GENEVA / YEMEN HUMANITARIAN
16-Mar-2022
00:03:20
After more than seven years of war, over 23 million Yemenis face hunger, disease, and other life-threatening risks as the country’s basic services and economy are collapsing, according to the UN Office for Humanitarian Coordination (OCHA). UNTV CH
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STORY: GENEVA / YEMEN HUMANITARIAN
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SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 MARCH 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / RECENT - YEMEN
TRT: 3:20
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 MARCH 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / RECENT - YEMEN
SHOTLIST
15 MARCH 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
2. Wide shot, Press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“We started the year 2022 with a 41 billion USD global humanitarian problem, as I presented in the overview in December. That's a lot of money to raise, and many crises are getting worse, like Afghanistan and parts of the Horn of Africa. But the war in Ukraine has added another appeal in the billions of dollars, and the total is now 43 billion USD.”
4. Med shot, participant in press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“Almost three quarters of the population will depend on humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022. And it is this figure, this proportion, that makes us often say that Yemen's humanitarian condition is among the worst in the world.”
6. Wide shot, press room with spokesperson Jens Laerke at dais
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“This year's response needs nearly 4.3 billion USD, just shy of 4.3 billion USD, to help over 17 million people across Yemen.”
8. Wide shot, participants in press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“Ending the war in Ukraine now, is of greatest importance because, as it goes on, it has secondary and tertiary impacts upon the new harvest, the new planting season, and so forth. Ukraine is a breadbasket.”
10. Close up, participant listening
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“About a third of Yemen's wheat comes from Russia and Ukraine. We already see food prices skyrocketing and we expect restrictions on supply. This comes on top of the fact that the food prices nearly doubled in Yemen anyway last year.”
12. Close up, laptop with spokesperson in background
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Bessler, Deputy Director-General and Head of Humanitarian Aid Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland:
“The needs, yes, are humanitarian, but economic as well as political. And in this regard, it is important to see this crisis in a holistic crisis and to mobilize all the attention and all the support we can get.”
14. Med shot journalists taking notes
15. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Carl Skau, Deputy Director-General, Head of Department for UN Policy, Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden:
“We need to turn every stone really to make sure that these dramatically increased needs can be met with the resources that we have available. And as part of this also, is that we need to broaden the donor base.”
16. Medium shot, spokesperson at dais
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“We need to allow these ships to flow in and out of those ports – certainly checked for the embargo of arms - but not stopped when they have food fuel or other things that are needed for the welfare of the people of Yemen.”
RECENT – WFP – 17 FEBRUARY 2022, MOKHA, YEMEN
18. Wide shot, Hamoud camp for displaced people
RECENT – WFP – 21 FEBRUARY 2022, MOKHA, YEMEN
19. Various shots, children being tested for malnutrition and receiving special nutritious food supplements from WFP
RECENT – WFP – 24 FEBRUARY 2022, SANA’A, YEMEN
20. Wide shot, mothers with their children waiting for them to be tested and treated for malnutrition in Bani Hawat Public Health Centre
21. Wide shot, mother holding daughter who suffers from severe malnutrition since birth
22. Med shot, mother holding malnourished daughter speaking to WFP chief David Beasley
23. Close up, malnourished child
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
2. Wide shot, Press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“We started the year 2022 with a 41 billion USD global humanitarian problem, as I presented in the overview in December. That's a lot of money to raise, and many crises are getting worse, like Afghanistan and parts of the Horn of Africa. But the war in Ukraine has added another appeal in the billions of dollars, and the total is now 43 billion USD.”
4. Med shot, participant in press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“Almost three quarters of the population will depend on humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022. And it is this figure, this proportion, that makes us often say that Yemen's humanitarian condition is among the worst in the world.”
6. Wide shot, press room with spokesperson Jens Laerke at dais
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“This year's response needs nearly 4.3 billion USD, just shy of 4.3 billion USD, to help over 17 million people across Yemen.”
8. Wide shot, participants in press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“Ending the war in Ukraine now, is of greatest importance because, as it goes on, it has secondary and tertiary impacts upon the new harvest, the new planting season, and so forth. Ukraine is a breadbasket.”
10. Close up, participant listening
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“About a third of Yemen's wheat comes from Russia and Ukraine. We already see food prices skyrocketing and we expect restrictions on supply. This comes on top of the fact that the food prices nearly doubled in Yemen anyway last year.”
12. Close up, laptop with spokesperson in background
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Bessler, Deputy Director-General and Head of Humanitarian Aid Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland:
“The needs, yes, are humanitarian, but economic as well as political. And in this regard, it is important to see this crisis in a holistic crisis and to mobilize all the attention and all the support we can get.”
14. Med shot journalists taking notes
15. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Carl Skau, Deputy Director-General, Head of Department for UN Policy, Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden:
“We need to turn every stone really to make sure that these dramatically increased needs can be met with the resources that we have available. And as part of this also, is that we need to broaden the donor base.”
16. Medium shot, spokesperson at dais
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“We need to allow these ships to flow in and out of those ports – certainly checked for the embargo of arms - but not stopped when they have food fuel or other things that are needed for the welfare of the people of Yemen.”
