CAR / LACROIX

The UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix arrived Sunday in Central-African Republic to help find a solution to prevent escalation of violence which threatens to undermine the ongoing peace process. MINUSCA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:20
• Production Date: 31 July 2017
• Asset Language: French
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: PEACE PROCESS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 1942159
• Parent Id: 1942159
• Alternate Title: unifeed170730a

Description

STORY: CAR / LACROIX
TRT: 1:20
SOURCE : MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS : NONE
LANGUAGE : FRENCH /NATS

DATELINE : 29 JULY 2017, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Shotlist

1. Pan right, Lacroix arriving and shaking hands with MINUSCA chiefs
2. Various shots, guard of honour
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“I came because we need to look together with Central-African authorities, civil society and our friends from MINUSCA how to prevent the dangerous solution that exists today does not take away the progress we made over last few years.”
4. Pan left, UN cars leaving
5. Various shots, Lacroix in meeting with religious leaders
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“I want to underline that those who are responsible for hate speech, division, those who are trying to polarize the society along ethnic or religious lines will pay for their actions. There is the International Criminal Court, there is the Special Criminal Court, there is Central-African judiciary system with which we are collaborating and those acts will not go unpunished.”
7. Various shots, Lacroix and delegation walking through MINUSCA compound.

Storyline

The UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix arrived Sunday in Central-African Republic to help find a solution to prevent escalation of violence which threatens to undermine the ongoing peace process.

During his three-day visit, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations met with senior United Nations officials in the country and he will meet with Central-African authorities as well as with representative of the civil society in the country’s capital Bangui.

During the visit Lacroix said “I want to underline that those who are responsible for hate speech, division, those who are trying to polarize the society along ethnic or religious lines will pay for their actions. There is the International Criminal Court, there is the Special Criminal Court, there is Central-African judiciary system with which we are collaborating and those acts will not go unpunished.”

Three peacekeepers from Morocco were killed last week in the southeast of the country by an armed group.