DRC / LACROIX VISIT

On the first day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said it is imperative “to put an end on the troublesome situation” in the Kasai region, as well as to prosecute those responsible for numerous alleged massacres of civilians in Kasai. MONUSCO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:37
• Production Date: 13 June 2017
• Asset Language: French
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION STABILIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - MONUSCO
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 1906774
• Parent Id: 1906774
• Alternate Title: unifeed170613c

Description

STORY: DRC / LACROIX VISIT
TRT: 2:37
SOURCE: MONUSCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS

DATELINE: 12 JUNE 2017, KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Shotlist

1. Med shot, Ethiopian Airways plane taxing
2. Various shots, Lacroix shaking hands with MONUSCO officials
3. Med shot,, convoy leaving airport
4. Tracking shot, convoy on the road
5. Various shots, shot, photo op Prime Minister Tshibala and Lacroix and delegations
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations: ”The message is that the United Nations are friends to the Congo and to Congolese people and we are determined to help the country and its people to achieve a stability and advance the inclusion process in order to organizefair and democratic elections.”
7. Pan left, Lacroix entering
8. Med shots, Lacroix shake hands with the Minister of Foreign Affairs
9. Close up, Okitundu
10. Close up, Lacroix
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“In regards to this, there are two imperatives; first, to have those responsible for these massacres face justice and also, from the point of view of the United Nations, to prosecute those who orchestrated assassination of two experts of the United Nations. The other imperative is to end this troublesome situation.”
12. Med shot, photo op Lacroix and Okitundu
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Léonard She Okitundu, Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs :
“We want to effectively continue this dialogue since we had a good cooperation with the United Nations in the line with its mandate. In that regard, I don’t think there are any issues.”
14. Various shots, meeting

Storyline

On the first day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said it is imperative “to put an end on the troublesome situation” in the Kasai region, as well as to prosecute those responsible for numerous alleged massacres of civilians in Kasai.

United Nations (UN) peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix arrived Monday (12 Jun) in Kinshasa, on a five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Under-Secretary-General Lacroix first met with the DRC Prime Minister Tshibala Nzenzhe Bruno where he highlighted the UN’s support towards achieving peace and security in the country.

He said ”the message is that the United Nations are friends to the Congo and to Congolese people and we are determined to help the country and its people to achieve a stability and advance the inclusion process in order to organize fair and democratic elections.”

The peacekeeping chief also met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Léonard She Okitundu to discuss the ongoing unrest in Kasai region of the country, where several massacres of civilians allegedly took place over the past several months, including the killing of two United Nations human rights experts in March this year.

Lacroix said it is imperative “to have those responsible for these massacres face justice.”

Lacroix will also meet with Congolese political stake-holders and members of the civil society.

His tour will also take him to Kananga, Goma and Beni in the restive east part of the country before returning to Kinshasa to meet with the President Joseph Kabila.