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CAR / ELIASSON WRAP
STORY: CAR / ELIASSON WRAP
TRT: 02:33
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 2 NOVEMBER 2016, BANGUI, CAR
1. Wide shot, Jan Eliasson walking with his delegation from his plane on Bangui airport tarmac
2. Med shot, President Faustin-Archange Touadera welcome Jan Eliasson at CAR presidency
3. Med shot, Jean Eliasson and the chief of the MINUSCA, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, speaking with CAR President
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
"The UN is here on your side. You have reached a decisive moment in your history. You have a past of violence and division. You really have to move now towards unity."
5. Wide shot, National Assembly main entrance
6. Wide shot, government delegation welcomes Jan Eliasson
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The problems facing the Central African Republic are daunting. Nearly one million Central Africans are displaced. Half the population needs humanitarian assistance. Virtually all infrastructure and essential services are to be rebuilt. To move forward, it is necessary to address the root causes of the conflict, to end impunity, to promote political openness and to fight against the marginalization of certain groups and certain communities.”
8. Wide shot, hemicycle of the National Assembly
9. Wide shot, MPs in the hemicycle of the National Assembly
9. Med shot, MPs
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The month of October has been particularly violent. This violence resulted in the tragic death of many people and many injured, including here in Bangui, but also in Bambari and Kaga-Bandoro. We have learned from these painful events and will do everything in our power to prevent such atrocities. I strongly condemn this violence. I also want to express my sympathy and my condolences to your people and the families of all victims.”
12. Wide shot, Jan Eliasson greeting the diplomatic corps in the National Assembly
13. Med shot, Jan Eliasson greeting the diplomatic corps in the National Assembly
Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson arrived in Bangui on Tuesday (1 Nov) for a three days visit and met with CAR's President Faustin-Archange Touadera today (2 Nov).
Emphasizing the commitment of the United Nations to the Central African Republic, the Deputy Secretary-General said “the UN is here on your side. You have reached a decisive moment in your history. You have a past of violence and division. You really have to move now towards unity ".
Addressing the National Assembly, elected this year, Eliasson said “the problems facing the Central African Republic are daunting. Nearly one million Central Africans are displaced. Half the population needs humanitarian assistance. Virtually all infrastructures and essential services are to be rebuilt. To move forward, it is necessary to address the root causes of the conflict, to end impunity, to promote political openness and to fight against the marginalization of certain groups and certain communities.”
He denounced the violence in the Central African Republic and said “the month of October has been particularly violent. This violence resulted in the tragic death of many people and many injured, including here in Bangui, but also in Bambari and Kaga-Bandoro. We have learned from these painful events and will do everything in our power to prevent such atrocities. I strongly condemn this violence. I also want to express my sympathy and my condolences to your people and the families of all victims.”
Eliasson’s visit in Bangui takes place two weeks before the donor conference in Brussels, on November 17.
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