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rivers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tripartite-commission/" rel="tag">Tripartite Commission</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/underground-aquifers/" rel="tag">underground aquifers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unhcr/" rel="tag">UNHCR</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">مدينة الصدر‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/waste-water/" rel="tag">waste water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water/" rel="tag">Water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-borne-disease/" rel="tag">Water Borne Disease</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-contamination/" rel="tag">Water Contamination</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Water Crisis (Iraq)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-levels/" rel="tag">water levels</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-shortage/" rel="tag">water shortage</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-supply/" rel="tag">water supply</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-supply-systems/" rel="tag">water supply systems</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-treatment/" rel="tag">water treatment</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-treatment-plants/" rel="tag">water treatment plants</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/wheat/" rel="tag">wheat</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-poverty-of/" rel="tag">women - poverty of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/" rel="tag">جمعية الصليب والهلال الاحمر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Millions of people in Iraq cannot get clean water or water in sufficient quantity. The ICRC is doing its best to improve access to safe water. This is an update on ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in March and April.</p> <p>The Tigris and the Euphrates, which supply the bulk of Iraq’s water, are slowly dwindling and in some areas can no longer be used as a reliable source of drinking water. Across the country, the shrinking of the rivers is having serious consequences on the functioning of water treatment plants. It also affects underground aquifers, where the salt content of the water is increasing. This water is often unfit for human consumption or even for agricultural use. </p> <p>The volatile security situation in some areas and the rising price of fuel have put additional strain on already scarce services, as have population growth and displacement. In many places, the strain is further compounded by a lack of qualified engineers and staff able to maintain and repair water and sanitation facilities. Many farming communities were hard hit by the drought that struck northern Iraq in 2008. Average rainfall over the past 10 years has been far lower than in previous decades. In the north, water supply systems fed by springs and shallows aquifers have been depleted and often have less water available to meet demand. Although rainfall has been better in many places during 2009 and 2010, low water-levels continue to affect agriculture production, meaning Iraq needs to import more rice and wheat. With less water of sufficient quality generally available, management of the existing resources is key. </p> <p>Because large suburban residential areas have sometimes developed without adequate infrastructure, and certain sewage treatment plants are bypassed, wastewater is discharged untreated into rivers and lakes. Ditches and ponds filled with foul-smelling polluted water blight many neighbourhoods. The United Nations recently estimated that around 83% of sewage is being let into rivers and waterways. </p> <p>Water treatment and distribution facilities are also disrupted by persistent power shortages. Iraq is currently producing around 6,000 megawatts of electricity a day, while demand is estimated at 10,000 megawatts. Health, water and sewage facilities and other infrastructure in many parts of the country still rely on back-up generators to meet their need for electric power. </p> <p>Water distribution systems that are old or badly maintained are further weakened by illegal connections and substandard plumbing within households. Leakages cause large amounts of wasted water and frequent contamination. According to the United Nations, nearly half of Iraqis in rural areas are without safe drinking water. The Iraqi government estimates that 24% of Iraqis in the country as a whole, or nearly one in four, do not have access to safe water. </p> <p>"Reliable access to enough water of sufficient quality remains a major challenge for large parts of the population", said Julien Le Sourd, the ICRC’s water and habitat coordinator in Iraq. "The ICRC is doing its utmost to improve this by repairing and upgrading water supply and sewage systems. We do this in partnership with the authorities and we are also providing training for maintenance staff working in water treatment plants." </p> <p>In March and April, ICRC water engineers:</p> <ul> <li>completed work at the Ashty water