GENEVA / AMOS

Briefing on Syria, South Sudan and Iraq, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos said there was ‘no let-up’ in the number of humanitarian crises that needed attention, or in their severity. UNTV CH

 

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:59
• Production Date: 16 June 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: IRAQ; SYRIA; SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1127278

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STORY: GENEVA / AMOS
TRT: 1.59
SOURCE: CH UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 JUNE 2014, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations

16 JUNE 2014, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“What is being reported to me in terms of ability to have greater access and movement is that in the last couple of weeks that has actually become more difficult and not easier because of some of the administrative arrangements which are currently being put in place."
4. Med shot, dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“In terms of the impact of aid to Syria right now I think it's too soon to tell, of course one of the border crossings that we have been looking at as a possibility of getting aid from Iraq into Syria is one of the border crossings that is now controlled by ISIS as a result of the recent action so we would need to look at that. But at the moment we have a major concern about how we can deal with the huge amount of displacement that we have seen in the last few days just as a result of the fighting in Mosul.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The situation continues to deteriorate despite the cease fire we're seeing ongoing violence and conflict. With the onset of the rains cholera has broken out and malaria has taken its toll on children and adults alike.”
8. Med shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
"There is no time to waste if we're to avoid a famine later in the year.”
10. Med shot, dais

Storyline

The UN’s top humanitarian spoke updated the press today (16 June) on the concerns and challenges facing the world organization.

Speaking to journalists at UN headquarters in Geneva, United Nations Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator Valerie Amos said there was ‘no let-up’ in the number of humanitarian crises that needed attention, or indeed in their severity.

In Syria, the number of people who received food aid had fallen by almost a million people in a month, and Amos said that Security Council Resolution 2139 had had little impact, with access remaining extremely difficult.

She said “in terms of ability to have greater access and movement is that in the last couple of weeks that has actually become more difficult and not easier because of some of the administrative arrangements which are currently being put in place”

The Under Secretary General also warned that access into Syria may deteriorate due to the upsurge in violence in neighbouring Iraq.

She said “in terms of the impact of aid to Syria right now I think it's too soon to tell, of course one of the border crossings that we have been looking at as a possibility of getting aid from Iraq into Syria is one of the border crossings that is now controlled by ISIS.”

Referring to the situation in South Sudan, Amos said there was “No time to waste if we're to avoid a famine later in the year.”

She said “the situation continues to deteriorate despite the cease fire we're seeing ongoing violence and conflict. With the onset of the rains cholera has broken out and malaria has taken its toll on children and adults alike.”