UN / PEACEKEEPING UPDATE
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STORY: UN / PEACEKEEPING UPDATE
TRT: 2:55
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
04 JANUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC is telling us that its Force Intervention Brigade has launched a joint operation with the Congolese army. The operation aims to bolster ongoing efforts to protect civilians and to neutralize armed groups in the area along the Beni-Semulike-Kamango-Nobil axis in North Kivu. The UN peacekeepers are also undertaking patrols along the axis to help improve security, to allow freedom of movement of the population and security forces and to help with the return of internally displaced people.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the Central African Republic, UN peacekeepers there have also concluded a joint mission with the Central African security forces to better protect people in the country’s West. Over a period of one month, peacekeepers conducted over a 100 patrols and 30 aerial surveillance missions. They patrolled several localities, including Bossangoa, Nanabakassa, Markounda and Paoua. Military peacekeepers, also accompanied by civilian colleagues, provided medical services, distributed school equipment and shared information about the threats of improvised explosive devices.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our peacekeeping mission in Abyei – otherwise known as UNISFA - has responded rapidly to quell violence in the village of Rumamer, in the southern part of Abyei, after an early morning attack that took place today, resulted in 13 people being killed, five injured, and 27 homes being burnt to the ground.”
8. Close up, journalist asking question
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“UNISFA reports that an armed group of approximately 200 cattle herders were responsible for the violence. Peacekeepers deployed immediately to provide physical protection to the villagers and are continuing to patrol the area to prevent further attacks and facilitate the safe return of civilians who fled. The Mission has also launched an investigation into the incident.”
10. Close up, journalist asking question
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In South Sudan, our peacekeeping mission there – UNMISS - is continuing to respond to the volatile security situation in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Jonglei following violence that began in late December, with the most recent clashes impacting communities in Likuangole. UNMISS is working with local authorities and faith-based leaders to encourage armed youth to return to their places of origin. Its human rights team is also investigating violations committed during the clashes and advocating for the release of the abducted women and children.”
12. Wide shot, press briefing room
STORYLINE:
The UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei (UNISFA) responded rapidly to quell violence in the village of Rumamer, in the southern part of Abyei, after an attack that took place today and resulted in 13 people being killed, a UN Spokesperson Dujarric informed.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday (04 Jan) in New York, Stéphane Dujarric said the attack, that took place in the region on the border between South Sudan and the Sudan, also caused five injured, and 27 homes being burnt to the ground.
Dujarric informed that, according to UNISFA, an armed group of approximately 200 cattle herders were responsible for the violence.
The Spokesperson said that “peacekeepers deployed immediately to provide physical protection to the villagers and are continuing to patrol the area to prevent further attacks and facilitate the safe return of civilians who fled.”
According to Dujarric, the Mission has also launched an investigation into the incident.
Updating on other UN peacekeeping missions, the Spokesperson said that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the Force Intervention Brigade has launched a joint operation with the Congolese army.
Dujarric said “the operation aims to bolster ongoing efforts to protect civilians and to neutralize armed groups in the area along the Beni-Semulike-Kamango-Nobil axis in North Kivu.”
He added that “the UN peacekeepers are also undertaking patrols along the axis to help improve security, to allow freedom of movement of the population and security forces and to help with the return of internally displaced people.”
In the Central African Republic, UN peacekeepers have also concluded a joint mission with the Central African security forces to better protect people in the country’s West. Over a period of one month, peacekeepers conducted over a 100 patrols and 30 aerial surveillance missions.
The Spokesperson informed that the peacekeepers “patrolled several localities, including Bossangoa, Nanabakassa, Markounda and Paoua” and “military peacekeepers, also accompanied by civilian colleagues, provided medical services, distributed school equipment and shared information about the threats of improvised explosive devices.”
In South Sudan, the UN mission (UNMISS) is continuing to respond to the volatile security situation in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Jonglei following violence that began in late December, with the most recent clashes impacting communities in Likuangole.
Dujarric said the mission “is working with local authorities and faith-based leaders to encourage armed youth to return to their places of origin.”
He also said that UNMISS’s human rights team is “investigating violations committed during the clashes and advocating for the release of the abducted women and children.”
