UN / COTE D'IVOIRE HUMANITARIAN

Deputy Chief of the UN mission in Côte d'Ivoire Ndolamb Ngokwey told reporters today that he "hoped" that the suffering which everyone was seeing and the humanitarian crisis which was deepening in the country "will actually trigger for all partners the realization that they have gone too far and that it is time to stop."UNTV / ONUCI

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:32
• Production Date: 17 March 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: COTE D'IVOIRE; LIBERIA
• MAMS Id: U110317d

Description

STORY: UN / COTE D'IVOIRE HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 2.32
SOURCE: UNTV / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

RECENT 2011, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

17 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Ndolamb Ngokwey, and Moustapha Soumare teake their seats
3. Cutaway, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ndolamb Ngokwey, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONOCI):
“The Humanitarian crisis in Cote d’Ivoire is very serious and it is getting worse. It is getting worse if you consider for example that from December to now we have about a tenfold decrease in the number of displaced people. The humanitarian crisis is also getting serious and worse because it is going actually beyond the displacement, beyond the displacement we have a wider impact on a wider sector of the population.”
5. Cutaway, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Moustapha Soumare, Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, (OCHA):
“Today in Liberia we have more than 90 thousand refugees that has crossed the borders, and they are all hosted in communities along the border that already has problems with really social basic services. So now its creating also not only humanitarian impact but also a security impact because we have seen so far also among, because the war is now also coming closer to Liberia and if it continues what we will see is most of the IDPs (Internally Displaced People) that he has mentioned (Ndolamb Ngokwey) are actually the only way for them is to come to Liberia.”
7. Cutaway, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Moustapha Soumare, Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We have seen because of the events in the world, really that there is less and less attention which has been given that part of the world in particular Liberia, a very fragile country, where we have more than 90,000 refugees and the response so far that we have gotten from the donor community on the flash appeal is 32 percent of the requested fund.”
9. Cutaway, cameramen
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ndolamb Ngokwey, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONOCI):
“My hope is that the suffering which everyone is seeing, the humanitarian crisis which is deepening will actually trigger for all partners the realization that they have gone to far and that it is time to stop.”

FILE / UNICEF / 8 JANUARY 2011, DUOPLAY, SOUTHERN NIMBA COUNTY, LIBERIA

11. Wide shot, school used as shelter for refugees
12. Tilt down, inside school shelter
13. Med shot, children building
14. Wide shot, Duoplay Elementary and Semi High School sign

Storyline

United Nations (UN) deputy special representative for the mission in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) Ndolamb Ngokwey told reporters that he “hoped” that the suffering which everyone was seeing and the humanitarian crisis which was deepening in the country “will actually trigger for all partners the realization that they have gone too far and that it is time to stop."

Speaking at a press conference today in New York, he said that the displacement situation was changing on a weekly basis. In the west, there were 45,000 displaced and 10,000 living with host families, while in Abidjan, there were now over 300,000 displaced, with 18,000 living in various sites with 20,000 registered host families.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Liberia Moustapha Soumare said that the influx of people was having not only an impact on the humanitarian situation but with security as well, adding “the war was now also coming closer to Liberia.”

He noted that due to the recent global events, Liberia’s situation was getting less attention and the response to the latest flash appeal from the donor community had been only of 32 percent of the requested funds.

The political standoff in Cote d’Ivoire continues as President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down and his supporters clash with those of the recognized winner of last year's presidential election Alassane Ouattara.
Earlier in the week, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned that fighting between Gbagbo loyalists and supporters of Ouattara continued to complicate efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to those displaced by the violence.