CAR / BANGLADESHI PEACEKEEPERS

The Head of the UN mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, honoured the Bangladeshi contingent on Saturday (24 Mar) in a medal ceremony attended by the mission's force commander, General Balla Keita. MINUSCA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:59
• Production Date: 26 March 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 2116937
• Parent Id: 2116937
• Alternate Title: unifeed180326e

Description

STORY: CAR / BANGLADESHI PEACEKEEPERS
TRT: 00:59
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 MARCH 2018, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC

Shotlist

24 MARCH 2018, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC

1. Med shot, Bangladeshi peacekeeper commanding parade
2. Wide shot, Bangladeshi peacekeepers on the parade ground
3. Onanga-Anyanga pinning medals on Bangladeshi peacekeepers
4. MINUSCA Force Commander pinning medals on peacekeepers
5. Close up, UN medal on peacekeeper
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“You have been always serving, and indeed serving everywhere throughout this country, beyond the call of duty; and bearing in mind the need to protect civilian populations to save lives.”
7. Wide shot, Bangladeshi peacekeepers marching
8. Close up, soldiers’ boots
9. Various shots, peacekeepers

Storyline

The Head of the UN mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, honoured the Bangladeshi contingent on Saturday (24 Mar) in a medal ceremony attended by the mission's force commander, General Balla Keita.

Speaking at the ceremony, Onanga-Anyanga said the peacekeepers have been always serving “beyond the call of duty and bearing in mind the need to protect civilian populations to save lives.”

Deployed in the Central African Republic since 24 September 2014, Bangladeshi peacekeepers have various roles within MINUSCA. They ensure the protection of civilians and also offer free medical consultations to the people while participating in the repairing of roads.