SOMALIA / BRAGG

Senior UN humanitarian official Catherine Bragg visited a camp for displaced people near Somalia's capital Mogadishu this week, describing conditions as "appalling" and warning that the situation is "still very critical". OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:32
• Production Date: 9 May 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: U120509e

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / BRAGG
TRT: 2.32
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 8 MAY 2012, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg walking in Zona K IDP camp
2. Various shots, Bragg and other UN personnel at camp
3. Various shots, Bragg talking to IDPs
4. Various shots, displaced children
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“I have come to Mogadishu to see for myself the humanitarian situation in the city and also in this country. Last year the world attention was turned to the famine condition that existed in Somalia and also in particular in Mogadishu. I have come back here to see the progress that we have made, and also to see what else and what more that we need to do.”
6. Wide shot, camp
7. Med shot, security personnel and TFG soldier walking in camp
8. Med shot, Bragg being briefed by local
9. Med shot, Bragg at the edge of Zona K Camp
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“I'm in this IDP settlement, the conditions here are quite really appalling. What the service providers and the IDP representatives have told me is that both in terms of food provision, in terms of water and sanitation, in terms of basic items for women's dignity all of this are lacking in this IDP settlement at this point. The situation is still very critical and we can not continue to let this happen and we need to really re-double our effort.”
11. Various shots, Bragg and other UN personnel walking out of IDP camp

Storyline

A senior United Nations (UN) humanitarian official visiting a camp for displaced people near Somalia’s capital Mogadishu this week described conditions as “appalling” and warned that the situation was “still very critical”.

The UN Deputy Humanitarian Chief Catherine Bragg is on her first official visit to Somalia. She aims to take stock of the humanitarian challenges in the countries, and support national and regional efforts to promote disaster risk reduction including drought resilience and preparedness.

SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“I have come to Mogadishu to see for myself the humanitarian situation in the city and also in this country. Last year the world attention was turned to the famine condition that existed in Somalia and also in particular in Mogadishu. I have come back here to see the progress that we have made, and also to see what else and what more that we need to do.”

While in Somalia, from 8 to 9 May, Bragg met with Government officials and representatives from the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Turkish Government in Mogadishu, highlighting the importance of partnerships in addressing Somalia’s humanitarian challenges. She also met with key humanitarian partners working in Somalia.

On 8 May, the Assistant Secretary-General visited the Zona K internally displaced people’s (IDP) settlement in the Horan district of Mogadishu to see first-hand the humanitarian conditions in which people live.

SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“I'm in this IDP settlement, the conditions here are quite really appalling. What the service providers and the IDP representatives have told me is that both in terms of food provision, in terms of water and sanitation, in terms of basic items for women's dignity all of this are lacking in this IDP settlement at this point. The situation is still very critical and we can not continue to let this happen and we need to really re-double our effort.”

An estimated 2.51 million people or one third of Somalia’s population are still in crisis, the Assistant Secretary-General has said, urging donors to continue to support the Consolidated Appeal for Somalia (CAP), which is under a mid-year review that will be finalized in June.

Launched in December with input from 148 national and international non-governmental organizations and UN agencies, the 2012 CAP prioritizes life-saving assistance and building up sustainable livelihoods.

From Somalia, the Assistant Secretary-General will continue on to an official visit to Kenya from 10 to 12 May 2012.