UN / CAR UPDATE

UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the situation in the Central African capital Bangui was calm after the city witnessed violence yesterday, “which included targeting civilians and places of worship.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:03
• Production Date: 2 May 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 2143080
• Parent Id: 2143080
• Alternate Title: unifeed180502d

Description

STORY: UN / CAR UPDATE
TRT: 01:03
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 02 MAY 2018, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

02 MAY 2018, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
(Soundbite starts under cutaway) “The UN Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, reports that the situation in Bangui is calm after violence yesterday in the capital, which included targeting civilians and places of worship. In a subsequent attack yesterday, two MINUSCA Military Staff Officers were wounded, including one seriously, after they were pelted with stones by a crowd. The Joint Task Force for Bangui has been conducting patrols and reinforcing security throughout the capital.”
5. Wide shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“MINUSCA condemns the attacks against civilians and places of worship and emphasizes that such attacks are contrary to national and international laws. The Mission regrets, in particular, the loss of life of innocent civilians in several neighbourhoods of Bangui, and calls on the population of the capital and the country to avoid any escalation of violence.”
7. Wide shot, press room

Storyline

UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the situation in the Central African capital Bangui was calm after the city witnessed violence yesterday, “which included targeting civilians and places of worship.”

Briefing journalists in New York today (02 May), Haq said the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) reported that two of its officers were wounded, including one seriously, after they were pelted with stones by a crowd. He said the Joint Task Force for Bangui was conducting patrols and reinforcing security throughout the capital. He added that MINUSCA had also taken a strong stance in other parts of the country, including along the Kaga Bandoro-Dekoa-Sibut axis.

Haq said, “MINUSCA condemns the attacks against civilians and places of worship and emphasizes that such attacks are contrary to national and international laws; the Mission regrets, in particular, the loss of life of innocent civilians in several neighborhoods of Bangui, and calls on the population of the capital and the country to avoid any escalation of violence.”