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STORY: UNICEF / SYRIA CHILDREN
TRT: 3.11
SOURCE: UNTV / FILE
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
UNHCR - FILE 17 FEBRUARY 2014, ARSAL, LEBANON
1. Various shots, refugees building shelter
2. Med shot, woman and children seen through chain link fence
3. Various shots, new arrivals queuing to register and collect aid
11 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY
4. Wide shot, exterior UNICEF building
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes:
“The situation of Syrian children is truly terrible after three years of conflict. This is what our report called under siege brings out.”
UNHCR - FILE 17 FEBRUARY 2014, ARSAL, LEBANON
4. Various shots, UNHCR staff registering refugees
5. Close up, baby face
11 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes:
“Nowhere more severe than in besieged areas. Our colleagues were able to get into the old city of Homs a few weeks ago and bring out about 500 children and what they saw, what they described were children who were legless, children who were tired, children who have witnessed all sorts of violence and were in need of profound care and support. Both in terms of their physical but also in terms of their psychological well being.”
UNCHR - FILE 9, 13 FEBRUARY 2014, HOMS, SYRIA
7. Wide shot, destruction in Homs
8. Med shot, mother carrying her child get off ambulance with UN employee after evacuating Homs
11 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes:
“Like all other besieged and hard-to-reach area, this is a priority for the United Nations and UNICEF working very closely with UNRWA. The children in the areas that remain behind because quite a few have left are facing truly the worst form of deprivation, not just not being able to access basic services, but being constantly under the bombs, being constantly under threat has a profound impact on the child physically and psychologically.”
UNRWA – FILE 30 JANUARY 2014, YARMOUK, CAMP, DAMASCUS SYRIA
10. Wide shot, young girl eating sandwich given at distribution point
UNRWA – FILE 24 FEBRUARY 2014, YARMOUK, CAMP, DAMASCUS SYRIA
11. Wide shot, little boy in distress approaching UNRWA aid worker at distribution point
12. Med shot, boy sits by barrel eating sandwich.
11 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes:
“We estimate that one in ten in refugee settings are engaged of labour to help their families. We also know that the instances of early marriages –which was an issue that existed in Syria before- are no the rise. So, in so many different ways, including fundamentally the psychologically impact of this violence in this conflict on children is leading to have them grow up much faster than they should, which is why we really emphasizing the importance of the focus on education. Focus on play, focus on children being with children in different child-friendly spaces so that they can have that place to be children.”
UNRWA – FILE 24 FEBRUARY 2014, YARMOUK, CAMP, DAMASCUS SYRIA
14. Wide shot, pan from ruins down to queue
UNRWA – FILE 30 JANUARY 2014, YARMOUK, CAMP, DAMASCUS SYRIA
15. Wide shot, street among ruins, massive crowds in street. An UNRWA aid convoy succeeds in getting inside Yarmouk camp on 30 January and is met by massive crowds of starving and exhausted civilians.
The UN Children’s Fund said today (11 March) that more than twice as many children in Syria are now affected by the conflict, compared to 12 months ago.
The UNICEF’s publication draws attention to the problems faced by 5.5 million children inside Syria and living as refugees in neighbouring countries, who are suffering from violence, the collapse of health and education services, severe psychological distress and the worsening economic impact on families.
Up to a million children who are trapped in areas of Syria that are under siege or that are hard to reach are particularly hard hit.
In an interview with UNTV, the UNICEF emergency coordinator Ted Chaiban said the situation of Syrian children is “truly terrible after three years of conflict”, particularly in besieged areas.
He said “nowhere more severe than in besieged areas. Our colleagues were able to get into the old city of Homs a few weeks ago and bring out about 500 children and what they saw , what they described were children who were legless, children who were tired, children who have witnessed all sorts of violence and were in need of profound care and support. Both in terms of their physical, but also in terms of their psychological well being.”
Asked about the situation in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, he said “like all other besieged and hard-to-reach area, this is a priority for the United Nations and UNICEF is working very closely with UNRWA.”
Chaiban added “the children in the areas that remain behind -because quite a few have left- are facing truly the worst form of deprivation. Not just not being able to access to basic services, but being constantly under the bombs, being constantly under threat has a profound impact on the child physically and psychologically.”
The UNICEF’s report stressed that Syrian children have been forced to grow up faster than any child should.
Chaiban said “we estimate that one in ten in refugee settings are engaged of labour to help their families. We also know that the instances of early marriages –which was an issue that existed in Syria before- is no the rise. So, in so many different ways, including fundamentally the psychologically impact of this violence in this conflict on children is leading to have them grow up much faster than they should, which is why we really emphasizing the importance of the focus on education. Focus on play, focus on children being with children in different child-friendly spaces so that they can have that place to be children.”
The report called on the global community to undertake six critical steps:
End the cycle of violence no; grant immediate access to the under-reached 1 million children inside Syria; create an environment where children are protected from exploitation and harm; invest in children’s education; help children’s inner healing through psychological care and support; and provide support to host communities and governments to mitigate the social and economic impact of the conflict on families.
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