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STORY: GENEVA / HAITI CHOLERA
TRT: 3.11
SOURCE: CH UNTV/
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 17 DECEMBER 2013, GENEVA/FILE
1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations
2. Tilt down, press briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (English)Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special Representative
of the Secretary-General, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative:
“The efforts to help Haiti to recover from these shocks are now finally beginning to
work. There is indeed an end in sight for the suffering, the losses and the destruction that this country has suffered, to the massive displacement that has followed the earthquake and the cholera outbreak that has claimed so many lives.”
4.Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative:
“The cholera, which is still the largest epidemic of cholera in the world, has been reduced by over 50 percent since the outbreak in 2010. Severe food insecurity has been brought down significantly from 1.5 million affected people in early 2013 to 600,000 in October. So that is a massive difference. And that progress is only possible due to humanitarian action in a concerted manner with national efforts.”
6. Close up, tablet
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter de Clercq, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative:
“Despite advances made so far, the epidemic continues to be the largest worldwide and claims too many lives but solutions are in our hands. If we don’t pursue efforts to combat the disease there is a risk that it will continue to ravage the country and spread to other areas of the region.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing
SOUNDBITE (English) Johan Peleman, Head of the OCHA office in Haiti:
“We still expect to have approximately 154,000 people living in camps, starting 2014. The current survey, running the numbers, is ongoing. The projection for next year’s number of cholera victims, people affected by cholera, based on the figures for this year, will be 45,000.”
9. Wide shot, journalists
SOUNDBITE (English) Johan Peleman, Head of the OCHA office in Haiti:
“The appeal is for 169 million dollars. This seems a lot but don’t forget that we are talking mostly about people who are still victims from the earthquake four years ago. The biggest ticket in the appeal, approximately 80 million dollars, is to relocate people still living under shelter.”
Med shot, press room
FILE – MINUSTAH - 25 JANUARY 2013, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
10. Wide shot, UNICEF medical tent
11. Med shot, row of cots inside tent
12. Med shot, mother feeding young girl a cup of water
13. Close-up, boy's hand hooked up to IV
14. Close up, little girl sitting on mother's lap
15. Close up, boy lying on cot
16. Various shots, sanitary supplies being distributed to anxious crowd of people
The United Nations humanitarian agency said today that (USD) 169 million was needed to help relieve the humanitarian situation in Haiti.
Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Haiti, Peter de Clercq said that progress has been made to help those affected by the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, but much more still needs to be done:
“The efforts to help Haiti to recover from these shocks are now finally beginning to work. There is indeed an end in sight for the suffering, the losses and the destruction that this country has suffered, to the massive displacement that has followed the earthquake and the cholera outbreak that has claimed so many lives.”
Cholera is a major concern in Haiti, which hosts half of the world’s suspected cholera cases. 45,000 people in the country could be affected by the cholera epidemic in 2014.
De Clercq said that “Despite advances made so far, the epidemic continues to be the largest worldwide and claims too many lives but solutions are in our hands. If we don’t pursue efforts to combat the disease there is a risk that it will continue to ravage the country and spread to other areas of the region.”
Eighty-nine per cent of people who were displaced during the 2010 earthquake have now left temporary camps but help is still needed for those who have nowhere to go. Approximately 154,000 people are expected to be living in camps at the start of 2014.
Johan Peleman, Head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA) office in Haiti, says: “The appeal is for 169 million dollars. This seems a lot but don’t forget that we are talking mostly about people who are still victims from the earthquake four years ago. The biggest ticket in the appeal, approximately 80 million dollars, is to relocate people still living under shelter.”
