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STORY: UN / HAITI UPDATE
TRT: 01:24
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 APR 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
25 APR 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson, journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Moving to Haiti where our humanitarian colleagues tell us that armed violence continues to displace families and disrupt the humanitarian response across multiple departments.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“According to the International Organization for Migration, nearly 1,000 people had been displaced in the commune of Kenscoff – in the Ouest Department – as of Wednesday, that’s following armed attacks there last week. Half sought shelter with family, while others settled in three displacement sites, where IOM reports that food is urgently needed. Meanwhile, two other sites in Kenscoff that had been hosting 430 displaced people have been forced to close due to ongoing violence.”
6. Wide shot, spokesperson, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Centre Department, UNICEF and its partners have been supporting people who fled attacks by armed groups in Mirebalais and Saut-d’Eau over three weeks ago. More than 5,000 people in the town of Hinche and the commune of Boucan Carré have received critical assistance, including water and hygiene kits.”
8. Wide shot, spokesperson, journalists
In Haiti “armed violence continues to displace families and disrupt the humanitarian response across multiple departments,” a UN spokesperson said.
Addressing the press today (25 Apr), UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said that according to the International Organization for Migration, “nearly 1,000 people had been displaced in the commune of Kenscoff – in the Ouest Department – as of Wednesday, that’s following armed attacks there last week. Half sought shelter with family, while others settled in three displacement sites, where IOM reports that food is urgently needed. Meanwhile, two other sites in Kenscoff that had been hosting 430 displaced people have been forced to close due to ongoing violence.”
He also said, “In Centre Department, UNICEF and its partners have been supporting people who fled attacks by armed groups in Mirebalais and Saut-d’Eau over three weeks ago. More than 5,000 people in the town of Hinche and the commune of Boucan Carré have received critical assistance, including water and hygiene kits.”
