldives (4) Myanmar (5) Sri
Lanka

(1) Indonesia

(a)  Concern of safety of staff in Nias was restated, due to the
presence of venomous snakes on the island. The absence of anti-venom and
medical personnel to administer treatment of snake bites puts staff at
higher risk of death by snake bites.

(b)  Work is nearly completed on the Malteser Medical Service in WFP
Meulaboh premises. The Service should commence on 17 November.

(c)  In an effort to further align WFP General Food Distribution (GFD)
with the Government data maintained by the Electronic Data Management
Agency (BPDE) as a means to further reduce caseloads, WFP has been
coordinating closely with GoI officials and Cooperating Partners at all
levels. Although much of the data is inaccurate due to the time period
in which is was collected and the continuous population movements, the
efforts taken at socialization at sub districts level will result in WFP
food assistance reductions.

(d)  In Lhokseumawe the decrease of beneficiaries is planned as follows:
33.4% for Aceh Timur, 2.5% for Aceh Utara, 31.2% for Lhokseumawe and
14..4% for Bireuen.  In Aceh Timur the coverage area will be reduced to
six sub districts, while in Lhokseumawe the urban more affluent areas
have been removed.

(e)  In Meulaboh, there has been a reduction in beneficiaries from
102,597 to 70,214.

(f)  In Banda Aceh, reductions in caseloads have taken place primarily
in more affluent urban areas in Banda Aceh and its' surroundings.

(g)  A second round of BPDE data collection is currently underway.  WFP
is supporting these efforts by improving the technical capacity of the
BPDE to manage and analyze the data once collected. With the
introduction of the BPDE data and efforts to decrease beneficiary
caseloads in many locations, the November distribution cycle has been
slightly delayed.  Despite distributions in nearly all areas have now
begun and are expected to finish by the end of the month.

(h)  In Simeulue October GFD distribution was completed reaching 67,741
beneficiaries, or 88% of the targeted population for October. 4,500
beneficiaries in Simeulue Timur did not receive their monthly ration of
rice due to a warehouse shortage. WFP will proceed with compensative
rations for the following distribution in order to reduce the impact of
this shortage on beneficiaries. Shortages in Calang have also occurred
in October and November.  In order to address these issues a second
landing craft is being chartered.

(i)  A draft report of the follow up to the Rapid Food Security
Assessment, which concluded in Aceh province on 20 October, has been
circulated; final report will be issued later this month. This is a
follow-up assessment to the original Emergency Food Security Assessment
conducted in January 2005.

(j)  The joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment (CFSAM) is
ongoing with two combined teams visiting areas around Banda Aceh,
Lhokseumawe, Meulaboh, and Nias to assess food supply and demand
situation in tsunami and earthquake affected areas.  This is a follow-up
assessment to the previous CFSAM conducted in March 2005.

(k)  Schools in Aceh province reopened on 14 November after closure
during the month of Ramadan and the national holiday of Idul Fitri.
Deliveries of biscuits have begun accordingly to schedule for November
distribution. In Simeulue Island, a School Feeding pilot project
initiated in two sub districts, Simeulue Timur and Teupah Selatan.
Distributions to schools will begin mid-November reaching 5,269
beneficiaries.

(l)  WFP efforts to expand the Mother and Child Nutrition (MCN)
programme to other districts in Aceh province have been put on hold
following a strategic planning meeting. WFP is awaiting the raw data
from the nutritional surveillance survey in order to better prioritize
at the district and sub-district level.

(m)  In Aceh Utara, where the most progress has been made in developing
an MCN programme, activities will be concentrated on sub-districts with
the highest level of malnutrition. Data at sub districts level provided
by Department of Health (DoH) will be available shortly.  This will also
be triangulated with data from the first round of the nutritional
surveillance system and the second round data once available.

(n)  The uplift of locally purchased Rice from Perum Bulog, under
November allocation has commenced. WFP Lhoksumawe has started uplifting
the allocation of 2,300 tons, after receipt of the Delivery Order from
Bulog. For Banda Aceh and Medan, uplift from Bulog will commence once
available stocks in WFP warehouse have been utilized.

(o)  WFP Calang office has expressed concern regarding the condition of
roads in Aceh Jaya. The bridge from Calang to Rigah is unsuitable for
use, which may jeopardize assistance to 10,000 beneficiaries in
Sampoiniet.

