SOUTH SUDAN / UPDATE

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS) reported that the ceasefire seems to be largely holding, barring sporadic gunfire. Preliminary estimates indicate that some 36,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. Most of the affected people are women and children. UNMISS / UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:05
• Production Date: 12 July 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1669730
• Parent Id: 1669730
• Alternate Title: unifeed160712i

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / UPDATE
TRT: 03:05
SOURCE: UNMISS / UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNMISS
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 12 JULY 2016, UN HOUSE JEBEL, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Pan right, UN vehicle entering compound
2. Med shot, peacekeeper exiting armored vehicle
3. Tracking shot, peacekeepers in riot gear marching
4. Pan right, from peacekeepers in riot gear to IDPs gathering belongings
5. Med shot, IDPs gathering belongings
6. Various shots, IDPs being relocated
7. Various shots, trash left by IDPs camping on temporary site
8. Med shot, injured civilians inside ambulance
9. Various shots, injured man being led into ambulance
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Nurse:
“In the facilities there we run out of things of dressing. Even some of the wounds are not yet dressed, and also some of the drugs we need also. Some of the most critical things, the bullets, most of the patients, 90 percent of them, the bullets are inside. There is no outlet. So, on the head also, most of the things are inside and 90 percent of the patients, even the ones which are inside now. So, they need operation and if the operation is not done, then they should pass away. Like we are having three people inside who are in the mortuary with bullets are inside and now they have died. They are in the mortuary now.”
11. Various shots, peacekeepers guarding compound’s perimeter
12. Zoom out, Protection of Civilians site adjacent to compound
13. Med shot, peacekeepers inside armored vehicle
14. Various shots, peacekeepers guarding compound’s perimeter
15. Pan right, armored vehicles being deployed
16. Wide shot, peacekeepers descending from transport vehicle

Storyline

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS) today (12 July) reported that the ceasefire seems to be largely holding, barring sporadic gunfire.

Since the fighting began on Friday, some 5,000 additional displaced people have sought protection in the UN's Tomping compound in the capital. Another 3,000 IDPs who arrived at the UN House premise have been relocated to the protection of civilians’ site nearby.

Peacekeepers were able to conduct a limited number of short patrols in Juba today.

Preliminary estimates indicate that some 36,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. Most of the affected people are women and children. The humanitarian situation is grave and the needs are immense, made worse by heavy rains.

Humanitarian partners are assisting wounded civilians within the UN sites and providing health services at the clinic in a compound. However, the prevailing security situation has severely limited their ability to reach the populations in need.

SOUNDBITE (English) Nurse:
“In the facilities there we run out of things of dressing. Even some of the wounds are not yet dressed, and also some of the drugs we need also. Some of the most critical things, the bullets, most of the patients, 90 percent of them, the bullets are inside. There is no outlet. So, on the head also, most of the things are inside and 90 percent of the patients, even the ones which are inside now. So, they need operation and if the operation is not done, then they should pass away. Like we are having three people inside who are in the mortuary with bullets are inside and now they have died. They are in the mortuary now.”

UNMISS reported that the airport in the capital has been reopened although commercial flights remain suspended.

The Mission welcomed the ceasefire agreement that was announced yesterday by President Salva Kiir and endorsed by First Vice President Riek Machar.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, strongly urged all parties to adhere to it and called on South Sudanese leaders to ensure that this order is conveyed through all security forces’ chains of command so that soldiers return to their barracks.

Løj also urged security forces in Juba to allow unhindered access to UNMISS patrols to protect the civilian population and called on the parties to allow civilians to move freely to places of refuge. She urged the Government to open up corridors to allow UN and humanitarian actors to provide vital supplies and other assistance to the affected civilians, as well as access for medical evacuations.