24 Jun 2011

DARFUR / HUMAN RIGHTS

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang visited Zamzam camp for the internally displaced Friday where she met several residents newly uprooted by recent clashes. This tour of the region marks the final leg of a visit to the Sudan ahead of southern secession next month. UNAMID

Posted at: June 24, 2011 4:32 pm

Duration: 01:15

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STORY: DARFUR / HUMAN RIGHTS 
TRT: 1:15
SOURCE: UNAMID
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 JUNE 2011, ELFASHER, SUDAN

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, convoy driving through desert/IDP camp
2. Close up, Kyung-wha Kang, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, alighting from UN vehicle
3. Wide shot, newly arrived displaced persons talking to Ms, Kyung-wha Kang
4. Med shot, women listening
5. Med shot, Kyung-wha Kang talking to displaced man
6. Med shot, woman holding baby
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
"I'm shocked by the conditions in this camp. Certainly, I think the concern of the international community should be to come back. I think it has dissipated quite a bit. Especially, here with so many new people coming in to settle"
8. Wide shot, Kyung-wha Kang, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights talking to Children
9. Various shots, of newly displaced people fetching water
 
STORYLINE

The United Nations (UN) Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang, today visited El Fasher, North Darfur.

The delegation visited the Zam Zam internally displaced persons camp, located on the outskirts of El Fasher and home to more than 100,000 people. There, Kang spoke with UN-African Union Mission (UNAMID) peacekeepers stationed at the nearby team site as well as community leaders and several residents newly displaced by recent clashes.

"I'm shocked by the conditions in this camp," she remarked.

"Certainly, I think the concern of the international community should be to come back. I think it has dissipated quite a bit. Especially, here with so many new people coming in to settle. The UN system, protection cluster and humanitarian assistance setup is trying as best as it can, but the challenge is just so enormous. I've seen many camps in many countries. But this is just on a totally different scale," she added.

This tour of the region marks the final leg of a visit to the Sudan, during which the delegation also travelled to South Sudan.

Earlier in the day the delegation visited UNAMID's headquarters and met with the Mission's Deputy Joint Special Representative Mohamed Yonis and senior leadership to discuss developments in the region's security, humanitarian and human rights conditions, current challenges to the Mission's mandate and how they may be overcome.

Kang also paid a courtesy call on the Wali (Governor) of North Darfur and discussed increasing collaboration between local authorities and UN humanitarian workers.