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DATELINE: 27 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
27 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“The continued suffering of the people in Syria cannot be blamed on humanitarian organizations and staff; rather, it is the failure of both the parties and the international community that have allowed this conflict to continue for far too long. And try as we may, humanitarian action cannot be a substitute for political action. The only solution is through political dialogue that reduces and ultimately ends the violence. The key stakeholders in the Syria crisis must do what has never been done up to this point and put people before politics.”
4. Med shot, delegate
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“As this conflict approaches its sixth year, now is the time for those Council members with influence on the parties to put their differences aside and come together – at the most senior political levels – to find ways to improve access to the millions of Syrians that remain trapped in besieged and hard-to-reach areas.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“Over 250,000 people killed, well over a million injured, 6.5 million displaced within Syria, almost 4.6 million refugees, and much of the remaining population – some 13.5 million people – are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. We must never forget that behind each of these figures are the individual and personal stories of girls, boys, women and men whose lives have been uprooted; whose dreams for the future have been shattered; and who have witnessed and been subjected to unspeakable fear and suffering.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme:
“We estimate that there are 18 besieged areas and close to half-a-million people cut off from food and other crucial humanitarian assistance. In many of these areas people are running out of food or may have already run out of food. We simply do not know. It is just a matter of time before the brutal images that we have witnessed these past few weeks hit our screens again.”
10. Zoom out, Council
As the Syrian conflict approaches its sixth year, United Nations officials today (27 Jan) called for political dialogue that would reduce suffering and bring an end to the conflict.
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien told the Security Council that “the continued suffering” of the people in Syria represents “the failure of both the parties and the international community that have allowed this conflict to continue for far too long.”
O'Brien stressed that “humanitarian action cannot be a substitute for political action” and said “the key stakeholders in the Syria crisis must do what has never been done up to this point and put people before politics.”
He said “now is the time for those Council members with influence on the parties to put their differences aside and come together – at the most senior political levels – to find ways to improve access to the millions of Syrians that remain trapped in besieged and hard-to-reach areas.”
The humanitarian official noted that “over 250,000 people killed, well over a million injured, 6.5 million displaced within Syria, almost 4.6 million refugees, and much of the remaining population – some 13.5 million people – are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.”
He said these figures represent “the individual and personal stories of girls, boys, women and men whose lives have been uprooted; whose dreams for the future have been shattered; and who have witnessed and been subjected to unspeakable fear and suffering.”
Also addressing the Council, the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Ertharin Cousin, said there are an estimated 18 besieged areas and close to half-a-million people “cut off from food and other crucial humanitarian assistance” in Syria.
In many of these areas, she said, “people are running out of food or may have already run out of food.”
Cousin added that “it is just a matter of time before the brutal images that we have witnessed these past few weeks hit our screens again.”
Today’s is the third Security Council meeting on Syria this month.
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