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STORY: ILO / CHILD LABOUR
TRT: 01:21
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 JUNE 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
RECENT - UNTV CH - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
12 JUNE 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“And the point here is that it is self-evident and dramatic the extent to which crisis and disaster render children vulnerable. Homes destroyed, families disrupted, schools out of business… all of this means that conflicts and disasters are very bad news to those of us who are trying to put an end to child labour.”
FILE – OCTOBER 2016, BEKKA VALLEY, LEBANON
3. Wide shot, potato field
4. Med shot, children picking potatoes from field
FILE – APRIL 2017, BEIRUT, LEBANON
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadija, 11 year-old Syrian refugee:
“I worked in the potato fields. I started carrying a lot of potatoes and this is why I’m not getting any taller.”
FILE – OCTOBER 2016, BEKKA VALLEY, LEBANON
6. Med shot, child picking potatoes
7. Wide shots, children carrying heavy potato bags
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein, 13 year-old Syrian refugee:
“At work I felt tired and I felt older than I was.”
9. Wide shot, Syrian refugee children in makeshift camp
10. Med shot, children standing on unpaved road
11. Wide shot, children walking out of makeshift tent
12. Wide shots, children walking among makeshift tents
International Labour Organization (ILO) chief Guy Ryder said conflicts and disasters “are very bad news to those of us who are trying to put an end to child labour.”
Speaking today (12 Jun) at an event marking the World Day Against Child Labour in Geneva, Ryder said the world today was facing the greatest refugee crisis it has known for decades as crisis and disasters was afflicting many nations around the world. He said the “homes destroyed, families disrupted, (and) schools out of business” rendered children vulnerable. He stressed the need to do more to protect refugees and support the affected host countries to give adult refugees the opportunity to join the work force and their children the opportunity to receive an education.
ILO said over 1.5 billion people live in countries that affected by conflict, violence and fragility, while some 200 million people are affected by disasters every year; a third of them are children. The Organization said a significant proportion of the 168 million children engaged in child labour live in areas affected by conflict and disaster.
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