UN / SUDAN SEXUAL VIOLENCE

A joint statement from Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States called for the parties to the Sudan conflict to “take full responsibility for preventing any acts of sexual and gender-based violence committed by their members and should issue command orders that prohibit sexual violence.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:11
• Production Date: 13 September 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FERIT HOXHA
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3088475
• Parent Id: 3088475
• Alternate Title: unifeed230913h

Description

STORY: UN / SUDAN SEXUAL VIOLENCE
TRT: 01:11
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

13 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, ambassadors from Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States at the Security Council stakeout podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Albania:
“The ongoing conflicts in Sudan have resulted in an alarming increase in instances of conflict related sexual violence, particularly affecting women and children. Reports of rape, including gang rape, sexual slavery, abduction, and sexual harassment have been prominent throughout the conflict. Women and girls, particularly in the Darfur region, are subjected to horrifying acts of sexual and reports of gender-based violence as a tactic of war, to instil fear and control in the population and assert dominance over local communities.”

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

4. Close up, camara

13 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Albania:
“The parties to the conflict must take full responsibility for preventing any acts of sexual and gender-based violence committed by their members and should issue command orders that prohibit sexual violence. Allegations of these crimes must be investigated, and perpetrators must be held accountable.”
6. Wide shot, ambassadors walk away

Storyline

A joint statement from Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States called for the parties to the Sudan conflict to “take full responsibility for preventing any acts of sexual and gender-based violence committed by their members, and should issue command orders that prohibit sexual violence.”

The statement, read today (13 Sep) by Albanian Ambassador Ferit Hoxha outside the Security Council, stated that “the ongoing conflicts in Sudan have resulted in an alarming increase in instances of conflict related sexual violence, particularly affecting women and children.”

Hoxha said, “reports of rape, including gang rape, sexual slavery, abduction, and sexual harassment have been prominent throughout the conflict. Women and girls, particularly in the Darfur region, are subjected to horrifying acts of sexual and reports of gender-based violence as a tactic of war, to instil fear and control in the population and assert dominance over local communities.”

He said, “allegations of these crimes must be investigated, and perpetrators must be held accountable.”