(p)  The construction of LCT landing zones in Malahayati and Calang is
progressing well, and when finalized will facilitate for faster and
cost-effective discharge operations.

(q)  Deputy UN Special Envoy, Mr. Eric Schwartz, the UN Resident
Coordinator, Mr. Bo Asplund, and the UN Recovery Coordinator for Aceh
and Nias, Mr. Eric Morris, plus local heads of UN Agencies and NGOs,
were in Aceh on Saturday 12 November.


(2) Korea (DPR)

(a)  Talks between WFP and the DPRK authorities on the status of WFP
operations in 2006 continued in Pyongyang during the reporting period
(12 ? 18 November). The main issues under discussion are the size of a
future WFP programme, the number of international staff allowed to
reside in Pyongyang and the operational conditions needed for
implementing a new programme.  No conclusion was reached but the parties
agreed to continue negotiations over the next several weeks.

(b)  As part of the commitment to end the current humanitarian
operation, food distributions and monitoring will progressively be
scaled down from 30th November until the end of the year.  This week
local food production in 19 WFP-supported factories was suspended as
sufficient food had been produced to last for the balance of the year.
These factories have been producing fortified noodles, blended foods and
biscuits for 3 million vulnerable women and children since 1999. They
also provide work-opportunities for 2,100 factory workers, 90 percent of
whom are women.

(c)  With cereal cuts continuing, approximately 3.6 million out of WFP's
6.5 million targeted beneficiaries will be not be given WFP cereals this
month, 2.5 million in vulnerable group feeding (including children in
kindergartens and nursery schools) and 1.1 million in Food-for-Work
(FFW).


(3) Maldives

(a)  WFP is conducting a follow up Emergency Food Security Assessment,
in connection with WFP's planned phase out at the end of December 2005.

(b)  About 10,000 beneficiaries will receive food under the
November/December distribution cycle under the Vulnerable Group Feeding
Programme. The beneficiaries include selected IDPs, host communities and
affected livelihood groups.

(c)  Monitoring trips to Laam and Raa atolls were carried out during the
reporting period (4 ? 17 November).


(4) Myanmar

(a)  A conflict between two ethnic groups; Kayah New Land Party (KNLP)
and Kayah National Group (KNG) broke out in Khaung Ee and Yee Nwet
village

tracts near Phe Khone Township, Emergency Operation (EMOP) 10345.1
project area in Southern Shan State.  Government military troops were
sent to the conflict area to control the situation. Currently, WFP are
withholding food distribution activities in one of the villages until
the security situation has improved.

(b)  The first crop assessment mission to Chin State was carried out
from 1 to 10 November, in response to the request from local NGOs
operating in the area. The 5 member mission travelled 3 days in the
remote areas of Htantalang and Matupi townships of Chin, comprising of
64 villages altogether. Based on the initial findings, WFP and
cooperating partners are planning to conduct a food needs assessment
mission to those affected area this month.

(c)  Under EMOP 10345.1 in Shan State, a total of 267.47 tons of rice
was distributed to 14,500 beneficiaries though Food-for-Education (FFE)
and Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) during the reporting period (1?16
November).

(d)  In northern Rakhine State (NRS), the harvest of the main crop will
start in the middle of the month. Availability of local rice and labour
will improve the food security and there is no foreseen need for VGF
distribution. A total of 455 tons rice, 9 tons oil and 2 tons salt have
been distributed to 27,200 vulnerable people including supplementary
feeding beneficiaries that are receiving oil from WFP in NRS during the
period. In Magway Division, 316 tons of food was distributed to 29,500
beneficiaries, mainly through FFE and VGF during the reporting period.


(5) Sri Lanka

(a)  Security Forces are on high alert for the election period and
security alerts were forwarded to all staff.

(b)  Although the overall security situation in the country remains
stable, there have been reports of politically motivated incidents in
some districts where election campaigns have been staged recently. In
Jaffna, strong protests against the election have been expressed in
leaflets to the general public by political elements of the Tamil
community in the district.

(c)  Members of the European Union Election Observer Mission (EUEOM)
have been deployed in the North and East regions on the invitation of
the Government of Sri Lanka. The mission is composed of two groups;
short term and long term observers. They will operate independently in
observing the ongoing political campaign in the run-up to the 17
November poll.  Area Security Coordinators have been informed to assist
the observers where necessary.

(d)  In the LTTE controlled areas, LTTE Hero's Day celebrations and
rallies will begin on 21 November and continue through 27 November. WFP
staff have been reminded to avoid political gatherings and
demonstrations during that period.

