MALI / LACROIX VISIT

Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, wrapped up a visit to Mali last week, during which he attended the swearing-in ceremony of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. MINUSMA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:14
• Production Date: 10 September 2018
• Asset Language: French
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 2231427
• Parent Id: 2231427
• Alternate Title: unifeed180910h

Description

STORY: MALI / LACROIX VISIT
TRT: 02:14
SOURCE: MINUSMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 AUGUST 2018, BAMAKO, MALI / 01 SEPTEMBER 2018, TESSALIT, NORTHERN MALI / 01 SEPTEMBER 2018, AGUELHOK, KIDAL REGION, MALI, 04 SEPTEMBER 2018, BAMAKO, MALI

Shotlist

31 AUGUST 2018, BAMAKO, MALI

1. Med shot, Lacroix arrival at Bamako airport

01 SEPTEMBER 2018, TESSALIT, NORTHERN MALI

2. Wide shot, delegation under Escort of the Chadian contingent on way to the command post
3. Wide shot, Lacroix arrival at command post
4. Various shots, Lacroix and SRSG in a bunker with Chadian soldiers
5. Close up, Chadian peacekeeper
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations:
“Without you the population would suffer disadvantages. Without you Mali would have less hope to return to peace and security and stability. At the same time, we are there to help you. We come from the same family of peacekeeping, and we are willing to do our utmost and determined to do the utmost to strengthen your working conditions and especially your security conditions.”
5. Wide shot, Lacroix visits the Chadian contingent command post
6. Med shot, the deputy commander of the North Sector force with the delegation
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Colonel Frederic Bonini, Commanding Assistant of the Northern Sector, MINUSMA:
“Listening to those on the ground is always useful because they saw the reality of our mission on the ground and also it is motivating for us because it shows the interest they bring to our action on the ground and then it allows us to show them the way we carry out the mission to be sure like this model equation with the expected goals and then try to sensitize them to our constraints to try to improve things in the right way and for the success of the mission.”

01 SEPTEMBER 2018, AGUELHOK, KIDAL REGION

8. Wide shot, Lacroix delegation helicopter landing
9. Various shots, Lacroix saluting peacekeepers
10. Various shots, delegation surveying damage from attack
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Pierre Lacroix: Under-Secretary-General for United Nations peacekeeping operations
“I can tell you that on the United Nations side the support of the G5 Sahel is total, particularly the support of the MINUSMA that has already started, will continue and it will always be in close coordination and friendship with the G5 and the other partners.”

04 SEPTEMBER 2018, BAMAKO, MALI

12. Med shot, Lacroix and Malian President Ibrahim Bo Keita

Storyline

Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, wrapped up a visit to Mali Wednesday (5 Sept), during which he attended the swearing-in ceremony of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

During his six-day visit, Lacroix travelled to the north of the country and met with UN staff as well as with Government officials and others involved in the peace process.

Speaking to peacekeepers in Tessalit, in Northern Mali, he said,

SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations:
“Without you the population would suffer disadvantages. Without you Mali would have less hope to return to peace and security and stability. At the same time, we are there to help you. We come from the same family of peacekeeping, and we are willing to do our utmost and determined to do the utmost to strengthen your working conditions and especially your security conditions.”

For his part, the Commanding Assistant of the Northern Sector, MINUSMA, Colonel Frederic Bonini, said,

SOUNDBITE (French) Colonel Frederic Bonini, Commanding Assistant of the Northern Sector, MINUSMA:
“Listening to those on the ground is always useful because they saw the reality of our mission on the ground and also it is motivating for us because it shows the interest they bring to our action on the ground and then it allows us to show them the way we carry out the mission to be sure like this model equation with the expected goals and then try to sensitize them to our constraints to try to improve things in the right way and for the success of the mission.”

In Kidal, Lacroix expressed support for the G5 Sahel Force.

SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Pierre Lacroix: Under-Secretary-General for United Nations peacekeeping operations
“I can tell you that on the United Nations side the support of the G5 Sahel is total, particularly the support of the MINUSMA that has already started, will continue and it will always be in close coordination and friendship with the G5 and the other partners.”

Lacroix said the need for a swift implementation of the Peace Agreement was a priority expressed by the various stakeholders he met -- including the national authorities, the signatories of the Peace Agreement and Malians in general -- mirroring the UN Security Council’s preoccupation.

He noted that the successful completion of the UN Mission in Mali’s (MINUSMA) mandate lies in a political process that moves forward and he reiterated the United Nations’ determination to help Malians on the road to peace and stability.