19 Dec 2012

GENEVA / SYRIA HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

The UN today appealed to international donors for US$1.5 billion to support humanitarian assistance inside Syria and refugees fleeing Syria to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. CH UNTV / FILE

Posted at: December 19, 2012 4:48 pm

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STORY: GENEVA/ SYRIA HUMANITARIAN APPEAL
TRT: 2.13
SOURCE: CH UNTV / UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
 
DATELINE: 19 DECEMBER 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE – CH UNTV – RECENT, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations

CH UNTV – 19 DECEMBER 2012, GENEVA SWITZERLAND

2. Wide shot, press room 
3. Close up, Refugee Response Plan book on table
4. Tilt up, from the Refugee Response Plan book to reporter taking notes
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Radhouane Nouicer, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria: 
"The violence in Syria is raging across the country and there are nearly no more safe areas where people can flee and find safety as most parts of the country have now become engulfed in violence including in Damascus."
6. Close up, journalist listening
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Calivis, Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Region, UNICEF: 
"One of the things that children ask most whether in camps or whether in the displaced facilities within Syria is schooling. This has been repeated to us over and over again: what children missed most is the opportunity to continue their schooling no matter what their age is."
8. Wide shot, press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Calivis, Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Region, UNICEF: 
"The combination of prolonged violence, the scale and scope of destruction, the winter that is already here, has just intensified the urgency to scale up response."
10.  Close up, journalist typing
11. Wide shot, press room

FILE – UNHCR – RECENT, UNHCR REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN

12. Wide shot, refugee camp
13. Wide shot, refugee women talking
14. Wide shot, refugee camp
15. Wide shot, two children
16. Wide shot, refugee carries mattress
17. Wide shot, refugee tent with UNHCR logo

FILE – UNHCR – RECENT, LEBANON

18. Wide shot, village
19. Wide shot, refugee children playing
20. Close up, child
21. Med shot, two children
21. Wide shot, children standing next to the refugee camp fence

FILE – UNHCR – RECENT, UNHCR REFUGEE CAMP, TURKEY

22. Wide shot, food distribution
23. Wide shot, refugee family eating
24. Wide shot, children chanting next to camp tent
25. Wide shot, refugee camp

STORYLINE

The UN today (19 December)  appealed to international donors for US$1.5 billion to support humanitarian assistance inside Syria and refugees fleeing Syria to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt.

The Syrian Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan sets out to provide funding within and beyond Syria's borders and the funding needs of 55 humanitarian organizations in providing vital protection and assistance for civilians fleeing Syria during the first six months of 2013.

The UN's Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Radhouane Nouicer said "the violence in Syria is raging across the country and there are no more safe areas where people can flee and find safety as most parts of the country have now become engulfed in violence including Damascus".

The appeal is based on planning estimates that up to one million Syrian refugees will need help during the first half of 2013.

Currently in the countries immediately surrounding Syria 525,000 Syrians have either registered as refugees or are being assisted. This is a seven-fold increase since May, when just 70,000 Syrians had registered for help. Many more Syrians are in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, but have not yet registered.

The 2013 plan aims at redoubling efforts to protect vulnerable refugees, with a big emphasis on community outreach to refugees living in urban environments.  Much of this work is conducted by the 43 national and international NGOs included in the appeal.
Specific activities focusing on children, women, the elderly and survivors of sexual and gender based violence are planned for.

UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Maria Calivis told reporters that "One of the things that children ask most whether in camps or whether in the displaced facilities within Syria is schooling. This has been repeated to us over and over again: what children missed most is the opportunity to continue schooling no matter what their age is."

Since July Syrian refugees have fled the conflict for neighbouring countries at a rate of 2-3,000 a day.  The 2013 plan prioritizes support for new arrivals, assistance to hosting communities and plans for construction of new camps.

Calivis said that "the combination of prolonged violence, the scale and scope of destruction, the winter that is already here, has just intensified the urgency to scale up response."