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STORY: UN / MOZAMBIQUE VIOLENCE
TRT: 1:19
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 7 FEBRUARY 2020 NEW YORK CITY
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1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
7 FEBRUARY 2020 NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room
3. Med shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“The UN refugee agency said today that they are boosting their response capacities in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, following a recent escalation of violence. At least 100 000 people are now displaced throughout the province where at least 28 attacks were carried out by armed groups since the beginning of the year. UNHCR said the past few weeks have been the most volatile period since violent incidents began in October 2017. So far, hundreds of villages have been burnt or are now completely abandoned as armed groups carry out wide and indiscriminate attacks. Government institutions have also been targeted.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“In response to the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, and at the request of the Mozambican Government to all humanitarian agencies, UNHCR is expanding its presence in the province and will be deploying additional aid and staff to meet the need, initially, for 15,000 displaced people and hosts communities. The agency is appealing for urgent and strong support to scale up its response in Mozambique.”
7. Wide shot, press conference
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is scaling up its response capacities in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, following a recent escalation of violence, a UN spokesperson told reporters today (7 Feb) in New York.
“At least 100 000 people are now displaced throughout the province where at least 28 attacks were carried out by armed groups since the beginning of the year,” said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General at a press briefing.
According to the UNHCR, the past few weeks have been “the most volatile period since violent incidents began in October 2017,” said Haq.” So far, hundreds of villages have been burnt or are now completely abandoned as armed groups carry out wide and indiscriminate attacks. Government institutions have also been targeted.”
Many areas of the Cabo Delgado province affected by the attacks have also been devasted by cyclone Kenneth in April 2019.
Haq said “in response to the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, and at the request of the Mozambican Government to all humanitarian agencies, UNHCR is expanding its presence in the province and will be deploying additional aid and staff to meet the need, initially, for 15,000 displaced people and hosts communities.”
“The agency is appealing for urgent and strong support to scale up its response in Mozambique, he added.”
