UN / TURKIYE HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

The United Nations launched a one billion US dollar appeal for Türkiye to assist more than five million people affected by the cataclysmic earthquakes last week, the largest to hit the country in a century. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:37
• Production Date: 16 February 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MARTIN GRIFFITHS
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: EARTHQUAKES; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; NATURAL DISASTERS
• Geographic Subject: TURKEY
• MAMS Id: 3011804
• Parent Id: 3011804
• Alternate Title: unifeed230216c

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STORY: UN / TURKIYE HUMANITARIAN APPEAL
TRT: 03:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

16 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General announced the launching of a $1 billion humanitarian appeal for the people of Türkiye suffering from the most devastating earthquakes to hit the country in a century. The funding – which covers a three-month period -- will assist 5.2 million people and allow aid organizations to rapidly scale up vital support for Government-led relief efforts in a number of areas including food security, protection, education, water and shelter. The Secretary-General said that Türkiye is home to the largest number of refugees in the world and has shown enormous generosity to its Syrian neighbours for years and now is the time for the world to support the people of Türkiye – just as they have stood in solidarity with others seeking assistance. The needs – as you can imagine - are enormous, the Secretary-General said, and people are suffering, there’s no time to lose. He urged the international community to step up and fully fund this critical effort in response to one of the biggest natural disasters of our times.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The funding from the appeal and the resources will allow aid organizations to swiftly ramp up their operations to support Government-led response efforts in areas including food security, protection, education, water and shelter. Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, who was in the country last week said the people of Turkey have experienced unspeakable heartache and we must stand with them in their darkest hour and ensure they receive the support they need.”
7. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium

FILE – 11 FEBRUARY 2023, KAHRAMANMARAŞ, TÜRKIYE

8. Tracking shot, debris and tilted building
9. Various shots, search and rescue teams at work
10. Various shots, people living in a temporary tent settlement waiting in line at hot meal distribution at the Kahramanmaraş Expo Centre
11. Med shot, Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths meeting a family inside one of the emergency shelter tents
12. Aerial shot, temporary settlement in Kırıkhan

Storyline

The United Nations today (16 Feb) launched a one billion US dollar appeal for Türkiye to assist more than five million people affected by the cataclysmic earthquakes last week, the largest to hit the country in a century.

The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, told journalists in New York that the funding – which covers a three-month period – “will assist 5.2 million people and allow aid organizations to rapidly scale up vital support for Government-led relief efforts in a number of areas including food security, protection, education, water and shelter.”

Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to step up and fully fund the response effort, noting that Türkiye “is home to the largest number of refugees in the world and has shown enormous generosity to its Syrian neighbours for years and now is the time for the world to support the people of Türkiye – just as they have stood in solidarity with others seeking assistance,” the spokesperson said.

He said, “the funding from the appeal and the resources will allow aid organizations to swiftly ramp up their operations to support Government-led response efforts in areas including food security, protection, education, water and shelter.”

Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths also called for countries to support the appeal.

Dujarric quoted Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, who was in the country last week, saying, “the people of Turkey have experienced unspeakable heartache and we must stand with them in their darkest hour and ensure they receive the support they need.”

The UN and partners have been rushing to support Türkiye and neighbouring Syria in the wake of the devastating earthquakes that struck on 6 February.

More than nine million people in Türkiye alone have been directly impacted by the once-in-a-generation disaster, which has left 35,000 people dead, according to latest figures from the Government. 

The earthquakes struck at the peak of winter, leaving hundreds of thousands of people – including small children and elderly people – without access to shelter, food, water, heaters and medical care in freezing temperatures. 

Some 47,000 buildings have been destroyed or damaged, including schools, hospitals and other essential services.

Thousands of people have sought refuge in temporary shelters across the country. Many families have been separated, and hundreds of children are now orphaned or unable to be reunited with their parents.