station, in Erbil governorate, which provides safe drinking water for around 10,000 people living in nearby villages; </li> <li>built an emergency unit in the 50-bed Qala’t Salih Hospital in Missan governorate; </li> <li>upgraded the storage capacity for drinking water and for water used in the cooling system in Medical City Hospital, Baghdad. The hospital can accommodate 1,400 patients and treats around 10,000 outpatients per day; </li> <li>renovated a primary health-care centre serving around 400 patients in Sadr City, Baghdad; </li> <li>connected the school of al Rahma camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Najaf City, which has 1,000 pupils and teachers, to the municipal water and electricity supply networks; </li> <li>supplied and installed a new mortuary refrigerator with a capacity of 12 corpses in Beiji General Hospital, in Salah Al Din governorate; </li> <li>delivered water by truck to 4,500 displaced people in Sadr City and to 340 in Husseinia and Ma’amil, Al Imam Ali General Hospital and Fatma al Zahra Hospital, all in Baghdad governorate, and to 360 in Qalawa Quarter camp in Sulaimaniya; </li> <li>installed equipment used to fill water bags for distribution during emergencies at Al Wathba water treatment plant in Baghdad; </li> <li>repaired the Hindiyah water treatment plant in Karbala, which supplies water to around 125,000 people; </li> <li>installed a large-capacity pump in al Fadhliya water treatment plant, Thi Qar governorate, providing drinking water for 82,000 people. </li> <li>assessed, in cooperation with Iraqi Correctional Services engineers, 11 detention facilities under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, evaluating needs and recommending improvements for the delivery of essential services (water, electricity, sewage). </li> </ul> <p><b>Bringing aid to vulnerable people</b> </p> <p>The ICRC maintained its support for people facing special difficulty earning a living and supporting their families, such as women heading households, people with disabilities and displaced people: </p> <ul> <li>more than 2,300 displaced families headed by women in Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Ninawa governorates were given monthly food parcels and hygiene items; </li> <li>around 2,100 people displaced in March from Mosul to Hamdanya and Tilkaif were given food parcels and rice; </li> <li>61 disabled people in Erbil, Dohuk and Ninawa governorates were given micro-economic aid enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. A total of 459 disabled people have now received such aid in a programme that started in 2008. </li> </ul> <p><b>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</b> </p> <p>Iraqi health facilities still benefit from ICRC support. To help disabled people reintegrate into the community, the ICRC provides limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services. In March and April: </p> <ul> <li>six hospitals and three primary health-care centres received medical supplies and equipment; </li> <li>25 doctors and 28 nurses successfully took part in a training course on strengthening emergency services given at Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf and at Sulaimaniya Emergency Hospital; </li> <li>two people from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research involved in the teaching of prosthetics and orthotics went to the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics in the United Kingdom under ICRC sponsorship for advanced training. </li> </ul> <p><b>Visiting detainees</b> </p> <p>ICRC delegates continued to visit detainees in order to monitor the conditions in which they are being held and the treatment they receive. In all cases, the ICRC shares its findings and recommendations in confidence with the detaining authorities. In March and April, the ICRC visited detainees held: </p> <ul> <li>in Counter-Terrorism Directorate and Tasfirat Najaf, in Najaf governorate; </li> <li>in Mina and Samawa prisons, Basra governorate; </li> <li>in Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Kirkuk governorate; </li> <li>in US custody, in Remembrance II, Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>in four prisons and one police station in Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates. </li> </ul> <p>Around 1,550 detainees held in Hilla I & II Correctional Facilities were given mattresses and recreational items such as ping-pong tables, soccer balls and volleyballs. </p> <p>The ICRC makes a special effort to restore and maintain ties between detainees and their families. In March, it arranged for six Iraqi families to enter Kuwait and visit their relatives detained there since 1991. In addition, around 10,500 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq and abroad during the month of March. </p> <p>During March and April, the ICRC responded to more than 3,600 enquiries from families seeking information on detained relatives. It also issued 220 certificates to former detainees making them eligible to receive social welfare benefits. </p> <p>At the request of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the ICRC issued 73 travel documents