HAITI / BAN MEMORIAL

Secretary-General Ban Ki moon arrived  for a two-day visit in Haiti. Ban and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek, began their visit by laying a wreath at the UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)  earthquake memorial. MINUSTAH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:12
• Production Date: 14 July 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: MEMORIAL SERVICES
• Geographic Subject: HAITI; UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI - MINUSTAH
• MAMS Id: 1137670

Description

STORY: HAITI / BAN MEMORIAL
TRT: 1.12
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 14 JULY 2014, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife arrive at the MINUSTAH earthquake memorial
2. Wide shot, Ban receiving flowers wreath
3. Close up, flower wreath
4. Med shot, Brazilian soldier playing trumpet
5. Wide shot, Ban and his wife honoring the fallen
6. Med shot, Ban and his wife praying
7. Wide shot, Ban and his wife saluting the soldiers
8. Close up, earthquake memorial MINUSTAH
9. Wide shot, delegation leaving the memorial

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki moon arrived today (14 July) for a two-day visit in Haiti.

Ban and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek, begun their visit by laying a wreath at the UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) earthquake memorial.

During the 2010 earthquake 102 staff members perished, the biggest loss in the history of the organisation.

Later in the day, Ban will travel to a village in the Central Department to launch the country’s “Total Sanitation Campaign” which aims to scale up sanitation and hygiene interventions in rural areas. He will be joined by Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and he will also meet with the local community and with families which were affected by cholera.

Since the beginning of the epidemic in October 2010, the UN has initiated a system-wide effort to support the Haitian Government to fight the disease. In December 2012, Ban launched an initiative for the elimination of cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic that focuses on prevention, treatment and education, as well as infrastructure planning for the long-term.

Back in the capital Port-au-Prince, the Secretary-General will meet with President Michel Martelly as well as with parliamentarians. He will have interactions with the leadership of the UN Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, be briefed on its activities, and see the Mission’s work in the area of the rule of law.

Also during his visit, the Secretary-General will inaugurate the “Sports for Hope” Centre with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach.

The Secretary-General will then travel to the Dominican Republic where he will meet with the President, Danilo Medina. He will also meet with the Presidents of the Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies and address a joint session of Congress.