UN / MYANMAR UPDATE

A UN spokesperson told reporters on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar is “deepening," adding that civilians continued to face "extreme risks, acute food insecurity and a near total collapse of critical public services.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:32
• Production Date: 3 January 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: MYANMAR
• MAMS Id: 3327567
• Parent Id: 3327567
• Alternate Title: unifeed250103c

Description

STORY: UN / MYANMAR UPDATE
TRT: 01:32
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

03 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, presser
3. Med shot, journalist looking at her phone
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Myanmar, our humanitarian colleagues tell us that the crisis there is deepening.
Conflict persists in many parts of the country, and the fighting in Rakhine has recently escalated. Civilians continue to face extreme risks, acute food insecurity and a near total collapse of critical public services.”
5. Wide shot, presser
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Conflict has driven more than 3.5 million people from their homes, marking a staggering increase of nearly 1.5 million internally displaced persons compared to last year. As a reminder, at the end of 2024, the nearly $1 billion Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan was funded at only 36 per cent. This year, humanitarian needs in Myanmar are expected to reach unprecedented levels, with nearly 20 million people in need of assistance, compared to last year’s 18.6 million. The 2025 humanitarian response plan aims to reach 5.5 million people with assistance, requiring funding of $1.1. billion.”
7. Med shot, journalist
8. Wide shot, presser

Storyline

A UN spokesperson told reporters that the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar is “deepening.”

Speaking today (3 Jan) in New York, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, said, “Conflict persists in many parts of the country, and the fighting in Rakhine has recently escalated. Civilians continue to face extreme risks, acute food insecurity and a near total collapse of critical public services.”

He added that the conflict had driven more than 3.5 million people from their homes, marking a staggering increase of nearly 1.5 million internally displaced persons compared to last year.

As a reminder, Haq noted, at the end of 2024, the nearly $1 billion Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan was funded at only 36 per cent.

According to the UN, this year, humanitarian needs in Myanmar are expected to reach unprecedented levels, with nearly 20 million people in need of assistance, compared to last year’s 18.6 million. The 2025 humanitarian response plan aims to reach 5.5 million people with assistance, requiring funding of $1.1. billion.”