UN / PALESTINE HUMANITARIAN RECOVERY APPEAL

A UN Spokesperson told reporters in New York that "the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, better known as UNRWA, is launching a $164 million humanitarian and early recovery appeal following the hostilities in Gaza in May.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:08
• Production Date: 22 June 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST - UNRWA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 2634561
• Parent Id: 2634561
• Alternate Title: unifeed210622d

Description

STORY: UN / PALESTINE HUMANITARIAN RECOVERY APPEAL
TRT: 1:08
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 JUNE 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

22 JUNE 2021, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, better known as UNRWA, is launching a $164 million humanitarian and early recovery appeal following the hostilities in Gaza in May. This updated appeal incorporates the immediate emergency response actions implemented by UNRWA in Gaza and the West Bank between 10 and 31 May, as well as early recovery needs of Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The appeal for this year outlines the needs for emergency shelter repairs, humanitarian assistance to displaced families and emergency repairs and maintenance of UNRWA installations. The funds will also be required to temporarily subsidize rental payments for those Palestinian families, whose shelters have been completely destroyed or damaged, in the form of Transitional Shelter Cash Assistance.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room

Storyline

A UN Spokesperson told reporters that “the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, better known as UNRWA, is launching a $164 million humanitarian and early recovery appeal following the hostilities in Gaza in May.”

Briefing journalists today (22 Jun) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “the updated appeal incorporates the immediate emergency response actions implemented by UNRWA in Gaza and the West Bank between 10 and 31 May, as well as early recovery needs of Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”

He continued, “The appeal for this year outlines the needs for emergency shelter repairs, humanitarian assistance to displaced families and emergency repairs and maintenance of UNRWA installations,” adding that “The funds will also be required to temporarily subsidize rental payments for those Palestinian families, whose shelters have been completely destroyed or damaged, in the form of Transitional Shelter Cash Assistance.”