UN / ABYEI ATTACK

The Secretary-General is “deeply concerned” by the violence that occurred over the weekend in the Abyei Administrative Area, “which resulted in the tragic death of numerous civilians and attacks on the UN peacekeeping force (UNISFA) during which two peacekeepers lost their life in the line of duty,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:13
• Production Date: 29 January 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTERIM SECURITY FORCE FOR ABYEI - UNISFA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPERS
• MAMS Id: 3167836
• Parent Id: 3167836
• Alternate Title: unifeed240129d

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STORY: UN / ABYEI ATTACK
TRT: 01:13
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 29 JANUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

UN / ABYEI ATTACK, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to the situation in Abyei. I have a statement and that tells you that the Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the violence that occurred over the weekend in the Abyei Administrative Area, which resulted in the tragic death of numerous civilians and attacks on the UN peacekeeping force during which two peacekeepers lost their life in the line of duty.”
4. Med shot, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General conveys his deepest condolences to the Government and people of Ghana and Pakistan, and to the families of the deceased civilians. He condemns the violence and attacks against the peacekeeping force and calls on the Governments of South Sudan and Sudan to swiftly investigate the attacks, with the assistance of the peacekeeping force, known as UNISFA, and to bring the perpetrators to justice. He reminds all parties that attacks on UN peacekeepers may constitute war crimes.”
6. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium

Storyline

Briefing journalists today (08 Nov) in New York, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said, “the Secretary-General conveys his deepest condolences to the Government and people of Ghana and Pakistan, and to the families of the deceased civilians.”

Dujarric added that the Secretary-General “calls on the Governments of South Sudan and Sudan to swiftly investigate the attacks, with the assistance of the peacekeeping force, known as UNISFA, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.”

“He reminds all parties that attacks on UN peacekeepers may constitute war crimes,” the spokesperson concluded.

The Secretary-General is “deeply concerned” by the violence that occurred over the weekend in the Abyei Administrative Area, “which resulted in the tragic death of numerous civilians and attacks on the UN peacekeeping force (UNISFA) during which two peacekeepers lost their life in the line of duty,” a UN spokesperson said.