UN / CAR UPDATE

The Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres reported new clashes in the Central African Republic while “the nearly 6,000 civilians who sought refuge at the UN Mission’s base in Bria over the weekend have returned to an internally displaced people site in the town.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:16
• Production Date: 23 August 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CIVILIAN PROTECTION; CONFLICT SITUATION; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 1954476
• Parent Id: 1954476
• Alternate Title: unifeed170823b

Description

STORY: UN / CAR UPDATE
TRT: 01:16
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 23 AUGUST 2017, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

23 AUGUST 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“From the Central African Republic, the UN peacekeeping Mission there reports that clashes took place today between fighters from the anti-Balaka and the FPRC in Ngoubi, close to Bria in Haute-Kotto Prefecture. Meanwhile, the nearly 6,000 civilians who sought refuge at the UN Mission’s base in Bria over the weekend have returned to an internally displaced people site in the town, which is also being protected by UN peacekeepers.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The UN Blue Helmets are also protecting the Bria church, where civilians are seeking shelter. The Mission is engaging both sides in an attempt to mediate, while peacekeepers are continuing their patrols on the Ippy and Aigbando axes. And still in the country, our humanitarian colleagues are very concerned about the humanitarian situation in Zémio, they say it is likely to worsen with the arrival of heavily-armed Fulani people in the town on 21 August and reports of anti-Balaka fighters from Bangassou heading towards Zémio.”
7. Wide shot, end of presser

Storyline

The Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres today (23 Aug) reported new clashes in the Central African Republic while “the nearly 6,000 civilians who sought refuge at the UN Mission’s base in Bria over the weekend have returned to an internally displaced people site in the town.”

Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York that clashes had taken place today “between fighters from the anti-Balaka and the FPRC in Ngoubi, close to Bria in Haute-Kotto Prefecture.”

Dujarric said the IDP site is being protected by UN Blue Helmets, who “are also protecting the Bria church, where civilians are seeking shelter.”

The Mission, he said “is engaging both sides in an attempt to mediate, while peacekeepers are continuing their patrols on the Ippy and Aigbando axes.”

Also in the CAR, Dujarric said there is concern over the humanitarian situation in Zémio, which “is likely to worsen with the arrival of heavily-armed Fulani people in the town on 21 August and reports of anti-Balaka fighters from Bangassou heading towards Zémio.”