UN / GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE

United Nations announced today it has allocated USD 4.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund towards the rising humanitarian needs in Gaza, in addition to the USD 14.1 million announced earlier this week for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. UNIFEED / UNRWA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:15
• Production Date: 21 May 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA; UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST - UNRWA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 2621340
• Parent Id: 2621340
• Alternate Title: unifeed210521d

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STORY: UN / GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
TRT: 3:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED / UNRWA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNRWA FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 21 MAY 2021, NEW YORK CITY / 14 MAY 2021, NEW GAZA ELEMENTARY BOYS SCHOOL, GAZA

Shotlist

UNIFEED – FILE, NEW YORK CITY

1.Exterior shot, UN Headquarters

UNIFEED - 21 MAY 2021, NEW YORK CITY

2.Wide shot, spokesperson at the podium
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“Our colleague Mark Lowcock, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, today allocated USD 4.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund, towards the rising humanitarian needs in Gaza. This is in addition to the USD 14.1 million, which he announced earlier this week for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which comes from the central Pooled Funds for the OPT. So that total amount as of today, of money we have disbursed, is USD 18.6 million.”
4.Cutaway, reporters
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“Strong financial support is of course crucial to meet needs especially in Gaza, and also the West Bank. It is also critical that the Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund is replenished. This is a flexible tool to quickly respond to urgent needs. Today, 13 humanitarian trucks with food, COVID-19 vaccines, medical disposables, and drugs, including emergency medicines and first aid kits, for multiple UN Agencies and NGO partners, crossed into Gaza following the partial reopening of the Kerem Shalom Crossing.”
6.Cutaway, reporters
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“And, following the ceasefire announcement, the number of people seeking protection in UNRWA schools has now decreased to less than 1,000. The peak was about 66,000.”

UNRWA - 14 MAY 2021, NEW GAZA ELEMENTARY BOYS SCHOOL, GAZA

8.Tracking shot, school
9.Med shot, UN flag on the school building
10.Various shots, women and children sheltering in school
11.Med shot, two girls playing
12.Wide shot, school
13.Wide shot, men sitting in school courtyard
14.Various shots, boys filling plastic bottles with water from track
15.Med shot, displaced on classrooms’ balconies
16.Wide shot, displaced on classrooms’ balconies
17.Wide shot, men in courtyard
18.Med shot, girls cleaning a desk
19.Wide shot, displaced on classrooms’ balconies
20.Various shots, mother helping son to read
21.Various shots, two girls playing
22.Various shots, ‘welcome to our school’ sign
23.Various close ups, displaced

Storyline

United Nations announced today (21 May) it has allocated USD 4.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) towards the rising humanitarian needs in Gaza, in addition to the USD 14.1 million announced earlier this week for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The announcements were made by Mark Lowcock, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York “that total amount as of today, of money we have disbursed, is USD 18.6 million.”

“Strong financial support is of course crucial to meet needs especially in Gaza, and also the West Bank,” Dujarric said. “It is also critical that the Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund is replenished,” he added announcing that a three-month inter-agency Flash Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory is expected next week.

Dujarric reported that “today, 13 humanitarian trucks with food, COVID-19 vaccines, medical disposables, and drugs, including emergency medicines and first aid kits, for multiple UN Agencies and NGO partners, crossed into Gaza following the partial reopening of the Kerem Shalom Crossing.”

The Erez crossing was also opened temporarily and two of UN most senior officials, Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General for UNRWA, and Lynn Hastings, the Head of the humanitarian operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory have traveled to Gaza today, visiting with Gazans and examining what has happened.

The number of people sheltering at UNRWA schools has decreased, following the ceasefire announcement.

“The number of people seeking protection in UNRWA schools has now decreased to less than 1,000. The peak was about 66,000,” he said.