icrc-annual-report-2013

MEXICO CITY (regional)COVERING: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, PanamaThe Mexico delegation opened in 1998, becoming a regionaldelegation in 2002. It helps strengthen the capacities of theregion’s National Societies and works with them to help addressthe most urgent humanitarian needs of persons affected byorganized violence and of vulnerable migrants; monitorsdetainees’ conditions; and endeavours to ascertain the fateof missing persons. It helps integrate IHL into armed forces’doctrine and into academic curricula, and human rights normsapplicable to the use of force into the doctrine, training andoperations of security forces. The delegation hosts the regionaladvisory service on IHL.YEARLY RESULTLevel of achievement of ICRC yearly objectives/plans of actionHIGHKEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTSIn 2013:. vulnerable migrants met their basic needs, including for familycontact, thanks to ICRC support to National Society-run assistanceposts in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and to church/NGO-managed facilities in the region. the Mexican authorities received reports based on ICRC visitsto migrants in retention centres, documenting the existinghumanitarian needs, with recommendations to improve materialconditions and health care in these facilities. families of missing persons received assistance through: financial/logistical support for exhumations/burials in Guatemala; and inMexico, the signing of an agreement with the authorities to facilitatetheir search for information. with medical services and hygiene promotion, over 1,700 residentsof Panama’s Darién region suffering the spillover effects of theColombian conflict had decreased health risks, notably a 42% lowerincidence of acute diarrhoea. following repair/rehabilitation work in prisons, more than22,600 detainees in El Salvador and over 3,500 in Hondurasbenefited from improved living conditions and sanitation, andfrom better access to clean drinking water. during international training events in Guatemala, Honduras andMexico, medical personnel from various Latin American countriesenhanced their skills in treating weapon wounds and providingpre-hospital careEXPENDITURE (in KCHF)Protection 6,424Assistance 3,422Prevention 2,571Cooperation with National Societies 1,094General -13,511of which: Overheads 825IMPLEMENTATION RATEExpenditure/yearly budget 98%PERSONNELMobile staff 26Resident staff (daily workers not included) 82PROTECTIONTotalCIVILIANS (residents, IDPs, returnees, etc.)Red Cross messages (RCMs)RCMs collected 4Phone calls facilitated between family members 12,120People located (tracing cases closed positively) 3People reunited with their families 164PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)ICRC visitsDetainees visited 34,107Detainees visited and monitored individually 79Number of visits carried out 184Number of places of detention visited 45Restoring family linksRCMs collected 13RCMs distributed 1ASSISTANCE Targets AchievedCIVILIANS (residents, IDPs, returnees, etc.)Economic security, water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protectionor cooperation programme) 1Food commodities Beneficiaries 18,584Water and habitat activities Beneficiaries 64,783HealthHealth centres supported Structures 14WOUNDED AND SICKPhysical rehabilitationCentres supported Structures 7 8Patients receiving services Patients 6,3501. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table may notreflect all activities carried out during the reporting period.MEXICO CITY (REGIONAL) | 445