UN / SYRIA HEATWAVE

In Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is warning about the ongoing heatwave, with temperatures going from 30 to 46 degrees Celsius. “This is putting lives at risk, particularly in the north-west where millions of people live in camps and settlements,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:25
• Production Date: 28 July 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 3076308
• Parent Id: 3076308
• Alternate Title: unifeed230728f

Description

STORY: UN / SYRIA HEATWAVE
TRT: 02:25
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 28 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

28 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Earlier this week, the Secretary-General was talking about the boiling climate. I just want to give you an example of the direct impact on some of the most vulnerable to the rising temperatures. In Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is warning us about the ongoing heatwave there, with temperatures going from 30 to 46 degrees Celsius. This is putting lives at risk, particularly in the north-west where millions of people live in camps and settlements.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Yesterday, a one-year-old girl passed away in a displacement camp in Idleb after her health deteriorated due to extreme heat. The infant and her family lived in a three-year-old tent in a camp hosting about 860 people. Partners on the ground reported that at least 165 tents in the camp lack proper thermal insulators to protect people from extreme heat and other weather conditions.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“A plan, launched by the ourselves and our partners, to move displaced people in north-west Syria out of tents and into dignified shelters is being implemented.
However, living conditions remains harsh for about 800,000 people who still live in tents today, often in overcrowded conditions.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The summer months also saw the spread of fires across the region. In July, at least 134 fires were reported across north-west Syria. Partners also reported over 320 fire incidents that have affected over 720 tents housing displaced people since the start of the year.
Some 1.9 million displaced people live in some 1,400 camps or self-settled sites in north-west Syria, the majority of whom are women and children.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room

Storyline

In Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is warning about the ongoing heatwave, with temperatures going from 30 to 46 degrees Celsius. “This is putting lives at risk, particularly in the north-west where millions of people live in camps and settlements,” a UN spokesperson said.

Briefing journalists on Friday (28 July) in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said, “Earlier this week, the Secretary-General was talking about the boiling climate. I just want to give you an example of the direct impact on some of the most vulnerable to the rising temperatures.”

He continued, “Yesterday, a one-year-old girl passed away in a displacement camp in Idleb after her health deteriorated due to extreme heat. The infant and her family lived in a three-year-old tent in a camp hosting about 860 people.”

According to him, “Partners on the ground reported that at least 165 tents in the camp lack proper thermal insulators to protect people from extreme heat and other weather conditions.”

Dujarric noted, “A plan, launched by the ourselves and our partners, to move displaced people in north-west Syria out of tents and into dignified shelters is being implemented.”

He added, “However, living conditions remains harsh for about 800,000 people who still live in tents today, often in overcrowded conditions.”

The Spokesperson also said, “The summer months also saw the spread of fires across the region. In July, at least 134 fires were reported across north-west Syria. Partners also reported over 320 fire incidents that have affected over 720 tents housing displaced people since the start of the year.”

Dujarric concluded, “Some 1.9 million displaced people live in some 1,400 camps or self-settled sites in north-west Syria, the majority of whom are women and children.”