UN / SYRIA VIOLENCE UPDATE

The United Nations (UN) remains “gravely concerned” by the recent escalation of hostilities in the northwest of Syria, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

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• Video Length: 00:02:13
• Production Date: 28 August 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2439799
• Parent Id: 2439799
• Alternate Title: unifeed190828d

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STORY: UN / SYRIA VIOLENCE UPDATE
TRT: 2:13
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 28 AUGUST 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

28 AUGUST 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. Med shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General:
“The UN remains gravely concerned by the recent escalation of hostilities in the northwest of Syria. Ongoing clashes, shelling and air strikes, including the use of barrel bombs, continue unabated in Idleb, in western Aleppo and northern Hama provinces. Schools, hospitals, and other critical civilian infrastructure have been damaged and humanitarian operations have been hindered as a result.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General:
“Satellite imagery shows entire towns and villages have been razed to the ground, while dozens of communities have been emptied. Since the start of the hostilities in April, over 550 civilians have been killed and over 400,000 people have been displaced from northern Hama and southern Idleb governorates. Many of them have been displaced multiple times, as we have been telling you. Almost half of the displaced people are living outside camps and reception centres, and they are living in open air areas or under trees.”
7. Med shot, reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General:
“On Monday, 15 civilians, including three women and three children, were reportedly killed in airstrikes on 7 communities in Idleb governorate. On the same day, two schools, a bakery and a hospital were damaged in Kafr Nobel. Three-quarters of the nearly 3 million people being impacted by the violence are women and children. Reports indicate that humanitarian needs are deepening, in particular with regards to shelter, food and non-food items. The United Nations continues to call on all parties to the conflict to do their utmost to ensure the safety and well-being of civilians in the conduct of military operations and to strictly follow international humanitarian law’s principles of distinction and proportionality.”
9. Wide shot, spokesperson leaving

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) remains “gravely concerned” by the recent escalation of hostilities in the northwest of Syria, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York.

Briefing journalists today (28 Aug) at UN headquarters, Secretary-General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “Ongoing clashes, shelling and air strikes, including the use of barrel bombs, continue unabated in Idleb, in western Aleppo and northern Hama provinces. Schools, hospitals, and other critical civilian infrastructure have been damaged and humanitarian operations have been hindered as a result.”

The spokesperson noted that satellite imagery showed that entire towns and villages had been razed to the ground, while dozens of communities had been emptied.

According to the UN, since the start of the hostilities in April, over 550 civilians have been killed and over 400,000 people have been displaced from northern Hama and southern Idleb governorates. Many of them have been displaced multiple times. Almost half of the displaced people are living outside camps and reception centres, and they are living in open air areas or under trees.

On Monday, 15 civilians, including three women and three children, were reportedly killed in airstrikes on 7 communities in Idleb governorate. On the same day, two schools, a bakery and a hospital were damaged in Kafr Nobel, the spokesperson said.

Dujarric noted that three-quarters of the nearly 3 million people being impacted by the violence were women and children. He added, “Reports indicate that humanitarian needs are deepening, in particular with regards to shelter, food and non-food items.”

The United Nations (UN) continues to call on all parties to the conflict to do their utmost to ensure the safety and well-being of civilians in the conduct of military operations and to strictly follow international humanitarian law’s principles of distinction and proportionality.