MALI / LACROIX MOPTI

A joint high-level UN - EU delegation led by the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Deputy Secretary General of the EU Pedro Serrano is visiting Mali to take stock of progress made in the implementation of the peace agreement and help identify new pathways for sustainable peace. MINUSMA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:52
• Production Date: 20 June 2019
• Asset Language: French
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO; UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 2411445
• Parent Id: 2411445
• Alternate Title: unifeed190620g

Description

STORY: MALI / LACROIX MOPTI
TRT: 1:52
SOURCE: MINUSMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS

DATELINE: 20 JUNE 2019, MOPTI, MALI

Shotlist

1. Various shots, delegation arrive at Mopti airport
2. Wide shot, meeting with Malian Government representative
3. Various shots, delegation visiting a United Nations project
4. Various shots, meeting with Civil Society
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“The current situation is, we could say, alarming, with the horrible massacres of last week. That’s why we came here with the Deputy Secretary General of the European Union; to show the solidarity and unity as well as to show that we are ready to increase our support to Malian efforts.”
6. Wide shot, meeting with Civil Society
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“We need a Malian solution, Malian propositions and Malian approach. We talked about that today with local authorities and Civil Society. We encouraged them to carefully study the problems and possible solutions to be implemented by Malians themselves.”
8. Wide shot, delegation leaving

Storyline

A joint high-level UN - EU delegation led by the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Deputy Secretary General of the EU Pedro Serrano is visiting Mali to take stock of progress made in the implementation of the peace agreement and help identify new pathways for sustainable peace.

On 20 June, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Pedro Serrano, accompanied by the Special Representative of the Secreaty General in Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, travelled to Mopti for a field trip.

The purpose of this trip is to see first-hand the situation in the region and the measures taken to deal with it.

The UN-EU delegation, among others, met with authorities and local civil society, women and youth. They also visited infrastructure with the support of the United Nations, including one of five checkpoints funded by MINUSMA via Canada's contribution to the United Nations Trust Fund for Peace and Security in Mali, for a total cost of 194 million FCFA.

The delegation will be in Mali until the 21 June to exchange with the Malian authorities and key stakeholders on the way to enhance support by the UN and the European Union to accelerate the implementation of the Peace agreement and the restoration of the State authority in northern and central Mali, as well as to strengthen the partnership of the two organizations