MYANMAR / AMOS

The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos wrapped up a three-day visit to Myanmar today. OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:26
• Production Date: 7 December 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: MYANMAR
• MAMS Id: U121207e

Description

STORY: MYANMAR / AMOS
TRT: 1.26
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 5-7 DECEMBER 2012, RAKHINE STATE, SITTWE, MYANMAR

Shotlist

1. Med shot, USG Amos on a plane to Sittwe, reviewing a humanitarian information product
2. Close up, USG Amos with a Myanmar humanitarian snapshot
3. Close up, USG Amos looking out the window at the IDP camps below
4. Wide shot, one of several IDP camps
5. Wide shot, aerial view of Kyein Ni Pyin camp in Pauktaw, Myanmar.
6. Wide shot, aerial view of children running along the perimeter of the Kyein Ni Pyin camp in Pauktaw, Myanmar
7. Wide shot, helicopter landing in Sittwe
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"I travelled to 8 camps in Rakhine on Wednesday where I met with people from different communities.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"In Rakhine, I saw one of the most terrible camps that I have ever visited."
10. Wide shot, pan left to right of the Kyein Ni Pyin camp in Pauktaw, Myanmar
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"Children have been out of school for up to six months, the men are not able to provide for their families and there is a general sense of hopelessness."
12. Wide shot, Valerie Amos meets with women in the Thea Chaung Camp
13. Med shot, a girl in the Thea Chaung camp
14. Close up, a young girl in the Ma Gyee Myaing camp in Sittwe Town
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"We need the political leaders at all levels in Myanmar to support the important humanitarian work being done by the United Nations and our partners."
16. Wide shot, Valerie Amos meets with the President of Myanmar, U Thein Sein.
17. Tracking shot, Valerie Amos walks through Khan Thar Htwat camp in Myebon, Myanmar.
18. Tracking shot, Valerie Amos talks with a representative from a partner agency as they walk through Khan Thar Htwat camp in Myebon, Myanmar.
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"Our job is to give support and help to the people who are most in need."
20. Close up, young boy in Khan Thar Htwat camp in Myebon, Myanmar.

Storyline

On the fourth and final day of her mission to Myanmar, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, today (7 December) briefed the donor community on the conditions of camps in Rakhine State and asked for their immediate support.

SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"I travelled to 8 camps in Rakhine on Wednesday where I met with people from different communities.”

Amos described the conditions at one camp in Myebon as one of the worst camps she has seen in the world.

SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"In Rakhine, I saw one of the most terrible camps that I have ever visited."

Some 115,000 people are displaced in Rakhine State as a result of inter-communal violence that broke out in June and October this year. Thousands of people have been living in camps on the outskirts of their villages or towns for many months and, in the absence of a tangible reconciliation process, it is unknown how long they will have to stay there.

SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"Children have been out of school for up to six months, the men are not able to provide for their families and there is a general sense of hopelessness."

She told donors that the international community has a responsibility to help people where they are but at the same time it needs to maintain pressure on the Government to develop longer-term plans that include reconciliation efforts and address the long-standing issue of citizenship.

SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"We need the political leaders at all levels in Myanmar to support the important humanitarian work being done by the United Nations and our partners."

During a briefing to local media, she reiterated her call that the Government needed to start the reconciliation process as soon as possible.

SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs:
"Our job is to give support and help to the people who are most in need."

In concluding her visit to Myanmar, USG Amos acknowledged the positive work of the Government in its democratic reforms and said that she believed the future for Myanmar was one of hope.