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UN / GING MYANMAR
STORY: UN / GING MYANMAR
TRT: 02:29
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV / OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 MARCH 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
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1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations headquarters
01 MARCH 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ging, Director of Operations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“Myanmar is a country where there have been considerable progress; politically, in governance, democracy, which is also unlocking very significant economic potential for the population. My concern there is to ensure that we don’t forget those who are in humanitarian need, and particularly the internally displaced and the Muslim minority.”
4. Med shot, reporters
5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ging, Director of Operations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“In the camps that I visited the temporary shelters were in a terrible state of disrepair, many of them dangerous and because they are falling down. And other conditions in the camp, water, sanitation, health, access to health care, again, a very real challenge for the populations there.”
6. Med shot, reporter
7. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ging, Director of Operations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“There is huge concern with the landmine issue. Myanmar has the third highest instance of casualties related to landmines and unexploded ordinance. And this is something that is of great concern to the local population.”
8. Wide shot, reporters
RECENT – OCHA, MYANMAR
9. Pan right, camp
10. Various shots, Ging walking through camp
11. Tilt up, from muddy ground to family in precarious shelter
12. Med shot, mother and child
13. Wide shot, crowd
14. SOUNDUP (English) John Ging, Director of Operations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“It’s not acceptable at all to be in these conditions.”
15. Various shots, people in camp
Just back from Myanmar, the UN emergency relief coordinator said that Myanmar was going through an impressive democratic transformation but expressed concern for “those who are in humanitarian need, and particularly the internally displaced and the Muslim minority.”
John Ging, who is the Director of Operations for the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, briefed media in New York following his recent visit to Myanmar, 22 to 25 February.
Ging said “Myanmar is a country where there have been considerable progress; politically, in governance, democracy, which is also unlocking very significant economic potential for the population.”
The official, whose mission focused on the people displaced by ongoing conflict in Kachin and northern Shan States and by the continuing impact of the 2012 inter-communal violence in Rakhine State, said “in the camps that I visited the temporary shelters were in a terrible state of disrepair, many of them dangerous and because they are falling down. And other conditions in the camp, water, sanitation, health, access to health care, again, a very real challenge for the populations there.”
In Kachin and northern Shan states, over 100,000 people remain displaced by conflict and living in temporary camps, despite the ceasefire signed last October.
Ging also expressed concern over the landmine issue.
He said “Myanmar has the third highest instance of casualties related to landmines and unexploded ordinance. And this is something that is of great concern to the local population.”
In Rakhine State, around 120,000 Muslims (mainly Rohingya) and 5,000 ethnic Rakhine remain displaced following the inter-communal violence of 2012.
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