TRT: 3:59
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
06 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President, United Nations General Assembly:
“I now invite representatives to stand and observe a minute of silence in tribute to the memory of those who lost their lives.”
4. Various shots, Member States observe minute of silence
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Before we begin, I want to convey my deep sadness about the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. I extend my condolences to the families of the victims. The United Nations is mobilizing to support the emergency response. Let us work together in solidarity to assist all those hit by this disaster, many of whom were already in dire need of humanitarian aid.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly
7. Wide shot, press room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian partners are telling us that this is Türkiye’s most powerful earthquake recorded since 1939, and that at least 78 aftershocks were reported followed by a second earthquake of 7.5 magnitude. The earthquake has heavily impacted north-west Syria where 4.1 million people, most of them women and children, were already relying on humanitarian assistance.
9. Wide shot, journalists in the press room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“224 buildings were completely destroyed and at least 325 partially damaged in 17 subdistricts. That is according to initial information we ae getting from local authorities. Preliminary assessments indicate that the sub-districts of Harim, Atmeh, Sarmada, Atareb, and Kafr Takharim are among the worst hit areas.”
11. Wide shot, Dujarric in the dais
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Partners have reported that their offices and warehouses have been damaged and hospitals are already overwhelmed. There is an urgent need for tents and non-food items, in particular blankets, heating fuel, stoves and plastic sheets. We, along with our partners, are monitoring the situation on the ground, despite the power shortages and chronic disruptions to telecommunications.”
13. Close up, journalist asking question
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency have a total stock of some 2,000 tents and approximately 1,700 Non-Food Item kits pre-positioned inside north-west Syria. UNHCR tells us that 1,000 additional tents are available in a warehouse in Gaziantep, southern Türkiye. The World Health Organization has also released trauma kits from its warehouses to at least 16 hospitals in the north-west Syria. We are also looking to mobilize emergency funds in the region.”
15. Close up, journalist asking question
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The earthquake is expected to disrupt aid operations in north-west Syria, given the impact on roads, the supply chain and logistics facilities. Just to give you a bit of perspective, we, along with our humanitarian partners, have been assisting 2.7 million people per month in northwest Syria via cross-border air deliveries. That is before the earthquake.”
17. Wide shot, press room
STORYLINE:
Secretary-General António Guterres said today that “the United Nations is mobilizing to support the emergency response” after the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
Speaking on Monday (06 Feb) at a General Assembly event where Member States paid a minute of silence for the victims of the natural disaster, the UN chief urged the international community to “work together in solidarity to assist all those hit by this disaster, many of whom were already in dire need of humanitarian aid.”
Also on Monday, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, told journalists that, according to humanitarian partners, “this is Türkiye’s most powerful earthquake recorded since 1939, and that at least 78 aftershocks were reported followed by a second earthquake of 7.5 magnitude.”
Dujarric also said that “the earthquake has heavily impacted north-west Syria where 4.1 million people, most of them women and children, were already relying on humanitarian assistance.”
According to initial information we ae getting from local authorities, 224 buildings were completely destroyed and at least 325 partially damaged in 17 subdistricts. Preliminary assessments indicate that the sub-districts of Harim, Atmeh, Sarmada, Atareb, and Kafr Takharim are among the worst hit areas.
The Spokespeson said that “partners have reported that their offices and warehouses have been damaged and hospitals are already overwhelmed.”
“There is an urgent need for tents and non-food items, in particular blankets, heating fuel, stoves and plastic sheets. We, along with our partners, are monitoring the situation on the ground, despite the power shortages and chronic disruptions to telecommunications,” added Dujarric.
The UN agencies are already on the ground, said the Spokesperson.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have a total stock of some 2,000 tents and approximately 1,700 Non-Food Item kits pre-positioned inside north-west Syria. UNHCR says that 1,000 additional tents are available in a warehouse in Gaziantep, southern Türkiye.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also released trauma kits from its warehouses to at least 16 hospitals in the north-west Syria.
“We are also looking to mobilize emergency funds in the region,” explained Dujarric, adding that “tThe earthquake is expected to disrupt aid operations in north-west Syria, given the impact on roads, the supply chain and logistics facilities.”
“Just to give you a bit of perspective, we, along with our humanitarian partners, have been assisting 2.7 million people per month in northwest Syria via cross-border air deliveries. That is before the earthquake,” concluded the Spokesperson.
