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STORY: GENEVA/SYRIA HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 2.52
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND/FILE
30 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais de Nations
2. Pan right, Delegations arriving
3. Med shot, Press taking pictures of delegates
4. Pan right, delegates at head table
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres High Commissioner for Refugees:
“This crisis has gone far beyond requiring only humanitarian assistance to displaced people. The Syria conflict is not just a threat to global peace and security, but it results in fundamental, structural problems for the countries of the region. They are going through huge demographic changes following the refugee influx, unsettling their social and economic fabric.”
FILE – 15 MARCH 2013, TRIPOLI, LEBANON
6. Wide shot, refugees in a torn down building
7. Wide shot, refugees walking in front of makeshift shelters
8. Med shot, refugees drying clothes outside their makeshift shelter
FILE – 15 AUGUST 2013, BEIRUT, LEBANON
9. Med shot, refugee children playing in a garage used as a shelter
30 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
10. Wide shot, conference room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey:
“The situation in Syria deteriorates further every day. The humanitarian calamity is beyond our individual capabilities. It required collective approaches and well as joint actions.”
12. Cutaway, Turkish delegate
FILE – 11 MARCH 2013, GAZIANTEP, TURKEY
13. Med shot, Syrian refugee children in a classroom
FILE – 2 MARCH 2013, ZA'ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
14. Med shot, Medical examination of a refugee child
FILE – 6 MAY 2013, ZA'ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
15. Med shot, prefab homes
30 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Nasser Judeh, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jordan:
“The international community must assume it responsibilities towards not only Syrians but also host communities so as to allow Jordan to continue to be the haven and sanctuary to Syrian and to be able to provide services and relief.”
FILE – 28 JANUARY 2013, AMMAN, JORDAN
17. Wide shot, Refugees walking down a street
18. Med shot, Refugees children playing in a narrow street
30 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Wael Abou Faour, Minister of Social Affairs, Lebanon:
“We need to secure the humanitarian needs of the refugees and provide assistance to the Lebanese government.”
FILE – 18 JUNE 2013, JABER, JORDAN
20. Pan left, Refugee children waiting in the middle of the night
21. Med shot, Refugee children receiving drinks
30 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United National Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
“The world cannot afford a generation of lost Syrian children. Unhealthy, uneducated, undernourished and unprepared to take of task of rebuilding their shattered country.”
FILE – 21 AUGUST 2013, KAWARGORST, IRAQ
23. Med shot, distribution of food items to refugees
24. Med shot, refugees receiving food items to refugees
30 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of WFP:
“This crisis affects men, women and communities and economies and government. Failure to reach all of the refugees will result in considerable pressure on already strained host communities and will acerbate tensions across the region.
26. Various shot, delegates
The head of the UN refugee agency appealed for the international community to do more to share the burden on Syria's neighbours, warning that the immense number of Syrian refugees fleeing the war is threatening those countries' social and economic fabric.
SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR:
“This crisis has gone far beyond requiring only humanitarian assistance to displaced people. The Syria conflict is not just a threat to global peace and security, but it results in fundamental, structural problems for the countries of the region. They are going through huge demographic changes following the refugee influx, unsettling their social and economic fabric.”
By the end of last week, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt had hosted more than 2.1 million registered Syrian refugees: more than 760,000 in Lebanon, 525,000 in Jordan, 490,000 in Turkey, 190,000 in Iraq and over 125,000 in Egypt. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands more who did not register or were already living in these countries as economic migrants.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey:
“The situation in Syria deteriorates further every day. The humanitarian calamity we face now is beyond our individual capabilities. It required collective approaches and well as joint actions.”
Neighbouring countries have shown great generosity but the strain on economies, on infrastructures is acute.
SOUNDBITE (English) Nasser Judeh, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jordan:
“The international community must assume it responsibilities towards not only Syrians but also host communities so as to allow Jordan to continue to be the haven and sanctuary to Syrian and to be able to provide services and relief.”
The Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs pointed to the fragility of Lebanon and the need for support.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Wael Abou Faour, Minister of Social Affairs, Lebanon:
“We need to secure the humanitarian needs of the refugees and provide assistance to the Lebanese government.”
With almost half the refugee population now made up of children 1 million refugee children there was a dire warning from UNICEF.
SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United National Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
“The world cannot afford a generation of lost Syrian children. Unhealthy, uneducated, undernourished, unprepared to take of task of rebuilding their
shattered country.”
The WFP provides food for over 1.5 million refugees, but thousands of communities inside Syrian remain isolated and in desperate need.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP):
“This crisis affect women, men and communities and economies and government. Failure to reach all of the refugees will result in considerable pressure on already strained host communities and will acerbate tensions across the region.
The conference continues through Tuesday. The aim is to produce a comprehensive long-term approach to the crisis that will provide development support for the neighboring countries immediately and for years to come.
