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STORY: UN / AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE UPDATE
TRT: 01:49
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
09 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Moving on to Afghanistan, we, along with our humanitarian partners, are now ramping up the response following the 6.3-magnitude earthquake, which struck Herat province, in the west of the country, on Saturday. Our humanitarian colleagues note that the earthquake's epicenter was in Zindajan district, where reports indicate that 100 percent of homes have been destroyed.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“According to community-level assessments, nearly 1,300 people have died and 1,700 were injured in Zindajan province. In total, an estimated more than 12,000 men, women, and children have been impacted across five districts of Herat Province. Several hundred households have also been displaced to Herat City. The figures are likely to rise in the coming days as search-and-rescue efforts and assessments continue. “
6. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have deployed assessment teams, and we are providing emergency shelter supplies, blankets, warm clothes, food, hygiene kits, water buckets, chlorine, and dignity kits to those who need it. Our partners have also deployed health teams and are providing trauma and emergency surgery kits. The Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, Daniel Endres, has approved an emergency reserve allocation from the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund of $5 million to support the immediate relief efforts in the earthquake-impacted areas.”
8. Med shot, journalists
The UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said that the UN and humanitarian partners are ramping up the response in Afghanistan following the 6.3-magnitude earthquake, which struck Herat province in the west of the country.
Briefing journalist today (9 Oct) in New York, he also said that humanitarian colleagues noted that the earthquake’s epicenter was in Zindajan district, where reports indicate that 100 percent of homes have been destroyed.
According to community-level assessments, nearly 1,300 people have died, and 1,700 were injured in Zindajan.
In total, an estimated more than 12,000 men, women, and children have been impacted across five districts of Herat Province.
Several hundred households have also been displaced to Herat City.
The figures are likely to rise in the coming days as search-and-rescue efforts and assessments continue.
Dujarric also said, “We have deployed assessment teams, and we are providing emergency shelter supplies, blankets, warm clothes, food, hygiene kits, water buckets, chlorine, and dignity kits to those who need it. Our partners have also deployed health teams and are providing trauma and emergency surgery kits.
The Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, Daniel Endres, has approved an emergency reserve allocation from the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund of $5 million to support the immediate relief efforts in the earthquake-impacted areas.
