Top UN official visits blast site and injured, comments

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1. United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro (left), Nigeria''s foreign minister Olugbenga Ashiru (centre) and the UN''s local representative Agathe Lawson (right), holding bouquets of red and white roses near a UN flag flying at half mast 2. Wide of damaged UN building 3. Migiro, Ashiru and Lawson lay flowers at the foot of the flag pole 4. Migiro along with other local and foreign officials entering the damaged UN compound 5. Migiro inspecting one of the two metal gates rammed by the car before the suicide bomber detonated at the building 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gregory Starr, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security: "The problem is essentially that yes, we need to spend more money on security, but every dollar that we spend on security is a dollar that we are not spending on medical care, or development or humanitarian affairs. So there is a very fine line that we''ve got to hit here. I mean, to take the money that we''re given by member states and to spend it on us, on security, rather than things that we need to spend it on, that''s the line that we''ve got to hit." 7. Starr walking through wreckage 8. Injured man in hospital, attached to monitors 9. Migiro moves towards injured man 10. Close-up of injured man 11. Close-up of hand with pulse monitor 12. Migiro talking to patient, UPSOUND: (English) Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General: "As the doctor say, you are doing good, and we hope that you will be better. Asha-Rose Migiro with you, Deputy Secretary-General. We have the whole team of the UN family and we are going to take care of all of you and wishing you a quick recovery." 13. Injured man lying on bed, nurse nearby 14. Migiro talking to patient, UPSOUND: Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General: (Kiswahili) "Felix, how are you? (English) This is Asha-Rose Migiro. Hope you get better, Felix. Working hard." 15. Wide of news conference 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General: "We cannot allow ourselves to be intimidated by terrorism. As we have said, the United Nations stands for a core of values; about peace, about development, about security, and we are not going to go back on this. We will continue. Terrorism is not something that needs be given space, and we have seen the overwhelming support that we have gotten, words of encouragement that we have gotten from this very country, but from all over the world for the work that we are doing. And we have said that the attack that was done, it was not only an attack on the United Nations, this is an attack on communities, it is an attack on people who are providing a livelihood for their families, we cannot allow this. Life cannot stop because of terrorist attacks." 17. Media 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General: "We understand that this is a building that had very good security and it has been regarded as one of those whose security was really, really tight." 19. News conference ends STORYLINE: United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, along with Nigeria''s foreign minister and the body''s local representative, laid bouquets of red and white roses on Sunday beside a UN flag flying at half mast at the site of a suicide car bombing. A suicide bomber rammed through two sets of gates to reach the massive UN building''s glass reception hall on Friday morning. There, the bomber detonated explosives powerful enough to bring down parts of the concrete structure and blow out glass windows from other buildings in the quiet neighbourhood filled with diplomatic posts. Another 81 people were wounded in the attack. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/169c57cc87f983c77391cffe1aca14e7 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork