UN / YEMEN UPDATE

It is vital that the critical life-saving activities - including protection and emergency shelter are addressed and supported in parallel with food, health and education programmes in order to counter the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, United Nations said today. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:21
• Production Date: 26 October 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2289317
• Parent Id: 2289317
• Alternate Title: unifeed181026e

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STORY: UN / YEMEN UPDATE
TRT: 1:21
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE:26 OCTOBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY

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1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters

26 OCTOBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson entering press room
3. Cutaway, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“Current pre-famine conditions and cholera cases in Yemen come on top of the disastrous impact the conflict has had so far - massive displacement and mounting civilian casualties. Therefore, it remains vital that the critical life-saving activities - including protection and emergency shelter - are addressed and supported in parallel with food, health and education programmes.”
5. Cutaway, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“More than two thirds of an estimated 2.7 million internally displaced people (IDPs) have been living in displacement for more than two years. Many of them fled to safer parts of the country and have now depleted all their resources. In order to meet their immediate needs and strengthen their resilience, UNHCR is providing cash assistance to the most vulnerable families.”
7. Cutaway, reporters
8. Zoom out, end of press conference

Storyline

Updating reporters in Friday New York on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, the United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said “current pre-famine conditions and cholera cases in Yemen come on top of the disastrous impact the conflict has had so far - massive displacement and mounting civilian casualties.”

According to the UN Refugee Agency, 22.2 million Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian assistance. Those forced to flee their homes are especially at risk. Two million people now languish in desperate conditions, away from home and deprived of basic needs. The situation is so dire that almost one million displaced Yemenis have lost hope and tried to return home, even though it is not yet safe.

Dujarric said “it remains vital that the critical life-saving activities - including protection and emergency shelter - are addressed and supported in parallel with food, health and education programmes.”

He also said “more than two thirds of an estimated 2.7 million internally displaced people (IDPs) have been living in displacement for more than two years. Many of them fled to safer parts of the country and have now depleted all their resources.” adding that “in order to meet their immediate needs and strengthen their resilience, UNHCR is providing cash assistance to the most vulnerable families.”

However, the funding for the UNHCR’s operation in Yemen is severely limited and it currently stands at only three percent of what is needed to provide life-saving relief.