UN / UGANDA REFUGEE

The UN along with the government of Uganda appealed to donors to speed up contributions for the humanitarian response to end a funding shortage that has forced a revision of survival rations for refugees in Uganda. UNIFEED-UNTV / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:51
• Production Date: 17 August 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR; WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; REFUGEE PROTECTION
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN; UGANDA
• MAMS Id: 1691959
• Parent Id: 1691959
• Alternate Title: unifeed160817c

Description

STORY: UN / UGANDA REFUGEES
TRT: 1:50
SOURCE: UNFEED-UNTV / UNMISS / UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS:NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 AUGUST 2016, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE

Shotlist

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

17 AUGUST 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson, United Nations:
“The Government of Uganda, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have appealed to donors to urgently speed contributions to the humanitarian response to refugees in Uganda to end a funding shortage that has forced a revision of survival rations.”
4. Med shot, journalist
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson, United Nations:
“Around 200,000 refugees who arrived in Uganda prior to July 2015 will have their food rations or cash assistance reduced by 50 per cent starting this week.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson, United Nations:
“Low levels of funding, together with a large number of new arrivals fleeing to Uganda from South Sudan since 7 July, have left the refugee response with no choice but to re-prioritize their focus on the refugees in greatest need.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson, United Nations:
“The humanitarian response to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda was already severely underfunded before the latest outbreak of violence in Juba, which has since prompted more than 70,000 people to cross the border in to Uganda.”
10. Wide shot, press briefing room

FILE – UNMISS - 09 JANUARY 2014, RHINO REFUGEE CAMP, UGANDA

11. Wide shot, South Sudanese refuges at Rhino camp
12. Wide shot, refugees lining up for registration
13. Wide shot, mattresses and wood at the camp
14. Wide shot, refugees at the camp

FILE – UNHCR - 9 JUNE 2016, ADJUMANI, UGANDA

15. Pan right, refugees on back of truck with personal belongings
16. Med shot, refugee child descending truck with help of adult
17. Med shot, refugee woman walking off with suitcase on head
18. Wide shot, crowd of refugees with belongings
19. Wide shot, scores of people around UNHCR truck with belongings
20. Various shots, woman cooking

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) along with the government of Uganda appealed to donors to speed up contributions for the humanitarian response to end a funding shortage that has forced a revision of survival rations for refugees in Uganda.

UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told the reporters today (17 Aug) in New York that around 200,000 refugees who arrived in Uganda prior to July 2015 will have their food rations or cash assistance reduced by 50 per cent starting this week.

Noting that over 70,000 South Sudanese refugees have crossed the border in to Uganda after the latest fighting in Juba, Haq said the lack of funding, together with the new arrivals have “left the refugee response no choice but to re-prioritize their focus on the refugees in greatest need.”