UN / HAITI CHOLERA

United Nations officials called for political will and financial support in order to help eliminate cholera in Haiti. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:02
• Production Date: 14 June 2017
• Asset Language: English; French
• Personal Subject: AMINA J. MOHAMMED; PETER THOMSON
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: CHOLERA; DISEASE CONTROL; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 1908625
• Parent Id: 1908625
• Alternate Title: unifeed170614h

Description

STORY: UN / HAITI CHOLERA
TRT: 02:02
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters

14 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, GA President Peter Thomson and Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“Much remains to be done to eliminate cholera in Haiti, and help move the country from fragility to sustainable development and economic growth. If we are to live together as good neighbours and employ our international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, here is a prime opportunity for good action. Therefore, the United Nations and other international partners must remain engaged and support in carrying out this effort.”
5. Wide shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The results of the New Approach to date have been positive. The intensified cholera response and control efforts are reducing the transmission of cholera. The Secretary-General is confident that the package of material assistance and support will alleviate the impacts of cholera and complement the other work under the New Approach. But without your political will and financial support, we have only good intentions and words.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Without additional resources, the intensified cholera response and control efforts cannot be sustained through 2017 and 2018. That would lead to further suffering and would be a significant setback to the goal of eliminating cholera in Haiti.”
9. Wide shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Denis Régis, Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations:
“The personal commitment of the new Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres as well as that of the Secretariat together with the tireless commitment of the team that has been put together to combat cholera in Haiti bears witness to the determination of the United Nations to take the bull by the horns and to do more.”
11. Wide shot, conference room

Storyline

United Nations officials today (14 Jun) called for political will and financial support in order to help eliminate cholera in Haiti.

During an informal briefing on the United Nations’ New Approach to Cholera in Haiti, the President of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson, said “much remains to be done to eliminate cholera in Haiti, and help move the country from fragility to sustainable development and economic growth.”

Thomson said that “Peter Thomson, “if we are to live together as good neighbours and employ our international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, here is a prime opportunity for good action.”

The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, said the results of the New Approach to date “have been positive,” noting that “the intensified cholera response and control efforts are reducing the transmission of cholera.”

But Mohammed noted that without political will and financial support, “we have only good intentions and words.”

The Deputy Secretary-General stressed that “without additional resources, the intensified cholera response and control efforts cannot be sustained through 2017 and 2018. That would lead to further suffering and would be a significant setback to the goal of eliminating cholera in Haiti.”

For his part, Haiti’s ambassador, Denis Régis, thanked Secretary-General António Guterres for his “personal commitment” and said “Haiti bears witness to the determination of the United Nations to take the bull by the horns and to do more.”

On August last year, former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a new approach to cholera in Haiti based on material assistance and support to those most directly affected by the cholera epidemic.

At the same time, the UN, in partnership with the Haitian Government, is intensifying its support to treating and reducing cholera, and ultimately ending the transmission of the disease.