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STORY: FAO / PRINCE CHARLES VISIT
TRT: 02:01
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 APRIL 2017, ROME, ITALY
1. Wide shot, motorcade arriving at FAO
2. Wide shot, Prince Charles getting off car and shaking hands with FAO Director-General
3. Med shot, Prince Charles of Wales shaking hands with FAO staffs
4. Wide shot, People waiting behind line
5. Pan left, Prince Charles walking together with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva
6. Med shot, Photo op in front of FAO Constitution
7. Med shot, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva signing on guest book
8. Various shots, Prince Charles listening to FAO, WFP and IFAD’s briefing on the famine situation
9. Pan right, FAO’s Representative in Somalia, Richard Trenchard talking via
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Prince Charles of Wales:
“If I may say so, I am enormously proud of Britain’s response and its contribution. Just, would you be kind and give my kindest wishes and admiration to all your colleagues and staff, working in such very challenging and difficult circumstances.”
11. Wide shot, Prince Charles listening to FAO’s Representative in Somalia via video link
12. Med shot, Prince Charles farewell to FAO staff
Prince Charles of Wales today (5 Apr) visited FAO where he was briefed by officials from the three Rome-based UN food agencies on the massive hunger crises facing north-eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.
The heir to the British throne met FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and senior representatives from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
During his visit, Prince Charles inspected photos and maps detailing the situation in some of the four countries where a total of 30 million people are severely food insecure.
The situation has been described as the world’s largest food crisis since 1945. In February the UN declared a famine in South Sudan - where at least 100,000 people face starvation - and the three other countries are on the brink of famine.
In a video link from Mogadishu, FAO’s Representative in Somalia, Richard Trenchard, provided an update on efforts by FAO and its partners to stave off famine in the country where, protracted conflict is exacerbated by successive droughts caused by climate change.
Prince Charles said he was “immensely proud of Britain’s response and contribution” in supporting the efforts of the UN agencies.
He said, “Would you give my kindest wishes and admiration to all your colleagues and staff who are working in such very challenging and difficult circumstances.”
According to Trenchard, due to ongoing relief and emergency work, it was unlikely that Somalia would suffer widespread famine this year.
“However the situation remains really dire. Hunger, starvation and livelihood devastation and of course death are very real risks,” he added, noting that security remains a critical issue in the Horn of Africa country.
More than 6 million people face acute food insecurity in Somalia and most of them live in rural areas where hunger levels have spiked primarily due to losses in crop and livestock production and other sources of food and income.
FAO together with other UN agencies and partners have implemented in Somalia a series of measures including providing cash (cash-for-work and unconditional cash transfers), meeting immediate food and water needs, providing agriculture and fisheries based livelihood support, and saving livestock assets.
During his visit to FAO’s headquarters, Prince Charles also participated in a round-table with senior representatives from the UN agency.
Topics discussed included the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change how these affect the agricultural sectors - including forestry, fisheries, crops and livestock and FAO’s work in assisting member states combat hunger and poverty.
