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661 Committee
Update
Oil-for-Food
Program Transition
661 Committee Update
17
November 2003
New York,
NY
Ambassador
Steven Mann, OFF Transition Coordinator,
CPA
Robert
von Tersch, OFF Transition Team, CPA
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Handover
Process 00Northern Governorates
High
Points
All
elements are in place for a successful
transition on November 21
Iraqi operational
capacity is adequate: they will take control of their affairs
CPA will augment
management capacity in key areas
WFP to continue
in advisory role: assisting in warehouse and food distribution management
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South/Central
Transition plans
proceeding
Coordination Center
established
Transition/logistics
Communications
Security
Iraqi involvement
paramount
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Contract Processing
Virtually 100% of
the approved and funded contracts have been reviewed for prioritization
Over 80% have been
sent forward for further processing by the relevant UN agencies.
The various UN agencies
have completed nearly 90% of their task.
Contract prioritization
resulted from detailed exchanges among the tripartite parties00raq,
CPA, and the UN; Iraqis were at the center of these decisions.
Meeting their reconstruction
needs -- as advanced by them -- served as the primary rationale throughout
the process.
UN should continue
the renegotiation process until the 21st of November in line with the
Sanctions Committee request that contracts can be prioritized until
that point.
Coalition will honor
its commitments regarding approved and funded contracts with relative
utility as stated in UNSCR 1483.
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Public
Distribution System
Key Issues
PDS will continue
post 21 November
Continuity for
the Iraqi people
Continuity for suppliers
Food pipeline with
1 month buffer will be secured by:
Bringing forward
existing contracts
Signing new contracts
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Public
Distribution System
WFP Role
MOU with WFP to
ensure delivery of SCR 1483 goods, as well as procurement and delivery
of critical buffer stocks
They will:
Co-ordinate delivery
of food to designated points
Procure and deliver
additional commodities to provide essential buffer stock for PDS.
Capacity building
with MOT in the areas of shipping, procurement, commodity tracking and
pipeline management
WFP role will be
phased out of operational involvement in PDS in June 2004
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Public
Distribution System
The North
PDS commodities
will be provided through Ministry of Trade00 central delivery and
procurement mechanism in Baghdad (which will be managed by WFP temporarily).
Food Departments
will arrange transport of goods from distribution points to 3NGs, warehousing,
and distribution to food agents.
WFP will provide
technical staff to support the Food Departments for 3-6 months.
Will ensure food
for the most vulnerable.
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Coordination
Center
Allay supplier concerns
regarding the flow of OFF goods.
Provide OFF goods
movement oversight, both outside and inside Iraq using freight management
software.
Constant and increasing
Iraqi involvement.
Support from Coalition
experts in transportation/logistics, communication, and security.
Correspond on a
daily basis with the UN mandated border authentication points.
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1
Manufacturer
Border Team
2
Shipper
Cotecna, S.A.
Alert flow with
World Food Program (WFP)
WFP
CC
Trans
Min
Sec
CC 00Coordination Center
Trans 00Transportation
Min 00Ministry Representatives
Sec - Security
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Manufacturer
3
Coordination
Center
2
Border Teams
(Min reps)
Shipper
1
Cotecna, S.A.
4
UN Treasury/BNP
Authentication
And Payment
$
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Coordination
Center Contact
Welcome
to the CPA Oil for Food Transition
Page
Building
the market structure that promotes private business.
Our telephone
number is +914.509.6888
To send a fax, use the same number.
Our email address is:
oilforfood@baghdadforum.com
We regret that
we cannot address questions regarding previous contract negotiations.
Helpful Links
Shipping terms
explained
http://www.iccwbo.org/index_incoterms.asp
United Nations
Office of the Iraq Program homepage
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip
United Nations
Joint Logistics Centre
http://www.unjlc.org/content/index.phtml/itemId/5478
World Food Program
http://www.wfp.org
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/oil_for_food/index.html
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Freight Management
Teams at each border
point enter data
Coordination center
views data via web
Logisticians manage
traffic in real time
Customers (ministries,
suppliers) gain ownership in the system through accessing the web and
through e-mail alerts sent by operators
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Coordination
Center Process
Call comes in; routed
to Iraqi representative
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resolution; etc00/font>
Action: freight
alert: Database personnel gets paper (need it)
Database personnel
acts on WebFreightPro from paper and files paper in 00pen order00
file
End of day:
open order review and audit
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OFF
Post-transition Data Flow
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Freight
Management
Measures of effectiveness
(Customer)
Where is the shipment?
When will it be
received?
the above within
one phone call
To whom is damage
reported?
What if the freight
doesn00 arrive on time?
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Security
Plan
Border location
will be provided by a contracted security company
Route security will
be provided by a contracted security company
Warehouse security
will be provided by Ministry Force Protection Service
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OFF
Authentication
CPA GOAL:
Continue uninterrupted
authentication after 21 November
Authenticate in
accordance with Letters of Credit Terms & Conditions
Address authentication
problems under OFF Program
Contract with COTECNA
INSPECTION S.A.
COTECNA CONTRACT:
Assign UN contract
to CPA (22 November through 31 December)
Most efficient
means for uninterrupted authentication
Scope of work remains
unchanged from current UN contract
New contract with
COTECNA (1 January through 30 June)
Complete authentication
in Umm Qasr port
Increased Iraqi
capacity building
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Conclusion
21 NOVEMBER
OFF PROGRAM TRANSITION
UNSCR 1483 timeline
met
Challenges addressed
via Iraqi, CPA and UN coordination and pragmatic approach
End
of an important chapter in Iraq;
Beginning
of a new chapter for the Iraqi people:
movement from OFF involvement to
economic self-sufficiency
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