UN / CAR ELECTIONS MINUSCA

The United Nations Multidimensional Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) co-signed an integrated plan for the security of elections. “That plan would enable the timely holding of peaceful and inclusive local elections for the first time since 1988,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED.

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:31
• Production Date: 15 February 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS; PEACEKEEPERS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 3011579
• Parent Id: 3011579
• Alternate Title: unifeed230215g

Description

STORY: UN / CAR ELECTIONS MINUSCA
TRT: 01:31
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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1. Wide shot, flag alley

15 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have an update from our peacekeeping mission in there, otherwise known as MINUSCA, which co-signed an integrated plan for the security of elections, that plan was signed yesterday with the Prime Minister Felix Moloua and the President of the National Authority for Elections, Mathias Barthélémy Morouba. That plan would enable the timely holding of peaceful and inclusive local elections for the first time since 1988.”
4. Med shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Mission continues to raise awareness on the elections and promote peace among local communities and authorities, notably in Haute-Kotto, Ouham and Ouandja-Kotto prefectures, and it has provided specialized training on the protection of civilians to 25 defence and security forces operating in those regions.”
6. Med shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Over the past week, the security situation remained tense, with explosive device incidents reported in the western part of the Central African Republic. Our peacekeeping mission conducted 2,015 patrols, maintaining a robust posture in the Basse Kotto, Haute-Kotto and Nana-Mambéré prefectures to ensure protection of civilians.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room

Storyline

The United Nations Multidimensional Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) co-signed an integrated plan for the security of elections. “That plan would enable the timely holding of peaceful and inclusive local elections for the first time since 1988,” a UN spokesperson said.

Speaking to journalists today (15 Feb) in New York, the UN Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said that the plan was signed yesterday with the Prime Minister Felix Moloua and the President of the National Authority for Elections, Mathias Barthélémy Morouba.

According to Dujarric, “the UN Mission continues to raise awareness on the elections and promote peace among local communities and authorities, notably in Haute-Kotto, Ouham and Ouandja-Kotto prefectures, and it has provided specialized training on the protection of civilians to 25 defence and security forces operating in those regions.”

Dujarric also said, “Over the past week, the security situation remained tense, with explosive device incidents reported in the western part of the Central African Republic.”

He concluded, “Our peacekeeping mission conducted 2,015 patrols, maintaining a robust posture in the Basse Kotto, Haute-Kotto and Nana-Mambéré prefectures to ensure protection of civilians.”