UN / SAHEL PEACE AND SECURITY
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The UN top official for Africa warned the Security Council today that the security situation in the Sahel “continues to deteriorate” and “the indiscriminate use of violence by terrorist groups means that thousands of innocent civilians suffer, while millions more are forced from their homes.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / SAHEL PEACE AND SECURITY
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
16 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“The security situation in the region continues to deteriorate. The indiscriminate use of violence by terrorist groups means that thousands of innocent civilians suffer, while millions more are forced from their homes. Insecurity exacerbates an already catastrophic humanitarian situation.”
4. Med shot, Security Council members
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“A coordinated breakthrough in our response to violent extremism is urgently needed. If we fail in this effort, the effects of terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime will be felt far beyond the Sahel region and, indeed, the African continent. We need to rethink our collective approach and be creative, going beyond existing efforts.”
6. Med shot, Security Council members
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“As the security situation worsens in the Sahel, armed groups are tightening their destructive grip on the broader region. The northern regions of the coastal states of the Gulf of Guinea are increasingly exposed to the spill-over of violence and insecurity. In this regard, international partners have indicated their willingness to actively consider extending their support to neighbouring countries in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa, based on their demands.”
8. Close up, Security Council president
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“During the current mandate, and despite the many difficulties, the Force was able to carry out, as the report shows, operations in the various zones. The convincing results recorded have contributed in one way or another to improving the security environment in the areas of operations. Armed terrorist groups have been neutralized, several apprehended, hundreds of weapons, thousands of munitions and large quantities of drugs seized.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“The political instability coupled with the security crisis is hampering the response initiatives undertaken so far to stem the threat, which is characterized by a loss of state control over growing areas of the national territory and the displacement of millions of people.”
12. Med shot, Tiaré and Ramadan on the screen
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Zakaria Ousman Ramadan, President, Chadian Center for Strategic Studies and Prospective Research:
“The security solution to the problems of the Sahel is certainly necessary, but it is not sufficient to establish a lasting culture of peace. The unstable political situation in some G5 Sahel countries and insecurity in the region, the presence of refugees in the area of intervention, the gradual economic decline could lead to bellicose conflicts and thus destroy development efforts.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
The UN top official for Africa warned the Security Council today that the security situation in the Sahel “continues to deteriorate” and “the indiscriminate use of violence by terrorist groups means that thousands of innocent civilians suffer, while millions more are forced from their homes.”
Briefing the Council Members on Wednesday (16 Nov), the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, also said that “insecurity exacerbates an already catastrophic humanitarian situation.”
According to Pobee, “a coordinated breakthrough in our response to violent extremism is urgently needed.”
If the international community fails in this effort, the Assistant Secretary-General said, “the effects of terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime will be felt far beyond the Sahel region and, indeed, the African continent.”
She added, “We need to rethink our collective approach and be creative, going beyond existing efforts.”
As the security situation worsens in the Sahel, Pobee informed that “armed groups are tightening their destructive grip on the broader region” and “the northern regions of the coastal states of the Gulf of Guinea are increasingly exposed to the spill-over of violence and insecurity.”
In this regard, the UN official said, “international partners have indicated their willingness to actively consider extending their support to neighbouring countries in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa, based on their demands.”
The Executive Secretary of the G5 Sahel, an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in west Africa, also briefed the Council.
Eric Tiaré said that “during the current mandate, and despite the many difficulties, the Force was able to carry out, as the report shows, operations in the various zones.”
According to him, “the convincing results recorded have contributed in one way or another to improving the security environment in the areas of operations.”
Among the successes, Tiaré said that “armed terrorist groups have been neutralized, several apprehended, hundreds of weapons, thousands of munitions and large quantities of drugs seized.”
The Executive Secretary also informed that “the political instability, coupled with the security crisis, is hampering the response initiatives undertaken so far to stem the threat, which is characterized by a loss of state control over growing areas of the national territory and the displacement of millions of people.”
Council Members heard from Zakaria Ousman Ramadan, the President of the Chadian Center for Strategic Studies and Prospective Research, who said that “the security solution to the problems of the Sahel is certainly necessary, but it is not sufficient to establish a lasting culture of peace.”