RECENT – WFP – 17 FEBRUARY 2022, MOKHA, YEMEN
18. Wide shot, Hamoud camp for displaced people
RECENT – WFP – 21 FEBRUARY 2022, MOKHA, YEMEN
19. Various shots, children being tested for malnutrition and receiving special nutritious food supplements from WFP
RECENT – WFP – 24 FEBRUARY 2022, SANA’A, YEMEN
20. Wide shot, mothers with their children waiting for them to be tested and treated for malnutrition in Bani Hawat Public Health Centre
21. Wide shot, mother holding daughter who suffers from severe malnutrition since birth
22. Med shot, mother holding malnourished daughter speaking to WFP chief David Beasley
23. Close up, malnourished child
STORYLINE
After more than seven years of war, over 23 million Yemenis face hunger, disease, and other life-threatening risks as the country’s basic services and economy are collapsing, according to the UN Office for Humanitarian Coordination (OCHA).
The number of vulnerable people has risen by 13 percent since last year, and some 161,000 people are likely to experience famine over the second half of this year, a fivefold increase from the current figure.
Addressing journalists in Geneva via teleconference, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths underlined that “almost three quarters of the population will depend on humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022,” which makes Yemen's humanitarian condition among the worst in the world.
Nearly 4.3 billion USD is required in 2022 to reach 17.2 million people and reverse the downward spiral according to the humanitarian agency. The civil war in Yemen is the main driver of hunger and the crisis is likely to deteriorate due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Some 90 percent of Yemen’s food is imported, with one third of its wheat imports coming from Russia and Ukraine. “Ending the war in Ukraine now, is of greatest importance” insisted Griffiths, “because as it goes on, it has secondary and tertiary impacts upon the new harvest, the new planting season and so forth. Ukraine is a breadbasket.” “We already see food prices skyrocketing and we expect restrictions on supply. This comes on top of the fact that the food prices nearly doubled anyway last year”, he added.
Ensuring commercial imports can get through is an additional challenge for the humanitarian agency. “We need to allow these ships to flow in and out of those ports – certainly checked for the embargo of arms - but not stopped when they have food fuel or other things that are needed for the welfare of the people of Yemen,” the humanitarian chief said.
The poorest Arab nation plunged into civil war in 2014, when Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of its capital, Sanaa, and part of the north, forcing the government to flee to the south, then to Saudi Arabia.
The war has deteriorated into a stalemate, leading Manuel Bessler of the Swiss agency for development and cooperation to point out “the needs, are humanitarian, but economic as well as political. And in this regard, it is important to see this crisis in a holistic crisis and to mobilize all the attention and all the support we can get.”
Funding shortages have forced two-thirds of major UN projects in Yemen to scale down or close their operations. Earlier this year, eight million people saw their food rations cut in half, with further reductions on the way. “We need to turn every stone to make sure that these dramatically increased needs can be met with the resources that we have available,” said Carl Skau from the Swedish Ministry for foreign affairs, adding “we need to broaden the donor base.”
The high-level event will be launched in Geneva today (16 Mar) at 1430 CET. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres will deliver opening remarks. UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie will also address the gathering. Jolie recently travelled to Yemen to draw attention to the devastating impact of the war and called for support for Yemeni civilians who are facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
The number of vulnerable people has risen by 13 percent since last year, and some 161,000 people are likely to experience famine over the second half of this year, a fivefold increase from the current figure.
Addressing journalists in Geneva via teleconference, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths underlined that “almost three quarters of the population will depend on humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022,” which makes Yemen's humanitarian condition among the worst in the world.
Nearly 4.3 billion USD is required in 2022 to reach 17.2 million people and reverse the downward spiral according to the humanitarian agency. The civil war in Yemen is the main driver of hunger and the crisis is likely to deteriorate due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Some 90 percent of Yemen’s food is imported, with one third of its wheat imports coming from Russia and Ukraine. “Ending the war in Ukraine now, is of greatest importance” insisted Griffiths, “because as it goes on, it has secondary and tertiary impacts upon the new harvest, the new planting season and so forth. Ukraine is a breadbasket.” “We already see food prices skyrocketing and we expect restrictions on supply. This comes on top of the fact that the food prices nearly doubled anyway last year”, he added.
Ensuring commercial imports can get through is an additional challenge for the humanitarian agency. “We need to allow these ships to flow in and out of those ports – certainly checked for the embargo of arms - but not stopped when they have food fuel or other things that are needed for the welfare of the people of Yemen,” the humanitarian chief said.
The poorest Arab nation plunged into civil war in 2014, when Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of its capital, Sanaa, and part of the north, forcing the government to flee to the south, then to Saudi Arabia.
The war has deteriorated into a stalemate, leading Manuel Bessler of the Swiss agency for development and cooperation to point out “the needs, are humanitarian, but economic as well as political. And in this regard, it is important to see this crisis in a holistic crisis and to mobilize all the attention and all the support we can get.”
Funding shortages have forced two-thirds of major UN projects in Yemen to scale down or close their operations. Earlier this year, eight million people saw their food rations cut in half, with further reductions on the way. “We need to turn every stone to make sure that these dramatically increased needs can be met with the resources that we have available,” said Carl Skau from the Swedish Ministry for foreign affairs, adding “we need to broaden the donor base.”
The high-level event will be launched in Geneva today (16 Mar) at 1430 CET. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres will deliver opening remarks. UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie will also address the gathering. Jolie recently travelled to Yemen to draw attention to the devastating impact of the war and called for support for Yemeni civilians who are facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
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