UN / CAR CONGO PEACEKEEPERS

The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) reported that it has identified seven new possible victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the town of Bambari, just days after the UN revealed which countries' troops have been accused of abusing minors. UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:28
• Production Date: 4 February 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 1558844
• Parent Id: 1558844
• Alternate Title: unifeed160204g

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STORY: UN / UN / CAR CONGO PEACEKEEPERS
TRT: 01:28
SOURCE: UNIFEED - UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 04 FEBRUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters

04 FEBRUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Spokesperson Farhan Haq at the podium
3. Wide shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
“On the Central African republic, the UN Mission there (MINUSCA) has identified seven new possible victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in Bambari. The soldiers implicated in these cases are from the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Governments of the two countries have been notified and asked to launch investigations.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
“Due to the gravity of these allegations and given the information collected through the initial fact-finding, the United Nations has decided to take immediate measures, including the repatriation of the 120 soldiers from the Republic of Congo who were deployed to Bambari from the 17th of September to the 14th of December 2015. This repatriation will occur after an investigation is carried out; in the meantime the soldiers will be confined to barracks.”
7. Med shot, reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Central African Republic, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, today travelled to Bambari with a high level delegation. He expressed his outrage and shame, discussed the sexual exploitation and abuse incidents with affected communities and recommended additional emergency mitigation measures.”
9. Med shot, journalists
10. Pan right, end of presser

Storyline

The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) reported today (04 Feb) that it has identified seven new possible victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the town of Bambari, just days after the UN revealed which countries' troops have been accused of abusing minors.

In a statement read by the Deputy Spokesperson of the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, MINUSCA said the soldiers implicated in these cases are from the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

He said the governments of the two countries “have been notified and asked to launch investigations.”

The cases were brought to MINUSCA’s attention on 21 January by a team of Human Rights Watch researchers, who passed the information to the Mission in the interest of ensuring medical and psycho-social care for the victims and accountability for any alleged crimes.

Due to the gravity of these allegations, Haq said, “the United Nations has decided to take immediate measures, including the repatriation of the 120 soldiers from the Republic of Congo who were deployed to Bambari from the 17th of September to the 14th of December 2015.”

This repatriation, he added, “will occur after an investigation is carried out; in the meantime the soldiers will be confined to barracks.”

According to the Spokesperson, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of MINUSCA, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, today travelled to Bambari with a high level delegation. He said Onanga-Anyanga had “discussed the sexual exploitation and abuse incidents with affected communities and recommended additional emergency mitigation measures.”