UN / CAR MINUSCA UPDATE

Briefing reporters on the Central African Republic (CAR), a UN spokesperson said “the security situation there remains generally calm,” adding, “However, the presence of armed groups in certain remote areas, particularly areas rich in natural resources and close to grazing routes, remains of concern.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:31
• Production Date: 22 May 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 3210337
• Parent Id: 3210337
• Alternate Title: unifeed240522d

Description

STORY: UN / CAR MINUSCA UPDATE
TRT: 1:31
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
22 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“And moving north to the Central African Republic, our peacekeeping colleagues there tell us that work is ongoing in the Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture - in the country’s north - to rehabilitate roads and bridges, including, as part of the five main axes. The goal of this work is to better protect the population in the prefecture. The Mission reports that work on the Bamingui-Ndele axis is already helping improve the speed of response by UN peacekeepers and national security forces. The security situation there remains generally calm. However, the presence of armed groups in certain remote areas, particularly areas rich in natural resources and close to grazing routes, remains of concern. At the start of the rainy season, roads that are already in poor state in those areas can soon become impassible, causing movement limitations and impacting prevention and rapid response to security issues. Beyond providing support to the national and local authorities in responding to violence, the peacekeeping mission says it is also helping to resolve local conflicts through mediation.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing

Storyline

Briefing reporters today (22 May) on the Central African Republic (CAR), a UN spokesperson said the Peacekeeping Mission’s work “is ongoing in the Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture - in the country’s north - to rehabilitate roads and bridges, including, as part of the five main axes.”

He noted that the goal of that work was to better protect the population in the prefecture. The Mission (MINUSCA) reported that work on the Bamingui-Ndele axis was already helping improve the speed of response by UN peacekeepers and national security forces.

“The security situation there remains generally calm,” the UN spokesperson said. Adding, “However, the presence of armed groups in certain remote areas, particularly areas rich in natural resources and close to grazing routes, remains of concern.”

Dujarric also said that at the start of the rainy season, roads that were already in poor state in those areas could soon become impassible, causing movement limitations and impacting prevention and rapid response to security issues.

Beyond providing support to the national and local authorities in responding to violence, the peacekeeping mission said it was also helping to resolve local conflicts through mediation, he noted.