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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 APRIL 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
04 APRIL 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Daniel Craig walks up to the podium
3. Close up, photographer
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Craig, UN Global Advocate on the Elimination of Mines and Explosives Hazards:
“Conflicts continue to rage in Syria, in Iraq, in Libya, in Somalia, and in the Sahel. We have seen terrible images of immense suffering and unspeakable brutality, of hopelessness and despair. And yet, we have also witnessed an incredible human spirit, an unstoppable fight for life, and so much bravery and compassion. UNMAS, the United Nations Mine Action Service, plays a critical role in improving the immediate chances of survival of civilians and aid workers caught up in armed violence. UNMAS provides a long-term solution to the biggest problem facing the victims of war, how to return to a normal life.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnès Marcaillou, Director of the UN Mine Action Service:
“We are no longer restricting our activities to land mines. This is indeed important, but it’s about landmines, it’s about unexploded ordinance - which is what we face most of the time now; the legacy of conflict is tremendous, the recent intensity of the conflicts - and it is about IEDs.”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnès Marcaillou, Director of the UN Mine Action Service:
“The main issue we are going to face in Syria will be the legacy of conflict. It’s going to be the unexploded ordinance, the unexploded cluster munition, the unexploded everything that has been fired for the past five years by everybody.”
8. Med shot, reporters
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnès Marcaillou, Director of the UN Mine Action Service:
“In Iraq, if you decide to return to your home after Daesh has left your village, you are likely to find your doors, your windows, your stove, your holy book, the Koran, the windows, everything will be booby-trapped.”
10. Zoom out, end of meeting
11. Various shots, Craig meeting with Secretary-General ban Ki-moon
RECENT – UNIFIL - UNIFIL SPANISH BASE, UN POSITION 7-2, SOUTHERN LEBANON
12. Various shots, demining engineer detonating a suspicious device
13. Various shots, demining engineer showing explosive device to students
FILE – 5 MARCH 2016, WESTERN SAHARA
14. Various shots, demining team at work
Marking Mine Action Day, UN Global Advocate on the Elimination of Mines and Explosives Hazards, Daniel Craig, said that as conflicts continue to rage in Syria, in Iraq, in Libya, in Somalia, and in the Sahel, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) “provides a long-term solution to the biggest problem facing the victims of war, how to return to a normal life.”
Best known for his role as 007 in the James Bond films, Craig was appointed last year by Secretary-General Ban Ki moon.
In many places around the world, new or re-emerging conflicts are creating a legacy of explosive hazards, such as landmines, cluster munitions and improvised explosive devices. UNMAS Director, Agnès Marcaillou, said the agency is no longer restricting its activities to land mines.
She said “it’s about landmines, it’s about unexploded ordinance - which is what we face most of the time now; the legacy of conflict is tremendous, the recent intensity of the conflicts - and it is about IEDs.”
Marcaillou said “the main issue we are going to face in Syria will be the legacy of conflict. It’s going to be the unexploded ordinance, the unexploded cluster munition, the unexploded everything that has been fired for the past five years by everybody.”
In Iraq, she noted, “if you decide to return to your home after Daesh has left your village, you are likely to find your doors, your windows, your stove, your holy book, the Koran, the windows, everything will be booby-trapped.”
On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year should be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. This year’s theme is ‘Mine Action is Humanitarian Action.’
In South Sudan, 14 million square meters of contaminated land have been cleared; 3,000 kilometres of road made safe; and 30,000 mines and explosive remnants of war destroyed. And more than half a million people have received risk education over the last 12 months.
Since August 2015, 14 tonnes of unexploded ordnance have been destroyed in Syria, and last year, more than 2 million Syrians received risk education in schools and communities, and more than 5,400 people received physical rehabilitation services.
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