SOUTH SUDAN / KEITA VISIT WRAP

During her visit to South Sudan, a high-ranking United Nations official said she is “particularly appalled by the violence this conflict has brought against women and girls in South Sudan.” UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:07
• Production Date: 19 April 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2133597
• Parent Id: 2133597
• Alternate Title: unifeed180419e

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / KEITA VISIT WRAP
TRT: 2:07
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 17-19 APRIL 2018, WAU-JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

19 APRIL, 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, press room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping:
“I am particularly appalled by the violence this conflict has brought against women and girls in South Sudan. The atrocities committed and documented by multiple investigations are beyond the imaginable. I am encouraged though that the government has started to look into the issue and is ready to invest into providing accountability for sexual and gender-based violence.”
3. Wide shot, press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping:
“Think about the country beyond your individual interest. Give peace a chance. Give your children a chance. Every opportunity for peace, every chance to save lives, has to be seized.”
5. Various shots, press conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan:
“We have provided logistical support to get the national dialogue to the places they need to go to, in other words helicopters and planes. We have provided financial support directly to the dialogue. We have provided technical support to bring in the experience of national dialogues across the world. In those ways, we have supported the peace process. It is a critical part of our mission.”
7. Wide shot, Keita shaking hands with reporters

17 APRIL, 2018, WAU-JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

8. Wide shot, Keita with displaced
9. Pan right, displaced women waving
10. Various shots, people in camp

Storyline

The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bintou Keita, is in South Sudan to witness first-hand the challenges faced by those displaced by violence.

Speaking at a press conference in Juba Thursday (19 Apr), Keita highlighted the toll that the ongoing conflict is taking on the people of South Sudan.

SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping:
“I am particularly appalled by the violence this conflict has brought against women and girls in South Sudan. The atrocities committed and documented by multiple investigations are beyond the imaginable. I am encouraged though that the government has started to look into the issue and is ready to invest into providing accountability for sexual and gender-based violence.”

She urged the warring parties to adhere to the cessation of hostilities agreement and to participate fully in the peace process.

SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping:
“Think about the country beyond your individual interest. Give peace a chance. Give your children a chance. Every opportunity for peace, every chance to save lives, has to be seized.”

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and the UN top official in the country, David Shearer, highlighted the many ways the United Nations in South Sudan is supporting the peace process, internationally and locally.

SOUNDBITE (English) David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan:
“We have provided logistical support to get the national dialogue to the places they need to go to, in other words helicopters and planes. We have provided financial support directly to the dialogue. We have provided technical support to bring in the experience of national dialogues across the world. In those ways, we have supported the peace process. It is a critical part of our mission.”

Earlier this week, the Assistant Secretary-General visited the UN protection site at Wau, which offers sanctuary to more than 20,000 people who fled the violence that erupted across South Sudan in 2013.

While they feel safe for now, the internally displaced community live in hope of returning to their homes to live peaceful and more prosperous lives.

During her visit, Keita is scheduled to meet with government officials, civil society and will visit several UN mission protection of civilian sites across the country in order to get first hands information.