Inter-agency assessment mission to Laiza and Maija Yang areas in Kachin State 

Dear colleagues, 
Please find enclosed link to the report on the Inter-agency mission to Laiza and Maija Yang areas in Kachin State, Myanmar. 

BACKGROUND
In August 2013, the Government granted permission for UN and INGOs to carry out cross-line missions to four areas of Kachin State where a total of approximately 25,000 IDPs are located. The permission covered the period of one month, from 26 August to 4 October, during which partners planned six missions to cover these areas. Three out of those six missions assisted IDPs in and surrounding Laiza, an area which missions had not been able to reach since December 2011 and has the highest concentration of IDPs in the areas beyond government control (over 15,000 people). The fourth mission assisted camps in the Maija Yang area. Given adverse road conditions due to above-average rainfall during the month of September, the remaining two missions to the surrounding areas of Mansi and Sadung could not go ahead. In total, 14 cross-line missions have taken place since the beginning of the conflict.

This report was issued by OCHA in Myanmar. Further inquiries should be directed to:

Pierre Péron, Public Information and Advocacy Officer

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Myanmar

Email: peronp@un.org
Tel: +95 (0)9861 0848