SHOTLIST:
1.Wide shot, Palais des Nations flag alley, nations’ flags flying, a cloudy day.
2.Wide shot, podium with speakers in a near-empty Room XIV in line with COVID-19 distancing measures, Palais des Nations.
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Laerke, Spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“South Sudan is facing its highest levels of food insecurity and malnutrition since independence 10 years ago. The South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan for 2021, which is being launched today, aims to reach 6.6 million people at life-saving assistance and protection this year.”
4.Med shot, podium with speakers, side shot, Room XIV, Palais des Nations.
16 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2. Multiscreen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I am alarmed, to be very frank that the mere fact of meeting across the table to discuss with us or with others, or with each other, the contours of ending the war is being framed by some – not by all - as a concession rather than an obligation. As a transaction, rather than a priority.”
4. Multiscreen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“A nationwide ceasefire, along with the opening of Sana’a airport and ensuring the unhindered flow of fuel and other commodities into Yemen through Hudaydah ports, are urgent humanitarian imperatives. These measures will ease the impact of the conflict on civilians, will facilitate Yemenis’ right to freedom of movement, and it’s clear we must do all we can to allow Yemen to survive, to give it a chance under these circumstances. And so, it is
04 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham at the dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We need to scale up the life-saving response now to meet growing humanitarian needs in many parts of the country. We’ve had increasing vulnerability, more displacement, that we need to address. And secondly, we must act to prevent - credible solutions, sustainable solutions – to prevent this from becoming a protracted crisis with no end point in sight.”