UN Meeting Shaken by Earthquake in New York City
A United Nations (UN) Security Council session underway in New York City continued through a 4.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled the northeastern United States on Friday morning, April 5.
Video shows the camera shaking as Janti Soeripto, President and Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children USA, spoke to the UN Security Council about Gaza on Friday morning. Credit: UN Web TV via Storyful
Video transcript
JANTI SOERIPTO: --I visited had one toilet for 600 people. Women stood in line for three hours to make use of it. Schools normally form a spine of protection for children, a place where children can seek humanitarian services and normality. Go ahead? Education is--
- Earthquake.
JANTI SOERIPTO: Is that an earthquake?
- Yeah.
JANTI SOERIPTO: [INAUDIBLE] Education is--
- You're making the ground shake.
JANTI SOERIPTO: Education is, in many ways-- Madam President, am good to continue? Education is, in many ways, life saving, but not in Gaza where every single child is out of school and 80% of education facilities have been destroyed.
--I visited had one toilet for 600 people. Women stood in line for three hours to make use of it. Schools normally form a spine of protection for children, a place where children can seek humanitarian services and normality. Go ahead? Education is--
- Earthquake.
JANTI SOERIPTO: Is that an earthquake?
- Yeah.
JANTI SOERIPTO: Oh. Education is--
- You're making the ground shake.
JANTI SOERIPTO: Education is, in many ways-- Madam President, am I good to continue? Education is, in many ways, life saving, but not in Gaza where every single child is out of school and 80% of education facilities have been destroyed.
