SOUTH SUDAN / OWUSU VISIT

A high level team led by UN Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan Eugene Owusu visited the southern town Yei, where the security situation deteriorated rapidly after renewed conflict broke out in early July. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:14
• Production Date: 1 December 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1786215
• Parent Id: 1786215
• Alternate Title: unifeed161201d

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / OWUSU VISIT
TRT: 02:15
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /ARABIC /NATS
DATELINE: 30 NOVEMBER 2016, YEI, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Various shots, tracking shots of Yei town
2. Various shots, meeting with the governor of Yei
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Eugene Owusu, UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs:
“We urge the governor to ensure the guns are silent because the people of Yei what they need first and foremost is peace. This used to be the bread basket for South Sudan and without peace Yei can never go baclll k to where it used to be we have agreed that we work closely on the humanitarian side but also importantly on the issue of peace, reconciliation and healing.”
4. Various shots, handshakes and meeting with religious leaders
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Erkulano Ladu, Bishop of Yei Diocese:
“We need security and peace, peace will make people work hard, working in such a way that they will produce whatever they need for their sustain and once people has their own sustain even the cry of the people right away now that the economic situation is harsh will be overcome.”
6. Various shots, meeting with internally displaced women of Yei
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Betty internally displace resident of Yei:
“I want our government to think about us especially here in Yei and stop the war so that we can have some rest, Some of us lost their husbands left with children and putting all hopes on these children but now it is really hard on us we don’t know what to do.”
8. Tracking shot, women on the road

Storyline

The United Nations has called on the need for dialogue, reconciliation and healing, in Yei, while saying it is intensifying humanitarian support to the people in the area.

A high level team led by UN Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan Eugene Owusu visited the southern town Yei Wednesday (30 Nov) where the security situation deteriorated rapidly after renewed conflict broke out in early July.

Thousands remain displaced – many without access to lifesaving assistance.

The team was there to get a first-hand assessment of the needs of the affected populations.

After a meeting with the Yei governor, Owusu said the UN will work with local authorities on the ground to get relief aid to the people in need.

He said he urged the governor “to ensure the guns are silent because the people of Yei what they need first and foremost is peace.”

After his meeting with the delegation, the Bishop of Yei Erkulano Ladu called for security and peace in Yei Town saying that this will make people work hard for their sustenance.

Bishop Ladu said “we need security and peace, peace will make people work hard, working in such a way that they will produce whatever they need for their sustain and once people has their own sustain even the cry of the people right away now that the economic situation is harsh will be overcome.”

During meeting with internally displaced people, Betty, an internally displaced resident of Yei said “I want our government to think about us especially here in Yei and stop the war so that we can have some rest.”

Tensions and insecurity in Yei town located South of Sudan close to the border of Uganda, have persisted after conflict erupted in the country in mid-July. Even today, most shops remain closed and homes deserted as population continues to flee the area.