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STORY: UN / GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
TRT: 2:08
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 JULY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
21 JULY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General is appalled by the accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, where the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing. He deplores the growing reports of children and adults suffering from malnutrition. The Secretary-General strongly condemns the ongoing violence, including the shooting, the killing, and the injuring of people attempting to get food for their families. Civilians must be protected and civilians must be respected, and they must never be targeted. The population in Gaza remains gravely undersupplied with the basic necessities of life. Israel has the obligation to allow and facilitate by all the means at its disposal the humanitarian relief provided by the United Nations and by other humanitarian organizations. The Secretary-General notes that the intensification of hostilities in recent days comes as the humanitarian system is being impeded, undermined and endangered.”
4. Med shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“A new evacuation order in parts of Deir al Balah – home to tens of thousands – pushes people into more desperate conditions and further displacement and restricts the United Nations’ ability to deliver life-saving aid. UN staff is remaining in Deir al Balah, and two UN guesthouses have been impacted, despite parties having been informed of the locations of UN premises, which are inviolable. These locations – as with all civilian sites – must be protected, regardless of evacuation orders. The Secretary-General reiterates his urgent call for the protection of civilians, including humanitarian personnel, and for the provision of essential resources to ensure their survival. He once again calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The UN stands ready to significantly scale up our humanitarian operations. The time for a ceasefire is now.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
The Secretary-General is “appalled” by the accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, “where the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing,” a UN Spokesperson said.
Speaking to reporters today (21 Jul) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the Secretary-General “deplores the growing reports of children and adults suffering from malnutrition.”
He added, “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the ongoing violence, including the shooting, the killing, and the injuring of people attempting to get food for their families.”
“Civilians must be protected and civilians must be respected, and they must never be targeted,” Dujarric reiterated.
He continued, “The population in Gaza remains gravely undersupplied with the basic necessities of life. Israel has the obligation to allow and facilitate by all the means at its disposal the humanitarian relief provided by the United Nations and by other humanitarian organizations.”
The Secretary-General noted that the intensification of hostilities in recent days comes as the humanitarian system is being impeded, undermined and endangered, the Spokesperson said.
Dujarric also said, “A new evacuation order in parts of Deir al Balah – home to tens of thousands – pushes people into more desperate conditions and further displacement and restricts the United Nations’ ability to deliver life-saving aid.”
He confirmed that the UN staff is remaining in Deir al Balah, and two UN guesthouses have been impacted, despite parties having been informed of the locations of UN premises, which are inviolable.
“These locations – as with all civilian sites – must be protected, regardless of evacuation orders,” the Spokesperson said.
The Secretary-General reiterated his urgent call for the protection of civilians, including humanitarian personnel, and for the provision of essential resources to ensure their survival.
The Spokesperson concluded by saying that the UN chief once again calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. “The UN stands ready to significantly scale up our humanitarian operations. The time for a ceasefire is now,” Dujarric said.
