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STORY: UN / GAZA FAMINE ALERT
TRT: 0:47
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
08 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“According to the alert issued by the IPC’s Famine Review Committee, there's a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip. The alert further underscores that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, as we have just detailed, is extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating. They're calling for immediate action, within days, not weeks, and this action is required from all who are directly taking part in the conflict or who have influence on its conduct, to avert and to alleviate this catastrophic situation.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
According to the alert issued by the IPC’s Famine Review Committee, “there's a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip,” a UN Spokesperson said.
UN Associate Spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay today (08 Nov) told reporters that the alert further underscores that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is “extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating.”
The Committee is calling for “immediate action, within days, not weeks, and this action is required from all who are directly taking part in the conflict or who have influence on its conduct, to avert and to alleviate this catastrophic situation.”
