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UN / DRC MONUSCO UPDATE
STORY: UN / DRC MONUSCO UPDATE
TRT: 01:58
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
02 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Quick update from our peacekeeping colleagues in the Democratic Republic of Congo – MONUSCO. They are reporting that, earlier today, presumed members of the M23 armed group fired upon one of our UN helicopters. That took place in the Karuba region in the North Kivu province, in Masisi territory. The incident resulted in injuries to two South African peacekeepers, including one that was seriously wounded. The helicopter was able to land safely in Goma, and the peacekeepers are currently receiving medical attention.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In a press statement today, the Head of the peacekeeping mission there, Bintou Keita, strongly condemned the attack against an aircraft bearing the UN emblem, which comes almost a year after a similar attack caused the death of a South African peacekeeper. She recalled that attacks against peacekeepers may constitute war crimes. The mission will spare no effort, in cooperation with the Congolese authorities, to bring the perpetrators to justice.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Meanwhile, the head of our peacekeeping department, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, joined by Catherine Pollard, the Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, along with Christian Saunders, the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and abuse are all in the DRC. They arrived in Beni, in North Kivu, today, where they will continue their visit to the eastern part of that country.”
8. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away
A UN spokesperson said that in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), earlier today (02 Feb), “presumed members of the M23 armed group fired upon one of our UN helicopters.” He added, “The incident resulted in injuries to two South African peacekeepers, including one that was seriously wounded.”
Briefing reporters in New York, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said, “That took place in the Karuba region in the North Kivu province, in Masisi territory.”
The Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, “strongly condemned the attack against an aircraft bearing the UN emblem, which comes almost a year after a similar attack caused the death of a South African peacekeeper,” the spokesperson said.
Dujarric continued, “She recalled that attacks against peacekeepers may constitute war crimes. The mission will spare no effort, in cooperation with the Congolese authorities, to bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Dujarric added, “Meanwhile, the head of our peacekeeping department, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, joined by Catherine Pollard, the Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, along with Christian Saunders, the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and abuse are all in the DRC.”
“They arrived in Beni, in North Kivu, today, where they will continue their visit to the eastern part of that country,” the spokesperson concluded.
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