UN / LACROIX G5 SAHEL FORCE

The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, called for pledges made in support of the G5 joint force to be “disbursed and made available to the G5 as quickly as possible so that the momentum can continue and G5 force can continue in the process of beefing up its capacity.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:35
• Production Date: 25 April 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO; EUROPEAN UNION - EU; UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: COUNTER-TERRORISM; TERRORISM
• Geographic Subject: MALI; SAHEL
• MAMS Id: 2138259
• Parent Id: 2138259
• Alternate Title: unifeed180425h

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STORY: UN / LACROIX G5 SAHEL FORCE
TRT: 01:35
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

25 APRIL 2018, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, USG Jean-Pierre Lacroix and representatives from the EU and G5 Sahel Force at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“After the success of the Brussels conference where significant amounts of resources were pledged to support the G5 joint force, it is now important that this pledge should be disbursed and made available to the G5 as quickly as possible so that the momentum can continue and G5 force can continue in the process of beefing up its capacity.”
4. Wide shot, Lacroix and representatives from the EU and G5 Sahel Force
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“There is a momentum. The G5 has made a lot of progress towards operationalizing the force. More needs to be done and more needs to be done particularly when it comes to the UN support and MINUSMA’s support of G5 force.”
6. Wide shot, Lacroix and representatives from the EU and G5 Sahel Force
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“It’s about life support, rations, fuel; it’s about support in building camps, which is something that requires more resources, as I said, more predictability, and hence the importance of having additional resources on top of the 10 million Euros for which we are very grateful. And the support by MINUSMA to the G5 force is also about medical evacuation and MEDEVAC, CASEVAC.”
8. Pan right, Lacroix and representatives from the EU and G5 Sahel Force walk away

Storyline

The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, today (25 Apr) called for pledges made in support of the G5 joint force to be “disbursed and made available to the G5 as quickly as possible so that the momentum can continue and G5 force can continue in the process of beefing up its capacity.”

Flanked by representatives from the European Union (EU) and G5 Sahel Force Lacroix said, “the G5 has made a lot of progress towards operationalizing the force”, but “ore needs to be done,” particularly in relation to the role of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in support of the force.

The Under-Secretary-General said the role of MINUSMA is “about life support, rations, fuel; it’s about support in building camps, which is something that requires more resources, and as I said, more predictability,” as well as Medical Evacuations (MEDEVAC) and Casualty Evacuations (CASEVAC).

The Group of Five (G5) Sahel States – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, as well as the African Union, created the force on 16 February 2014 at a summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is tasked with combatting jihadist organizations operating in the region.