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STORY: UN / SUDAN UPDATE
TRT: 2:14
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 OCTOBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
07 OCTOBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
3. Wide shot, press briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Sudan, another grave humanitarian crisis. Our colleagues at OCHA tell us they are deeply concerned about the worrying situation in the capital of North Darfur, El Fasher, where we are seeing reports of continued clashes posing a risk to hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain in the area. As you know, famine conditions have already been confirmed in the Zamzam camp for displaced people, which is just outside of El Fasher, and we think that other camps in the area are likely to have famine conditions. Our colleagues in Sudan are closely following the developments and continue to advocate for an immediate stop to the fighting, and for the protection of civilians and humanitarian access – of both supplies and personnel – throughout the country.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the first few days of October alone, tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Sudan due to fighting. This includes in North Darfur, West Darfur and Sennar states, where airstrikes, clashes between rival forces, and insecurity near villages and markets have displaced as many as 42,000 people, both within Sudan and across borders. That is what the International Organization for Migration is telling us. We are also closely monitoring the cholera outbreak in Sudan. As of Saturday, 21,000 cases of cholera had been reported over the past two months, including more than 600 fatalities from cholera. That's what WHO and Sudan's Ministry of Health are telling us. Over the weekend, however, UNICEF was able to charter a plane, which carried 1.4 million doses of oral cholera vaccines. That plane arrived in Port Sudan to bolster the response, which aims to vaccinate more than 1.8 million people in the most affected areas – which are Gedaref, Kassala and River Nile State.”
7. Wide shot, press briefing room
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is “deeply” concerned about the worrying situation in the capital of North Darfur, El Fasher, where there are reports of continued clashes posing a risk to hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain in the area, a UN Spokesperson said.
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (07 Oct) told reporters, “famine conditions have already been confirmed in the Zamzam camp for displaced people, which is just outside of El Fasher, and we think that other camps in the area are likely to have famine conditions.”
He continued, “Our colleagues in Sudan are closely following the developments and continue to advocate for an immediate stop to the fighting, and for the protection of civilians and humanitarian access – of both supplies and personnel – throughout the country.”
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in the first few days of October alone, tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Sudan due to fighting. This includes in North Darfur, West Darfur and Sennar states, where airstrikes, clashes between rival forces, and insecurity near villages and markets have displaced as many as 42,000 people, both within Sudan and across borders.
The Spokesperson added that the UN is also closely monitoring the cholera outbreak in Sudan.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Sudan's Ministry of Health, as of Saturday (05 Oct), 21,000 cases of cholera had been reported over the past two months, including more than 600 fatalities from cholera.
Dujarric also said, “Over the weekend, however, UNICEF was able to charter a plane, which carried 1.4 million doses of oral cholera vaccines. That plane arrived in Port Sudan to bolster the response, which aims to vaccinate more than 1.8 million people in the most affected areas – which are Gedaref, Kassala and River Nile State.”
