UN / LOCUST UPDATE
27-Feb-2020
00:01:24
A United Nations spokesperson said, locust swarms “continue to spread within eastern Africa, with nine countries now affected: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania, and Uganda,” and “one small swarm” has reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / LOCUST UPDATE
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
TRT: 01:24
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Aerial shot, exterior UN headquarters
27 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Stephane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The locust continue to spread within eastern Africa, with nine countries now affected: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania, and Uganda. One small swarm reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There’s also been significant swarm movements in the Persian Gulf. Hundreds of thousands of hectares, including cropland and pastures have already been affected by the ongoing widespread breeding. OCHA warns that immature swarms, the most voracious stage of the locust development will emerge at the start of the upcoming rainy season, which is the most important planting season for some of the world’s worst-affected and at-risk countries in East Africa.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“OCHA says an extended response will be necessary, including early support from governments and humanitarian partners, to affected farmers and pastoralists to meet their immediate needs and enable to quickly resume their livelihoods. The FAO has increased their appeal to 138 million dollars to cover expanded needs and additional countries for which 52 million dollars have been pledged so far.”
7. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away from the podium
1. Aerial shot, exterior UN headquarters
27 FEBRUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Stephane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The locust continue to spread within eastern Africa, with nine countries now affected: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania, and Uganda. One small swarm reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There’s also been significant swarm movements in the Persian Gulf. Hundreds of thousands of hectares, including cropland and pastures have already been affected by the ongoing widespread breeding. OCHA warns that immature swarms, the most voracious stage of the locust development will emerge at the start of the upcoming rainy season, which is the most important planting season for some of the world’s worst-affected and at-risk countries in East Africa.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“OCHA says an extended response will be necessary, including early support from governments and humanitarian partners, to affected farmers and pastoralists to meet their immediate needs and enable to quickly resume their livelihoods. The FAO has increased their appeal to 138 million dollars to cover expanded needs and additional countries for which 52 million dollars have been pledged so far.”
7. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away from the podium
STORYLINE
A United Nations spokesperson today (27 Feb) said, locust swarms “continue to spread within eastern Africa, with nine countries now affected: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania, and Uganda,” and “one small swarm” has reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told journalists in New York that “there’s also been significant swarm movements in the Persian Gulf.”
Dujarric said, “hundreds of thousands of hectares, including cropland and pastures have already been affected by the ongoing widespread breeding.”
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Dujarric said, “warns that immature swarms, the most voracious stage of the locust development will emerge at the start of the upcoming rainy season, which is the most important planting season for some of the world’s worst-affected and at-risk countries in East Africa.”
OCHA, the spokesperson continued, “says an extended response will be necessary, including early support from governments and humanitarian partners, to affected farmers and pastoralists to meet their immediate needs and enable to quickly resume their livelihoods.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), he said, “has increased their appeal to 138 million dollars to cover expanded needs and additional countries for which 52 million dollars have been pledged so far.”
Since FAO launched its first appeal to help what was at the time three affected countries, the locust swarms have moved rapidly across vast distances and each day more countries are affected.
Last week, a swarm crossed into South Sudan, one of Africa’s most food-insecure and fragile countries. And just this week, one swarm reached the eastern boundaries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – a country that has not seen a locust incursion since 1944.
The potential impact of locusts on a country that is still grappling with complex conflict, displacement, Ebola and measles outbreaks and food insecurity would be devastating.
The spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told journalists in New York that “there’s also been significant swarm movements in the Persian Gulf.”
Dujarric said, “hundreds of thousands of hectares, including cropland and pastures have already been affected by the ongoing widespread breeding.”
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Dujarric said, “warns that immature swarms, the most voracious stage of the locust development will emerge at the start of the upcoming rainy season, which is the most important planting season for some of the world’s worst-affected and at-risk countries in East Africa.”
OCHA, the spokesperson continued, “says an extended response will be necessary, including early support from governments and humanitarian partners, to affected farmers and pastoralists to meet their immediate needs and enable to quickly resume their livelihoods.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), he said, “has increased their appeal to 138 million dollars to cover expanded needs and additional countries for which 52 million dollars have been pledged so far.”
Since FAO launched its first appeal to help what was at the time three affected countries, the locust swarms have moved rapidly across vast distances and each day more countries are affected.
Last week, a swarm crossed into South Sudan, one of Africa’s most food-insecure and fragile countries. And just this week, one swarm reached the eastern boundaries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – a country that has not seen a locust incursion since 1944.
The potential impact of locusts on a country that is still grappling with complex conflict, displacement, Ebola and measles outbreaks and food insecurity would be devastating.
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