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UN / HAITI HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
STORY: UN / HAITI HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
TRT: 01:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters
28 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, United Nations:
“Since we last spoke last year, we have seen the situation go from just really bad to even worse.”
4. Wide shot, speakers, press room
5 SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, United Nations:
“We had January 2024, being the most violent month since two years back. And I think that says a lot.”
6. Wide shot journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, United Nations:
“People are being subjected to very brutal and grave violations of their human rights. They are being subjected to very brutal forms of sexual violence, including collective rape, and we've seen effective 50 percent increase in sexual violations between 2022 and 2023.”
8. Med shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, United Nations:
“We have now 314,000 displaced people in Haiti, which is a quite a stark number.”
10. Med shot, journalists
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, United Nations:
“More or less 5 million Haitians are in need of humanitarian assistance. And that's quite significant if we consider that the country has between 10 and 11-12 million in terms of population. And we know that out of those, that are 4.4 million people that's about 40 percent of the population that actually face acute food insecurity. And we also know that 45 percent of Haitians don't have access to clean drinking water.”
12. Wide shot, speakers, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, United Nations:
“This is a call for increased solidarity. And Haiti needs it. It's going through one of the most critical moments in its recent history.”
14. Wide shot, speakers, press room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, United Nations:
“The level of violence that people are exposed to, is inhuman. It cannot continue like this. If you would ask people on the street, if they need assistance to deal with a gang violence they would say yes.”
16. Wide shot, speakers, press room
Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, said that since 2023, the situation in the country went “from just really bad to even worse.”
Addressing the press virtually today (28 Feb) from Port-au-Price on the humanitarian situation in Haiti, Richardson stated that January 2024 has been the most violent month in the last two years, and she added, “I think that says a lot.”
She said, “People are being subjected to very brutal and grave violations of their human rights. They are being subjected to very brutal forms of sexual violence, including collective rape, and we've seen effective 50 percent increase in sexual violations between 2022 and 2023.”
She also said, “We have now 314,000 displaced people in Haiti, which is a quite a stark number.”
She continued, “More or less 5 million Haitians are in need of humanitarian assistance. And that's quite significant if we consider that the country has between 10 and 11-12 million in terms of population. And we know that out of those, that are 4.4 million people that's about 40 percent of the population that actually face acute food insecurity. And we also know that 45 percent of Haitians don't have access to clean drinking water.”
Talking about the launch of this year's Humanitarian Response Plan for Haiti, she mentioned that yesterday (27 Feb), the United Nations launched an appeal for $674 million for humanitarian projects in the country.
She commented, “This is a call for increased solidarity. And Haiti needs it. It's going through one of the most critical moments in its recent history.”
Answering a question, she said, “The level of violence that people are exposed to, is inhuman. It cannot continue like this. If you would ask people on the street, if they need assistance to deal with a gang violence they would say yes.”
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