UN / CAR LADSOUS

The United Nations peacekeeping chief, Hervé Ladsous, told the Security Council that recent events demonstrate that the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains "fragile", and that "spoilers are still active on both sides." UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:15
• Production Date: 10 October 2016
• Asset Language: French
• Personal Subject: HERVÉ LADSOUS
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 1733617
• Parent Id: 1733617
• Alternate Title: unifeed161010g

Description

STORY: UN / CAR LADSOUS
TRT: 1:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 OCTOBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

10 OCTOBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“Recent events demonstrate that the situation remains fragile, and spoilers are still active on both sides. Central African institutions must also increase their efforts to stop attacks against humanitarian actors, and help create the conditions for the return of refugees and displaced persons.”
4. Wide shot, Ladsous speaking to the Security Council members
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Ambroisine Kpongo, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Central African Republic:
“In spite of the efforts, in spite of everything that the government, MINUSCA and the international community have continued to do the situation remains very fragile in the Central African Republic. This is why it is very important to continue to focus a particular attention to this situation.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. Zoom out, Security Council president

Storyline

The United Nations peacekeeping chief, Hervé Ladsous, told the Security Council that recent events demonstrate that the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains “fragile”, and that “spoilers are still active on both sides.”

Tensions have flared in the PK5 neighbourhood in the capital Bangui with some 13 people killed last week. Outside the capital, recent clashes between opposing factions and retaliatory attacks against local people, have resulted in significant loss of civilian life.

Speaking today (10 Oct) during a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Central African Republic, Ladsous noted that despite the important progress made so far, the country’s institutions must endeavour to advance national reconciliation, undertake key reforms in the security sector and extend State authority.

He also noted the need for Central African institutions to increase their efforts to stop attacks against humanitarian actors, and help create the conditions for the return of refugees and internally displaced people.

Ladsous stressed the importance of continued international support to assist the Central African people in stabilizing their country.

The UN peacekeeping chief called on the Security Council to rally Member States in support of the Central African Republic ahead of the donors’ conference that will take place in Brussels in November.

Also speaking at the meeting, Central African ambassador Ambroisine Kpongo said, “In spite of the efforts, in spite of everything that the government, MINUSCA and the international community have continued to do the situation remains very fragile in the Central African Republic. This is why it is very important to continue to focus a particular attention to this situation.”

A three-year long political crisis in CAR has resulted in a violent conflict that has affected nearly the whole country.

It’s left some 2.3 million people, over half the population, in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was established in 2014 to protect civilians and to support a transition to peace.