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Venezuela earthquake response - OCHA, IOM, PAHO, UNHCR, OHCHR, IFRC
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Venezuela earthquake response: OCHA, IOM, PAHO, UNHCR, OHCHR, IFRC

TRT: 3 min 14s
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 & 9:16 vertical broll
DATELINE: 26 JUNE 2026 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND & 25 JUNE 2026 LOS PALOS GRANDES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CHACAO, CARACAS, VENEZUELA (please credit UNHCR)

Speakers:

  • OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke
  • IFRC spokesperson Loyce Pace, Regional Director for the Americas (from Panama City)
  • Dr Ciro Ugarte, PAHO/WHO Health Emergencies Director (from Washington, DC)
  • UNHCR spokesperson Matt Saltmarsh
  • IOM spokesperson Zoe Brennan
  • OHCHR spokesperson Marta Hurtado

SHOTLIST

  1. Exterior wide aerial view of UN Geneva.
  2. Wide, Press room.
  3. SOUNDBITE (English) — OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke: “The entire humanitarian system is moving very fast and at scale, supporting the government-led response in Venezuela. Top priority: search and rescue.”
  4. Wide, journalists, participants, remote speaker on TV screen.
  5. SOUNDBITE (English) – IFRC spokesperson Loyce Pace, Regional Director for the Americas: “After two nights, people are still terrified to re-enter what were their homes or other structures and still finding themselves displaced.”
  6. Wide, Press room.
  7. SOUNDBITE (English) – IFRC spokesperson Loyce Pace, Regional Director for the Americas: “People left everything and nothing is functioning as it should or as it has in these areas. And so, just ensuring that people can literally survive with those essentials is our priority on the ground.”
  8. Medium-wide, podium speakers listening with headsets.
  9. SOUNDBITE (English) – UNHCR spokesperson Matt Saltmarsh: “Tragically, authorities in La Guaira reported the collapse of a temporary accommodation centre hosting around 140 returnees who had recently arrived on a flight from the United States.”
  10. Wide, podium speakers.
  11. SOUNDBITE (English) – IOM spokesperson Zoe Brennan: “On the basis of the best available population and damage projections, IOM estimates that up to 6.76 million people could be affected in Venezuela following these events.”
  12. Wide, podium speakers, journalists, participants.
  13. SOUNDBITE (English) – IOM spokesperson Zoe Brennan: “The immediate priorities are clear: emergency shelter, safe water, sanitation, health care, protection and essential relief items for those who have lost everything.”
  14. Wide, Press room.
  15. SOUNDBITE (English) – Dr Ciro Ugarte, PAHO/WHO Health Emergencies Director (from Washington, DC): “The overriding priority is to urgently provide lifesaving health care and rescue as many people as possible, because the first hours, as you know, are critical to saving lives.”
  16. Medium, journalist.
  17. SOUNDBITE (English) – Dr Ciro Ugarte, PAHO/WHO Health Emergencies Director (from Washington, DC): “The immediate health priorities include also mass casualty management, trauma care, particularly in the areas with collapsed buildings and ongoing search and rescue operations. Hospitals are managing injuries such as broken bones and health injuries, but also we are seeing burns and other injuries that result from building collapse.”
  18. Wide, podium speakers.
  19. SOUNDBITE (English) OHCHR spokesperson Marta Hurtado: “We have documented that, yes, pre-existing restrictions to the internet stay in place during the first few hours after the earthquake. Of course, we call, as we've called before, to adopt measures to safeguard the digital space and guarantee the right to information and freedom of expression and access to digital media in Venezuela.”
  20. Wide, vertical, earth-moving equipment at work and emergency services in Los Palos Grandes in the Municipality of Chacao, Caracas. Please credit UNHCR.
  21. Wide, vertical, earth-moving equipment at work and crowds in Los Palos Grandes in the Municipality of Chacao, Caracas. Please credit UNHCR.
  22. Wide, vertical, public building showing earthquake damage in Los Palos Grandes in the Municipality of Chacao, Caracas. Please credit UNHCR.
  23. Wide, vertical, apartment building showing earthquake damage in in Los Palos Grandes in the Municipality of Chacao, Caracas. Please credit UNHCR.
  24. Wide, vertical, apartment building showing earthquake damage in Los Palos Grandes in the Municipality of Chacao, Caracas. Please credit UNHCR.

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