SOUTH SUDAN / BENTIU HUMANITARIAN

United Nations (UN) special representative for South Sudan (UNMISS) Hilde Johnson  met with the displaced at the base's protection of civilians’ sites on Tuesday in Bentiu. UNMISS

 

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:17
• Production Date: 25 June 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1127323

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / BENTIU HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 1.17
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 JUNE 2014, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, SRSG Hilde Johnson arriving in Bentiu
2. Tracking shot, Women IDP’s walking towards UN camp carrying food stuff
3. Med shot, Hilde Johnson talking to UN officials
4. Wide shot, Johnson walking inside POC camp in Bentiu
5. Med shot, IDP’s
6. Med shot, UNICEF reception center at the POC
7. Med shot, Johnson talking to a mother and her baby
8. Med shot, mother and child
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Special Representative of the Secretary General in South Sudan:
“They are voting with their feet, it means that many feel insecure and also it is reflecting on other terribly consequence of this fighting which is food insecurity. People are hungry and we are really worried that the famine could come. And people are already experiencing severe malnutrition in many areas around here. They are coming here also to get food.”
11. Wide shot, Bentiu POC camp

Storyline

United Nations (UN) special representative for South Sudan (UNMISS) Hilde Johnson met with the displaced at the base's protection of civilians’ sites on Tuesday in Bentiu.

The base in Bentiu is currently hosting close to 45,000 civilians with a steady stream of individuals still arriving on a daily basis.

The town has repeatedly changed hands during the past months, leading to severe insecurity for the population.

SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Special Representative of the Secretary General in South Sudan:
“They are voting with their feet, it means that many feel insecure and also it is reflecting on other terribly consequence of this fighting which is food insecurity. People are hungry and we are really worried that the famine could come. And people are already experiencing severe malnutrition in many areas around here. They are coming here also to get food.”

Johnson also met with the Deputy-Governor of Unity state to discuss the ongoing crisis, and the deteriorating humanitarian situation, as well as UN staff.

UNMISS opened its gates to all unarmed civilians facing an imminent threat of physical violence when the crisis in South Sudan erupted mi-December 2013. Close to 100,000 civilians are currently protected by UNMISS in ten of the Mission’s sites nationwide, the largest number of displaced persons being in Bentiu.