UN / HAITI UPDATE

STORY: UN / HAITI UPDATE
TRT: 02:03
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 06 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

06 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric at podium
3. UPSOUND (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Another situation which I wanted to flag and that is Haiti, where this morning, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit the area near the southern city of Jerémie, in the department of Grand’Anse. We are deeply saddened by the loss of life, destruction of property and suffering of the Haitian people caused by the earthquake.”
4. Med shot, journalists speaking
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General extends his condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to all those injured. The UN stands ready to work with the Haitian authorities and other partners to help ease the suffering of those in need as it relates to the earthquake. And of course, the other natural disaster which is the flooding and the landslides we’ve seen in the past few days.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that Grand’Anse was already impacted by torrential rains that I just mentioned. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is working with UNICEF, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration to support communities around the capital Port-au-Prince that were hardest hit by the floods and landslides. WFP is ready to distribute some 350,000 hot meals and other food assistance to those who need it the most.”
8. Med shot, journalist asking question
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our colleagues say that ongoing insecurity and damage to roads are obviously hampering any relief efforts. As we mentioned yesterday, the floods and landslides impacted seven of Haiti’s 10 departments, and authorities say at least 51 people have been killed, 140 others injured and 18 are still missing. In the affected areas, nearly 32,000 homes were flooded.”
10. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

STORYLINE:

The UN stands ready to work with the Haitian authorities and other partners to help ease the suffering of those in need after the 5.5 magnitude earthquake that on Tuesday (6 June) hit the area near the southern city of Jerémie, in the department of Grand’Anse, a UN spokesperson said.

Briefing journalists in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric, said, “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life, destruction of property and suffering of the Haitian people caused by the earthquake.”

He said that the Secretary-General extended his condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to all those injured.

Grand’Anse was already impacted by torrential rains. According to the Spokesperson, “The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is working with UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support communities around the capital Port-au-Prince that were hardest hit by the floods and landslides.”

WFP, he said, is ready "to distribute some 350,000 hot meals and other food assistance to those who need it the most.”

Dujarric continued, “Our colleagues say that ongoing insecurity and damage to roads are obviously hampering any relief efforts.”

He also said that the floods and landslides impacted seven of Haiti’s 10 departments.

Dujarric added, “authorities say at least 51 people have been killed, 140 others injured and 18 are still missing. In the affected areas, nearly 32,000 homes were flooded.”