UN / SOMALIA FOOD INSECURITY
14-Oct-2022
00:02:23
About 6.7 million Somalis are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Somalia. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / SOMALIA FOOD INSECURITY
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 14 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
TRT: 2:23
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 14 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
14 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot,
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“We have about 6.7 million Somalis [expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity], including over 300,000 people who are classified as IPC 5 – you were referring to Haiti earlier –, so we have 300,000 people in Somalia, jumping from 130 a few months back. So these people are facing famine condition. Approximately half of those that are facing famine are actually in rural and hard to reach areas.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“We know that we have over 1 million people that have now been displaced, of which 80 percent of these displaced people are women and children.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“We know that famine is expected in two districts, Baidoa and Burhakaba. This is the southwest state, further down in Somalia, the southern part of Somalia. Clearly if assistance doesn't reach the most vulnerable in these areas immediately, we will be in a famine situation.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room with Peterschmitt on the screen
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“The current drought is the worst that we have seen in the last four decades. It has affected about 7.8 million people. So just to put things in perspective this is about half of Somalia's population. 90 percent of the country is facing extreme drought. Women and girls are being forced to track much longer distances to access water, shelter, which also make them more vulnerable to gender-based violence.”
10. Close up, journalist asking question
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“Of course, we should not wait for a famine declaration to act, because then it will be too late. We know from 2011, when we faced a famine situation and a famine declaration, that by the time the famine was declared half of the 260,000 people who died had actually already died.”
12. Wide shot, briefing room with Peterschmitt on the screen
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
14 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot,
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“We have about 6.7 million Somalis [expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity], including over 300,000 people who are classified as IPC 5 – you were referring to Haiti earlier –, so we have 300,000 people in Somalia, jumping from 130 a few months back. So these people are facing famine condition. Approximately half of those that are facing famine are actually in rural and hard to reach areas.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“We know that we have over 1 million people that have now been displaced, of which 80 percent of these displaced people are women and children.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“We know that famine is expected in two districts, Baidoa and Burhakaba. This is the southwest state, further down in Somalia, the southern part of Somalia. Clearly if assistance doesn't reach the most vulnerable in these areas immediately, we will be in a famine situation.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room with Peterschmitt on the screen
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“The current drought is the worst that we have seen in the last four decades. It has affected about 7.8 million people. So just to put things in perspective this is about half of Somalia's population. 90 percent of the country is facing extreme drought. Women and girls are being forced to track much longer distances to access water, shelter, which also make them more vulnerable to gender-based violence.”
10. Close up, journalist asking question
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, Representative in Somalia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
“Of course, we should not wait for a famine declaration to act, because then it will be too late. We know from 2011, when we faced a famine situation and a famine declaration, that by the time the famine was declared half of the 260,000 people who died had actually already died.”
12. Wide shot, briefing room with Peterschmitt on the screen
STORYLINE
About 6.7 million Somalis are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Somalia.
Briefing journalists today (14 Oct) in New York, Etienne Peterschmitt said that this number includes over 300,000 people on the IPC 5 phase, the most severe stage of food insecurity, considered famine.
According to the representative, just a few months ago, the same number was 130,000.
Peterschmitt also said that “approximately half of those that are facing famine are actually in rural and hard to reach areas.”
The FAO Representative told journalists that “over 1 million people have now been displaced, of which 80 percent of these displaced people are women and children.”
“We know that famine is expected in two districts, Baidoa and Burhakaba. This is the southwest state, further down in Somalia, the southern part of Somalia. Clearly if assistance doesn't reach the most vulnerable in these areas immediately, we will be in a famine situation,” said the expert.
According to Peterschmitt the current drought is the worst in the last four decades and has affected about 7.8 million people, about half of Somalia's population.
The Representative also said that “women and girls are being forced to track much longer distances to access water, shelter, which also make them more vulnerable to gender-based violence.”
“Of course, we should not wait for a famine declaration to act, because then it will be too late,” the expert continued. “We know from 2011, when we faced a famine situation and a famine declaration, that by the time the famine was declared half of the 260,000 people who died had actually already died.”
Briefing journalists today (14 Oct) in New York, Etienne Peterschmitt said that this number includes over 300,000 people on the IPC 5 phase, the most severe stage of food insecurity, considered famine.
According to the representative, just a few months ago, the same number was 130,000.
Peterschmitt also said that “approximately half of those that are facing famine are actually in rural and hard to reach areas.”
The FAO Representative told journalists that “over 1 million people have now been displaced, of which 80 percent of these displaced people are women and children.”
“We know that famine is expected in two districts, Baidoa and Burhakaba. This is the southwest state, further down in Somalia, the southern part of Somalia. Clearly if assistance doesn't reach the most vulnerable in these areas immediately, we will be in a famine situation,” said the expert.
According to Peterschmitt the current drought is the worst in the last four decades and has affected about 7.8 million people, about half of Somalia's population.
The Representative also said that “women and girls are being forced to track much longer distances to access water, shelter, which also make them more vulnerable to gender-based violence.”
“Of course, we should not wait for a famine declaration to act, because then it will be too late,” the expert continued. “We know from 2011, when we faced a famine situation and a famine declaration, that by the time the famine was declared half of the 260,000 people who died had actually already died.”
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