UN / CAR MINUSCA UPDATE

The UN Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) continues to monitor the situation and to engage with local authorities in the Vakaga prefecture, where refugees from Sudan continue to arrive, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:53
• Production Date: 24 May 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 3048566
• Parent Id: 3048566
• Alternate Title: unifeed230524g

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STORY: UN / CAR MINUSCA UPDATE
TRT: 0:53
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric in the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Just a note from our peacekeeping colleagues in the Central African Republic. They are telling us that they continue to monitor the situation and to engage with local authorities in the Vakaga prefecture, where refugees from Sudan continue to arrive. They are also engaging with local authorities to ensure the protection of civilians. The Mission estimates that around 10,000 people have so far crossed the border from Sudan to reach the town of Am-Dafok and are living in various spontaneous camps.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the same area, the Mission facilitated school exams with the delivery of notebooks and exams, as well as transportation for teachers and those administering exams in remote areas.”
6. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away from the podium

Storyline

The UN Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) continues to monitor the situation and to engage with local authorities in the Vakaga prefecture, where refugees from Sudan continue to arrive, a UN Spokesperson informed.

Briefing journalists on Wednesday (24 May) in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said the peacekeepers “are also engaging with local authorities to ensure the protection of civilians.”

Dujarric also informed that “the Mission estimates that around 10,000 people have so far crossed the border from Sudan to reach the town of Am-Dafok and are living in various spontaneous camps.”

In the same area, said the Spokesperson, “the Mission facilitated school exams with the delivery of notebooks and exams, as well as transportation for teachers and those administering exams in remote areas.”