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Information provided by Syria about the damages and human and financial losses incurred on public and private properties in Syria as a result of the destruction by terrorist armed groups

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United Nations
Security Council

S/2017/4

Distr.: General
11 January 2017
Original: English

Identical letters dated 4 January 2017 from the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to attach herewith detailed information in tables about the damages and human and financial losses incurred on public and private properties, including utilities, in the Syrian Arab Republic as a result of the systematic and continuous destruction of property by terrorist armed groups, as well as damages done to infrastructure from the beginning of the crisis until the end of August 2016. I also enclose tables and statistics on what has been accomplished in terms of compensating Syrian citizens for damages done to their properties, as a result of the same property-destruction policy of those terrorist armed groups, up to September 2016 (see annex).

It would be highly appreciated if the present letter and its annex were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) Mounzer Mounzer
Chargé d'affaires a.i

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Annex to the identical letters dated 4 January 2017 from the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

[Original: Arabic]

General direct and indirect losses suffered by ministries and their agencies from the beginning of the crisis until the end of August 2016

Total book value of direct material damage (Syrian pounds)	Total value of indirect losses (Syrian pounds)	Total damage to individuals/administrative staff
		Deaths	Wounded	Abducted
5 787 868 240 734	23 430 387 774 000	8 285	12 510	2 047

Damage to buildings (economic and service) and vehicles at ministries and their agencies from the beginning of the crisis

Number of damaged buildings	Technical condition of the damaged buildings	Number of damaged and stolen vehicles
25 543 buildings and 1 194 heritage sites	Partial and whole damage	31 767

Figures on compensation paid for damage from the beginning of the crisis to September 2016 (in Syrian pounds)

Number of claims submitted	Number of open claims	Compensation due according to the rules	Number of claims paid	Amount paid	Percentage paid
199 395	86 839	28 835 237 984	50 974	15 654 828 931	59

General direct and indirect losses suffered by ministries and their agencies

Ministry	Total book value of direct material damage (Syrian pounds)	Total value of indirect losses	Deaths	Wounded	Abducted	Last updated
Presidency of the Council of Ministers	564 303 253	-	10	53	-	31 March 2014
Ministry of Presidential Affairs	63 614 734 000	-	11	9	3	12 January 2014
Ministry of Tourism	7 379 693 000	4 750 000 000 000	12	8	3	30 June 2016
Ministry of Environment (central)	4 350 000	-	2	-	-	31 December 2015
Ministry of Interior	415 039 000	-	2 795	7 690	1 093	30 June 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	38 443 000	-	2	3	5	31 December 2015
Ministry of Education (central)	15 694 050 000	30 076 800 000	471	37	31	30 June 2016
Ministry of Justice	3 597 624 000	50 000 000	31	3	14	30 June 2016
Ministry of Health	24 904 843 000	18 894 147 000	202	142	36	31 December 2015
Ministry of Religious Endowments	2 554 609 000	-	57	2	54	30 June 2016
Ministry of Culture	557 147 600	76 450 000	15	7	6	30 June 2016
Ministry of Electricity	202 317 980 000	2 364 000 000 000	288	219	47	30 June 2016
Ministry of Defence	45 570 186 474	45 867 770 000	1 421	1 948	118	30 June 2015
Ministry of Communication	22 864 567 000	35 570 449 000	151	83	30	31 August 2016
Ministry of Industry	266 634 766 000	279 979 801 000	256	213	72	31 March 2016
Ministry of Transportation	168 555 620 357	34 032 266 000	155	41	19	31 March 2016
Ministry of Oil	4 052 088 497 000	22 575 993 826 000	177	155	117	30 June 2016
Ministry of Finance	550 984 497 000	1 071 020 580 000	174	34	7	30 June 2016
Ministry of Economy	4 844 399 000	6 884 911 000	6	6	1	30 June 2016
Ministry of Domestic Trade	59 385 767 000	2 460 839 000	197	93	61	30 June 2016
Ministry of Water Resources	31 010 413 000	85 043 456 000	260	70	74	31 March 2016
Ministry of Agriculture	59 856 532 000	862 258 559 000	354	99	39	31 August 2016
Ministry of Housing	5 148 558 500	88 630 050 000	6	-	-	31 March 2016
Ministry of Public Works	23 624 073 000	67 231 819 000	117	58	41	31 March 2016
Ministry of Local Administration	191 946 500 000	411 483 931 000	876	1 361	135	31 March 2016
Ministry of Information	4 524 564 550	3 100 000 000	34	13	11	31 March 2016
Social affairs	958 805 000	19 170 000	16	4	6	30 June 2016
Ministry of Labour	87 670 000	-	7	2	8	30 June 2016
Ministry of Higher Education	3 363 460 000	109 251 000	182	157	16	30 June 2016
Total	5 787 868 240 734	32 430 387 774 000	8 285	12 510	2 047	From the beginning of the crisis until the above date

Damage to buildings (economic and service) and vehicles at ministries and their public agencies from the beginning of the crisis to 30 June 2016

