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STORY: SYRIA / BESIEGED FAMILIES
TRT: 01:33
SOURCE: WFP / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 17 DECEMBER 2016, AL MASHATEIH, EAST ALEPPO / 3 DECEMBER 2016, JIBREEN DISTRICT, ALEPPO, SYRIA
FILE - WFP - 17 DECEMBER 2016, EAST ALEPPO, SYRIA
1. Various shots, showing destruction and bombed buildings
2. Pan left, people queueing to receive food supplies
3. Med shot, people receiving boxes with food supplies
4. Various shots, women and children receiving hot meals (lentils and lamb meat stew) and bread
FILE - UNICEF - 3 DECEMBER 2016, JIBREEN DISTRICT, ALEPPO, SYRIA
5. Wide shot, women and children sitting on the ground
6. Close up, a little girl in a wheelchair
7. Wide shot, a little girl in a wheelchair
8. Wide shot, displaced families sitting on the ground
9. Med shot, children eating
10. Wide shot, mother combs her daughter’s hair
11. Wide shot, newly displaced families waiting for assistance
12. Med shot, children drinking from a water tank
13. Med shot, children drinking and filling water bottles
14. Wide shot, a boy plays football on crutches
15. Wide shot, displaced stand in line to receive assistance
In a joint statement issued today (16 Jan) the heads of the UN’s main humanitarian bodies appealed once more for immediate, unconditional, and safe access to reach the children and families who are still cut off from humanitarian aid across the country.
In Syria today, they said, there are 15 besieged areas where up to 700,000 people, including an estimated 300,000 children, still remain trapped. Nearly five million people, including more than two million children, live in areas that are extremely difficult to reach with humanitarian assistance due to fighting, insecurity and restricted access.
In particular, children are at heightened risk of malnutrition, dehydration, diarrhoea, infectious diseases, and injury. Many need support after being exposed to traumatic events, violence and other violations.
The humanitarian agency heads argued that we must not let 2017 repeat the tragedies of 2016 for Syria.
The statement was put out by Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin, WHO Director General Margaret Chan and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
