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UN / DRC MONUSCO UPDATE
STORY: UN / DRC MONUSCO UPDATE
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DATELINE: 23 JANUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
23 JANUARY 2024, 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:
“The flood situation remains dire, where nearly half of the country’s 26 provinces being impacted by severe flooding, that includes the capital, Kinshasa. According to the Congolese authorities, more than 400,000 households need emergency assistance, including food, shelter and healthcare support. The Humanitarian Coordinator in that country, Bruno Lemarquis, visited affected communities in Kinshasa and expressed deep concern over the precarious living conditions in these areas. Some families live in their flooded houses, increasing the risk of course of waterborne disease, which could potentially overwhelm an already strained healthcare system.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“And in the East of the DRC - peacekeeping colleagues are continuing to protect the main supply routes leading towards Goma and Sake, that is in North Kivu. They are also assisting the Congolese army to prevent the M23 armed group from advancing towards both Sake and Goma. Peacekeepers and Congolese armed forces are deployed in Masisi, Rutshuru and Nyiragongo, patrolling in key areas. As we mentioned before, the Mission also established a security perimeter near its Kitchanga base to help protect some 25,000 men, women and children who are seeking shelter due to the prevailing insecurity we’ve been telling you about. The presence of peacekeepers also enables the delivery of humanitarian assistance to those who need it.”
7. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away
A UN spokesperson today (23 Jan) said the flood situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “remains dire,” as nearly half of the country’s 26 provinces are being impacted by “severe flooding,” including in the capital, Kinshasa.
Talking to reporters in New York, the spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said that according to Congolese authorities, “more than 400,000 households need emergency assistance, including food, shelter and healthcare support.”
The Humanitarian Coordinator in that country, Bruno Lemarquis, Dujarric said, “visited affected communities in Kinshasa and expressed deep concern over the precarious living conditions in these areas.”
He said, “some families live in their flooded houses, increasing the risk of course of waterborne disease, which could potentially overwhelm an already strained healthcare system.”
Turning to peacekeeping in the East of the country, Dujarric said the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) is “continuing to protect the main supply routes leading towards Goma and Sake,”
in North Kivu.
He said, “they are also assisting the Congolese army to prevent the M23 armed group from advancing towards both Sake and Goma. Peacekeepers and Congolese armed forces are deployed in Masisi, Rutshuru and Nyiragongo, patrolling in key areas.”
MONUSCO also established a security perimeter near its Kitchanga base to help protect some 25,000 men, women and children who are seeking shelter due to the prevailing insecurity.
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