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STORY: UN / DR CONGO
TRT: 2.36
SOURCE: UNTV/ WFP
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ FRENCH/ NATS
DATELINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2008, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
20 NOVEMBER 2008, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Doss, Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“A year ago when I spoke to you the situation in the DRC was increasingly grave. We faced a security crisis of enormous dimensions following the resumption of hostilities with the CNDP. A year on, there is now real prospect that the conflict that has for so long bighted the Eastern Congo can be ended.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Ileka Atoki, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations:
“Let me be clear, the people of Congo do not want a hasty withdrawal of MONUC, at the same time, the Congolese people don’t want it to remain forever either.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Ileka Atoki, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations:
“Whether group rape occurred or not, because they were allegedly presumably dealing with a presumed street walker or strumpet, did these blue helmets have the right to turn N’Djili Airport into a brothel without reprimand or sanction? This is shocking. What about the zero tolerance policy declared in 2005?”
9. Wide shot, Doss walks to the microphone
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Doss, Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
11. “I don’t agree with his assessment, I know that his report actually picked up, and to some extent, on earlier statements made by some of the NGO groups and advocacy groups, I mean, there was a lot of familiar ground there. We certainly would agree with him however that, you know, on the humanitarian side because of displacement, because of human rights violations, there are a lot of preoccupations and I don’t want to give any impression that I am minimizing that.”
26 MAY 2009, BAMUKANDI VILLAGE (5KMS FROM DUNGU), HAUT-UELE, NORTHEASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
12. Various shots, huts burned by recent attacks from armed men from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
13. Various shots, people who are still in the village.
26 MAY 2009, DUNGU, NORTHEASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
14. Tracking shot, WFP plane flying low and dropping WFP food bags
15. Med shot, view from the plane of the bags been dropped
16. Tracking shot, bags falling after being dropped from WFP plane
17. Med shot, bags on the ground
24 APRIL 2009, DUNGU, NORTHEASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
18. Various shots, MONUC soldiers at food distribution
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Alan Doss, briefed the Security Council today (16 October), and said that there is now a real prospect that the conflicts “that have long blighted the eastern Congo can be ended”.
Yet, he added that significant problems remain in the east, including new population displacements and human rights violations, as well as an appallingly high level of violence against women.
He said that, looking ahead, the areas cleared of the presence of FDLR rebels by the Congolese Armed Forces must be fully secured to ensure continuing protection for the population and to allow displaced persons to return home. Major operations against the remaining rebel strongholds should be completed as soon as possible with proper regard for the protection of civilians.
Congolese Ambassador Ileka Atoki told the Council that the people of Congo do not want “a hasty withdrawal” of the United Nations Mission in the DRC, known as MONUC, but at the same time, “don’t want it to remain forever either.”
Atoki expressed shock at the shelving of allegations of group rape against UN peacekeepers at N’Djili in Kinshasa. He said that whether the sexual activity was consensual or not, the accused did not have the right “to turn N’Djili Airport into a brothel” without reprimand or sanction.
Outside the Council Doss said that the allegations were unfounded and that the alleged victim’s brother had asked for shakedown money.
Asked about a report by UN human rights investigator Philip Alston which said that the UN backed Congolese military operation in eastern Congo, known as Kimia II, had had "catastrophic" results, Doss responded that he did not agree with the assessment, but added that he does agree that “because of displacement, because of human rights violations, there are a lot of preoccupations”.
He noted suspending Kimia II would give the rebels time to regroup and rearm.
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