1 Oct 2012

GENEVA / WORLD REFUGEES

The head of the UN refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, warned today that UNHCR and other humanitarian actors are under increasing strain from a combination of simultaneous major new conflicts and unresolved old ones. UNHCR

Posted at: October 1, 2012 6:23 pm

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STORY: GENEVA / WORLD REFUGEES
TRT:  2.38
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 1 OCTOBER 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE – 15 MAY 2012, JAMAM, SOUTH SUDAN

1.	Wide shot, South Sudanese refugees 
2.	Med shot, South Sudanese refugees in a truck

FILE – 3 MAY 2012, BORDER MAURITANIA AND MALI

3.	Med shot, Malian refugees

FILE – 15 MAY 2012, JAMAM, SOUTH SUDAN

4.	Wide shot, UNHCR convoy

1 OCTOBER 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

5.	Med shot, High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres gets up to go to the podium 
6.	SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees:
"At this time of economic crises, I am aware of the pressures on humanitarian aid budgets. Yet curtailing humanitarian assistance will turn out to be more costly in the long run. I therefore appeal to all our donors, both traditional and non-traditional, for additional support at this critical juncture, in which our financial capacity is stretched to the limit."
7.	Med shot, audience member
8.	SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees:
"Already in 2011, as crisis after crisis unfolded, more than 800,000 people crossed borders in search of refuge, an average of more than 2,000 refugees every day. This is higher than at any time in the last decade."
9.	Various shots, audience

FILE – 5 JUNE 2012, NIGER

10.	Med shot, bag of rice going on a woman's head  
11.	Close up, same bag being carried

FILE – 10 APRIL 2012, NIAFUNKÉ, MAURITANIA

12.	Wide shot, Malian refugees 
13.	Close up, kid drinking water from a pipe  
14.	Zoom in, little girl eating at entrance of tent

1 OCTOBER 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

15.	Med shot, WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin gets up to go to the podium 
16.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director World Food Programme (WFP): 
"The High Commissioner and I continue to compare notes our efforts to realign our agencies to be more effective and efficient, ensuring that our teams can continue working together more effectively with well- monitored and impactful results."

17.	FILE – 15 MAY 2012, JAMAM, SOUTH SUDAN

18.	Med shot, Sudanese refugees on tractors cabs 
19.	Wide shot, same group
20.	Close up, feet getting into buses 
21.	Wide shot, women getting into the bus
22.	Wide shot, UN Helicopter coming down

FILE – 8 AUGUST 2012, YUSIF BATIL, SOUTH SUDAN

23.	Med shot, sick Sudanese refugee  
24.	Close up, her face

FILE – 24 MAY 2012, JAMAM, SOUTH SUDAN

25.	Close up, Sudanese refugee and her baby

FILE – 11 SEPTEMBER 2012, ZA'ATRI CAMP, JORDAN

26.	Wide shot, Syrian refugees
27.	Med shot, Syrian refugees

FILE – 13 SEPTEMBER 2012, AKCAKALE CAMP, JORDAN

28.	Med shot, children in Jordan

FILE – 12 SEPTEMBER 2012, KILIS CAMP – TURKEY

29.	Med shot, little girl and wire mesh fence

FILE – 5 JUNE 2012, NIGER

30.	Tilt up, people lining up for food 
31.	Close up, faces

FILE – 3 MAY 2012, MAURITANIA

32.	Wide shot, water convoy with people in carts
33.	Med shot, women and Children in the cart 
34.	Various shots, Malian man walking

FILE – 5 JUNE 2012, NIGER

35.	Med shot, people in tent

STORYLINE:

Syria, Mali, South Sudan, thousands of people in need of assistance and protection, a multiplication of new refugee crises unmatched in recent UNHCR history.

Each has triggered large-scale movement of refugees and significant internal displacement.

At UNHCR's annual Executive Committee meeting, the High Commissioner said that the succession of crises has tested UNHCR's capacity to deliver.

The other major challenge is funding. In 2011, UNHCR spent 2.18 billion dollars. The projection for 2012, especially for emergencies, will be higher. To continue operating more funding will be needed.

SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees:
"At this time of economic crises, I am aware of the pressures on humanitarian aid budgets. Yet curtailing humanitarian assistance will turn out to be more costly in the long run. I therefore appeal to all our donors, both traditional and non-traditional, for additional support at this critical juncture, in which our financial capacity is stretched to the limit."

He described the situation as dire.

SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees:
"Already in 2011, as crisis after crisis unfolded, more than 800,000 people crossed borders in search of refuge, an average of more than 2,000 refugees every day. This is higher than at any time in the last decade."

To be more effective partnerships have been forged with NGOs, hosts government and other UN agencies.

Based on a cooperative relationship, WFP and UNHCR are currently conducting joint operations in 37 countries helping almost 10 million refugees, returnees and displaced people.

Addressing the meeting, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) explained that it is a trend both agencies will pursue.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director World Food Programme (WFP): 
"The High Commissioner and I continue to compare notes our efforts to realign our agencies to be more effective and efficient, ensuring that our teams can continue working together more effectively with well- monitored and impactful results."