UN / VENEZUELA UPDATE

United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that the 2025 humanitarian response plan for Venezuela “was just 19 percent funded,” and urged Member States “to step up and provide sustained, flexible funding this year so essential services can continue running and assistance reaches those who need the most.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:45
• Production Date: 10 February 2026
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; UNITED NATIONS FINANCES; DISPLACED PERSONS; FOOD SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: VENEZUELA
• MAMS Id: 3534107
• Parent Id: 3534107
• Alternate Title: unifeed260210g

Description

STORY: UN / VENEZUELA UPDATE
TRT: 01:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 10 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

10 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our colleagues at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs tell us that last year’s humanitarian response plan for Venezuela was just 19 percent funded, or $115 million, of the $606 that we called for. But even with the lack of funding, OCHA tells us that our humanitarian partners last year helped more than two million people in the country. That is about 40 percent of the five million people we aimed to reach under the humanitarian response plan, which prioritized assistance for people most in need – women, girls, young children, and the elderly. In the health sector, medicine and other supplies delivered to hospitals and health centres reached more than 400,000 people, while 260,000 children and pregnant women received nutritional support. More than 750,000 people received food assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) through school meals and support to communities impacted by heavy rains. That was also done through WFP’s partners. Additionally, nearly 600,000 people received protection services, including support related to gender-based violence, child protection, and assistance [for people returning to the country]. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), together with other UN agencies and their local partners, continue to provide legal advice, psychosocial support, and livelihoods assistance.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We urge Member States to step up and provide sustained, flexible funding this year so essential services can continue running and assistance reaches those who need the most.”
t. Wide shot, end of presser

Storyline

United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (10 Feb) told journalists in New York that the 2025 humanitarian response plan for Venezuela “was just 19 percent funded,” and urged Member States “to step up and provide sustained, flexible funding this year so essential services can continue running and assistance reaches those who need the most.”

Just $115 million of the $606 goal was received in 2025.

According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Dujarric said, humanitarian partners last year “helped more than two million people in the country. That is about 40 percent of the five million people we aimed to reach under the humanitarian response plan, which prioritized assistance for people most in need – women, girls, young children, and the elderly.”

In the health sector, he continued, “medicine and other supplies delivered to hospitals and health centres reached more than 400,000 people, while 260,000 children and pregnant women received nutritional support.”

The spokesperson said “more than 750,000 people received food assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) through school meals and support to communities impacted by heavy rains. That was also done through WFP’s partners.”

Additionally, he said, “nearly 600,000 people received protection services, including support related to gender-based violence, child protection and assistance [for people returning to the country].”

Dujarric said “the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), together with other UN agencies and their local partners, continue to provide legal advice, psychosocial support and livelihoods assistance.”