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SOUTH SUDAN / BENTIU ORDINANCE
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / BENTIU ORDNANCE
TRT: 2:06
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 FEBRUARY 2016, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Med shot, Seamus McMenamin, UNMAS explaining demolition
2. Close up, anti-tank mines
3. Med shot, UNMASS officer explaining
4. Wide shot, UNMASS staff
5. SOUNDBTE (English) Seamus McMenamin, Operations Officer, United Nations Mine Actions Service (UNMAS):
“One of the primary roles here is to make sure that roads are cleared from any contamination which would affect humanitarian partners and the mission to do its work.”
6. Wide shot, demolition of mines and unexploded ordinance
7. SOUNDBTE (English) Seamus McMenamin, Operations Officer, United Nations Mine Actions Service (UNMAS):
“In this month we have dealt with a large number of UXOs, over 150kg of unexploded ordnance have been destroyed through two demolitions and we have many items, ranging from Anti-tank mine, RPG, unexploded ordnance, items that have been left behind by the military after they have left the areas and other items that have not exploded after they are fired, this pose many problems to the local communities that can be found under boreholes, around clinics, around school and stopping people from returning home to have normal life. So now peace treaty has been signed, it’s our job to make sure these things are removed to allow people to return home go back to their normal life.”
8. Wide shot, mine detecting dog
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) conducted controlled demolitions of 150 kilograms of mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), which they had cleared from various locations around Unity.
Seamus Mc Menamin, the Operations Officer for UNMAS Bentiu said that the clearance of these items would help to provide a safe environment for people to live without the threat of remnants of war, as well as provide a safe supply route for humanitarian aid and enable the mobility of UNMISS.
There were a number of mined roads both historically and in the recent conflict; the role of UNMAS is to make sure that these mines are removed to enable supplies and humanitarian actors to reach people that most need them, he said.
Mc Menamin said there were a number of areas where UXO had been left after the recent fighting where forces involved in the fighting left ammunition behind, such as in clinics, schools and around bore holes.
He noted that the primary role was to make sure that roads are cleared from any contamination which would affect humanitarian partners.
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