for Palestinian refugees in Iraq to enable them to resettle abroad. </p> <p><b>Clarifying what happened to missing people</b> </p> <p>The ICRC supports the authorities in their efforts to clarify what happened to those who went missing in connection with the Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War. It also helps train forensic professionals in the identification and management of mortal remains and regularly supplies equipment. In the past two months: </p> <ul> <li>the Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, handling cases of persons missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War, held its 64th session in Kuwait, which was chaired by the ICRC and attended by representatives from Iraq, Kuwait and the 1990-1991 Coalition (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Saudi Arabia). Nine samples of human remains were handed over by the Iraqi to the Kuwaiti delegation for DNA analysis in an effort to determine if they belonged to missing Kuwaiti nationals. The sub-committee will hold a special meeting on forensics in Kuwait in May; </li> <li>mortal remains of Iraqi soldiers were repatriated from Kuwait under ICRC auspices. </li> </ul> <p><b>Promoting international humanitarian law</b> </p> <p>In line with its mandate, the ICRC promotes compliance with international humanitarian law and reminds parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians. In March and April, the ICRC organized a series of seminars and presentations on international humanitarian law for various audiences all over Iraq.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10348"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/04/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%87%d8%b7%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b7%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a/#respond" title="Comment on الموارد المائية: هطول الامطار خلال اليومين الماضيين حقق زيادة كبيرة في مناسيب نهر دجلة">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 4th, 2010 by Hussein Kareem</div> <h3><a 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لاستيراد 80 بالمائة من احتياجاته من القمح والأرز خلال عام 2010، وفقاً لغازي حسين، المتحدث باسم شركة الحبوب المملوكة للدولة والتابعة لوزارة التجارة.</p> <p>وتظهر أرقام وزارة التجارة أن العراق استورد 3.55 مليون طن من القمح و1.17 مليون طن من الأرز في العام الماضي، وهو ما يشكل ارتفاعاً مقارنة بالكميات المستوردة من القمح والأرز في عام 2008 والتي بلغت 2.54 مليون طن و610,000 طن على التوالي.</p> <p>وأوضح عون ذياب عبد الله، وهو مسؤول رفيع المستوى في وزارة الموارد المائية، أن ارتفاع الواردات ناتج عن <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://arabic.irinnews.org/ReportArabic.aspx?SID=1539" class="external" target="_blank">انخفاض منسوب المياه في نهري الفرات ودجلة </a>مما تسبب بدوره في انخفاض الإنتاج. وحذر عبد الله من أن العراق قد يواجه موسماً زراعياً صعباً نهاية هذا الصيف.</p> <p>وجاء في قوله: "لا تزال كمية المياه التي نتلقاها من نهر الفرات عند الحدود مع سوريا منخفضة عند حوالي 250 متراً مكعباً في الثانية… أما بالنسبة لنهر دجلة، فقد شهدنا انخفاضاً بنسبة 50 بالمائة في معدل التدفق من 1,680 متراً مكعباً في الثانية [خلال وقبل أبريل 2003] إلى 836 متراً مكعباً في الثانية الواحدة". وأشار إلى أن تغذية الخزانات على نهر دجلة في مستوى معقول في الوقت الحاضر، غير أن الخزانات الثلاثة الكبرى التي تتغذى من الفرات، وهي خزان حديثة وسد الموصل وبحيرة الحبانية تعاني من نقص شديد في المياه.</p> <p>وقد قررت الحكومة في عام 2009 تخفيض المساحة المزروعة بالأرز، والتي تعتمد كلها على المياه من نهر الفرات، بسبب نقص المياه وارتفاع مستويات ملوحة التربة. وعلق عبد الله على ذلك بقوله: "إن هذا الوضع يقلقنا، خصوصاً في موسم الصيف المقبل. كما يمكنه أن يؤثر [على الزراعة] في بداية فصل الشتاء المقبل عندما تحين الحاجة لأولى قطرات الري [في أكتوبر ونوفمبر]". </p> <p><strong>ضعف القطاع الزراعي</strong></p> <p>وتعد معظم الأراضي العراقية، حوالي 78 بالمائة، غير قابلة للاستخدام الزراعي. كما أن ما يقرب من 9.5 مليون هكتار من الأراضي الهامشية المتبقية تستخدم للرعي الموسمي للماعز والأغنام، وفقاً <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL32093.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">لتقرير صادر في شهر يونيو 2004 عن الكونغرس الأميركي</a>. ولا يمثل الإنتاج الزراعي سوى حوالي 4 بالمائة من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي.</p> <p>وقد تعرضت الزراعة للشلل بسبب عقود من الحرب وانعدام الأمن وقلة الاستثمارات وقطع الأشجار لجمع الحطب، مما تسبب في تفاقم الملوحة <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://arabic.irinnews.org/ReportArabic.aspx?SID=1305" class="external" target="_blank">والتصحر</a>. ووفقاً لوزارة الزراعة، تؤثر الملوحة على ما لا يقل عن 40 بالمائة من الأراضي الزراعية، لاسيما في وسط وجنوب العراق، في حين أثر التصحر على ما يتراوح بين 40 و50 بالمائة من الأراضي التي كانت منتجة في السبعينيات. </p> <p>وقد قدر <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.faoiraq.org/images/word/Agriculture%20Overview%20Feb09.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">تقرير </a>صادر عن منظمة الأغذية والزراعة (الفاو) أن "ثلث سكان العراق يقيمون في المناطق الريفية ويعتمدون على الزراعة لكسب الرزق. ومع ذلك، فإن هذا الجزء من السكان يعاني على نحو غير متناسب من الفقر وانعدام الأمن الغذائي. ويقيم 69 بالمائة من العراقيين الذين يعانون من الفقر المدقع وانعدام الأمن الغذائي في المناطق الريفية".