UN / ETHIOPIA REFUGEES FUNDING

The UN's top emergency relief official has released $3 million to support South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, where thousands are struggling without access to basic services, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:09
• Production Date: 9 July 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: THOMAS FLETCHER
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND - CERF
• Subject Topical: REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: ETHIOPIA; SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3421796
• Parent Id: 3421796
• Alternate Title: unifeed250709d

Description

STORY: UN / ETHIOPIA REFUGEES FUNDING
TRT: 01:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 09 JULY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters

09 JULY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Ethiopia, Tom Fletcher, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, today allocated $3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to provide life-saving assistance to South Sudanese refugees arriving in the Gambela region, in the western part of the country.  At least 35,000 people fleeing escalating violence in South Sudan have crossed the border into Ethiopia’s Gambela region. This influx is stretching already limited resources, and refugees face extremely difficult conditions – without access to adequate food, shelter, and other basic services. The new funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund will support both refugees and the communities that are generously hosting them. It will also be prioritizing food, protection, shelter, clean water, sanitation, health and other critical support for vulnerable groups, including women and children who have yet to receive any assistance.” 
4. Wide shot, end of press briefing

Storyline

The UN's top emergency relief official has released $3 million to support South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, where thousands are struggling without access to basic services, a UN spokesperson said.

“Refugees face extremely difficult conditions – without access to adequate food, shelter, and other basic services,” said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (Jul 09), announcing the allocation by Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher.

At least 35,000 people fleeing violence in South Sudan have crossed into Ethiopia’s Gambela region, where resources are already strained.

The funding, drawn from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), “will support both refugees and the communities that are generously hosting them,” Dujarric said.
He added that the aid would prioritize “food, protection, shelter, clean water, sanitation, health and other critical support for vulnerable groups, including women and children who have yet to receive any assistance.”