{"id":201664,"date":"2009-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=201664"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:13:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:13:01","slug":"auto-insert-201664","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-201664\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) – Eighty-fifth biweekly implementation report (OCHA)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Report No. 85<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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and Update on Gaza Crossings<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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(4-17 Feb 2009)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The United Nations is submitting the 85<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> <\/span>bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA)<\/span>1<\/sup><\/span>, covering the period 04 – 17 February 2009 (Annex)<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span>. In light of the closure of Gaza, this report also monitors movement and access through other crossings not included in the AMA.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Summary:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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AMA Benchmarks:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Rafah <\/strong>crossing has remained closed for the movement of people for 619 working days. It was last open for public use on 09 June 2007. However, the crossing was partially open on an exceptional basis for passengers on all days during the reporting period, allowing 448 Palestinians including many medical cases to cross out of Gaza, and 544 to cross in, comp ared to 2,199 departures and 1,445 arrivals in the previous reporting period. Rafah crossing was al so partially open on one day for the inflow of humanitarian supplies – 7 truckloads of medical and relief supplies were allowed in during the reporting period, a large decrease compared to 104 a llowed in during the previous reporting period.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Karni <\/strong>crossing has remained closed since 12 June 2007 for the movement of goods in and out of Gaza. The conveyor belt\/chute for cereals\/animal feed was open on nine days (4,5,8,9,11,12,15,16, and 17 February), the same number of days as reported in the previous reporting period. A total of 342 truckloads of cereals\/animal feed, were allowed to enter Gaza, via the conveyor belt , a large decrease compared to 701 in the previous reporting period. Neither gravel nor bulk cement were allowed entry during this period. Gravel and bulk cement were last allowed into Gaza on 26 and 29 Oct 08 respectively.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Erez <\/strong>crossing has remained closed for more than two years since March 2006 for workers, and more than a year, since 12 June 2007, for all other Palest inians, except for a limited number of Palestinian traders, aid workers and medical cases who have been granted special permits. For these persons, Erez crossing was partially open on 12 out of the 14 sche duled days. No traders were allowed out during the reporting period, and an average of 10 medical cases per day were allowed to cross out, an increase compared to 4 cases per day reported in the previous reporting period.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Obstacles to movement in the West Bank <\/strong>has decreased from 628 reported during the previous reporting period to 626. Overall, the figure of 628 represents an increase of 250 obstacles (66.5%) over the baseline figure (376) of August 2005.<\/p><\/div>\n

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