UN / SOUTH SUDAN UNMISS UPDATE

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported a sharp increase in violence in the country by the end of last year, said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:26
• Production Date: 16 February 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3011798
• Parent Id: 3011798
• Alternate Title: unifeed230216d

Description

STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN UNMISS UPDATE
TRT: 01:26
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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16 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Moving to South Sudan in the African continent, the peacekeeping mission in that country, otherwise known as UNMISS, today reported a sharp increase in violence in the country by the end of last year. The violence was mostly concentrated in the Upper Nile, Warrap and Jonglei states. In its quarterly report, the Mission said that the number of civilians harmed increased by 87 percent, compared to the same period in 2021.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This rise was accompanied by a disturbing increase in abductions and conflict-related sexual violence — which have gone up by 464 percent and 360 percent respectively. The Mission called for urgent action by the Government to address the escalating violence and to protect civilians, in line with international human rights and humanitarian laws.”
6. Close-up shot, journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The mission also said it is undertaking peace advocacy and dialogues in addition to conducting hundreds of patrols and establishing temporary operating bases in certain hotspots.”
8. Wide shot, press room
9. Close-up, journalist

Storyline

Briefing journalists today (16 Feb) in New York, a UN spokesperson said that the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported a sharp increase in violence in the country by the end of last year.

The UN Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said, “The violence was mostly concentrated in the Upper Nile, Warrap and Jonglei states.”

He continued, “In its quarterly report, the Mission said that the number of civilians harmed increased by 87 percent, compared to the same period in 2021.”

The Spokesperson also said, “This rise was accompanied by a disturbing increase in abductions and conflict-related sexual violence — which have gone up by 464 percent and 360 percent respectively.”

According to Dujarric, the Mission called for urgent action by the Government to address the escalating violence and to protect civilians, in line with international human rights and humanitarian laws.

The Spokesperson noted, “The mission also said it is undertaking peace advocacy and dialogues in addition to conducting hundreds of patrols and establishing temporary operating bases in certain hotspots.”