(e)  From 1 October, Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) has replaced GFD,
scaling down targeted distribution to 350,000 beneficiaries. The
programme will continue till 31 December 2005. VGF food ration per
person per day is composed of 400g of cereals, 60g of pulses, 20g of
sugar, 20g of oil and 40g of CSB.

(f)  From October to December 2005, WFP is planning to distribute 17,485
tons of mixed food commodities under VGF.

(g)  Mother and Child Nutrition (MCN), Food-for-Education (FFE) and
Food-for-Work (FFW) activities are ongoing.

(h)  As part of the regular food aid monitoring, beneficiary households
and final distribution points, including multi- purpose cooperative
societies' retail outlets, schools and clinics were visited on a daily
basis in Emergency Operation (EMOP) districts during the reporting
period (4-17 November). Analysis of beneficiary household interviews
conducted between August and November in 10 districts shows that: 65
percent of the visited households have now resumed their main income
activities after tsunami, compared with 46 percent in the analysis done
in August; Households' coping strategies are changing: income generation
through own livestock or crops, trading and fishing have become more
common than in August, but so has borrowing; The three most important
coping strategies are borrowing, fishing, and casual farm and non-farm
labour; Adult female household members collect the food in 57 percent of
the cases; The time that beneficiaries spend at the distribution point
still remains long, i.e. on average two hours; Food rations are mainly
carried home on foot (42 percent), by bicycle (31) or three wheeler
(20). Some 30 percent of the beneficiary households pay for transport;
Nearly all beneficiaries report that they feel safe both at the
distribution point and while traveling to and from distribution; Nearly
92 percent of the household indicate satisfaction with the quality and
91 percent with the type of the WFP food; Beneficiaries' awareness of
their food entitlement has improved from 40 percent in August analysis
to 55 percent.

(i)  All ration cards are with the local authorities for completion.
Distribution has started and the Government has issued a strict time
table so that all dispatch is completed by the end of the year.

(j)  WFP is currently providing fortified Corn Soya Blend (CSB) to
nearly 100,000 women and children in health clinics under the Emergency
Operation.

(k)  Findings from monitoring activities indicate that with ongoing food
demonstrations and support from the Health Volunteers, acceptance of CSB
is steadily increasing among the recipients. In Mullaitivu district,
volunteer health staff are conducting awareness drama sessions at
clinics in order to sensitize tsunami affected people to HIV/AIDS and
CSB.

(l)  In terms of FFW, 441 projects have been approved in tsunami
affected areas. From October to December 2005, WFP is planning to
distribute 10,967 tons of mixed food commodities to some 183,000
beneficiaries (36,600 participants) under Food for Work. Twenty percent
of these projects have been completed.

(m)  During the reporting period, 50,000 children from 186 schools
received cooked meals under school feeding. Additional 56,000 children
from 210 schools are still awaiting mid-morning meals due to delays in
the supply of Non-Food Items (kitchen utensils) to EMOP schools.

(n)  A FFE Standardized survey will be launched on 28 November 2005,
focusing on the new areas under school-feeding and looking at a possible
expansion of school-feeding activities. In this context, the workshop
for enumerators will be held from 23 to 26 November with representatives
from the head quarters school-feeding unit and will include a one day
on-site training in Polonnaruwa. All school feeding focal points and
local government counterparts will be trained on the objectives of the
survey, data collection methodology and implementation as well as the
survey tools.

(o)  The survey will focus on the current enrolment and attendance
rates, school conditions and academic achievement. A follow-up
assessment will be conducted in 2006-2007. The survey will be conducted
partly in December and partly in January since school holidays start on
9 December and exams will happen during the preceding two weeks.

(p)  The baseline survey is now completed and beneficiary cards sent to
the selected areas. Funds for the beneficiaries have been transferred
from the Ministry of Relief Rehabilitation and Reconciliation's bank
account to the Samurdhi Authority's bank account and during the week of
14 November the Samurdhi Authority will transfer funds to the Samurdhi
bank societies.

(q)  Distribution of cash to households (12,000 people) in Galle,
Hambantota and Batticaloa will be conducted from 23 November.

(r)  Most warehouses in Colombo and at district level have been
fumigated. WFP is now addressing the problem of infested commodities in
clinics and schools with its Government counterparts.

