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Subject: Daily Update 22.04.99
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:23:18 +0200
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MACEDONIAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
DAILY UPDATE
ON SITUATION IN MACEDONIA Thursday, April 22, 1999
EXCERPT
.The Vice-president of the Government stressed out that the state of
direct war danger should not be declared...Will the humanitarian assistance
be distributed to the host families that have sheltered refugees?... The
refugees from Lojane and Malino are transferred to the camps...The health
condition of the refugees is good in general...USA has still decided to
accept 20.000 Kosovo refugees from Macedonia...New shipments of
humanitarian assistance arrived in Macedonia...
SECURITY SITUATION
Referring to the announcement given by the President of Republic of
Macedonia about declaring a state of a direct war danger, the
Vice-president of the Government, Miss Dosta Dimovska, stated that: " Our
state is functioning, all the institutions of the system are functioning,
the situation is mostly stabile, so such a statement (of the President) is
not in correlation with the real condition at all". Also, the Minister of
Internal Affairs, Mr. Pavle Trajanov was precise claiming that " there
aren't any conditions to declare a pre-war or a war state in Macedonia".
According to the announcement of the Ministry of Information of RM, several
conclusions have come up on yesterday's meeting of the Crisis
Headquarters, that was also attended by the UN Vice High Commissioner for
Refugees. On this meeting, the ways of improving the cooperation between
the UNHCR and competent institutions of RM were discussed. Also, it was
agreed that the delivery of the humanitarian assistance to the host
families where the refugees are sheltered should start. The assistance will
be provided by the UNHCR, and will be distributed by the Red Cross of
Macedonia.
Yesterday, the Minister of Defence, Mr. Nikola Kljusev has demanded from
UNHCR to cover the expenses that Macedonian enterprises and state
institutions have concerning the sheltering of humanitarian assisted
persons.
UNHCR intends to pay $1 million in advance for the construction of the
camps, but the Minister Kljusev thinks that this is not enough and that the
expenses should be covered fully and in due time
REFUGEES
The people from Kosovo, that have entered Macedonia in the last few days
trough the illegal passages near the villages Lojane and Malino are
dislocated, stated the Vice-secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Mr. Aleksandar Doncevski. He also stressed out that until yesterday at
9:00, 4.183 people were sheltered, 800 in Blace, and the rest in Stenkovec
and Brazda. About 1.300 people are still in Lojane. The transferring of the
refugees from the v. Malino is more difficult because of the
inaccessibility of the terrain. Concerning that, a help in vehicles is been
asked from NATO and it has been confirmed as well.
The registration of the people from Kosovo that are hosted in the families
is still in processing. Although, it is estimated that the number of the
people that should attain the status of humanitarian assisted persons is
80.000,until now only 70.241 people have attained it.
The Vice-minister of Health Care, Mr. Muharem Negipi, stated yesterday that
the health condition of the humanitarian assisted persons from Kosovo in
the camps is generally good , with an increased number of respiratory
infections. To retain this situation, the consistence of the population in
the camps should be reduced, which means that in the camps should not be
sheltered more than 15.000, the humanitarian units should be settled and
the garbage should be removed. Also it was stressed out, that it is
necessary to remove the people with new born babies from the camps to
families.
There aren't any occurrences of mass infective illnesses. According to the
information of the Republic's Health Care Institute, the laboratory
analysis did not show any infective illnesses among the refugees. The
completing of the teams that will, together with UNHCR, vaccinate the
refugees in camps and the ones hosted in families, is in processing.
According to the Ministry of Health Care, since the beginning of the
refugee wave, 30 persons have died and 104 babies were borne so far.
The Minister of Education ,dr.Nenad Novkovski stated for MIA, that the
teaching of the refugee children will be performed in the organized way,
and he also insisted on gathering as many children as possible.
Air Bridge
The process of evacuation of the refugees from Macedonia during the last
days is decelerating. The Crises Headquarters asked for all the camps to be
transit centers and the announced quotes for sending the refugees in other
countries to be obeyed. If the announced quotes are fulfilled, 110.000
people from Kosovo would leave Macedonia. Unfortunately, only 29% of the
announced quotes are effectuated so far.
USA have decided to give temporary status " refugees" to about 20.000
Kosovo refugees that are staying in RM now, informed the western agencies.
The plan that predicts sheltering the refugees with their families already
living in the USA, or with the families who have volunteered to host them,
is still into consideration Their sheltering will be temporary, and after
the war they will be returned to their homes. USA have previously given up
the idea of temporary sheltering of 20.000 Kosovo refugees in the American
military-marine base Guantanamo in Cuba.
402 Kosovar refugees were transported yesterday to Belgium, Poland and
Turkey.
Camps
Table according to UNHCR
CAMP Assisted persons
1 STENKOVEC 1 (Brazda) Tr.cen. 29,300
2 STENKOVEC 2 Tr.cen. 12,800
3 BOJANE Camp 3,200
4 NEPROSTENO Camp 3,300
5 RADUSA Camp 1,500
6 SENOKOS Camp 550
7 RADUSA (baracs) Gat.cen. 400
8 CEGRANE Camp 0
TOTAL 51,050
At the camp Bojane there are 4.200 humanitary assisted persons at the
moment. The Turkish Red Cross(TRC) is in charge of the camp. All the
refugees are having tents, blankets and mattresses. There is a camp
kitchen as well, where the refugees are getting hot meals. So far 12
builded and 24 field toilets are placed in the camp, and 40 in total are
planned.
MCIC and Norwegian Church Aid are starting with placement of 40 showers.
The teams of Skopje Health Center and TRC are taking care of the people's
health in the camps. It must be stressed out that great deal of the
refugees in the camp are throwing the powder milk procured by TRC, as well
as the blankets that are too thin or wet from the rain. There are 50
trunks with humanitarian help from Turkey, and TRC is already expecting
the arrival of 18 more. The contains of 11 of them will be given to the
Macedonian Red Cross. Today TRC have given to the Macedonian Ministry of
Health medicaments and other medical issues 100-150.000DM worth.
ACTIVITIES
MCIC
Yesterday MCIC teams have urgently distributed 2 trunks of food (4.500
breads, 1.400 kg. sausages and 4.500L of milk) in the villages Tanushevci
and Malino, where during the last days, few thousands people from Kosovo
have arrived , through the Vitina region (FR Yugoslavia), illegally passing
the border near the village Malino(RM).
Other organizations
CRS and Caritas are continuing with daily distribution of food in
Stenkovec, procured by World Food Programme.
In order to reduce the smuggling in Stenkovec, yesterday, the canteen was
supposed to start working.
Yesterday, 13.5 T of humanitary help in food for adults and babies have
arrived in Skopje, thanks to the food processing industry
" Podravka" from Croatia, stated The Embassy of R .Croatia in Skopje.
Also , yesterday at the passing Bogorodica, 27 trunks of humanitarian
help, mainly tents, blankets, sleeping bags, flower and beans, from
Austria, Greece, Holland and Bulgaria have entered Macedonia from Greece.
Nikola Parapunov bb l P.O. Box 835 l 91000 Skopje l Republika
Makedonija
Tel.: 091/365 381 l Faks: 091/365 298 l E-mail: [email protected]
l www.mcms.org.mk
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