SOUTH SUDAN / MOGAE BENTIU

After a visit to Bentiu, South Sudan, the chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, the former president of Botswana, Festus Mogae, said he has witnessed first-hand the suffering caused by the conflict. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:16
• Production Date: 14 January 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FESTUS MOGAE
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1547161
• Parent Id: 1547161
• Alternate Title: unifeed160114f

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / MOGAE BENTIU
TRT: 01:16
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
DATELINE: 14 JANUARY, 2016, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, JMEC Chairman Festus Mogae waiving to IDP’s
2. Wide shot, children on top of a hill
3. Med shot, children
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Festus Mogae, Chairman, JMEC:
“People live in a very dire condition, I have confirmed for myself, the children and the women especially and the aged, but actually everybody. It is very bad situation; therefore strengthening my determination to work for peace.”
5. Med shot, group of people
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Festus Mogae, Chairman, JMEC:
“They want peace; they want security, because they want to be able to go back to their homes without being molested and without being killed. They are not happy that they are so helpless and dependent on the international community when they should feed themselves.”
7. Wide shot, peacekeeper and IDP’s

Storyline

After a visit to Bentiu, South Sudan, the chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, the former president of Botswana, Festus Mogae, today (14 Jan) said he has witnessed first-hand the suffering caused by the conflict.

Mogae visited the protection of civilian’s site in Bentiu and met with the displaced persons as well as government officials. He described the living conditions as dire and called for an end to all acts of violence.

SOUNDBITE (English) Festus Mogae, Chairman, JMEC:
“People live in a very dire condition, I have confirmed for myself, the children and the women especially and the aged, but actually everybody. It is very bad situation; therefore strengthening my determination to work for peace.”

He further stressed that violence must stop, cessation of hostilities must take place and all other violence must stop. People want peace and security of their persons because they want to be able to go back to their home without being killed, he added.

SOUNDBITE (English) Festus Mogae, Chairman, JMEC:
“They want peace; they want security, because they want to be able to go back to their homes without being molested and without being killed. They are not happy that they are so helpless and dependent on the international community when they should feed themselves.”

Mogae's visit was intended to provide him an opportunity to meet with government officials, representatives of South Sudanese society, as well as humanitarian agencies, the Monitoring and Verification Teams of the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) and United Nations officials.

He left to Addis Ababa this afternoon for further meetings in support of the implementation of the Agreement to Resolve the Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS), according to the JMEC statement.