SOUTH SUDAN / HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

In order assist 3.2 million South Sudanese worst affected by hostilities in the country, aid agencies would need 1.27 billion dollars to cover the period up to June, Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan said at a press conference in Juba . UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:01
• Production Date: 4 February 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U140204b

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / HUMANITARIAN APPEAL
TRT: 2.01
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 4 FEBRUARY 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide Shot, conference hall
2. Med shot, journalists seated
3. Close up, camera
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan:
“The conflict which started on the 15th of December, 2013 has had devastating humanitarian consequences the lives of millions of citizens have been shuttered. Almost nine hundred thousand people have left their homes and thousands more have been hurt or wounded as a direct consequence of hostilities.”
5. Med shot, journalist
6. Wide shot, conference hall with journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan:
“This comes at a tremendous coast to the international community, we have a group of non-governmental organization both South Sudanese and international which will be working very closely with key United Nations agencies and for us to operate between now and June we require one point two seven billion US dollars.”
8. Wide shot, head table with Toby Lanzer
9. Med shot, TV cameras
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan:
“We now aim to assist 3.2 million people throughout the key areas of the country which has been most affected by the violence or to which people have fled from now until June.”
11. Med shot, journalists
12. Wide shot, journalists
13. Wide shot, end of conference, journalists leaving.

Storyline

In order assist 3.2 million South Sudanese worst affected by hostilities in the country, aid agencies would need 1.27 billion dollars to cover the period up to June, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator said today (4 February) at a press conference in Juba.

The conflict, which started on 15 December 2013, has led to devastating humanitarian consequences; the lives of millions of citizens have been shattered; almost 900,000 have left their homes; and thousands more have been hurt or wounded as a direct result of hostilities said Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan.

SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan:
“The conflict which started on the 15th of December, 2013 has had devastating humanitarian consequences the lives of millions of citizens have been shuttered. Almost nine hundred thousand people have left their homes and thousands more have been hurt or wounded as a direct consequence of hostilities.”

Livelihoods have been lost, and people’s ability to move livestock to pasture, to fish or to hunt, has been severely compromised.

To do this, NGOs and UN agencies now require $1.27 billion to meet the most urgent needs until June, including vital pre-positioning of aid supplies for the whole year before the rainy season arrives.

SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan:
“This comes at a tremendous coast to the international community, we have a group of non-governmental organization both South Sudanese and international which will be working very closely with key United Nations agencies and for us to operate between now and June we require one point two seven billion US dollars.”

The priority is to save lives now, and ensure that we have food, medicine and other lifesaving supplies prepositioned in the field, in easy reach of aid agencies before the rains hit and the roads become impassable, said Lanzer.

Humanitarians are scaling up the response to assist 3.2 million people up to June, based on rigorous prioritization. This includes relief for displaced people and host communities, refugees, and other communities whose lives and livelihoods are at immediate risk. Aid organizations plan to provide emergency relief, uphold people’s rights and strengthen livelihoods.

SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan:
“We now aim to assist 3.2 million people throughout the key areas of the country which has been most affected by the violence or to which people have fled from now until June.”

The Humanitarian Coordinator then called on the international donor community to stand with the people of South Sudan and the aid agencies working here to help them before the situation gets even worse.