MALI / MEDICA OPERATION

The UN mission in Mali conducted an extensive security operation last month to secure routes and identify place where terrorist may be located. Mali has become the deadliest place to serve for U.N. peacekeepers. More than 100 peacekeepers have been killed since MINUSMA deployed in July 2013. MINUSMA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:56
• Production Date: 7 September 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 1702839
• Parent Id: 1702839
• Alternate Title: unifeed160907e

Description

STORY: MALI / MEDICA OPERATION
TRT: 01:56
SOURCE: MINUSMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: AUGUST 2016, BAMAKO, MALI / AUGUST 2016, BAMBARA MAOUDE, MALI

Shotlist

AUGUST 2016 BAMAKO, MALI

1.Various shots, MINUSMA chinoc aircraft, helicopter transporting troops taking off

AUGUST 2016 BAMBARA MAOUDE, MALI

2. Close up, inside helicopter Inadjatafan village
3. Med shot, MINUSMA special forces getting out from chopper helicopter
4. Wide shot, Force Commander General Michael Lollesgaard getting out of helicopter
5. Wide shot, Lollesgaard shaking hands with blue helmets from Burkina Faso
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Lollesgaard, MINUSMA Force Commander, The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) :
“We need to control the area, we need to collaborate with the farmer who is also here, the Malian defence forces. And then we are waiting for the result for the operation that we are doing at the east side, to see if we have gained any result on maybe arresting some of the terrorists. So a lot is going on on the ground, I’ve only been here for a couple of hours. We’ve done some CIMIC (Civil-military co-operation) but I stressed the most important thing with the operation here is to provide the security.”
7. Various shots, blue helmets securing landing zone
8. Wide shot, pedestrian patrol of the delegation
9. Various shots, Lollesgaard walking along with population
10. Wide shot, mayor’s representative shakes hand with Force Commander Lollesgaard
11. Various shots, local community meeting with Force Commander in a school
12. Various shots, donations being given to the population
13. Wide shot, Chief of village shaking hands with Force Commander

Storyline

The UN mission in Mali conducted an extensive security operation called "Medica Operation" last month in the northern parts of the country to secure routes and identify places where terrorist may be located.

MINUSMA force commander General Michael Lollesgaard stressed the priority for providing security. The Medica Operation monitors access to villages on the main roads in order to provide security to the local population. It has mobilized special forces units by an air monitoring device.

He also met the chief of the village of Inadia Tafane and community leaders. He delivered 140 school kits to primary school of Dakakoro and Arsy.

Mali has become the deadliest place to serve for U.N. peacekeepers. More than 100 peacekeepers have been killed since MINUSMA deployed in July 2013. The northern region has remained plagued by violence despite a peace accord signed last year between Tuareg fighters and the government.