UN / MALI MINUSMA UPDATE

The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, reported that as part of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) withdrawal process, a convoy carrying peacekeepers and equipment “reached Timbuktu city without incident on Wednesday.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:41
• Production Date: 17 August 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; TROOP WITHDRAWAL
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 3081224
• Parent Id: 3081224
• Alternate Title: unifeed230817d

Description

STORY: UN / MALI MINUSMA UPDATE
TRT: 01:41
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

1. Aerial shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

17 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“On Mali, the UN peacekeeping mission there confirms that a convoy carrying peacekeepers and equipment from its camp in the city of Goundam in the Timbuktu region, as part of its withdrawal process, reached Timbuktu city without incident on Wednesday. The complex operation involved the withdrawal of personnel from the Ivorian military contingent, as well as UN Police officers and a Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit. The peacekeepers had been helping to protect the local population, in the face of regular attacks with improvised explosive devices, in an area that has one of the highest levels of insecurity and presence of extremist groups, particularly the Goundam-Timbuktu axis.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Mission has been carrying out a phased withdrawal by first moving personnel and equipment from remote camps to larger hubs so that smaller sites can be closed. The Ogossagou temporary base was the first to shut down, and that took place on 4 August. Personnel and Contingent-Owned-Equipment are gradually being repatriated to home countries, and United Nations-owned equipment is being disposed of in accordance with our relevant Financial Regulations and Rules and including through transfer to other UN peacekeeping operations.”
7. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

Storyline

The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, today (17 Aug) reported that as part of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) withdrawal process, a convoy carrying peacekeepers and equipment “reached Timbuktu city without incident on Wednesday.”

Dujarric said, “the complex operation involved the withdrawal of personnel from the Ivorian military contingent, as well as UN Police officers and a Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit. The peacekeepers had been helping to protect the local population, in the face of regular attacks with improvised explosive devices, in an area that has one of the highest levels of insecurity and presence of extremist groups, particularly the Goundam-Timbuktu axis.”

The spokesperson explained that the Mission “has been carrying out a phased withdrawal by first moving personnel and equipment from remote camps to larger hubs so that smaller sites can be closed.”

He said, “personnel and Contingent-Owned-Equipment are gradually being repatriated to home countries, and United Nations-owned equipment is being disposed of in accordance with our relevant Financial Regulations and Rules and including through transfer to other UN peacekeeping operations.”

MINUSMA is scheduled to withdraw from Mali by December 31. It currently has a presence at 13 sites.