</p> <p>وأشارت المنظمة إلى أن مزارعي القمح العراقيين عانوا من انخفاض في الإنتاج بنسبة 55 بالمائة خلال عام 2008 بسبب الجفاف الشديد، وارتفاع الاعتماد على الواردات في عام 2008 إلى 74 بالمائة بالنسبة للقمح و69 بالمائة بالنسبة لجميع الحبوب. </p> <p>وأفاد تقرير مشترك صادر عن منظمة الأغذية والزراعة ووحدة المعلومات والتحاليل المشتركة بين الوكالات (بدعم من مختلف المنظمات الرئيسية للأمم المتحدة ومكاتبها في العراق) تحت عنوان "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ISFP/Iraq_Food_Prices-Final.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">تحليل أسعار المواد الغذائية في العراق</a>" إلى أن أسعار المواد الغذائية في البلاد ارتفعت بشكل حاد مقارنة بالأسعار العالمية. ويعود ذلك إلى حد كبير إلى زيادة الأسعار المحلية للوقود والكهرباء بنسبة 800 بالمائة في الفترة 2004-2008.</p> <p>ووفقاً لمهدي القيسي، وكيل وزارة الزراعة، أنتج العراق 117,000 طن من الأرز و1.281 طن من القمح في موسم 2008-2009. وهذه الأرقام تشمل الإنتاج المبلغ عنه من قبل المزارعين لوزارة التجارة، مما قد يجعلها منخفضة.</p> <p>ومن المتوقع أن يصل إجمالي الاستهلاك من القمح في عام 2010 إلى 4.5 مليون طن والأرز إلى 1.227 طن، حسب غازي المتحدث باسم شركة الحبوب. </p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://arabic.irinnews.org/ReportArabic.aspx?SID=1973" class="external" target="_blank">العراق: تراجع إنتاج القمح والأرز -العراق-إقتصاد-أمن غذائي</a></p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10178"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/30/iraq-domestic-wheat-rice-production-in-the-doldrums/#comments" title="Comment on IRAQ: Domestic wheat, rice production in the doldrums">1 Comment</a></span> Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Harith</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88960" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN</a>) – Iraq is planning to import 80 percent of its wheat and rice requirements in 2010, according to Hussein Ghazy, a spokesman of the state-owned Grains Company affiliated to the Trade Ministry. </p> <p>Trade Ministry figures show Iraq imported 3.55 million tons of wheat and 1.17 million tons of rice last year – up from 2.54 million and 610,000 tons respectively in 2008. </p> <p>Rising imports are being triggered by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85925" class="external" target="_blank">low water levels in the Euphrates and the Tigris</a>, which is causing reduced production, said Aoun Thiab Abdullah, a senior official in the Water Resources Ministry. He warned Iraq could face another difficult agricultural season this summer. </p> <p>“The amount of water we receive from the Euphrates at the border with Syria is still low at about 250 cubic metres per second… As for the Tigris, we have seen a 50 percent drop in the flow rate from 1,680 cubic metres per second [in and prior to April 2003] to 836 cubic metres per second. He noted that reservoirs fed by the Tigris were at a reasonable level at present. </p> <p>However, the three biggest reservoirs fed by the Euphrates – Haditha Reservoir, Mosul Dam and Habaniyah Lake – have severe water shortages, he said. </p> <p>Because of water shortages and high levels of soil salinity, the government decided in 2009 to halve the area planted with rice, all of which is dependent on water from the Euphrates. </p> <p>“This situation worries us, especially as the summer season is coming and it could even affect the beginning of the next winter season, when the first irrigation [in October and November] is needed,” Abdullah said. </p> <h3>Weak agricultural sector </h3> <p>Most of Iraq – 78 percent – is not viable for agricultural use. Almost half of the remaining 9.5 million hectares is marginal land used mainly for seasonal grazing of goats and sheep, according to a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL32093.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">June 2004 report for the US Congress</a>. Agricultural output accounts for only about 4 percent of gross domestic product. </p> <p>Agriculture has been paralysed by decades of war and insecurity, underinvestment, and the unchecked cutting down of trees for firewood, which had worsened salinity and desertification. According to the Agriculture Ministry, salinity affects at least 40 percent of agricultural land, mainly in central and southern Iraq, while 40-50 percent of what was productive land in the 1970s has been affected by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=84142" class="external" target="_blank">desertification</a>. </p> <p>A Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.faoiraq.org/images/word/Agriculture%20Overview%20Feb09.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">report</a> estimated that “one third of the Iraqi population resides in rural areas and depends upon agriculture for their livelihoods. However, this segment of the population suffers disproportionately from poverty and food insecurity as 69 percent of all Iraqis living in extreme poverty and food insecurity reside in rural areas.” </p> <p>FAO noted that Iraqi wheat farmers saw a 55 percent reduction in production during 2008 due to severe drought conditions, and dependence on imports is estimated to have risen in 2008 to 74 percent for wheat and 69 percent for all cereals. </p> <p>A joint report by FAO and the Inter-Agency Information and Analysis Unit (supported by major UN agencies and offices in Iraq) entitled <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ISFP/Iraq_Food_Prices-Final.