UN / MALI ATTACK

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) expedited its withdrawal from Ber in the Timbuktu region, by one day, due to a deteriorating security situation in the area, including risks to the safety and security of UN personnel. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:41
• Production Date: 14 August 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 3080160
• Parent Id: 3080160
• Alternate Title: unifeed230814a

Description

STORY: UN / MALI ATTACK
TRT: 1:41
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

14 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2.Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I’ll start off with an update on Mali, where our peacekeeping colleagues are telling us they expedited their withdrawal from Ber in the Timbuktu region, by one day, due to a deteriorating security situation in the area, including risks to the safety and security of UN personnel. The national authorities were promptly informed. The Mission reported two attacks yesterday on a convoy carrying personnel and equipment from the base at Ber to Timbuktu, resulting in four Burkinabe peacekeepers suffering injuries, fortunately those are not life threatening.”
4. shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We condemn the attacks and call on all parties to ensure safe movement for peacekeepers throughout the withdrawal period, as the Mission endeavours to hand over bases and previously mandated responsibilities to the Malian authorities, the UN Country Team and the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel. As a rule, the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali can only transfer its facilities to the Malian state. In this context, the UN is discussions with the Malian authorities a draft agreement that will govern transfer of UN peacekeeping camps. In parallel, whenever MINUSMA departs a camp, the designated representative of the Malian authorities is requested to attest to the state of the camp and the facilities and also to confirm that we have fulfilled our environmental obligations.”
6.Wide shot, press briefing room

Storyline

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) expedited its withdrawal from Ber in the Timbuktu region, by one day, due to a deteriorating security situation in the area, including risks to the safety and security of UN personnel.

Speaking to reporters today (14 Aug) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the Mission reported two attacks on Sunday (13 Aug) on a convoy carrying personnel and equipment from the base at Ber to Timbuktu, resulting in four Burkinabe peacekeepers suffering injuries, fortunately those are not life threatening.

Dujarric said that the UN condemned the attacks and call on all parties to “ensure safe movement for peacekeepers throughout the withdrawal period, as the Mission endeavours to hand over bases and previously mandated responsibilities to the Malian authorities, the UN Country Team and the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel.”

He continued, “As a rule, the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali can only transfer its facilities to the Malian state.’

In this context, the Spokespersons said, “the UN is discussions with the Malian authorities a draft agreement that will govern transfer of UN peacekeeping camps.”

He concluded, “In parallel, whenever MINUSMA departs a camp, the designated representative of the Malian authorities is requested to attest to the state of the camp and the facilities and also to confirm that we have fulfilled our environmental obligations.”