SOUTH SUDAN / MALAKAL KANG

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-wha Kang, visited Malakal, where she witnessed the devastating impact of the armed violence that took place on 17 and 18 February in the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:47
• Production Date: 26 February 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: KANG KYUNG-WHA
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1573160
• Parent Id: 1573160
• Alternate Title: unifeed160226c

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / MALAKAL KANG
TRT: 01:47
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NONE

DATELINE: 26 FEBRUARY 2016, MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kyung-wha Kang walking through destroyed camp
2. Various shots, charred installations
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kyung-wha Kang, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The latest setback in all of our endeavors, being this huge attack in the POC site in Malakal, which houses 47,000 IDPs, displaced people of mixed ethnicity, and to come and see the consequence of that terrible attack on the 17th and 18th adds a completely new dimension to the challenges that the humanitarian community faces here.”
4. Pan left, charred installations
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kyung-wha Kang, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“This use to be a school for thousands of kids of all ethnicities, and just two weeks ago they were celebrating back to school programmes for many of these kids who were restarting their education in so many, so many years. And to then come back to this place that was a place of celebration just two weeks ago to this complete devastation and just huge, huge setback for the humanitarian endeavours, is just, it’s just devastating. Where are the kids now? What are they doing today with the school they set up completely destroyed? The scale of the destruction, the school, the next-door medical clinic, the shelters, is, you have to come and see it.”
6. Pan right, Kang walking through destroyed camp

Storyline

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-wha Kang, today (26 Feb) visited Malakal, where she witnessed the devastating impact of the armed violence that took place on 17 and 18 February in the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site.

The Assistant Secretary-General said this latest attack in a POC site that houses 47,000 IDPs, “displaced people of mixed ethnicity” and “adds a completely new dimension to the challenges that the humanitarian community faces here.”

The two-year conflict in South Sudan has taken a brutal and deadly toll on civilians. Recently, fighting has spread to new areas, including in Wau and Mundri, and there continue to be reports of people being raped and killed and of homes and crops being destroyed and damaged by fighting.

Kang noted that a destroyed school “just two weeks ago” celebrated back to school day. She asked. “Where are the kids now? What are they doing today with the school they set up completely destroyed?”

ASG Kang appealed to the international community to act immediately to avert an even greater tragedy in South Sudan, as humanitarian needs are higher now than ever.

The South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan for 2016 is currently only 6.5 per cent funded, including the US$21 million of Central Emergency Response Fund allocation announced by the Secretary-General in Juba on 25 February, leaving a gap of nearly $1.21 billion dollars. Some $220 million is needed without delay to ensure that vital supplies can be procured and delivered during the dry season, before nearly 60 per cent of the country is again unreachable by road.