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq Food Prices Analysis</a>, said food prices in Iraq had risen at a steeper rate than global food prices, largely because of an 800 percent rise in domestic fuel and electricity prices in 2004-2008. </p> <p>According to Mahdi Al-Qaisi, undersecretary in the Agriculture Ministry, Iraq produced 117,000 tons of rice and 1.281 million tons of wheat in the 2008-09 season. These figures are only for production communicated by farmers to the Trade Ministry, so they could be on the low side, al-Qaisi said. </p> <p>Total consumption of wheat in 2010 is expected to be 4.5 million tons, and rice 1.227 million tons, Grains Company spokesman Ghazy said.</p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88960" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN Middle East | IRAQ: Domestic wheat, rice production in the doldrums | Middle East | Iraq | Economy Food Security | News Item</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9989"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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لهيئة الرأي ضم مستشارين ومديرين عامين ومختصين في شؤون المياه والموارد المائية خُصص لمناقشة المؤشرات العامة للموارد المائية للفصل الصيفي القادم. <br/>رشيد أكد أهمية الحفاظ على كمية المخزون المائي في بحيرات وخزانات السدود، فضلا عن التركيز على ضرورة تأمين توزيع الحصص المائية بشكل عادل بين المحافظات، بالاضافة الى بذل الجهود وتكثيف الاتصالات مع دول الجوار لزيادة الاطلاقات المائية وتقسيم المياه المشتركة بعدالة.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9809"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/16/%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%b0%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%85-%d8%a3%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%87-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82/#respond" title="Comment on تحذيرات من تفاقم أزمة المياه في العراق">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 16th, 2010 by Um Thalit</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/euphrates-river/" rel="tag">Euphrates river,</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rate-of-flow/" rel="tag">rate of flow</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salinity/" rel="tag">salinity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salinity-excessive/" rel="tag">Salinity - excessive</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salinization/" rel="tag">salinization</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tigris-and-euphrates-rivers/" rel="tag">tigris and euphrates rivers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tigris-river/" rel="tag">Tigris River</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water/" rel="tag">Water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Water Crisis (Iraq)</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">حذر أكاديمون ومتخصصون من تفاقم أزمة المياه في العراق بسبب قلة الموارد المائية وزيادة استهلاك المياه فضلا عن افتقار العراق لنظام ري فعال. <br/>وقال أستاذ القانون الدولي أحمد الجرح إن غياب الأطر القانونية التي تنظم تقاسم المياه بالنسبة لكل من تركيا وسوريا والعراق، قد أضر بالعراق بشكل كبير. <br/>من جهته، أوضح مدير دائرة الماء في كربلاء حيدر عبد العباس أن نسب الملوحة قد ارتفعت في الأنهار العراقية بشكل واضح بسبب التلوث الناجم عن قلة واردات المياه من دولة المصب. <br/>مدير مركز الفرات للتنمية والدراسات الإستراتيجية أحمد باهض تقي دعا الجهات المعنية إلى إناطة قضية المياه بمهام مجلس التعاون الإستراتيجي العراقي التركي، واللجوء إلى المحافل الدولية لجعل نهري دجلة والفرات نهرين دوليين واستخدام تقنيات حديثة في الري والاستخدام الأمثل للمياه في مجالات الصناعة والاستهلاك البشري.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9428"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/28/water-ministry-warns-this-years-drought-will-be-the-worst-so-far/#respond" title="Comment on Water Ministry Warns This Year’s Drought Will Be The Worst So Far">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 28th, 2010 by Khaled</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/28/water-ministry-warns-this-years-drought-will-be-the-worst-so-far/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Water Ministry Warns This Year’s Drought Will Be The Worst So Far">Water Ministry Warns This Year’s Drought Will Be The Worst So Far</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/early-warning/" title="View all posts in Early Warning" rel="category tag">Early Warning</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-habbaniya-lake/" rel="tag">Al Habbaniya Lake</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/drought/" rel="tag">drought</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/early-warning/" rel="tag">Early Warning</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/euphrates-river/" rel="tag">Euphrates