MALI / PEACEKEEPERS MEMORIAL

A memorial was held for nine peacekeepers from Niger killed last week in northern Mali, while in Kidal, indirect fire on a MINUSMA camp has left one dead and one wounded. The initial assessment is ongoing. MINUSMA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:07
• Production Date: 7 October 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO; UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 1194331

Description

STORY: MALI / PEACEKEEPERS MEMORIAL
TRT: 1.07
SOURCE: MINUSMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 7 OCTOBER 2014, BAMAKO, MALI

Shotlist

1. Various shots, soldiers carrying caskets
2. Wide shot, soldiers saluting
3. Wide shot, Ladsous laying flowers
4. Close up, Ladsous bowing
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Herve Ladsous, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“So that those responsible are fully aware, they will be punished and prosecuted. They will pay for these shameful acts they’ve committed. At the same time I urge all armed groups operating in the north to honour the ceasefire agreed as part of peace talks in Algiers to work with us towards building peace and stability in Mali.”
6. Close up, trumpets
7. Wide shot, 9 caskets

Storyline

A memorial was held for nine peacekeepers from Niger killed last week in northern Mali, while in Kidal, indirect fire on a MINUSMA camp has left one dead and one wounded. The initial assessment is ongoing.

Head of the UN peacekeeping Herve Ladsous promised to bring to justice killers of 30 peacekeepers who had lost their lives since the beginning of the UN mission in Mali.

The soldiers from Niger were killed in an ambush on Friday (3 Oct) in what was the deadliest attack on the UN peacekeepers in Mali so far.

The men were remembered at a ceremony in Bamako, country’s capital.

Last Friday the Security Council issued a statement saying attacks targeting peacekeepers could constitute war crimes under international law.

The UN has been supporting Mali's recovery from a crisis which started with a military coup in early 2012.