Ministry	Number of damaged buildings	Technical condition of the damaged buildings	Number of damaged vehicles
Presidency of the Council of Ministers	24	Partial damage	-
Ministry of Presidential Affairs	9	Partial damage	14 vehicles (9 totally damaged and 5 with partial damage)
Ministry of the Environment	6	Partial damage	14 vehicles
Ministry of Education	10,438 schools and 216 administrative buildings	1,039 partially damaged schools, 331 totally damaged schools, 8,863 inaccessible schools, 216 partially damaged educational buildings and complexes and 205 shelter schools	150 (65 private cars, 7 motorcycles, 52 minibuses, 16 trucks and 10 buses)
Ministry of Public Works	285	249 partially damaged, 36 totally damaged	5 611
Ministry of Industry	188	105 partially damaged, 83 totally damaged	1 047
Ministry of Culture	12 buildings, 1,194 sites	Partially damaged	32 (1 motorcycle, 29 private cars, 2 microbuses)
Ministry of Higher Education	93	15 totally damaged, 78 partially damaged	107 (94 stolen and 13 sabotaged)
Ministry of Electricity	381	308 partially damaged, 73 totally damaged	1,310 (81 private cars stolen, 19 damaged; 77 buses and microbuses damaged; 130 field vehicles stolen, 18 damaged; 340 pick-up trucks stolen, 123 damaged; 94 cranes stolen, 59 damaged; 269 bicycles stolen, 42 damaged; 2 fire trucks, 9 agricultural tractors and 16 trucks damaged)
Ministry of Religious Endowments	982 (891 mosques and 91 endowments)	954 partially damaged, 28 totally damaged	26 stolen/destroyed
Ministry of Finance	309	264 partially damaged, 45 totally damaged	303 stolen/damaged
Ministry of Tourism	59	54 partially damaged, 5 totally damaged	38 cars damaged (25 private cars, 7 microbuses, 1 field vehicle, 1 pickup truck, 4 motorcycles)
Ministry of Domestic Trade	399	182 partially damaged buildings, 145 totally damaged, and 72 outside control	573 (88 private cars, 43 microbuses, and 442 trucks)
Ministry of Economy and Trade	46	6 totally damaged, 40 partially	64 (39 cars, 22 microbuses, damaged 3 motorcycles)
Ministry of Information	43	32 partially damaged, 11 totally damaged	70 damaged
Ministry of Local Administration	5 429	834 totally damaged, 4,595 partially damaged	4,941 (2,558 stolen, 1,886 partially damaged, 497 totally damaged)
Ministry of Transportation	194	158 partially damaged, 36 totally damaged	457 (165 pick-ups, 142 buses and microbuses, 28 trucks, 7 ambulances, 3 fire trucks, 41 supply vehicles, 2 trailers, 15 tank vehicles and 54 bicycles)
Ministry of Communications	560	521 partially damaged, 36 totally damaged	1,097 stolen/damaged
Ministry of Defence	643	55 totally damaged, 588 partially damaged	1,921 (149 private cars, 1,628 heavy service vehicles, 76 buses, and 68 microbuses)
Ministry of Water Resources	676	565 partially damaged, 111 totally damaged	2,531 vehicles damaged and stolen (2,136 stolen and 395 damaged)
Ministry of Justice	96	95 partially damaged, and 1 totally damaged	44 vehicles stolen/destroyed
Total	25,543 and 1,194 heritage sites	Partial and total damage	31,767 damaged and stolen vehicles

Governorate	Number of claims for full compensation submitted to date the Sub-Commission on Damages	Number of claims for compensation which have been physically inspected to date	Value of outstanding compensation in accordance with recognized rules and ratios (Syrian pounds)	Number of claims paid to date	Value paid to date as to compensation for personal damages (Syrian pounds)	Percentage paid
Damascus	24 965	9 926	2 549 336 716	8 417	1 375 700 000	84.8
Rif Dimashq	60 603	6 906	180 672 735	5 315	1 321 588 911	77
Qunaytirah	2 739	1 841	342 129 860	1 707	290 800 860	92.7
Dar'a	9 488	6 185	2 331 415 450	3 840	1 536 904 000	62.1
Suwayda'	446	173	34 850 596	40	3 530 407	23.1
Homs	24 615	6 398	1 787 779 977	3 515	693 305 620	54.9
Hama	25 979	25 979	14 349 341 656	12 476	6 704 456 120	48
Aleppo	17 798	14 326	2 312 195 238	8 803	1 378 642 369	61.4
Ladhiqiyah	14 100	4 800	1 409 363 000	3 330	1 434 221 000	69.4
Dayr al-Zawr	8 000	683	112 239 408	304	47 916 469	44.5
Tartus	1 125	1 122	60 970 000	202	10 172 000	18
Idlib	9 537	8 500	1 738 843 348	3 025	857 591 175	35.6
Total	199 395	86 839	28 835 237 984	50 974	15 654 828 931	58.7

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