UN / SYRIA AMOS

Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, in her briefing to the Security Council said since the adoption of resolution 2165 for cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access, “we have delivered to nearly all the hard-to-reach locations in the four governorates’, adding in “despite the progress we have made it is still not enough.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:16
• Production Date: 25 November 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1252868

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STORY: UN / SYRIA AMOS
TRT: 2:16
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 NOVEMBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

25 NOVEMBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Collectively, since the adoption of the resolution and primarily through cross-border deliveries, we have delivered to nearly all the hard-to-reach locations in the four governorates.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“But despite the progress we have made it is still not enough. We have faced considerable challenges in implementing resolutions 2139 and 2165 and continue to fall short of meeting the humanitarian needs of all the people we aim to reach in Syria.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Some 12.2 million people are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance throughout the country. More than five million of those in need are children. Violence has forced nearly half of Syrians from their homes, many of them multiple times. There are now some 7.6 million people displaced inside Syria. In addition, more than 3.2 million people have fled the country.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Today, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we particularly remember Syria's women and children. Sexual violence has been used as a form of torture, to injure, to degrade, intimidate and as punishment.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“This Council must also continue to call for an end to the bureaucratic steps which hinder the delivery of assistance; push for the inclusion of medical supplies in convoys; call for the lifting of sieges.”
13. Med shot, delegates
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“And this Council must also push for an end to the violence that is destroying the people and the country and having such a destabilizing impact on the region.”
15. Wide shot, zoom out, Security Council

Storyline

Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, in her briefing to the Security Council said since the adoption of resolution 2165 for cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access, “we have delivered to nearly all the hard-to-reach locations in the four governorates’, adding in “despite the progress we have made it is still not enough.”

During her monthly briefing on Syria, Amos said “we have faced considerable challenges in implementing resolutions 2139 and 2165 and continue to fall short of meeting the humanitarian needs of all the people we aim to reach in Syria.”

She explained that the conflict is affecting every Syrian, adding that Syria’s economy has contracted some 40 per cent since 2011. Unemployment now exceeds 54 per cent. Three quarters of the population live in poverty. School attendance has dropped by more than 50 per cent. Young people have few prospects of a bright future.

Amos also said “some 12.2 million people are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance throughout the country. More than five million of those in need are children”, adding “violence has forced nearly half of Syrians from their homes, many of them multiple times. There are now some 7.6 million people displaced inside Syria. In addition, more than 3.2 million people have fled the country.”

She stressed countries in the region and communities hosting refugees are bearing an enormous burden, underlining that this is the largest number of people displaced from conflict in the world.

Commenting on a recent report on ISIL’s brutality, including barbaric treatment of women and children, Amos said “today, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we particularly remember Syria's women and children. Sexual violence has been used as a form of torture, to injure, to degrade, intimidate and as punishment.”

She expressed hope about Member States continue to use their influence with the parties to the conflict to remind them to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law and guarantee regular and unhindered access.

Amos said “this Council must also continue to call for an end to the bureaucratic steps which hinder the delivery of assistance; push for the inclusion of medical supplies in convoys; call for the lifting of sieges.”

She stressed “and this Council must also push for an end to the violence that is destroying the people and the country and having such a destabilizing impact on the region.”

Regarding the humanitarian appeals for Syria and the region, she noted that they remain critically underfunded with less than half of funds requested.