TRT: 2:55
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
04 JANUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC is telling us that its Force Intervention Brigade has launched a joint operation with the Congolese army. The operation aims to bolster ongoing efforts to protect civilians and to neutralize armed groups in the area along the Beni-Semulike-Kamango-Nobil axis in North Kivu. The UN peacekeepers are also undertaking patrols along the axis to help improve security, to allow freedom of movement of the population and security forces and to help with the return of internally displaced people.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the Central African Republic, UN peacekeepers there have also concluded a joint mission with the Central African security forces to better protect people in the country’s West. Over a period of one month, peacekeepers conducted over a 100 patrols and 30 aerial surveillance missions. They patrolled several localities, including Bossangoa, Nanabakassa, Markounda and Paoua. Military peacekeepers, also accompanied by civilian colleagues, provided medical services, distributed school equipment and shared information about the threats of improvised explosive devices.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our peacekeeping mission in Abyei – otherwise known as UNISFA - has responded rapidly to quell violence in the village of Rumamer, in the southern part of Abyei, after an early morning attack that took place today, resulted in 13 people being killed, five injured, and 27 homes being burnt to the ground.”
8. Close up, journalist asking question
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“UNISFA reports that an armed group of approximately 200 cattle herders were responsible for the violence. Peacekeepers deployed immediately to provide physical protection to the villagers and are continuing to patrol the area to prevent further attacks and facilitate the safe return of civilians who fled. The Mission has also launched an investigation into the incident.”
10. Close up, journalist asking question
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In South Sudan, our peacekeeping mission there – UNMISS - is continuing to respond to the volatile security situation in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Jonglei following violence that began in late December, with the most recent clashes impacting communities in Likuangole. UNMISS is working with local authorities and faith-based leaders to encourage armed youth to return to their places of origin. Its human rights team is also investigating violations committed during the clashes and advocating for the release of the abducted women and children.”
12. Wide shot, press briefing room
STORYLINE:
The UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei (UNISFA) responded rapidly to quell violence in the village of Rumamer, in the southern part of Abyei, after an attack that took place today and resulted in 13 people being killed, a UN Spokesperson Dujarric informed.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday (04 Jan) in New York, Stéphane Dujarric said the attack, that took place in the region on the border between South Sudan and the Sudan, also caused five injured, and 27 homes being burnt to the ground.
Dujarric informed that, according to UNISFA, an armed group of approximately 200 cattle herders were responsible for the violence.
The Spokesperson said that “peacekeepers deployed immediately to provide physical protection to the villagers and are continuing to patrol the area to prevent further attacks and facilitate the safe return of civilians who fled.”
According to Dujarric, the Mission has also launched an investigation into the incident.
Updating on other UN peacekeeping missions, the Spokesperson said that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the Force Intervention Brigade has launched a joint operation with the Congolese army.
Dujarric said “the operation aims to bolster ongoing efforts to protect civilians and to neutralize armed groups in the area along the Beni-Semulike-Kamango-Nobil axis in North Kivu.”
He added that “the UN peacekeepers are also undertaking patrols along the axis to help improve security, to allow freedom of movement of the population and security forces and to help with the return of internally displaced people.”
In the Central African Republic, UN peacekeepers have also concluded a joint mission with the Central African security forces to better protect people in the country’s West. Over a period of one month, peacekeepers conducted over a 100 patrols and 30 aerial surveillance missions.
The Spokesperson informed that the peacekeepers “patrolled several localities, including Bossangoa, Nanabakassa, Markounda and Paoua” and “military peacekeepers, also accompanied by civilian colleagues, provided medical services, distributed school equipment and shared information about the threats of improvised explosive devices.”
In South Sudan, the UN mission (UNMISS) is continuing to respond to the volatile security situation in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Jonglei following violence that began in late December, with the most recent clashes impacting communities in Likuangole.
Dujarric said the mission “is working with local authorities and faith-based leaders to encourage armed youth to return to their places of origin.”
He also said that UNMISS’s human rights team is “investigating violations committed during the clashes and advocating for the release of the abducted women and children.”
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