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STORY: GENEVA / CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
TRT: 1.00
SOURCE: CH UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
DATELINE: 2 JULY 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
FILE – RECENT, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations
2 JULY 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press briefing
3. Cutaway, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Marixie Mercado, Spokesperson, UNICEF:
“Even before the military takeover of the country, the Central African Republic was already one of the toughest places for a child to survive, consistently ranking among the bottom 10 countries in development indicators. The assessments show that needs have deepened and extended and that children are literally bearing the brunt of a vicious cycle of poverty, poor governance, conflict and political instability.”
5. Cutaway, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Marixie Mercado, Spokesperson, UNICEF:
“The assessments also revealed major protection risks, with an increase in documented cases of gender-based violence, unaccompanied children and recruitment into armed groups. At least 206,000 have been internally displaced, and over 50,000 have sought shelter in neighboring countries, mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
Close up, journalist typing
Med shot, journalists
The humanitarian situation for children in the Central African Republic has worsened since the military takeover of the country, according to assessments by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF.
The assessments show that children in the centre and west of the country have been particularly badly affected. Healthcare provision has suffered, with medicine only being available at half the number of health facilities and hospitals in the area, while a third of health facilities are either closed or no longer existed. Seven out of ten children are not attending school and eight out of ten families have had to significantly alter their diets as many staple foods are no longer available.
Marixie Mercade, UNICEF’s Spokesperson, said there’s an urgent need to get emergency supplies to where they are most needed and she added that “even before the military takeover of the country, the Central African Republic was already one of the toughest places for a child to survive, consistently ranking among the bottom 10 countries in development indicators. The assessments show that the needs have deepened and extended and that children are literally bearing the brunt of a vicious cycle of poverty, poor governance, conflict and political instability.”
The assessments also showed an increase in the number of documented cases of gender-based violence, unaccompanied children and recruitment into armed groups.
