ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENAWI DEFENDS HIS GOVERNMENT'S RECORD ON FAMINE

Record ID: 979735

  • Title: ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENAWI DEFENDS HIS GOVERNMENT'S RECORD ON FAMINE
  • Date: 12th April 2000
  • Summary: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (APRIL 13, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENAWI ENTERS (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. SV (SOUNDBITE) (English) MELES ZENAWI, PRIME MINISTER OF ETHIOPIA, SAYING: "The pledges that have been made and the promises made over the past few days give us a realistic chance of averting disaster providing we work together to save lives. In this regard I am very pleased with the discussions I had this morning with Ms. Bertini of the World Food Programme." 0.38 3. C/A NEWS CONFERENCE 0.42 4. SV (SOUNDBITE) (English) MELES: "A careful reading of my brief statement would make it clear that we do not need to use the port of Assab to bring in food to satisfy our monthly requirements on a monthly basis. Now we of course do with all 800,000 tonnes of food arriving in Addis tomorrow. But in terms of saving lives the minimum requirement is that we have enough food every month to save the hungry."/ MEDIA/ SOUNDBITE CONTINUED (3 SHOTS) 1.48 GODE, ETHIOPIA (APRIL 12, 2000) (WFP VNR) 5. MV/SCU CATHERINE BERTINI, U.N. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE GREAT LAKES, TALKS TO MOTHER AND CHILD (2 SHOTS) 1.57 ADDIS ABABA (APRIL 13, 2000) (REUTERS) 6. SV (SOUNDBITE) (English) BERTINI SAYING "We disagree on the capacity. The government believes that those ports have the capacity to be able to serve the total needs and we think they do right now but we think as the problem grows that may not be the case. The Prime Minister and I agreed that if the problem becomes such that those ports cannot handle the programme that I would come back to him and talk to him again." 2.22 DENAN, SOUTH-WEST ETHIOPIA (APRIL 13, 2000) (REUTERS) 7. SLV/MV VILLAGE SETTLEMENT FOR IDP'S (2 SHOTS) 2.31 8. SLV WOMAN CARRYING FIREWOOD 2.39 9. MV/SCU/CU MALNOURISHED CHILDREN (3 SHOTS) 2.56 10. MV REFUGEES WAITING 3.01 11. CU CHILD COUGHING 3.07 12. SV SOUNDBITE (English) DR ABDUL AZIZ AKESH SAYING "When I am talking, when I talk to (indistinct) feeding situation was improving. In general the whole situation is not improving." 3.17 13. MV MALNOURISHED MAN SITTING IN HUT 3.21 14. MV/CU CHILD WITH FLIES AROUND EYES. (CHILD DIED TWENTY MINUTES AFTER BEING FILMED) (2 SHOTS) 3.26 15. SLV REFUGEES WALKING 3.31 16. MV WOMAN SITTING WITH DEAD CHILD (PARTIALLY COVERED BY CLOTH) (5 SHOTS) 3.52 17. VARIOUS REFUGEES WAITING (3 SHOTS) 4.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ADDIS ABABA AND GODE AND DENAN, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6AEOQD2D3VNJJZMVF3QMBO5IL
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