icrc-annual-report-2013

LIMA (regional)COVERING: Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, PeruThe delegation in Lima opened in 1984, becoming a regionaldelegation in 2003. The ICRC visits detainees, addresses theissue of missing persons and monitors the humanitariansituation along the Ecuadorean border with Colombia. Itseeks to respond to needs arising from armed conflict/othersituations of violence and helps the region’s National Societiesreinforce their capacities to do the same. It assists securityforces in integrating human rights norms applicable to theuse of force into their doctrine, training and operations, andthe armed forces in doing the same with IHL. It promotes theincorporation of IHL into national legislation.YEARLY RESULTLevel of achievement of ICRC yearly objectives/plans of actionHIGHKEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTSIn 2013:. Peruvian commanding officers, during dialogue with the ICRC,affirmed their commitment to take into account the safety of theresident population of the Apurímac-Ene y Mantaro Valley inplanning their military operations. violence-affected people in Ecuador and Peru had access toclean water and a better educational environment, owing to theconstruction of water-supply structures and school repairs funded bythe ICRC. at ICRC seminars, the region’s military/police officers, includingthose involved in crowd-control operations, learnt more aboutinternational standards on the use of force. over 800 relatives of missing persons in Peru travelled to exhumationsites and collected their family members’ remains, with financialassistance from the ICRC. Ecuador’s Defence Ministry and the Ecuadorean Red Cross renewedtheir agreement with the ICRC, strengthening IHL training for thearmed forces and paving the way for the incorporation of humanrights norms in its operations. in Bolivia, planned training in the use of the ICRC’s ante/postmortemdatabase and first-aid training for indigenous people andcivil society groups did not take place owing to various constraintsEXPENDITURE (in KCHF)Protection 2,281Assistance 510Prevention 1,738Cooperation with National Societies 651General -5,179of which: Overheads 316IMPLEMENTATION RATEExpenditure/yearly budget 91%PERSONNELMobile staff 6Resident staff (daily workers not included) 41PROTECTIONTotalCIVILIANS (residents, IDPs, returnees, etc.)Red Cross messages (RCMs)People located (tracing cases closed positively) 5PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)ICRC visitsDetainees visited 3,737Detainees visited and monitored individually 274Number of visits carried out 59Number of places of detention visited 25Restoring family linksRCMs collected 5RCMs distributed 4ASSISTANCE Targets AchievedCIVILIANS (residents, IDPs, returnees, etc.)Economic security, water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protectionor cooperation programme)Food commodities Beneficiaries 37Essential household items Beneficiaries 114Cash Beneficiaries 904Vouchers Beneficiaries 3Work, services and training Beneficiaries 9Water and habitat activities Beneficiaries 3,550 5,148ICRC ANNUAL LIMA REPORT (REGIONAL) 2013 | 439