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STORY: UN / DR CONGO
TRT: 2.42
SOURCE: UNTV/ MONUC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 13 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
13 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council chamber
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukio Takasu, Security Council President:
“May I ask the Members of the Security Council to join me in observing a minute of silence to honor the memory of those who perished in this tragic incident [the plane crash which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and the Polish delegation].
4. Wide shot, Members standing for minute of silence
5. Various shots, Members observing minute of silence
6. Med shot, Security Council delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“The humanitarian situation in the Kivus and parts of Orientale province remains of deep concern with a large number of internally displaced persons, high levels of sexual violence against women and attacks on humanitarian workers. But security has gradually improved in several territories in the Kivus and the economic tempo is picking up in consequence; close to 1 million IDP’s have returned to their areas of origin.”
8. Med shot, Security Council member
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“Protection of civilians under imminent threat of violence should remain a primary concern of the Mission. Protection requires continued support to build State capacity and to reinforce the rule and bolster compliance with international humanitarian law, human rights and refugee law. Strengthening the national police is a critical dimension of the work to extend and reinforce protection. We are pleased therefore that the Government has requested MONUC assistance in this area.”
7. Med shot, Security Council members
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“Endemic poverty, lack of employment for demobilized combatants, the competition for economic resources, the return of IDPs and refugees are all potential sources of tension and violence. This is why we need to reshape the Mission to enhance the UN system’s capacity to assist the Government to address these challenges during and after the draw down. These issues are the key to consolidating the peace in the DRC, and not only in the East.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council chamber
FILE – MONUC - 1 NOVEMBER 2009, MARABO, ITURI DISTRICT, BUNIA AND DUNGU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
10. Various shots, women
11. Tracking shot, MONUC’s Moroccan peacekeepers in military jeep
FILE – MONUC - 24 APRIL 2009, DUNGU, NORTHEASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
12. Various shots, MONUC soldiers at food distribution
Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), briefed the Security Council today on the process of preparing a drawdown of UN Mission DRC (MONUC) troops. The drawdown is expected to begin by 30 June 2010.
Security Council President Yukio Takasu of Japan opened the Security Council meeting with a moment of silence “to honor the memory of those who perished” in the plane crash which killed, amongst others, Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
Doss told Security Council members that while the humanitarian situation in the Kivus and Orientale province remained of “deep concern”, security has gradually improved in several territories in the Kivus and “the economic tempo is picking up.” He also added that “close to 1 million IDP’s have returned to their areas of origin.”
In a report on MONUC, the Secretary-General had proposed withdrawing 2,000 troops from the 20,000-strong peacekeeping force by June, emphasizing that despite violence and human rights abuses, Congolese authorities have made progress in restoring a measure of stability over much of the country.
Doss underscored the need to address the many “potential sources of tension and violence” such as endemic poverty and the lack of employment for demobilized combatants during and after the draw down indicating that these “are the key to consolidating the peace in the DRC.”
The Security Council will head to the DRC on Friday for an official visit. The Security Council originally planned to stop in Rwanda and Uganda during the visit, but said it has had to postpone those trips given the pressing agenda in the DRC.
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