HAITI / BAN KI-MOON WRAP

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Haiti to visit the mission headquarters (MINUSTAH) devastated by Tuesday's earthquake and to express solidarity to distraught UN staff and Haitian people. OCHA / BBC POOL

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:09
• Production Date: 17 January 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: U100117f

Description

STORY: HAITI / BAN KI-MOON WRAP
TRT : 3:09
SOURCE: OCHA / BBC POOL
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 JANUARY 2010 , PORT AU PRINCE , HAITI

Shotlist

BBC POOL - 17 JANUARY 2010 , PORT AU PRINCE , HAITI

1. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon arrival in airport
2. Tracking shot, Ban Ki-moon greeted by Edmond Mulet and other officials
3. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon at MINUSTAH HQ site with Edmond Mulet
4. Various shots, Ban Ki-moon touring the site of the ruins of the government Palace with Edmond Mulet
5. Various shots, Ban Ki-moon accompanied by former spokesperson Michele Montas talking to local population

OCHA - 17 JANUARY 2010 , PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

6. Wide shot, press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Despite the immense tragedy that has befallen on the Haitian and the personnel of MINUSTAH the mission is ably performing to assist the Haitian government in maintaining peace and security in Haiti .”
8. Cutaway, cameramen
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I wish to thank and offer my great respect and admiration to all the members of the international community who have come to Haiti ’s assistance. I want to particularly recognize those on the ground working tirelessly to save lives and give relief to those in need.”
10. Wide shot, MINUSTAH ruins
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I have seen from the faces of people the determination to overcome this and I’m also very much moved by the outpouring and support and assistance and hard working search and rescue teams, NGO’s, volunteers who are working on this very difficult situations to first of all save lives, to bring water, food and medicines and taking care of all this wounded people. This is really a demonstration of humanity and love for all these people.”
12. Med shot, rescue team and HQ ruins
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sir John Holmes, Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“All these people here are very calm, very rational, but they are desperate for help. They’re desperate for water and food and I’ve been trying to assure them that it’s coming, it’s coming. We know that it’s slow but we’ll there in the end and they’re very understanding and accepting of that but they want to see the results soon and we understand that.”

BBC POOL - 17 JANUARY 2010 , PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

14. Various shots, aerial view of Port au Prince

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Haiti to visit the mission headquarters (MINUSTAH) devastated by Tuesday’s earthquake and to express solidarity to distraught UN staff and Haitian people.

Ban was met at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport by his newly appointed head of mission Edmond Mulet and other UN officials.

Ban toured the ruins of what had been the five-story headquarters building with Mulet, who briefed him on the operation being carried out by the rescue team.

Ban also visited the destroyed government palace accompanied by former spokesperson Michelle Montas. There they took the opportunity to liaise with local survivors who saluted him warmly.

Later, at a press conference, Ban told journalists that despite the immense tragedy that had befallen on the Haitian people and the personnel of MINUSTAH, the mission was ably assisting the Haitian government in maintaining peace and security in the country.

He also took the opportunity to offer his, “great respect and admiration” to all the members of the international community who had arrived to Haiti ’s assistance.

As rescue teams worked tirelessly trying to dig out staff trapped under the rubble, Ban shared a personal impression of how he had seen in the faces of people, the determination to overcome this catastrophe.

Accompanying Ban on his trip was the organizations emergency relief coordinator, John Holmes. He said Haitian appeared to be calm, rational but desperate for help. “They’re desperate for water and food and I’ve been trying to assure them that it’s coming, it’s coming.”