UN / SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
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STORY: UN / SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
TRT: 02:30
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. WIDE SHOT, EXTERIOR UN HEADQUARTERS
08 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room dais with Adam Abdelmoula on screen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“The UN released the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan, HRP, for Somalia, which seeks 2.6 billion US dollars to assist about 7.6 million vulnerable people in 2023. This appeal is being launched at a very difficult time for Somalia. The country is on the brink of famine due to prolonged drought, conflict, high food and water prices, and massive displacement.”
4. Wide shot, press room dais with Abdelmoula on screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“The drought that is currently ravaging the country is truly unprecedented. The number of people affected by drought in January 2022 had more than doubled by the end of the year, and the number of people displaced by the drought increased more than fivefold over this past year.”
6. Wide shot, press room dais with Abdelmoula on screen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“Close to 6.4 million people are likely facing high levels of acute food insecurity through March of this year. This number is expected to increase to 8.3 million people between April and June, amid an anticipated reduction in funding for humanitarian assistance. This includes 727,000 people who are expected to experience catastrophic hunger.”
8. Wide shot, press room dais with Abdelmoula on screen
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“What we see in Somalia is equally a development crisis, is not a humanitarian crisis, and that there are no humanitarian solutions for this protracted crisis. There are only developmental interventions that can wean the country and its people from this endless dependency on humanitarian handouts.”
10. Wide shot, press room dais
STORYLINE:
The United Nations released its 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia, which seeks 2.6 billion US dollars to assist about 7.6 million vulnerable people in 2023.
Speaking to reporters in New York via video teleconference from Mogadishu, the Resident and Humanitarian
Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, said, “this appeal is being launched at a very difficult time for Somalia. The country is on the brink of famine due to prolonged drought, conflict, high food and water prices, and massive displacement.”
Abdelmoula said, “the drought that is currently ravaging the country is truly unprecedented. The number of people affected by drought in January 2022 had more than doubled by the end of the year, and the number of people displaced by the drought increased more than fivefold over this past year.”
He told reporters that “close to 6.4 million people are likely facing high levels of acute food insecurity through March of this year” and “this number is expected to increase to 8.3 million people between April and June, amid an anticipated reduction in funding for humanitarian assistance.”
727,000 people, Abdelmoula said, “are expected to experience catastrophic hunger.”
The humanitarian official said, “what we see in Somalia is equally a development crisis, is not a humanitarian crisis, and that there are no humanitarian solutions for this protracted crisis. There are only developmental interventions that can wean the country and its people from this endless dependency on humanitarian handouts.”
Humanitarian access remains a major impediment to the delivery of assistance in Somalia, especially in areas where conflict is ongoing and security concerns are high. Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubaland and South West State are areas of particular concern.
In 2022, at least 565 access incidents were reported in 91 districts, impacting the safety of aid workers and delivery of assistance. Nearly 660,000 people, of whom 375,770 are estimated to need assistance, live within territory controlled by non-state armed actors and are largely out of reach.
TRT: 02:30
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. WIDE SHOT, EXTERIOR UN HEADQUARTERS
08 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room dais with Adam Abdelmoula on screen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“The UN released the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan, HRP, for Somalia, which seeks 2.6 billion US dollars to assist about 7.6 million vulnerable people in 2023. This appeal is being launched at a very difficult time for Somalia. The country is on the brink of famine due to prolonged drought, conflict, high food and water prices, and massive displacement.”
4. Wide shot, press room dais with Abdelmoula on screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“The drought that is currently ravaging the country is truly unprecedented. The number of people affected by drought in January 2022 had more than doubled by the end of the year, and the number of people displaced by the drought increased more than fivefold over this past year.”
6. Wide shot, press room dais with Abdelmoula on screen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“Close to 6.4 million people are likely facing high levels of acute food insecurity through March of this year. This number is expected to increase to 8.3 million people between April and June, amid an anticipated reduction in funding for humanitarian assistance. This includes 727,000 people who are expected to experience catastrophic hunger.”
8. Wide shot, press room dais with Abdelmoula on screen
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Abdelmoula, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
“What we see in Somalia is equally a development crisis, is not a humanitarian crisis, and that there are no humanitarian solutions for this protracted crisis. There are only developmental interventions that can wean the country and its people from this endless dependency on humanitarian handouts.”
10. Wide shot, press room dais
STORYLINE:
The United Nations released its 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia, which seeks 2.6 billion US dollars to assist about 7.6 million vulnerable people in 2023.
Speaking to reporters in New York via video teleconference from Mogadishu, the Resident and Humanitarian
Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, said, “this appeal is being launched at a very difficult time for Somalia. The country is on the brink of famine due to prolonged drought, conflict, high food and water prices, and massive displacement.”
Abdelmoula said, “the drought that is currently ravaging the country is truly unprecedented. The number of people affected by drought in January 2022 had more than doubled by the end of the year, and the number of people displaced by the drought increased more than fivefold over this past year.”
He told reporters that “close to 6.4 million people are likely facing high levels of acute food insecurity through March of this year” and “this number is expected to increase to 8.3 million people between April and June, amid an anticipated reduction in funding for humanitarian assistance.”
727,000 people, Abdelmoula said, “are expected to experience catastrophic hunger.”
The humanitarian official said, “what we see in Somalia is equally a development crisis, is not a humanitarian crisis, and that there are no humanitarian solutions for this protracted crisis. There are only developmental interventions that can wean the country and its people from this endless dependency on humanitarian handouts.”
Humanitarian access remains a major impediment to the delivery of assistance in Somalia, especially in areas where conflict is ongoing and security concerns are high. Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubaland and South West State are areas of particular concern.
In 2022, at least 565 access incidents were reported in 91 districts, impacting the safety of aid workers and delivery of assistance. Nearly 660,000 people, of whom 375,770 are estimated to need assistance, live within territory controlled by non-state armed actors and are largely out of reach.
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