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Armenia: Operational highlights for 2024

Seed distribution to the border communities

Through our delegation in Yerevan and sub-delegation in Goris, we continued to support those affected by the conflict escalations in 2020-2023. We continued facilitating resilience-building programs in communities situated along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 

 

We interacted with the families of people unaccounted for in relation to the conflict escalations. We have continued implementing the Accompaniment of the Families of Missing program launched in November 2022. The program has been carried out based on the needs assessment of the families whose loved ones went missing in connection with the conflict escalation in 2020.

In addition, we kept providing technical and material support, including forensic expertise, to public authorities and forensic facilities to enhance preparedness and response for preventing disappearances and maximizing identification of the dead in emergencies. We also worked to support the access to emergency healthcare in border communities by strengthening the knowledge of medical personnel and the material capacity of health centers.

We kept visiting those detained in connection with the conflict escalations, whose detention had been confirmed by the respective authorities. During our visits, we assessed the treatment of the detainees and the conditions of their detention, as well as facilitated the exchange of news with their families. With the consent of the detaining authorities, the family contact was maintained by means of Red Cross messages, phone calls, oral greetings and/or pre-recorded video messages. 

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109,800

kg of high-quality and certified winter wheat seeds were distributed to five border communities of Gegharkunik, Syunik and Vayots Dzor regions. 

15,450

transfers were made by the ICRC from January to April 2024 as part of the state program for Cash for Rent and Utility for individuals who moved to Armenia from Karabakh. 

3,826

persons benefited from direct mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS).

 

1,290

calls and individual visits were received at the ICRC delegation in Yerevan and subdelegation in Goris concerning the conflict-related family separation.

557

oral, video and written Red Cross messages were exchanged between families and their relatives detained in relation to the conflict escalations.