BURUNDI / POLICE
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STORY: BURUNDI / POLICE
TRT: 2.09
SOURCE: UNTV/ BURUNDI NATIONAL TELEVISION
RESTRICTIONS: NO ACCESS APTN BURUNDI NATIONAL TV ---
LANGUAGE: CH 1 FRENCH / NATS
CH 2 FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: MAY 2005, RUGAZI, CANKUZO BURUNDI / FILE
SHOTLIST:
1. Ariel shot, Rugazi cantonment site
2. Med shot, field and ex-combatants stepping into helicopter
3. Med shot, ex-combatants inside helicopter
4. Wide shot, helicopter landing
5. Close up, ex-combatants
6. Wide shot, ex-combatants walking out helicopter
7. Med shot, ex-combatants kneeling down, covering from wind
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Lieutenant Daniel Namkwahafi, National Police of Burundi:
"Our role as members of the national police is to ensure the voters' security."
9. Med shot, UN security officer talking to new recruits
10. Wide shot, new recruits aligned
11. Med shot, Officer Gerard Rwisasu, Cepi sitting down in office
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Gerard Rwisasu, Head, CEPI, Cankuzo:
"For us, as organizers of the elections in the area of Cankuzo, their arrival is beneficial because with them we'll have more police to provide security for the voting stations."
13. Close up, voters register with list
14. Close up, list
15. Close up, voting box
16. Zoom in, new recruits align
17. SOUNDBITE (French) Lieutenant Daniel Namkwahafi, National Police of Burundi:
"We are working together to help the people who will be watching us to see if we are working within our ranks without misunderstandings, as our ranks are made up of past enemies."
18. Various shots, recruits to the back of a truck
19. Wide shot, truck departing
FILE - BURUNDI NATIONAL TELEVISION - July 2004, Bujumbura Rural
20. Tracking shot, former CNDD-FDD rebel soldiers
August 2004, Gatumba Refugee Camp after massacre
21. Med shot, of bodies on ground
22. Close up, of man holding head and grieving
23. Med shot, of chard building
24. Close up, of woman walking and crying
25. Close up, of woman screaming
STORYLINE:
More than 3000 ex-combatants, now policemen, have been deployed by the United Nations Operation in Burundi to increase security for the ongoing elections.
According to one official from the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration program (ONUB), since April of this year, Burundi has disarmed and demobilized 7,282 former combatants since December 2004, under an ongoing programme that includes their reintegration into society. Of this figure, 6,315 were men, 328 women and 639 children.
The vote earlier this month (June) was the first multi-party elections in Burundi since civil war broke out 12 years ago.
The election was the first in a series agreed upon in the peace deals ending the war that killed an estimated 250,000 people, most of them civilians. Lawmakers are to be elected July 4. The new legislature will then elect a new president August 19.
Burundi has repeatedly been beset by episodes of political violence since its independence in 1962. The current conflict erupted in 1993, following the assassination of the democratically elected president Ndadaye, which was followed by large scale communal violence in which at least 150,000 persons were killed.
His successor, President Ntaryamira was killed in Kigali in April 1994 when the plane in which he was traveling with President Habyarimana of Rwanda was shot down. His death and the subsequent genocide in Rwanda, further exacerbated ethnic tensions in Burundi.
In July 1994, a "convention" government under the leadership of President Ntibantuganya was formed following negotiations mediated by the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). However, this government was unable to restore security and stabilize the political situation.
In 1996, a military coup brought Major Pierre Buyoya back to power. In response, regional leaders imposed sanctions until January1999, when the sanctions were lifted, and the international community took a more active role in seeking a negotiated and peaceful resolution of the conflict.
Negotiations, which were first facilitated by the late president Nyerere of Tanzania and then by former president Mandela of South Africa, culminated in the signature of the Arusha Peace Accord by 19 Burundian delegations in August 2000. The Arusha Accord includes provisions for the responsibilities of state institutions (including the security forces), judicial reform, and reconciliation measures.
