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STORY: UN / SYRIA UPDATE
TRT: 02:48
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters
06 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the dais
3. Med shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The World Health Organization (WHO) today conducted the first UN cross-border mission of the year, crossing from Türkiye to Azaz in northern Aleppo to train paramedics on trauma care. Additional cross-border missions are planned in the coming days. Further on Aleppo, health partners are sounding the alarm over the shortage of fuel, shortage of electricity and shortage of water in Aleppo. The Menbij National Hospital, which serves around 100,000 people, has been relying entirely on generators for several days to power incubators and intensive care machines in that hospital. Meanwhile, critical shortages of medical supplies continue to be reported in health facilities across the country, including chronic disease medications, gloves and syringes.”
5. Wide shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“More than 620,000 men, women and children remain newly displaced across Syria, and the situation remains volatile, with violence continuing in some parts of the country. That includes Aleppo, Homs, and coastal areas as well as north-east Syria. Civilians are impacted by explosive remnants of war. According to our partners, between 2 and 5 January alone, 13 civilians were killed, and dozens were injured due to landmine explosions in the north-west of the country. Mine action partners report that the number of incidents in Syria drastically increased in December, rising by more than 300 percent compared to the month of November.”
7. Wide shot, press room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“What's very important is that the leaders, the current leaders of Syria ensure that the rule of law is upheld, that there is an atmosphere in which all Syrians, whether they are from a minority ethnic group, a minority religious group, or the majority, feel safe, and all work towards the improvement of the situation in Syria.”
9. Med shot, reporter
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“What we do not want to see is more violence in Syria. It is important that all of the powers in the region and beyond all work towards the same goal, and that is rebuilding a new Syria with institutions that are supported by its people and which all Syrians are able to recognize themselves in.”
11. Wide shot, end of presser
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (6 Jan) told reporters in New York that as more than 620,000 men, women and children remain newly displaced across Syria, the UN and humanitarian partners are continuing to expand the response across the country.
Dujarric said the World Health Organization (WHO) “today conducted the first UN cross-border mission of the year, crossing from Türkiye to Azaz in northern Aleppo to train paramedics on trauma care” and “additional cross-border missions are planned in the coming days.”
He said health partners “are sounding the alarm over the shortage of fuel, shortage of electricity and shortage of water in Aleppo,” while the Menbij National Hospital, “which serves around 100,000 people, has been relying entirely on generators for several days to power incubators and intensive care machines in that hospital.”
“Critical shortages of medical supplies” the spokesperson said, “continue to be reported in health facilities across the country, including chronic disease medications, gloves and syringes.”
The World Food Programme (WFP) have also resumed the distribution of food parcels this month, alongside with the Syrian [Arab] Red Crescent as the implementing partner, expecting to reach over 3,600 families monthly.
Dujarric stressed that “the situation remains volatile, with violence continuing in some parts of the country. That includes Aleppo, Homs, and coastal areas as well as north-east Syria.”
He said, “between 2 and 5 January alone, 13 civilians were killed, and dozens were injured due to landmine explosions in the north-west of the country,” noting that “the number of incidents in Syria drastically increased in December, rising by more than 300 per cent compared to the month of November.”
In the Q and A, Dujarric said, “what's very important is that the leaders, the current leaders of Syria ensure that the rule of law is upheld, that there is an atmosphere in which all Syrians, whether they are from a minority ethnic group, a minority religious group, or the majority, feel safe, and all work towards the improvement of the situation in Syria.”
He said, “what we do not want to see is more violence in Syria. It is important that all of the powers in the region and beyond all work towards the same goal, and that is rebuilding a new Syria with institutions that are supported by its people and which all Syrians are able to recognize themselves in.”
