CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / LACROIX VISIT

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Smail Chergui, and the Chairman of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo, arrived in Bangui on Tuesday for a four-day visit to the Central African Republic. MINUSCA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:50
• Production Date: 27 October 2020
• Asset Language: French
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX; SMAÏL CHERGUI
• 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: 2576303
• Parent Id: 2576303
• Alternate Title: unifeed201027m

Description

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / LACROIX VISIT
TRT: 1:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED / MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS

DATELINE: 27 OCTOBER 2020, BANGUI, CAR

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Jean-Pierre Lacroix arriving at the Ledger hotel in Bangui.
2.Tracking shot, Jean-Pierre Lacroix walking in hotel Ledger
3.Pan left, Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Smail Chergui leaving Hotel Ledger
4.SOUNDBITE (French), Smail Chergui Peace and Security Commissioner, African Union:
"First, it is a solidarity visit with our colleagues from MINUSCA who are on the ground during these times of COVID. So it's to say thank you and give them our encouragement. Secondly, it is to see the implementation of the agreement of peace of national reconciliation. And third, to see together how we can build a better preparation for the upcoming elections."
5.Wide shot, Jean-Pierre Lacroix arriving at the office of the Prime Minister
6.Pan right, Mankeur Ndiaye, entering the office of the Prime Minister.
7.SOUNDBITE (French), Jean-Pierre Lacroix United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
"It is a joint visit, with, also, our colleague from ECCAS, which will therefore illustrate the solidarity of our three organizations and the partners of the Central African Republic vis-à-vis this country and vis-à-vis the Central African people. And as Smail Chergui said, in a context characterized by the proximity of the electoral deadlines and the pursuit of efforts to implement the peace agreement",
8.Various shots, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Smail Chergui, and Mankeur Ndiaye siting with the CAR government.

Storyline

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the African Union Peace and Security Commissioner, Ambassador Smail Chergui, and the Chairman of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States Ambassador Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo, arrived in Bangui on Tuesday (Oct 27) for a four-day visit to the Central African Republic.

"First, it is a solidarity visit with our colleagues from MINUSCA who are on the ground during these times of COVID. So, it's to say thank you and give them our encouragement. Secondly, it is to see the implementation of the agreement of peace of national reconciliation. And third, to see together how we can build a better preparation for the upcoming elections", explained Ambassador Smail Chergui.

This high-level joint visit takes place 8 months after the signing of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation and two months before the general elections in the Central African Republic.

"It is a joint visit, with, also, our colleague from ECCAS, which will therefore illustrate the solidarity of our three organizations and the partners of the Central African Republic vis-à-vis this country vis-à-vis the Central African people. And as Smail Chergui said, in a context characterized by the proximity of the electoral deadlines and the pursuit of efforts to implement the peace agreement", added Jean-Pierre Lacroix.

During its stay in CAR, the high-level delegation will be received in audience by the President of the Republic and the President of the National Assembly. It will have a working meeting with the Prime Minister and the Government. The delegation will also meet political parties, civil society, the religious platform, women leaders, and signatories, facilitators, and guarantors of the Peace Agreement, and diplomats stationed in Bangui.