TRT: 2.09
SOURCE: UNTV/ BURUNDI NATIONAL TELEVISION
RESTRICTIONS: NO ACCESS APTN BURUNDI NATIONAL TV ---
LANGUAGE: CH 1 FRENCH / NATS
CH 2 FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: MAY 2005, RUGAZI, CANKUZO BURUNDI / FILE
SHOTLIST:
1. Ariel shot, Rugazi cantonment site
2. Med shot, field and ex-combatants stepping into helicopter
3. Med shot, ex-combatants inside helicopter
4. Wide shot, helicopter landing
5. Close up, ex-combatants
6. Wide shot, ex-combatants walking out helicopter
7. Med shot, ex-combatants kneeling down, covering from wind
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Lieutenant Daniel Namkwahafi, National Police of Burundi:
"Our role as members of the national police is to ensure the voters' security."
9. Med shot, UN security officer talking to new recruits
10. Wide shot, new recruits aligned
11. Med shot, Officer Gerard Rwisasu, Cepi sitting down in office
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Gerard Rwisasu, Head, CEPI, Cankuzo:
"For us, as organizers of the elections in the area of Cankuzo, their arrival is beneficial because with them we'll have more police to provide security for the voting stations."
13. Close up, voters register with list
14. Close up, list
15. Close up, voting box
16. Zoom in, new recruits align
17. SOUNDBITE (French) Lieutenant Daniel Namkwahafi, National Police of Burundi:
"We are working together to help the people who will be watching us to see if we are working within our ranks without misunderstandings, as our ranks are made up of past enemies."
18. Various shots, recruits to the back of a truck
19. Wide shot, truck departing
FILE - BURUNDI NATIONAL TELEVISION - July 2004, Bujumbura Rural
20. Tracking shot, former CNDD-FDD rebel soldiers
August 2004, Gatumba Refugee Camp after massacre
21. Med shot, of bodies on ground
22. Close up, of man holding head and grieving
23. Med shot, of chard building
24. Close up, of woman walking and crying
25. Close up, of woman screaming
STORYLINE:
More than 3000 ex-combatants, now policemen, have been deployed by the United Nations Operation in Burundi to increase security for the ongoing elections.
According to one official from the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration program (ONUB), since April of this year, Burundi has disarmed and demobilized 7,282 former combatants since December 2004, under an ongoing programme that includes their reintegration into society. Of this figure, 6,315 were men, 328 women and 639 children.
The vote earlier this month (June) was the first multi-party elections in Burundi since civil war broke out 12 years ago.
The election was the first in a series agreed upon in the peace deals ending the war that killed an estimated 250,000 people, most of them civilians. Lawmakers are to be elected July 4. The new legislature will then elect a new president August 19.
Burundi has repeatedly been beset by episodes of political violence since its independence in 1962. The current conflict erupted in 1993, following the assassination of the democratically elected president Ndadaye, which was followed by large scale communal violence in which at least 150,000 persons were killed.
His successor, President Ntaryamira was killed in Kigali in April 1994 when the plane in which he was traveling with President Habyarimana of Rwanda was shot down. His death and the subsequent genocide in Rwanda, further exacerbated ethnic tensions in Burundi.
In July 1994, a "convention" government under the leadership of President Ntibantuganya was formed following negotiations mediated by the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). However, this government was unable to restore security and stabilize the political situation.
In 1996, a military coup brought Major Pierre Buyoya back to power. In response, regional leaders imposed sanctions until January1999, when the sanctions were lifted, and the international community took a more active role in seeking a negotiated and peaceful resolution of the conflict.
Negotiations, which were first facilitated by the late president Nyerere of Tanzania and then by former president Mandela of South Africa, culminated in the signature of the Arusha Peace Accord by 19 Burundian delegations in August 2000. The Arusha Accord includes provisions for the responsibilities of state institutions (including the security forces), judicial reform, and reconciliation measures.
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