UN / SYRIA HUMANITARIAN

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, told the Security Council that “the impact of the Syria crisis, continues to be profound,” and called for the extension of resolution 2165 which allows for crossline operations within Syria. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:46
• Production Date: 30 October 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MARK LOWCOCK
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2020930
• Parent Id: 2020930
• Alternate Title: unifeed171030c

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STORY: UN / SYRIA HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 01:47
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 30 OCTOBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

30 OCTOBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Mark Lowcock on screen at the Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The impact of the Syria crisis, continues to be profound.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“More than 13 million people inside Syria still need humanitarian assistance. 6.3 million of them are exceptionally vulnerable and in acute need as a result of displacement, hostilities, and limited access to basic goods and services. Conflict and violations of international humanitarian law continue to be the principal drivers of humanitarian need, with civilians in many parts of the country enduring massive suffering.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The UN and our partners continue to implement in Syria one of the largest humanitarian operations in the world. We are reaching millions of people on a monthly basis. For example, in September WFP provided food assistance to more than 3.3 million people, UNICEF reached over 1.5 million people, and WHO reached over 800,00 people.”
10. Med shot, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Our experience with crossline operations within Syria, which I’ve just referred to, leads us to believe that it would be impossible to reach people in a sustained manner from within Syria. I therefore regard a renewal of resolution 2165 as essential. Millions of people depend on the activities it mandates.”
12. Zoom out, Council

Storyline

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, told the Security Council today (30 Oct) that “the impact of the Syria crisis, continues to be profound.”

Lowcock said “more than 13 million people inside Syria still need humanitarian assistance. 6.3 million of them are exceptionally vulnerable and in acute need as a result of displacement, hostilities, and limited access to basic goods and services.”

He said “conflict and violations of international humanitarian law continue to be the principal drivers of humanitarian need, with civilians in many parts of the country enduring massive suffering.”

The humanitarian official said the UN and its partners are “reaching millions of people on a monthly basis.”

For example, he said, “in September WFP provided food assistance to more than 3.3 million people, UNICEF reached over 1.5 million people, and WHO reached over 800,00 people.”

Lowcock said “it would be impossible to reach people in a sustained manner from within Syria” without a renewal of Security Council resolution 2165, which allows for crossline operations.

He said, “millions of people depend on the activities it mandates.”