(28 Mar 2001)
TOKO Material
1. Wide shot in arrivals terminal of Joko Kenyatta International Airport
2. Jonathan Veitch , UNICEF hugs colleagues
3. Frenchwoman Jocelyne Madeline is hugged by colleague as she comes out
4. Spaniard Enric Sarrias MSF is hugged by colleagues, followed by Spaniard Helena Grandio (wearing head scarf )
5. Wide shot impromptu news conference in terminal
6. SOUNDBITE: Kevin Farrell, Acting U-N Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia "We still have four U-N international staff being held in Mogadishu and our major concern is for their safety and for their quick release."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF "We were never hostages. We were taken to a place and kept safely and then released at about two o'clock this morning. Question: (inaudible) Answer: "Never"
8. Back shot of new conference
9. Pan from media to Veitch
STORYLINE:
Five foreign aid workers caught in a firefight in north Mogadishu, Somalia were safely evacuated Wednesday, but U-N officials expressed concern for four U-N staff still being held by militiamen opposed to the country's new government.
Three aid workers employed by the Spanish branch of Medecins sans Frontieres and two U.N. Children's Fund staff arrived safely in neighbouring Kenya Wednesday night.
But four U-N workers remained in Mogadishu being held against their will, said Kevin Farrell, acting U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Somalia.
Briton Jonathan Veitch and American Sheldon Yett were ambushed Tuesday morning while riding in a convoy carrying 11 international
relief workers Mogadishu to assess a cholera outbreak in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
They were apparently caught in a dispute between the guards who work for the Spanish branch of Medecines
sans Frontieres and another militia
Veitch and Yett both work for the U.N. Children's Fund, based in neighboring Kenya and were on a temporary assignment in Somalia.
Veitch said they weren't entirely sure how it happened - the two men were leaving the compound when it was was overrun by the attacking militia.
As it was being looted, Veitch, Yett and three MSF aid workers were taken to another compound.
Veitch insisted they were never hostages.
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