(s)  Due to the LTTE restriction on rice not procured in the North, WFP
will launch a tender during the week of 21 November for almost 5,000
tons of rice, with over 3,000 tons to be procured in the North, for VGF
to repay borrowings from the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation
(PRRO) pipeline.

(t)  The United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former
United States President Bill Clinton, will visit Sri Lanka on 29
November.



(G) Latin America and Caribbean: (1) Bolivia (2) Colombia (3) Cuba (4)
Ecuador (5) Guatemala (6) Nicaragua

(1) Bolivia

(a)  Several hail storms have been registered in the country. Civil
Defense is evaluating damage in the affected areas.

(b)  Despite the heavy rains registered last week in the Municipalities
of Camiri, Cuevo and Boyuibe, the dry season continues in most of the
drought-hit municipalities. Under the Emergency Office implementation,
training sessions are being held by implementing partners. WFP and
government counterpart is preparing the next food delivery, currently
under procurement process.


(2) Colombia

(a)  The recent rains have affected 162 municipalities in 26 of the
country's 32 provinces and have left more than 85 people dead, 92 people
severely wounded, at least 50,000 families affected, more than 14,000
houses with severe damage and more than 550 houses totally destroyed.
The worst-hit are the Provinces of Sucre, Cordoba, Cesar, Santander,
Norte de Santander, Antioquia, Guajira and Magdalena where severe
flooding has destroyed thousands of hectares of crops and forced many
peasants to abandon their farms. WFP Sub-offices in the Provinces of
Sucre, Santander and Norte de Santander are developing emergency food
aid interventions.  A WFP team visited the region of La Mojana (Province
of Sucre), Ayapel (Province of Cordoba) and San Jacinto del Cauca
(Province of Bolivar) and found out that some 3,000 people are facing
severe food shortages.

(b)  Massive displacements have been reported along Colombia's border
with Ecuador. More than 600 Colombians fled to the Ecuadorian town of
San Lorenzo due to clashes between illegal armed groups in different
areas of the Province of Putumayo and Narino. According to information
issued by UNHCR, more than 2,000 Colombians have looked for asylum in
Ecuador since last month.

(c)  About 1,500 people living in areas near the Galeras Volcano
(Province of Narino) were ordered to evacuate as the volcano shown signs
of an imminent eruption.  Local authorities issued a mandatory
evacuation order following a warning issued by Colombia's Geology and
Mines Institute that the volcano is probable to erupt within days or
weeks.  In addition, another 7,500 people living near the volcano have
been asked to leave their homes voluntarily. WFP does not develop any
food aid activity in this province; however, an emergency plan of action
among WFP and other UN agencies has been prepared in case the volcano
erupts and emergency humanitarian aid is required.


(3) Cuba

(a)  Cuban enterprises have recently signed several agreements in the
"International Fair of Havana" for the amount of 57 million dollars,
which will cover the import of nutritious products such as wheat, milk
and soya beans, among others.

(b)  Distribution under Emergency Operation (EMOP) 10423.0 and 10473.0
is currently ongoing providing support to populations in the east of
Cuba affected by Hurricane Wilma.

(c)  Under EMOP 10423.0, "Assistance to drought affected populations in
5 eastern provinces", 430 tons of Vegetable Oil, 952 tons of Rice, 760
tons of Black Beans, and 178.3 tons of Powerded Milk have been received.

(d)  Under EMOP 10473.0, "Assisting vulnerable groups affected by
Hurricane Dennis", 93 tons of Vegetable Oil, 360 tons of Rice, and 183
tons of Black Beans have been received.

(e)  EMOP 10423.0 is resourced at 41%. US$ 2 millions are urgently
needed to meet outstanding requirements.  US$ 400,000 is urgently
required to fully refund EMOP 10473.0.


(4) Ecuador

(a)  According to the National Geophysical Institute, a moderate
intensity earthquake of 5.5 in the Richter scale was registered on
November 9, 172 km from Quito, Province of El Napo. Heavy rains are
continuing and mudslides have been recently reported.

(b)  The second food procurement for the Emergency Operation has been
completed.  Products have been delivered at the two main warehouses in
Quito and Lago Agrio. Food rations will be available at the end of
November. Preparation of food rations is estimated to start in the
second week of November.  Distribution of food rations will start on
November 25th.

(c)  The Emergency Operation (EMOP 10381.0) will have a pipeline
shortfall for December 2005

(d)  The second seminar-workshop on health and nutrition was conducted
on 25 October 2005, at CIESPAL ("Centro Internacional de Estudios
Superiores para America Latina") in Quito.

