UN / HAITI FOOD INSECURITY

Nearly half the population of Haiti - 4.9 million people, are now struggling to feed themselves, according to a new analysis of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:21
• Production Date: 23 March 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: FOOD SECURITY; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 3025242
• Parent Id: 3025242
• Alternate Title: unifeed230323j

Description

STORY: UN / HAITI FOOD INSECURITY
TRT: 01:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 - 23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

22 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exteriors, United Nations headquarters

23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Haiti, a new analysis of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification – better known as the IPC – was published this morning.
This analysis shows a steady increase in the number of people facing food insecurity in the country. Nearly half the population - 4.9 million people, are now struggling to feed themselves.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“According to this analysis, 1.8 million people are estimated to be in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), up from 1.7 million in September last year.
The areas most affected are Cité Soleil and the town of Jérémie, on Haiti’s southern peninsula.
However, one slight improvement to note is that increased humanitarian food assistance in Cite Soleil pulled the most vulnerable people from Phase 5 – which catastrophic food insecurity- down into lower phases.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our WFP colleagues in Haiti stress that it is critical to continue lifesaving food assistance for the most vulnerable Haitians and to continue to prioritize resilience and safety-net initiatives to address the root causes of hunger, and they are calling for support.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room

Storyline

Nearly half the population of Haiti - 4.9 million people, are now struggling to feed themselves, according to a new analysis of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

Briefing journalists on Tuesday (21 Mar) in New York, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said “According to this analysis, 1.8 million people are estimated to be in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), up from 1.7 million in September last year. The areas most affected are Cité Soleil and the town of Jérémie, on Haiti’s southern peninsula.”

He continued, “However, one slight improvement to note is that increased humanitarian food assistance in Cite Soleil pulled the most vulnerable people from Phase 5 – which catastrophic food insecurity- down into lower phases.”

Haq noted, “Our WFP colleagues in Haiti stress that it is critical to continue lifesaving food assistance for the most vulnerable Haitians and to continue to prioritize resilience and safety-net initiatives to address the root causes of hunger, and they are calling for support.”