river,</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/haditha-dam/" rel="tag">Haditha dam</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/precipitation-rates/" rel="tag">precipitation rates</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rainfall/" rel="tag">rainfall</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rate-of-flow/" rel="tag">rate of flow</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/snowfall/" rel="tag">snowfall</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syria/" rel="tag">Syria</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tigris/" rel="tag">Tigris</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tigris-and-euphrates-rivers/" rel="tag">tigris and euphrates rivers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkey/" rel="tag">Turkey</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkish-promises-to-increase-flow/" rel="tag">Turkish promises to increase flow</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water/" rel="tag">Water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Water Crisis (Iraq)</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>On Friday Water ministry officials warned that this summer Irak would endure a drought even worse than those of the last few years. They said that despite commitments not to obstruct water flows that Turkey and Syria continue to obstruct the flow of water in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  The Water Ministry Officials said that despite the fact that Turkey and Syria have experienced heavy rain and snowfalls this winter that the flows they are permitting downstream are "negligible".</p> <p>The ministry warned that water levels in Haditha Dam and Al Habbaniya Lake were very low and that the quantity of water being released on the Syrian-Iraki border region is 250 cubic meters per second or less which is half the required flow of 500 cubic meters per second.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8903"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/agricultural-sector/" rel="tag">agricultural sector</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/agriculture/" rel="tag">Agriculture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/euphrates-river/" rel="tag">Euphrates river,</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/farmlands/" rel="tag">farmlands</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rate-of-flow/" rel="tag">rate of flow</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salinity/" rel="tag">salinity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salinity-excessive/" rel="tag">Salinity - excessive</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/shat-al-arab/" rel="tag">Shat al-Arab</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tigris-and-euphrates-rivers/" rel="tag">tigris and euphrates rivers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tigris-river/" rel="tag">Tigris River</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Water Crisis (Iraq)</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">اعلنت وزارة الموارد المائية نجاح خطة الاستزراع الشتوية هذا العام بتحقيق نسبة انجاز تبلغ 198 بالمئة في المحاصيل الستراتيجية والخضروات. <br/>من جانب اخر كشف وزير الموارد عبد اللطيف رشيد في اجتماع وزاري انخفاض نسبة الملوحة في شط العرب بشكل كبير نتيجة امرار الحصص المائية اليه من نهر دجلة و تأمين الاحتياجات المائية. <br/>واشار عبد اللطيف الى ان الوضع المائي للعام الحالي شهد تحسنا كبيرا مقارنة بالعام الماضي نتيجة معدل الامطار الجيد، والذي ادى الى زيادة واردات نهر دجلة، مشيرا في الوقت نفسه الى ان ايرادات نهر الفرات ما زالت دون معدلاتها المطلوبة. <br/>وعلى صعيد متصل شدد وزير الموارد على اهمية الحفاظ على حجم المخزون المائي ضمن بحيرات وخزانات السدود، لاستغلالها على اكمل وجه، فضلا عن توزيع الحصص المائية بشكل عادل بين المحافظات والمزارعين لضمان ديمومة العملية الزراعية.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8756"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/02/23/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%af-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d9%82%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%8a/#respond" title="Comment on الموارد تعلن استقرار الموقف المائي في البلد">No 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salinity/" rel="tag">salinity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/salinity-resistant-crops/" rel="tag">salinity resistant crops</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tigris-river/" rel="tag">Tigris River</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Water Crisis (Iraq)</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">اعلنت وزارة الموارد المائية استقرار الموقف المائي في البلد بعد حصول زيادات بواردات نهر دجلة خلال الموسم الحالي. <br/>واشار مستشار الوزارة فيصل رشيد ناصر الى ان الموقف المائي في البلد استقر وذلك بعد دعوة الجانبين التركي والسوري الى الالتزام باطلاق الكمية المتفق عليها، موضحا ان الوزارة تمتلك معلومات تفيد بان واردات الثلوج والامطار للعام الحالي، ضمن حوض الفرات كانت جيدة. <br/>ومن جانب اخر افاد ناصر عن اعداد برنامجي عمل لانتشال الزراعة من واقعها المتردي يتضمن الاول مشروعا لزراعة ثلاثة ملايين دونم بالمحاصيل الستراتيجية باستعمال تقنيات الري المحوري والثابت والتنقيط، وبرنامج ثاني يهدف الى تقليل الملوحة في التربة من خلال تطوير نوعين من بذور الحنطة المتحملة للمـلوحة.