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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 20 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
20 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Zainab Hawa Bangura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict:
“In my thirty years of experience I never witnessed anything like what I saw in Bentiu. The IDP seeking refugee there face a combination of chronic insecurity, on imaginable living conditions, acute day to day protection concerns and rampant sexual violence. Survivors feel that they have no one to turn to report the crimes that are committed against them.”
4. Med shot, photographers
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict:
“The character of sexual violence crimes are shocking. In the words of one woman activist I spoke to it is not just about rape, it is to inflict on imaginable pain and destruction. Survivors and health care workers told heartbreaking stories of rape, gang-rape, abduction, sexual slavery and forced marriage. Those who tried to fight back against the attackers are often raped with objects instead. Some victims have even been raped to death. Victims include women, men, girls and boys.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict:
“According to the statistics given to me by the Juba hospitals 74 percent of victims are under the age of 18. The youngest victim they have treated is 2 years old. I am particularly concerned about the lack of multi-sectorial assistance for the care of victims of sexual violence, including medical and psychosocial services.”
8. Med shot, Bangura and UN spokesperson at dais
9. Med shot, journalist asking question
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict:
“During my trip, I reminded all parties of the conflict –including Government Forces and opposition groups- that their crimes will be punished by both –national and international- courts.”
FILE – UNMISS - 6 OCTOBER 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
11. Wide shot, Zainab Bangura Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict at POC camp in Juba
12. Med shot, women carrying bags of food stuff walking inside camp
13. Med shot, women group seated
14. Close up, Nuer woman
15. Med shot, women listening to Banguria
16. Med shot, Zainab Bangura Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict addressing women group
FILE – UNMISS - 7 OCTOBER 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
17. Wide shot, Presidential Palace
18. Med shot, President Kiir talking to Bangura and SRSG Ellen Margrethe Loej
19. Med shot, government officials
20. President and delegation seated with Bangura and Margrethe Loej
Commenting on her recent trip to South Sudan, the UN special envoy on sexual violence Zainab Bangura said “in my thirty years of experience I never witnessed anything like what I saw in Bentiu.”
The Special Representative travelled to Bentiu, the capital of Unity state, to engage with the local commander of the Sudan People´s Liberation Army (SPLA), Government authorities, UN staff, humanitarian workers and survivors of sexual violence.
Speaking today (20 Oct) to reporters in New York, Bangura said The Internally Displaced People (IDP) seeking refugee there “face a combination of chronic insecurity, on imaginable living conditions, acute day to day protection concerns and rampant sexual violence.”
She added “survivors feel that they have no one to turn to report the crimes that are committed against them.”
Bangura stressed that “the character of sexual violence crimes are shocking. In the words of one woman activist I spoke to it is not just about rape, it is to inflict on imaginable pain and destruction.”
She also explained that survivors and health care workers told her heartbreaking stories of rape, gang-rape, abduction, sexual slavery and forced marriage.
She added “those who tried to fight back against the attackers are often raped with objects instead. Some victims have even been raped to death. Victims include women, men, girls and boys.”
She pointed out “according to the statistics given to me by the Juba hospitals 74 percent of victims are under the age of 18. The youngest victim they have treated is 2 years old.”
She also said “I am particularly concerned about the lack of multi-sectorial assistance for the care of victims of sexual violence, including medical and psychosocial services.”
Bangura underlined “during my trip, I reminded all parties of the conflict –including Government Forces and opposition groups- that their crimes will be punished by both –national and international- courts.”
Her visit concluded with a Joint Communique with the Government that outlines clear steps they will take to prevent and address sexual violence crimes.
During her time in the country, Bangura met with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, Ministers, the army, and the police. She also met with the Chairman of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission, women’s groups, community leaders, service providers, journalists and UN staff.
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