UN / CAR PRESSER
04-Feb-2021
00:01:28
“The tensions remain quite high in many parts” of the Central African Republic (CAR), with the last major attack taking place on the 13th of January, when “a few hundred combatants tried to come into Bangui,” a top UN official in the country said on Thursday. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / CAR PRESSER
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 4 FEBRUARY 2021, NEW YORK CITY
TRT: 1:28
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 4 FEBRUARY 2021, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
4 FEBRUARY 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2. Multiscreen, virtual press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“The tensions remain quite high in many parts of the country, but in terms of the numbers of attacks that we saw, for instance, in the beginning… middle of December, there's been a significant decrease. The last major attack was on the 13th of January when combatants - a few hundred combatants, tried to come into Bangui. That was successfully stopped.”
4. Multiscreen, virtual press conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“Yesterday, I'm really happy to announce that we managed to bring in a humanitarian convoy. It made it through the most difficult part of that road. And so, we're hopeful that that will continue.”
6. Multiscreen, virtual press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“On the elections. We're now going to move towards a second round of legislative elections. We think that gives a really good opportunity for increased political dialogue. All political parties have a significant number of candidates who are a part of those elections. So, this is an opportunity for an inclusive process, for dialogue at the local level, at the national level, and we are extremely hopeful that those opportunities will be taken by both the government and the political leaders as Jim mentioned yesterday in the statement.”
8. Cutaway, reporter asking question
9. Wide shot, press room with spokesperson on screen
1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
4 FEBRUARY 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2. Multiscreen, virtual press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“The tensions remain quite high in many parts of the country, but in terms of the numbers of attacks that we saw, for instance, in the beginning… middle of December, there's been a significant decrease. The last major attack was on the 13th of January when combatants - a few hundred combatants, tried to come into Bangui. That was successfully stopped.”
4. Multiscreen, virtual press conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“Yesterday, I'm really happy to announce that we managed to bring in a humanitarian convoy. It made it through the most difficult part of that road. And so, we're hopeful that that will continue.”
6. Multiscreen, virtual press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Brown, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“On the elections. We're now going to move towards a second round of legislative elections. We think that gives a really good opportunity for increased political dialogue. All political parties have a significant number of candidates who are a part of those elections. So, this is an opportunity for an inclusive process, for dialogue at the local level, at the national level, and we are extremely hopeful that those opportunities will be taken by both the government and the political leaders as Jim mentioned yesterday in the statement.”
8. Cutaway, reporter asking question
9. Wide shot, press room with spokesperson on screen
STORYLINE
“The tensions remain quite high in many parts” of the Central African Republic (CAR), with the last major attack taking place on the 13th of January, when “a few hundred combatants tried to come into Bangui,” a top UN official in the country said on Thursday (4 Feb).
Briefing the reporters in New York via videolink from the CAR’s capital Bangui, the Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Denise Brown, said that “the combatants were successfully stopped.”
UN peacekeepers in CAR and other allied forces supported the CAR’s national army in repelling the attack.
Brown said that the blocking of the main road used to bring all imported goods and humanitarian supplies into the country from neighbouring Cameroon, had a significant impact on the humanitarian situation in CAR.
“Yesterday, I'm really happy to announce that we managed to bring in a humanitarian convoy. It made it through the most difficult part of that road. And so, we're hopeful that that will continue,” Brown said.
In January, there were some 66 attacks on the humanitarian workers across the country. There are over 180 NGOs and UN agencies with over 12,000 national and international humanitarian workers in the Central African Republic, where some 1.9 million are in humanitarian need and up to 200,000 people are displaced by the recent conflict.
The Deputy Special Representative also reported that the authorities in the country are moving “towards a second round of legislative elections.”
“We think that gives a really good opportunity for increased political dialogue,” she said. “All political parties have a significant number of candidates who are a part of those elections. So, this is an opportunity for an inclusive process, for dialogue at the local level, at the national level, and we are extremely hopeful that those opportunities will be taken by both the government and the political leaders.”
Briefing the reporters in New York via videolink from the CAR’s capital Bangui, the Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Denise Brown, said that “the combatants were successfully stopped.”
UN peacekeepers in CAR and other allied forces supported the CAR’s national army in repelling the attack.
Brown said that the blocking of the main road used to bring all imported goods and humanitarian supplies into the country from neighbouring Cameroon, had a significant impact on the humanitarian situation in CAR.
“Yesterday, I'm really happy to announce that we managed to bring in a humanitarian convoy. It made it through the most difficult part of that road. And so, we're hopeful that that will continue,” Brown said.
In January, there were some 66 attacks on the humanitarian workers across the country. There are over 180 NGOs and UN agencies with over 12,000 national and international humanitarian workers in the Central African Republic, where some 1.9 million are in humanitarian need and up to 200,000 people are displaced by the recent conflict.
The Deputy Special Representative also reported that the authorities in the country are moving “towards a second round of legislative elections.”
“We think that gives a really good opportunity for increased political dialogue,” she said. “All political parties have a significant number of candidates who are a part of those elections. So, this is an opportunity for an inclusive process, for dialogue at the local level, at the national level, and we are extremely hopeful that those opportunities will be taken by both the government and the political leaders.”
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