Accordin to Ramadan, “the unstable political situation in some G5 Sahel countries and insecurity in the region, the presence of refugees in the area of intervention, the gradual economic decline could lead to bellicose conflicts and thus destroy development efforts.”
TRT: 3:26
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
16 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“The security situation in the region continues to deteriorate. The indiscriminate use of violence by terrorist groups means that thousands of innocent civilians suffer, while millions more are forced from their homes. Insecurity exacerbates an already catastrophic humanitarian situation.”
4. Med shot, Security Council members
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“A coordinated breakthrough in our response to violent extremism is urgently needed. If we fail in this effort, the effects of terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime will be felt far beyond the Sahel region and, indeed, the African continent. We need to rethink our collective approach and be creative, going beyond existing efforts.”
6. Med shot, Security Council members
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“As the security situation worsens in the Sahel, armed groups are tightening their destructive grip on the broader region. The northern regions of the coastal states of the Gulf of Guinea are increasingly exposed to the spill-over of violence and insecurity. In this regard, international partners have indicated their willingness to actively consider extending their support to neighbouring countries in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa, based on their demands.”
8. Close up, Security Council president
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“During the current mandate, and despite the many difficulties, the Force was able to carry out, as the report shows, operations in the various zones. The convincing results recorded have contributed in one way or another to improving the security environment in the areas of operations. Armed terrorist groups have been neutralized, several apprehended, hundreds of weapons, thousands of munitions and large quantities of drugs seized.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Eric Tiaré, Executive Secretary, G5 Sahel:
“The political instability coupled with the security crisis is hampering the response initiatives undertaken so far to stem the threat, which is characterized by a loss of state control over growing areas of the national territory and the displacement of millions of people.”
12. Med shot, Tiaré and Ramadan on the screen
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Zakaria Ousman Ramadan, President, Chadian Center for Strategic Studies and Prospective Research:
“The security solution to the problems of the Sahel is certainly necessary, but it is not sufficient to establish a lasting culture of peace. The unstable political situation in some G5 Sahel countries and insecurity in the region, the presence of refugees in the area of intervention, the gradual economic decline could lead to bellicose conflicts and thus destroy development efforts.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
The UN top official for Africa warned the Security Council today that the security situation in the Sahel “continues to deteriorate” and “the indiscriminate use of violence by terrorist groups means that thousands of innocent civilians suffer, while millions more are forced from their homes.”
Briefing the Council Members on Wednesday (16 Nov), the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, also said that “insecurity exacerbates an already catastrophic humanitarian situation.”
According to Pobee, “a coordinated breakthrough in our response to violent extremism is urgently needed.”
If the international community fails in this effort, the Assistant Secretary-General said, “the effects of terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime will be felt far beyond the Sahel region and, indeed, the African continent.”
She added, “We need to rethink our collective approach and be creative, going beyond existing efforts.”
As the security situation worsens in the Sahel, Pobee informed that “armed groups are tightening their destructive grip on the broader region” and “the northern regions of the coastal states of the Gulf of Guinea are increasingly exposed to the spill-over of violence and insecurity.”
In this regard, the UN official said, “international partners have indicated their willingness to actively consider extending their support to neighbouring countries in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa, based on their demands.”
The Executive Secretary of the G5 Sahel, an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in west Africa, also briefed the Council.
Eric Tiaré said that “during the current mandate, and despite the many difficulties, the Force was able to carry out, as the report shows, operations in the various zones.”
According to him, “the convincing results recorded have contributed in one way or another to improving the security environment in the areas of operations.”
Among the successes, Tiaré said that “armed terrorist groups have been neutralized, several apprehended, hundreds of weapons, thousands of munitions and large quantities of drugs seized.”
The Executive Secretary also informed that “the political instability, coupled with the security crisis, is hampering the response initiatives undertaken so far to stem the threat, which is characterized by a loss of state control over growing areas of the national territory and the displacement of millions of people.”
Council Members heard from Zakaria Ousman Ramadan, the President of the Chadian Center for Strategic Studies and Prospective Research, who said that “the security solution to the problems of the Sahel is certainly necessary, but it is not sufficient to establish a lasting culture of peace.”
Accordin to Ramadan, “the unstable political situation in some G5 Sahel countries and insecurity in the region, the presence of refugees in the area of intervention, the gradual economic decline could lead to bellicose conflicts and thus destroy development efforts.”
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