UN / MALI

Speaking at a Security Council meeting on Mali, a senior UN official said the security situation in the African country “has significantly worsened,” adding that MINUSMA has the “unfortunate record of the most deadly mission” currently deployed. UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:38
• Production Date: 16 June 2016
• Asset Language: French
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 1647725
• Parent Id: 1647725
• Alternate Title: unifeed160616c

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STORY: UN / MALI
TRT: 2:38
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 JUNE 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

16 JUNE 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Mali, United Nations:
“The security situation has significantly worsened over the past weeks. It’s quite clear that MINUSMA since its deployment in 2013 has the unfortunate record of the most deadly mission on the United Nations currently deployed. What has happened recently is even more serious and it should worry us all.”
5. Med shot, delegate
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Mali, United Nations:
“The slower the implementation of the agreement is –as well as management of such challenges- the more likely it is that the peace process will capsize.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Mali, United Nations:
“The situation in Mali impacts the whole region. Recent attacks in Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso demonstrate the ongoing flow of terrorist groups and interdependence of the countries in combating terrorism. Given this regional threat, we must endeavor to promote more effective coordination and use a mentality of synergy and pulling resources.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council members
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Modibo Keita, Prime Minister of Mali:
“The toll in human lives –already heavy- and mentioned by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General has worsened with the deterioration of the security situation. The month of May was particularly lethal.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Modibo Keita, Prime Minister of Mali:
“The heads of States and Governments expressed their concern given the deterioration of the security situation in Mali marked by a surge in terrorist attacks, which have targeted the Mali’s defense and security forces, the UN forces, the French barkhane forces and the civilian population. This situation –we have to repeat it- is a serious threat for the entire sub-region.”
13. Wide shot, Security Council
14. Zoom out, President of the Security Council and Security Council chamber

Storyline

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Mali said the security situation in the African country “has significantly worsened over the past weeks.”

Speaking today (16 Jun) at a Security Council meeting on Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif told its members “it’s quite clear that MINUSMA since its deployment in 2013 has the unfortunate record of the most deadly mission on the United Nations currently deployed. What has happened recently is even more serious and it should worry us all.”

He noted that 19 peacekeepers were killed this year between February and May, 12 of those died in May alone. Stressing that there is no alternative to peace in Mali, he warned that the peace progress risks capsizing with the slow implementation of the peace agreement.

Annadif warned that the situation in Mali impacts the whole region. He noted that recent attacks in Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso demonstrated the ongoing flow of terrorist groups and interdependence of the countries in combating terrorism.

Annadif also said “given this regional threat, we must endeavor to promote more effective coordination and use a mentality of synergy and pulling resources.”

He asked the 15-member UN body to add some 2,500 troops to fight terrorism and he also called for more helicopters, drones and more robust rules of engagement to counter the threat.

The prime minister of Mali, Modibo Keita who was also at the Council meeting said “the toll in human lives –already heavy- and mentioned by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General has worsened with the deterioration of the security situation. The month of May was particularly lethal.”

Regarding the threat of terrorism, he pointed out that the heads of States and Governments of the region expressed their concern given the deterioration of the security situation in Mali marked by a surge in terrorist attacks, which have targeted the Mali’s defence and security forces, the UN forces, the French barkhane forces and the civilian population.

Keita stressed “this situation –we have to repeat it- is a serious threat for the entire sub-region.”