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8558"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/01/31/red-cross-iraq-redoubling-efforts-to-boost-medical-care-for-civilians/#respond" title="Comment on Red Cross: Iraq: redoubling efforts to boost medical care for civilians">No Comments</a></span> Posted on January 31st, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/01/31/red-cross-iraq-redoubling-efforts-to-boost-medical-care-for-civilians/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Red Cross: Iraq: redoubling efforts to boost medical care for 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<p>The ICRC supports the Iraqi health-care system by supplying hospitals, providing training for medical personnel and other health workers, repairing medical infrastructure and in other ways as well. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in December 2009.</p> <p>The report can be downloaded as a PDF by following this link: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-update-260110/$File/Iraq-update-december-2009-ICRC-eng.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">ICRC activities in December 2009</a></p> <p>If you would like to help the Red Cross’ work in Irak you can do so by going here: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517012136/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/Help_the_ICRC?OpenDocument" class="external" target="_blank">Help the victims of war: make a donation to the ICRC today</a></li> </ul> <p>and choosing "Iraq" in step 1. The Red Cross and Red Crescent do desperately needed work throughout Irak and urgently need funds to continue.</p> <p>Please help if you can,</p> <p><em>Nur Hussein Ghazali</em></p> </p></div> <p><strong>Overview:</strong></p> <p>Decades of conflict have had a serious impact on the Iraqi health-care system and on the ability of civilians to obtain appropriate treatment. The ICRC has been supporting the system by delivering regular and emergency supplies to hospitals and, more importantly, by providing training for Iraqi doctors and nurses on war surgery, trauma management, infection control and delivery of first aid. "These seminars are important not only because of the topics covered but also because of what they teach us about sharing information and communicating with patients, something not generally taught in our system today," said Dr Jawad Ramadan, one of the surgeons participating in a three-day seminar on war surgery held in December for 40 doctors from different parts of the country. The seminar was organized by the ICRC in cooperation with Iraq’s Ministry of Health and with the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan regional government. </p> <p>Another 26 doctors and nurses attended a course on emergency-room trauma, and 21 volunteers from the Iraqi Red Crescent Society were given advanced training in proper first-aid delivery. "Courses such as these aim at improving the quality of health care provided for civilians, in particular by enabling medical staff to better cope with emergency situations and mass casualties," said Cedric Clerc, the ICRC delegate in charge of the training programme in Iraq. </p> <p>The ICRC also provides the Iraqi health authorities with support for limb-fitting centres and physical rehabilitation programmes. An annual seminar on providing prostheses, orthoses and wheelchairs for disabled people recently held in Erbil was attended by 57 participants, including managers, technicians, physiotherapists and representatives of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education. In addition, two prosthetists/orthotists and one physiotherapist from the ICRC-supported limb-fitting centre in Najaf attended a course on adapting wheelchairs to patients’ needs and training patients in their use. </p> <p>The ICRC recently completed a two-year reconstruction project at Al Jumhury General Hospital in Kirkuk, the main hospital in the governorate, which serves around 750,000 people. "This project, one of our biggest worldwide, gives an important boost to medical care in the area," said Laurent Poli, an ICRC water engineer working in Iraq. "We completely refurbished five of the 13 buildings in the hospital complex as well as the water supply and sewage systems." </p> <h3>Visiting detainees </h3> <p>The ICRC regularly visits detention facilities run by various Iraqi ministries and the US authorities, where it monitors conditions of detention and the treatment of detainees. In December, ICRC delegates visited detainees: </p> <p>● held under the authority of the Ministry of Justice in Fort Suse, Sulaimaniya governorate, and in Nasiriya correctional prison, Thi-Qar governorate; </p> <p>● held under the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior in Tasfirat Kirkuk, Kirkuk governorate, in Tasfirat Diwaniya, Diwaniya governorate and in the Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Baghdad governorate; </p> <p>● held under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and