UN / DAMASCUS WATER

A UN spokesperson told reporters today the United Nations stood ready to support Syrian authorities and the Red Crescent to restore water supplies to the capital Damascus after a local agreement was reported reached in the Wadi Barada area. UNIFEED / RECENT

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:44
• Production Date: 30 January 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; SYRIA SITUATION; WATER
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1822790
• Parent Id: 1822790
• Alternate Title: unifeed170130b

Description

STORY: UN / DAMASCUS WATER
TRT: 1:44
SOURCE: UNIFEED / RECENT
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 30 JANUARY 2017, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

30 JANUARY 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“Today, Syrian water authorities and Syrian Arab Red Crescent technical teams gained access to the Ain Al Fijeh spring to assess the infrastructure damage and start emergency repairs to resume the provision of water to Damascus. The Syrian Minister of Water Resources announced that water samples are being tested and that the damage observed is considerable, including to electronic devices. The UN stands ready to support the Syrian water authorities and the Red Crescent to ensure the swift repair of the infrastructure.”
4. Wide shot, press room

UNICEF - RECENT - 10 JANUARY, 2017 DAMASCUS, SYRIA

5. Wide shot, people gathered around water truck
6. Med shot, woman lining empty water canisters
7. Med shot, boy lining water canisters
8. Close up, boy and canisters
9. Tilt up, people lined up in front of water truck
10. Med shot, girl and water canisters
11. Close up, girl and canisters
12. Med shot, boys loading water canisters on a dolly
13. Pan right, boys leaving with water
14. Wide shot, water trucks with UNICEF flags

Storyline

United Nations (UN) spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters today (30 Jan) the UN stood ready to support Syrian authorities and the Red Crescent to restore water supplies to the capital Damascus after a local agreement was reported reached in the Wadi Barada area.

On Sunday, a local agreement was reportedly reached in the Damascus suburb resulting in a number of opposition fighters and their family members leaving the area to the province of Idleb. The Syrian capital has witnessed a water crisis since December 22nd as water facilities were targeted during fighting in the Wadi Barada area, the city’s main source for water.

Dujarric said Syrian water authorities and Syrian Arab Red Crescent technical teams had gained access to the Ain Al Fijeh spring today to assess the infrastructure damage and start emergency repairs to resume the provision of water to Damascus. He said the Syrian Minister of Water Resources announced that water samples were being tested and that “the damage observed is considerable, including to electronic devices.”

The spokesperson said the UN had provided trucked water to a number of neighbourhoods in Damascus and surrounding areas as well as to 101 schools benefiting 94,000 children during the water cut-off.