CAR / LACROIX ELECTIONS

On their second day in Central African Republic, the high-level delegation headed by the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix visited the headquarters of the National Elections Authority as the country gears towards general elections set for December. MINUSCA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:33
• Production Date: 28 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: ELECTIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 2576356
• Parent Id: 2576356
• Alternate Title: unifeed201028d

Description

STORY: CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC / LACROIX ELECTIONS
TRT: 1:34
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS

DATELINE: 28 OCTOBER 2020, BANGUI, CAR

Shotlist

1. Pan left, Chergui and Lacroix greeted by the president of the Electoral National Authority (ANE)
2. Various shots, MINUSCA soldiers outside ANE
3. Wide shot, Chergui and Lacroix talking with the president of the ANE
4. Wide shot, Lacroix and Chergui in meeting with ANE officials
5. Close up, Mankeur Ndiaye, chief of MINUSCA
6. Wide shot, Lacroix and Chergui in meeting with ANE officials
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
"It is the central piece in the preparation of the electoral process, and as you know, it is a body that has worked a lot. It made voter registration a success. Today, the next steps are just as crucial, including the future publication of the candidates' list and then holding the elections. MINUSCA, the United Nations and partner organizations, the African Union, and ECCAS, everyone supports the ANE's work very concretely. Today we were able to take stock of all that has already been achieved, of the challenges to come, of the need to do everything to ensure the greatest participation in the elections. The need, also to continue to explain to everyone, to Central Africans, the decisive work that ANE is doing."
8. Various shots, MINUSCA soldiers outside ANE

Storyline

On their second day in Central African Republic, the high-level delegation headed by the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix visited the headquarters of the National Elections Authority as the country gears towards general elections set for December.

Arrived in Bangui on October 27 for a four-day visit to the Central African Republic, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smaïl Chergui; the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Ambassador Gilberto Da Piedade Veríssimo; and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, visited the headquarters of the National Elections Authority on Wednesday (28 Oct), to which they expressed their support.

"It is the central piece in the preparation of the electoral process, and as you know, it is a body that has worked a lot. It made voter registration a success. Today, the next steps are just as crucial, including the future publication of the candidates' list and then holding the elections. MINUSCA, the United Nations and partner organizations, the African Union, and ECCAS, everyone supports the ANE's work very concretely. Today we were able to take stock of all that has already been achieved, of the challenges to come, of the need to do everything to ensure the greatest participation in the elections. The need, also to continue to explain to everyone, to Central Africans, the decisive work that ANE is doing", said the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.

This high-level joint delegation's visit comes two months to the day before the general elections in the Central African Republic