SIERRA LEONE/UNITED NATIONS: THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL'S SPOKEMAN WARNS OF POSSIBLE HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN SIERRA LEONE IF FOOD SUPPLIES DO NOT GET ON TIME

Record ID: 981067

  • Title: SIERRA LEONE/UNITED NATIONS: THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL'S SPOKEMAN WARNS OF POSSIBLE HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN SIERRA LEONE IF FOOD SUPPLIES DO NOT GET ON TIME
  • Date: 13th January 1999
  • Summary: FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE (JANUARY 12, 1999)(REUTERS) 1. LV SMOKE RISING OVER FREETOWN BUILDINGS (6 SHOTS) 0.23 UNITED NATIONS (JANUARY 12, 1999) (UNTV) 2. MCU (English) UNITED NATIONS SPOKESMAN FRED ECKHART SAYING: "All shops and markets have been shut down since Freetown was invaded by rebel forces last Wednesday. Reports from the region today, meanwhile, indicate that Freetown was quiet and that the rebels appeared to be out of the city and that ECOMOG forces may therefore have retaken it. The city though was described as a smoking ruin, with extensive fire damage reported." 0.53 3. SV REPORTERS LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 1.00 FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE (JANUARY 12, 1999)(REUTERS) 4. CU WATER STAND PIPE IN STREET IN ABERDEEN DISTRICT OF WESTERN FREETOWN 1.05 5. SLV PEOPLE COLLECTING WATER (2 SHOTS) 1.16 6. SLV/SV PEOPLE EATING COCONUTS (3 SHOTS) 1.26 7. SLV/SV/CU PEOPLE PREPARING FOOD/PEOPLE PREPARING SMALL CRAYFISH TAKEN FROM NEARBY RIVER (8 SHOTS) 1.58 8. MCU (English) YOUTH IN STREET SAYING: "We need assistance, soon. Please help us." 2.03 9. MCU YOUTH TRYING TO OPEN A COCONUT/YOUTH EATING COCONUT (2 SHOTS) 2.18 10. SV/CU CHILD WITH PIECE OF COCONUT (3 SHOTS) 2.33 11. SLV CAR HEADING GOING AROUND ROAD 2.39 12. SLV SIERRA LEONE COATE OF ARMS 2.43 13. LV/SV CHILDREN IN STREET (2 SHOTS) 2.52 14. SLV DOG IN STREET 2.57 15. LV LEBANESE CITIZENS GATHERING FOR EVACUATION NEAR FOOTBALL FIELD 3.00 16. SLV/SV OF FAMILIES HUGGING, SAYING GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER (4 SHOTS) 3.20 17. SV GUARD 3.24 18. SV/LV LUGGAGE BEING TAKEN TO HELICOPTER/PEOPLE SAYING GOOD BYE TO EACH OTHER (4 SHOTS) 3.43 19. SLV/SV CHILDREN WALKING, SOME BEING CARRIED TOWARDS HELICOPTER (2 SHOTS) 3.57 20. SV MAN HUGGING GIRL, GIRL GETS ABOARD HELICOPTER (2 SHOTS) 4.10 21. CU/SLV HELCOPTER FLIES OFF (3 SHOTS) 4.33 22. SLV MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVES OFF PAN TO PEOPLE POURING FRESH WATER INTO CONTAINERS 4.46 23. CU CONTAINERS WITH WATER 4.50 24. MCU (English) WOMAN SAYING "I hope it's gonig to get much better now, this is the second time, and I hope we have learned a lesson, you know. For many people this is the fourth time that they have come from the villages. So I hope we've learnt a lesson and things will start getting better now. 5.06 25. MCU (English) MAN SAYING "When they came I left my wife, I left all my kids, I don't know anything whatsoever. I mean what is their present position, I don't know. I am absolutely very worried. I need to know. 5.20 26. SLV PEOPLE WALKING AROUND OUTSIDE HOTEL 5.34 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th January 1999 12:00
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  • Location: FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE AND UNITED NATIONS
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  • Country: USA United States Sierra Leone
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