UN / MYANMAR URSULA MUELLER

Briefing reporters in New York on her recent visit to Myanmar, UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, said “protecting the most vulnerable people in Myanmar must be at the heart of the humanitarian response by the international community, national aid organisations, and the Government.” UNIFEED / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:46
• Production Date: 17 April 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: MYANMAR
• MAMS Id: 2131764
• Parent Id: 2131764
• Alternate Title: unifeed180417c

Description

STORY: UN / MYANMAR URSULA MUELLER
TRT: 01:46
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE : 17 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1.Exterior, United Nations Headquarters

17 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY

2.Wide shot, press briefing room
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula Mueller, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“Protecting the most vulnerable people in Myanmar must be at the heart of the humanitarian response by the international community, national aid organisations, and the Government.”
4.Wide shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula Mueller, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“We discussed the importance of ending conflict, and of strengthening peace and reconciliation efforts. In this meeting, I reaffirmed the commitment of the United Nations to support peace, stability and development in Myanmar, and offered the continued support of the United Nations and its humanitarian partners, to ensure that all people affected by conflict and natural disasters get the humanitarian protection and assistance they need.”
6.Med shot, Mueller sitting
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula Mueller, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“More funding is urgently needed for the Myanmar humanitarian response plan for 2018, which calls for 183 million US dollars to meet the needs of 832,000 people in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States.”
8.Wide shot, press briefing room

FILE – OCHA - 3 APRIL 2018, NAW PYI TAW, MYANMAR

9. Various shots, ASG Mueller and Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative Knut Østby are greeted by Myanmar’s State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

FILE – OCHA - 4 APRIL 2018 THET KAE PYIN CAMP, SITTWE TOWNSHIP, RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR

10. Med shot, ASG Mueller with woman and child

FILE – OCHA - 4 APRIL 2018, DAR PAI CAMP, SITTWE TOWNSHIP, RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR

11.Various shots, ASG Mueller walking through the camp and talking to refugees

FILE – OCHA - 4 APRIL 2018 THET KAE PYIN CAMP, SITTWE TOWNSHIP, RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR

11. Wide shot, scene of life in the camp, man with bike

FILE – OCHA - 4 APRIL 2018, DAR PAI CAMP, SITTWE TOWNSHIP, RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR

12. Med shot, girl crouching by the door

FILE – OCHA - 4 APRIL 2018 THET KAE PYIN CAMP, SITTWE TOWNSHIP, RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR

13. Med shot, man in the camp
14. Med shot, two children in the camp

Storyline

Briefing reporters on her recent trip to Myanmar, UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator said “protecting the most vulnerable people in Myanmar must be at the heart of the humanitarian response by the international community, national aid organisations, and the Government.”

During her visit to Myanmar, the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller observed first-hand the impact of the crisis in Rakhine State and the conflict in Kachin and Shan states. She also discussed ways to improve the humanitarian response.

Mueller noted that in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw, she met Myanmar’s State Counselor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Ministers of Social Welfare, International Cooperation, Border Affairs, and Defence.

On her meeting with the State Counselor, Mueller said “we discussed the importance of ending conflict, and of strengthening peace and reconciliation efforts.”

She added “in this meeting, I reaffirmed the commitment of the United Nations to support peace, stability and development in Myanmar, and offered the continued support of the United Nations and its humanitarian partners, to ensure that all people affected by conflict and natural disasters get the humanitarian protection and assistance they need.”

Mueller also said that more funding is urgently needed for Myanmar humanitarian response plan for 2018, “which calls for 183 million US dollars to meet the needs of 832,000 people in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States.”

Apart from nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled across the Myanmar border, a further 400,000 are living in “dire situations” at home, without access to healthcare or education.