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STORY: UN / DRC
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SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 27 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
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1. Wide shot, exterior of the UNHQ
27 OCTOBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Zoom in, Kobler and Djinnit walking to stakeout
3. Cutaway, camera
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC:
“We have to go where the enemy is and where those are who are terrorizing population. It is not enough to be static. It is better to go out and to really meet where those are who are really impacting on the population, who are impacting on the stability of the DRC.”
5. Cutaway, notebook
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC:
“It is important now to use remaining two or three months until the 2nd of January next year to encourage them to voluntary surrender. Nobody wants to fight, but also at the same to make clear once this has expired and we reach January, a military action is inevitable.”
7. Cutaway, camera
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Said Djinnit, Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region:
“The neutralization of the negative forces – all the negative forces in the eastern DRC is the key for the credibility of the PSC framework agreement. So therefore, we at the United Nations stand ready to support all efforts at effectively neutralizing all armed groups including and particularly FDLR.”
9. Cutaway, notebook
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC:
“We are encouraging re-establish the triangle of confidence between population, FARDC and MONUSCO and launch the joint combat operation of the FARDC and MONUSCO.”
11. Cutaway, hands typing
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC:
“I regret that Mr. Scott Campbell was declared persona non grata and had to leave the country within 48 hours. So that is something that I regret. Also, the Secretary-General has condemned the decision of the government, but as I said we need now to launch a high level strategic dialog with the government of the DRC to discuss all the issues relevant to human rights.”
13. Zoom out, Kobler and Djinnit leaving
The head of the UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) Martin Kobler together with recently appointed Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit briefed today the Security Council on the situation in the DRC.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, Kobler said that he asked the Council members for a more flexible mandate for MONUSCO to be able ‘to go where the enemy is” and confront those “who are impacting on the stability of the DRC.”
Regarding the week response to voluntary surrender option offered to the FDLR – former Rwanda’s Hutu militia, Kobler said that it is important to encourage the militiamen to voluntary surrender before January 2nd next year, but also make clear that once the deadline expires “a military action is inevitable.”
Said Djinnit, Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region told the press that “the neutralization of the negative forces – all the negative forces in the eastern DRC and particularly FDLR is the key for the credibility of the PSC framework agreement”.
Kobler added that MONUSCO strongly advocates for military cooperation between the FARDC and MONUSCO, including combat operations against the rebel group.
Commenting on decision of the DRC government to expel the director of the UN Joint Human Rights Office Scott Campbell, he said that he “regrets the decision" and called for high level discussion with the government on “all the issues relevant to human rights.”
Scott Campbell was declared as persona-non-grata by the DRC government following a report of grave human rights abuses, including summary executions and enforced disappearance by Congolese police against gangs in Kinshasa during “Operation Likofi”.
The DRC government denied the allegations and accused Campbell of a bias against the government.
In the letter sent to Human Rights Council on 20 October the government said it will continue to fully cooperate with the UNJHRO but not with Campbell. He was given 48 hours to leave the country.
The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, have both expressed their full support for Campbell and condemned the decision of the DRC government.
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