  {"id":200545,"date":"2006-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200545"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:00:05","slug":"auto-insert-200545","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200545\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) &#8211; Seventeenth bi-weekly implementation report (OCHA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Seventeenth Report<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>(28 June &#8211; 11 July 2006)<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Âé¶¹APP<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;is submitting the 17<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 28 June &#8211; 11 July 2006 inclusive.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226; <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Rafah crossing has remained closed since 25 June since EU observers were not allowed through Kerem Shalom crossing, to reach the Rafah terminal. As of 11 July there are 578 people including UNRWA staff and medical referrals trapped at the terminal on the Egyptian side of the border waiting to enter the Gaza Strip.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; The Karni crossing was closed between 25 June and 1 July. It re-opened partially on 2, 4 and 6 July for imports only. The number of truckloads which entered on these days (the maximum number was 133) is well below the daily averages reported in May and June 2006. Karni was closed again from 7 July. No exported goods have crossed through Karni since 23 June.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; The Kerem Shalom crossing has remained closed since 25 June, following an attack by Palestinian militants on an IDF observation post.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; The Sufa crossing has remained closed since 21 June, due to a reported security alert by the IDF.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8226; <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Erez crossing has remained closed for Palestinian workers and traders during the reporting period.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Since 25 June, only critical Palestinian humanitarian cases with prior coordination from the Israeli DCL were permitted to cross. Following the closure of Karni since 7 July, WFP and ICRC were able to coordinate with the IDF the passage of palletised food and other urgent humanitarian supplies through Erez crossing between 7 and 11 July.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; The deadline for the introduction of truck convoys between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as agreed in the AMA, passed on 15 January. Discussions about the possibility of bus convoys have not resumed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; The Government of Israel (GoI) has not provided the assurance to donors that it will not interfere with the operation of the Gaza Strip seaport.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; There have been no discussions on the Gaza Strip airport during the reporting period. Since 28 June, IDF troops entered the airport and took up military positions there.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; According to OCHA, the number of obstacles to movement in the West Bank increased from 526 to 536. OCHA compiles several times a year comprehensive count of physical obstacles to Palestinian movement in the West Bank. The figures reported here are based on OCHA field observations only.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">____________<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">1 The Office of the Quartet&#8217;s Special Envoy closed on 28 April. The Âé¶¹APP has assumed reporting responsibilities on the implementation of the AMA.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2 The report draws on all available data sources for reporting including the EU, UN agencies, PA ministries, PalTrade, COGAT and the World Bank.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">3 According to EU Border Assistance Mission (EU BAM), Rafah was expected to open partially on 6 and then 7 July to allow these passengers to cross but this did not happen. 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