  {"id":201106,"date":"2007-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=201106"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:06:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:06:44","slug":"auto-insert-201106","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-201106\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) &#8211; Thirty-first bi-weekly implementation report (OCHA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Report No 31<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>(10 &#8211; 23 January 2007)<\/strong><\/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;\">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 31st bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 10 &#8211; 23 January 2007 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=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>1. Overall Progress:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\">Rafah crossing continues to fail to operate continuously: opening hours are extremely restricted and erratic. Karni crossing continues to operate on all scheduled days but for only half the scheduled hours and not at full capacity (not all bays are used); consequently the quantity of exported goods remains at only 12% of the target set in the AMA. Erez crossing operates well for the limited number of senior traders with permits but remains closed to all Palestinian workers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>2. Changes of note since Report No 30 (9 January):<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>&#8226; Rafah crossing <\/strong>was open on only 2 days allowing a total of 2,746 people to cross into the Gaza Strip but no people out. Rafah was open for 11% of scheduled hours compared to 49% during the previous period.<\/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;\"><strong>&#8226; Karni crossing <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">was open on all 12 scheduled operating days enabling a total of 2,671 truckloads of goods into (a 15% decrease on reporting period 30) and 491 truckloads of goods out (a 4% increase) of the Gaza Strip. In addition 2,004 truckloads of aggregates were imported.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Karni was open for 46% of scheduled hours compared to 49% during the previous period.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>&#8226; Sufa crossing <\/strong>was open all 12 scheduled working days for the transport of aggregates.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>&#8226; Kerem Shalom crossing <\/strong>was open on 3 days.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>&#8226; Erez crossing <\/strong>remains closed to all Palestinians except traders holding special permits and emergency humanitarian cases. An average of 253 traders are crossing Erez each day, up from 168 last period.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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 were <strong>no reported security incidents <\/strong>in the areas of the crossings during the period.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>3. No Change since Report No 30 (9 January):<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;<strong>&nbsp;Obstacles to movement in the West Bank <\/strong>remained at 527. This represents an increase of 165 or 40% over the baseline figure of August 2005.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><i>Convoys between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank:<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Truck convoys <\/strong>no discussion; implementation now 13&#189; months overdue.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bus convoys<\/strong>&nbsp;no discussion; implementation now 14&#189; months overdue.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><i>Ports:<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Seaport <\/strong>awaiting, since November 2005, GoI assurance to donors that it will not interfere with its operation.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Airport <\/strong>awaiting, since November 2005, commencement of discussions.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">___________<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;The Office of the Quartet&#8217;s Special Envoy closed on 28 April. Since then the Âé¶¹APP through the oPt OCHA office has assumed reporting responsibilities on the implementation of the AMA.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;The report draws on all available data sources for reporting including the EU-BAM, UN agencies, PA ministries, PalTrade, COGAT and the World Bank.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;Aggregates are construction materials that are primarily moved through Sufa crossing.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">FULL REPORT:<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report No 31 Implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (10 &#8211; 23 January 2007) The Âé¶¹APP1&nbsp;is submitting the 31st bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 10 &#8211; 23 January 2007 inclusive.2 1. 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