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nations unies bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires date: 27 may 2006 ocha-geneva united nations

NATIONS UNIES
BUREAU DE LA
COORDINATION
DES AFFAIRES HUMANITAIRES
Date: 27 May 2006

OCHA-Geneva
UNITED NATIONS
OFFICE FOR THE
COORDINATION
OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2006/0083


OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Indonesia – Earthquake
This report is based on information received from the UN
Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office in Jakarta, Indonesia, and
OCHA staff members fielded in Yogyakarta.
I. SITUATION
1.
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale struck Yogyakarta
Province on 27 May, at 5:53 AM local time. The epicentre was
approximately 37.2 km south of Yogyakarta at a depth of 33
kilometres. The most affected districts are Bantul and Kulonprogo
to the south of Yogyakarta. Currently the impact of the earthquake
is as follows: 2,500 people are reported killed, 1,500 seriously
injured and 4,000 houses destroyed.
2.
The electricity is down and the airport in Yogyakarta is closed.
The telephone lines were down for several hours immediately after
the earthquake. Media reported that tremors were also felt in
several cities in Semarang, Central Java Province, and slightly
damaged some houses in Ngawi, Madiun, Trenggalek, Kediri, Magetan,
and Pacitan in East Java Province.
II. NATIONAL RESPONSES
3.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited to Yogyakarta today
together with the Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare,
Ministers of Social Affairs and Health, and BAKORNAS PB.
4.
The Department of Health deployed medical teams today. In
coordination with a rapid response team from the Health Department
Branch in Surabaya, seven medical teams were fielded.
5.
The Department of Social Affairs has been preparing a rapid
response team to join Health Office in Yogyakarta for evacuation.
They have set up emergency tents, operated public kitchens in
coordination with local government and the International Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies(IFRC)/PMI. They have sent 5,000 canned
food, 5,000 bottles ketchup, 5,000 bottles of chilli, 5,000 liters
cooking oil, 5,000 blankets, 5,000 sarongs, 10,000 clothing, 50
units tents, 200 folding beds, five generators, seven units of
field kitchen, and 5,000 mats.
6.
PMI/IFRC Yogyakarta is carrying out an assessment of the
situation. PMI is sending mobile clinics to the affected areas.
Field hospitals will be established next to the crowded hospitals.
IFRC has received a request for 1,000 family tents that they are
mobilizing. All PMI/IFRC medical teams have been mobilized from
the evacuation sites near Mt. Merapi to respond to this emergency.
III. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
7.
OCHA Indonesia has a team of two staff members on the ground who
are assessing the situation, assisting local authorities
(SATKORLAK and SATLAK) in establishing coordination structures and
information centers, and advising on urgent humanitarian needs.
OCHA team met with THE Governor of Yogyakarta and was informed
that medical teams and supplies were needed at initial stage to
treat the injured.
8.
UN Disaster Management Team in Jakarta has met in the afternoon,
chaired by UNRC a.i. Mr. Bernard Coquelin, to discuss the
situation, with an extensive teleconference with the OCHA team in
Bantul district.
9.
The following updates were provided at the UNDMT meeting:
*
OCHA has established an information center within the Government
Office in Bantul – A reception center to be established in
Yogyakarta
*
No need to Search and Rescue (SAR) teams as yet
*
10 IDP camps/concentration points established in Bantul district
*
An Inter-Agency mission comprising representatives from UN
agencies and NGOs to the area on 28 May. The mission will travel
by road at 10:00 AM from Minara Thamrin. The mission will conduct
a rapid needs assessment and help with coordination, information
management, etc. The team will be lead by WFP and includes
representatives from UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, WHO, CARE and OCHA
on the ground.
10.
In Aceh, an emergency meeting was convened at the UN Office for
the Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias, attended by 23 UN
agencies and humanitarian partners, to ensure a coordinated
response and to inform agencies of the possible UN Humanitarian
Air Service (UNHAS) flight. A number of NGOs based in Aceh already
despatched medical teams (IMC, Merlin) by commercial flights.
11.
The UNHAS Dash-7 will depart from Aceh on 28 May with NGO
personnel (Islamic Relief, Merlin, IRC, Mercy Malaysia, IMC and
BRR), including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and it will include
some 2 tonnes of medical supplies provided by Merlin. The airplane
will arrive in Solo (closest available airport to Yogyakarta) on
28 May in the afternoon.
12.
WHO deployed one staff member to Yogyakarta and sent six emergency
kits, six basic kits, six surgical kits, and medical supplies, and
provided mobile clinic and five operational transportation
vehicles. They will add ten more basic kits and two surgical kits.
13.
OCHA has placed an UNDAC team, consisting of one UNDAC member each
from China, Malaysia and Singapore with 2 OCHA staff members, on
stand-by.
14.
OCHA is in close contact with the UN HC/RC Office in Jakarta, the
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok and will
revert with further information as it becomes available. This
situation report, together with further information on ongoing
emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at
http://www.reliefweb.int.
Tel.: +41-22-917 12 34
Fax: +41-22-917 0023
E-mail: [email protected]
In case of emergency only:
Tel. +41-22-917 20 10
Desk Officer:
Ms. Masayo Kondo direct Tel. +41-22-917 1997
Press contact: (in GVA)
(in N.Y.)
Ms. Elizabeth. Byrs direct Tel. +41-22-917 2653
Ms. Stephanie Bunker direct Tel. + 1-917 367 5126
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