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STORY: UN / CAR
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 JUNE 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
20 JUNE 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, CAR representative
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Mankeur Ndiaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“The disastrous humanitarian situation continues to be an obstacle to the prospects for durable peace, as people are not in a position to meet their most basic needs. 2.9 million people, half of them children, need humanitarian assistance and protection. 2.1 million people are facing food insecurity. It is essential for the peace agreement to contribute towards creating better access to humanitarian assistance and for development activities to be launched in those areas which are already stable.”
5. Med shot, CAR representative
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mankeur Ndiaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“The national consultation for the creation of the Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Reconciliation Commission will allow Central Africans to contribute their views on how best to ensure redress for victims of abuse, the application of justice for those involved in grave crimes and the path towards national reconciliation. Progress towards national reconciliation and the integration of armed groups into state forces and the society will be critical for allowing elections to take place in 2020-2021, as planned.”
7. Wide shot, Council
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Ambroisine Kpongo, Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations:
“The road in front of us in order to arrive at a lasting peace will be a long one. But, with the support from the international community, from bilateral and multilateral partners, to MINUSCA and to the government, the Central African people can hope for a peaceful future.”
9. Wide shot, Council
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, Mankeur Ndiaye, today (20 Jun) told the Security Council that “the disastrous humanitarian situation” in the country “continues to be an obstacle to the prospects for durable peace.”
Ndiaye said, “people are not in a position to meet their most basic needs” and noted that “2.9 million people, half of them children, need humanitarian assistance and protection” while “2.1 million people are facing food insecurity.”
He said it was “essential” for the peace agreement between the Government and non-state armed groups signed in February, “to contribute towards creating better access to humanitarian assistance and for development activities to be launched in those areas which are already stable.”
The Special Representative said, “the national consultation for the creation of the Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Reconciliation Commission will allow Central Africans to contribute their views on how best to ensure redress for victims of abuse, the application of justice for those involved in grave crimes and the path towards national reconciliation,” which, together with the integration of armed groups into state forces and the society “will be critical for allowing elections to take place in 2020-2021, as planned.”
The CAR Ambassador, Ambroisine Kpongo, told the Council that “the road in front of us in order to arrive at a lasting peace will be a long one.”
She said, “with the support from the international community, from bilateral and multilateral partners, to MINUSCA and to the government, the Central African people can hope for a peaceful future.”
CAR has been grappling with conflict since 2012, as fighting between the mostly Christian anti-Balaka militia and the mainly Muslim Séléka rebel coalition killed thousands and left two out of three civilians dependent on humanitarian aid. In 2013, armed groups seized the capital and then President François Bozizé was forced to flee. After a brief period of reduced violence in 2015, and elections held in 2016, fighting intensified again at the end of the year.
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