various security forces in northern Iraq in five prisons in Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates. </p> <p>In addition, the ICRC started repairing the sewage lifting station in the Counter-Terrorism Directorate, which will allow safe disposal of sewage from this place of detention and from the women’s section of Russafa prison, located in the same compound. </p> <p>Disabled detainees in Chamchamal prison, Sulaimaniya governorate, were given crutches. </p> <p>Over 4,000 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in December. The ICRC and the Iraqi Red Crescent Society work together to ensure that detainees and their families can stay in touch and exchange family news. </p> <h3>Clarifying what happened to missing persons </h3> <p>Thousands of families still do not know what happened to their loved ones who went missing in the various conflicts that have afflicted Iraq. The ICRC continues to support the efforts of the authorities to determine the whereabouts of thousands of people still unaccounted for as a result of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War. Since 2003, the organization has been training local forensic experts in the identification and management of mortal remains. </p> <p>In December, the Kuwaiti authorities handed over to the Ministry of Human Rights and Al Zubair Centre of Iraq the remains of three unknown Iraqis under the auspices of the ICRC. Once identified, the remains will be handed over to the families, who will finally be able to turn the page on a long and painful chapter of their lives. </p> <h3>Bringing aid to vulnerable people </h3> <p>The ICRC has maintained its support for people facing specidial difficulties earning a living and supporting their families, such as women heading households and people with disabilities, and its efforts to help communities earn income and achieve economic self-sufficiency. In December: </p> <p>● more than 36,000 displaced people (IDPs) living in group settlements in Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Kirkuk governorates were given kitchen sets, thermoses, teapots, kettles, jerrycans, buckets, blankets, hygiene kits and tarpaulins to help them cope with the harsh winter conditions; </p> <p>● more than 2,200 households headed by women were given monthly food parcels and hygiene items in Baghdad, Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Ninawa governorates; </p> <p>● about 94 disabled people in Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaimaniya and Ninawa governorates benefited from projects enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. </p> <h3>Providing clean water and sanitation </h3> <p>ICRC water engineers continued to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitation facilities all over Iraq. The aim was to enhance access for civilians to clean water and improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. In December, ICRC engineers: </p> <p>● built a consultation building in Al Qaim General Hospital, Al Qaim district, which was severely damaged amid fighting in 2005. The new structure enables the hospital to treat up to 1,000 patients per day; </p> <p>● built a primary health-care centre in Nizary, Soran district, serving around 1,500 people from 60 villages in the remote area of Sidakan sub-district, near the Turkish border; </p> <p>● completed construction of a paediatric unit in Sinjar Hospital, Ninawa governorate, serving around 300,000 people; </p> <p>● replaced the pumps and carried out maintenance work on the chemical treatment units in Habaniya water treatment plant, Anbar governorate, to increase the quantity and improve the quality of water delivered to about 30,000 people; </p> <p>● fully repaired Ramadi water treatment plant, the largest such facility in Anbar governorate, serving around 450,000 people; </p> <p>● replaced the chemical treatment units in 14 compact units around Babil governorate providing potable water for 180,000 inhabitants; </p> <p>● repaired the filtration and chlorine systems in Taza water treatment plant, Kirkuk governorate, providing drinking water for 25,000 people; </p> <p>● renovated Tabat Al-Kurd boosting station in Baghdad, serving 4,000 people in the area of Al-Fadhil; </p> <p>● repaired four boreholes in the Jabara area, Diyala governorate, to increase the quantity of water delivered to 7,000 people; </p> <p>● supplied and installed four pumps and conducted repair works in Khawaja Khalil water treatment plant, Ninawa governorate, providing water for 60,000 people. </p> <p>Water was delivered by truck to: </p> <p>● 4,500 displaced people in Sadr City and 340 displaced people in Husseinia and Ma’amil and in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, all in Baghdad governorate; </p> <p>● Qalawa Quarter camp in Sulaimaniya, hosting around 360 displaced people. </p> <h3>Promoting international humanitarian law </h3> <p>Reminding parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians is a fundamental part of the ICRC’s work. The organization also endeavours to promote international humanitarian law within civil society. 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