UN / SYRIA UPDATE

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the Organization remained “alarmed about the safety and protection of over three million civilians in Idlib and surrounding areas in Syria, as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:55
• Production Date: 25 February 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2535383
• Parent Id: 2535383
• Alternate Title: unifeed200225d

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STORY: UN / SYRIA UPDATE
TRT: 1:55
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

25 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room
3. Various shots, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
(Starts under cutaway) “Turning to Syria, we remain alarmed about the safety and protection of over three million civilians in Idlib and surrounding areas in Syria, as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population. Reports indicate continued hostilities in many parts of northwest Syria with airstrikes in at least 24 communities and shelling in 20 communities in the last 24 hours alone. Two civilians were reportedly killed; six others reportedly injured in the overnight fighting. The latest estimate suggests that 948,000 people have been displaced in northwest Syria since December 1. That is an increase of some 73,000 from the previous week. Yesterday, the UN launched a revised humanitarian readiness and response plan for northwest Syria. The plan has been updated in response to the surge of needs of the people on the ground. It aims to reach at least 1.1 million people in need with humanitarian assistance at a total cost of 500 million USD. At the same time, we continue to seek improved access to people in need, including in conflict affected areas. Discussions are underway with Turkey to increase the capacity of aid crossing the border from 50 trucks a day to 100 trucks. The UN is also organizing assessment missions from within Syria to identify the needs of civilians that remain in former frontline areas.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. Wide shot, press room

Storyline

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the Organization remained “alarmed about the safety and protection of over three million civilians in Idlib and surrounding areas in Syria, as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population.”

Speaking to reporters in New York today (25 Feb), Dujarric said, according to reports, hostilities continued in many parts of northwest Syria with “airstrikes in at least 24 communities and shelling in 20 communities in the last 24 hours alone.” He said two civilians were reportedly killed and six others injured in the overnight fighting.

The UN spokesperson said the latest estimate suggested that 948,000 people have been displaced in northwest Syria since December 1, representing an increase of some 73,000 from the previous week.

Dujarric added that the UN had launched a revised humanitarian readiness and response plan for northwest Syria yesterday, which has been updated “in response to the surge of needs of the people on the ground.” He noted that the plan aims to reach “at least 1.1 million people in need with humanitarian assistance at a total cost of 500 million USD.”

The spokesperson said the UN continued to seek improved access to people in need. He reported on discussions that are underway with Turkey to “increase the capacity of aid crossing the border from 50 trucks a day to 100 trucks.” He said the UN was also organizing assessment missions from within Syria “to identify the needs of civilians that remain in former frontline areas.”