UKRAINE / GRIFFITHS VISIT

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths arrived today in the country for a four-day visit. Today he was in Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:04:37
• Production Date: 12 December 2022
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MARTIN GRIFFITHS
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES; WAR
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 2993749
• Parent Id: 2993749
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Description

STORY: UKRAINE / GRIFFITHS VISIT
TRT: 04:37
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

DATELINE: 12 DECEMBER 2022, MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE

Shotlist

1. Various shots, USG Griffiths touring a Mykolaiv bakery
2. Various close ups, preparation of baked goods
3. Tracking shot, Griffiths and delegation walking to meeting with local authorities
4. Med shot, mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, greeting Griffiths.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Oleksandr Sienkevych, mayor, Mykolaiv:
“For sure we have a lot to do, but anyway the worst days already passed, and we now think about recovery.”
6. Close up, Martin Griffiths and interpreter
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Oleksandr Sienkevych, mayor, Mykolaiv:
“Today as you see Mykolaiv has a peaceful situation, I mean, you see a lot of cars, you see a lot of people… And for sure [there are] people now in need and suffering, without food and basic needs.”
8. Tracking shot, Griffiths and delegation walk up to a damaged building in Mykolaiv
9. Various shots, damaged building
10. Tracking shot, Griffiths and delegation walking to meet the Governor of Mykolaiv region
11. Med shot, the Governor of Mykolaiv region, Vitalii Kim, greets Griffths
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“I’d be really interested, on that matter, what were the things that, when Mykolaiv finally came out of the battle, what were the things that were really important for you? In terms of priorities?”
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Vitalii Kim, Governor, Mykolaiv:
“Demining machines, it’s very important. This is first of all”
14. Wide shot, meeting between Griffiths and Kim
15. Various shots, Kim and Griffiths in front of map
16. Various shots, Griffiths talking with people affected by the war, currently living in a centre hosting displaced people

Storyline

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths arrived today in the country for a four-day visit. Today he was in Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine.

His first stop was at a woman-owned bakery that has remained open throughout the nine months of war.

Today, with support from the World Food Programme, it produces baked goods distributed by WFP to people in Mykolaiv and the front-line city of Kherson.

The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, and the Governor of Mykolaiv region, Vitalii Kim, met Griffiths and explained how the economy of Mykolaiv has been devastated by the war, and how insecurity is still impacting their ability to repair water, electricity systems, and resume other essential services.

Griffiths visited a displacement centre where humanitarians work to keep people going and survive in a city which today hosts only half of its original population of 500,000 people.

The UN and its humanitarian partners reached over half a million people in the Mykolaiv region with aid this year, and most recently, helped the authorities by giving dozens of generators to hospitals, schools or centers for displaced people.