(e)  WFP has started negotiations with the Ministry of Agriculture-MoA
to establish a logistic hub.

(f)  Based on the current Agreement on the Contingencies, in January
2006 a new agreement with GoE will be signed in order to join efforts to
assist with national and international emergencies on a committee basis.
This is part of the logistic hub, which is called "Centro Logistico de
Asistencia Humanitaria - CELAH: Accion Solidaria por la Vida".


(5) Guatemala

(a)  The Congress approved a 30-day extension on the declaration of the
"State of National Calamity" in order to continue with the emergency
assistance until 30 Nov 05.

(b)  The ECLAC mission reported to the Government, on preliminary
figures, the damage and losses arising from Hurricane Stan, which have
been estimated at quetzales 7,473 million or USD 983 million. The damage
to agriculture, according to the GoG/Ministry of Agriculture, is worth
around USD 46 million.

(c)  Six local and international NGO's presented implementation
proposals during the second coordination meeting and working plans were
agreed for WFP food assistance in targeted areas. WFP is collecting data
regarding the NGO's presence in areas affected by Hurricane Stan with
the aim of strengthening coordination and eventual collaboration.

(d)  WFP staff met with UNICEF and FAO to explore the possibility of a
joint needs assessment, in which they have expressed their interest. It
has been agreed to include WHO and the Government in the process.
Indicators for the needs assessment are to be proposed and discussed in
the next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, 22 November.


(6) Nicaragua

(a)  Tropical Depression number 27 is progressing through the Caribbean
Sea towards the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. According to the National
Hurricane Center, there is a slight chance that the depression will
convert into a tropical storm or hurricane within the next three days.
WFP is monitoring the progression of the meteorological system.

(b)  WFP and government counterparts; the Ministry of Agriculture and
the Ministry of Education have carried out a rapid Emergency Food
Security Assessment (EFSA) in order to obtain more information about the
impact of the hurricane BETA on the affected people's food security and
livelihoods as well as the need for further food aid in the in the
affected communities.

(c)  The declaration of a state of disaster in the Municipalities of
Wiwili and Waspam in the RAAN due to total crop losses caused by rat
infestation and flooding is kept as the food security situation of the
families in these communities has been aggravated further due to the
heavy rains that accompanied Hurricane BETA. A WFP joint mission with
the Ministry of Agriculture has found that an additional 9,000
indigenous people (1,800 families) are suffering severe hunger and are
in need of relief food aid along the Rio Coco in the municipality of
Wiwili.

(d)  Approximately 10,363 pregnant and nursing women; 11,159 children
under two years old; 1,792 vulnerable rural families and 69,746
schoolchildren in the Central and Northern Atlantic Region (RAAN)
continue to benefit from food distributions under PRRO 10212.0.

(e)  WFP has provided food assistance to 590 families (2,950 persons)
for 13 days in the municipality of Desembocadura de Rio Grande in the
South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS). A total of 18.42 tons of food
has been distributed by WFP staff in coordination with government
counterpart staff from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of
Education.

(f)  WFP has completed the second relief food distribution to 14
communities affected by the loss of harvests (due to rat infestations)
in the Municipality of Waspam, in the Northern Atlantic Region of the
country (RAAN). To date, a total of 138.2 tons of food has been
distributed in 14 communities to some 890 families (4,450 persons).

(g)  The third and last emergency distribution to the affected
population in the Municipality of Waspam in the RAAN is planned for
December. In light of the urgent need for relief food aid in the area,
WFP will provide air-lift support through the use of the Nicaraguan Air
Force MI 17 and water and ground transportation.

(h)  A WFP/UNJLC mission is assessing logistical constraints to WFP
intervention in the Northern Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). The
Logistical Officer from El Salvador is assisting the preparation of the
Special Operation in the remote region.

(i)  Since Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) 10212.0
resources have been used to be able to respond to other emergencies (rat
infestation in Waspam and hurricane in the Southern Atlantic Autonomous
Region (RAAS)), the operation urgently needs resources to continue to
provide assistance to families living in areas vulnerable to recurrent
shocks.

(j)  Shortfalls of vegetable oil (14 tons), beans (39 tons), maize (277
tons) and CSB (472 tons) are expected for the next six moths, beginning
in February 2006. Commodities are required in order to avoid a pipeline
break.


Note: All tonnage figures in this report refer to metric tons

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