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UN / DRC HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
STORY: UN / DRC HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
TRT: 02:13
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 4 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters flag alley
4 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that months of violence and insecurity in the eastern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu have put millions of people on the brink of major humanitarian catastrophe. In North Kivu alone, persistent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) had displaced more than 222,000 people, and that is just in January and February alone of this year, bringing the total number of displaced since violence broke out in March last year to over 880,000.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“More than half of these men, women and children are living in precarious conditions in the cities of Nyira-gongo and Goma and surrounding areas. In Ituri province, there are 6.1 million internally displaced people in the country, 65 percent of them are in Ituri and North Kivu.”
6. Close up, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our colleagues say that violence is also spreading to parts of the country that had remained calm in the past years. This includes the western provinces of Mai-Ndome and Kwilu, which have been plagued by intercommunal violence since June of last year. As a result of the violence, food insecurity is on the rise in a country that is already home to more than 26.4 million people who struggle to access enough food every day. Cases of malnutrition and epidemics like measles and cholera are increasing, further stretching the humanitarian community’s capacity to respond.”
8. Close up, journalist asking question
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We, alongside our partners are doing our best to mobilize, but the increasing needs are exceeding our response capacities, and there is an urgent need for all humanitarian organizations to scale up in areas where needs are the most critical, particularly in the east. The $2.25 billion appeal for the Democratic Republic of the Congo is only 10 percent funded. We urgently need cash.”
10. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at podium
A UN Spokesperson said today that “months of violence and insecurity in the eastern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu have put millions of people on the brink of major humanitarian catastrophe” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Briefing journalists in New York on Tuesday (4 Abr), Stéphane Dujarric informed that, ”in North Kivu alone, persistent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) had displaced more than 222,000 people, and that is just in January and February alone of this year, bringing the total number of displaced since violence broke out in March last year to over 880,000.”
According to the Spokesperson, “more than half of these men, women and children are living in precarious conditions in the cities of Nyira-gongo and Goma and surrounding areas. In Ituri province, there are 6.1 million internally displaced people in the country, 65 percent of them are in Ituri and North Kivu.”
Dujarric added, “Our colleagues say that violence is also spreading to parts of the country that had remained calm in the past years. This includes the western provinces of Mai-Ndome and Kwilu, which have been plagued by intercommunal violence since June of last year.”
As a result of the violence, the Spokesperson explained, food insecurity is on the rise in a country that is already home to more than 26.4 million people who struggle to access enough food every day.
“Cases of malnutrition and epidemics like measles and cholera are increasing, further stretching the humanitarian community’s capacity to respond,” said Dujarric.
The Spokesperson also said, “We, alongside our partners are doing our best to mobilize, but the increasing needs are exceeding our response capacities, and there is an urgent need for all humanitarian organizations to scale up in areas where needs are the most critical, particularly in the east. The $2.25 billion appeal for the Democratic Republic of the Congo is only 10 percent funded. We urgently need cash.”
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