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DR CONGO / MEECE WRAP
STORY: DR CONGO / MEECE WRAP
SOURCE: MONUSCO
TRT: 3.45
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / SWAHILI/ NATS
DATELINE: 12 AUGUST 2010, GOMA / NYANZALE, DR CONGO
12 AUGUST 2010, GOMA, DR CONGO
1. Pan right, SRSG Roger Meece getting off plane and shaking hands
2. Various shots, hand shakes
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“I would like to assure you that for MONUSCO, our priority according to the mandate is the protection of civilians and we are also concerned with the security situation. These are certainly our priorities. One must understand the realities and conditions here and that is why I’m here today.”
4. Wide shot, cars
5. Pan right, hand shake with Governor of North Kivu
. Wide shot, Roger Meece and the Governor
6. Close shot, Head of Office, MONUSCO Goma
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“I came to assure the governor that I have the confidence and optimism. We must continue to work together in collaboration in terms of security and in the stabilization activities in the Province and the entire country.”
8. Med shot, group photo
9. Walking shot, Roger Meece and the Governor
10. Close shot, UN personnel
11. Med shot, Roger Meece address
12. Med shot, UN personnel
13. Close shot, UN personnel
14. Close shot, male UN staff
15. Wide shot, Provincial Assembly
16. Close shot, Provincial Assembly sign
17. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“We have discussed the security problem; we have discussed the problem of economic development, the infrastructure and additional capacity to state institutions. We have also discussed about the elections to be held next year and I have assured the Provincial Assembly that we shall fully support the process.”
12 AUGUST 2010, NYANZALE, DR CONGO
18. Med shot, UN helicopter
19. Med shot, inside helicopter
20. Wide shot, over refugee camp
21. Pan right, Roger Meece walking from helicopter
22. Med shot, people
23. Wide shot, convoy
24. Various shots, Roger Meece listening to people in the camp
25. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“It is very important for me to see the IDP camp here and to understand the situation on the ground. We are going to assist the return of the IDPs to their homes once the security situation becomes favorable and improves. My visit here is very essential.”
26. Various shots, refugees in the camp
27. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) IDP, Nyanzale Refugee camp:
“We appeal to the government to bring security so that our children can go back to school. We need to eat good food and live a normal life like other people out of this refugee status.”
28. Wide shot, people walking on the road
29. Wide shot, Roger Meece with kids
The new Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Roger MEECE was in Goma last week for his first visit to North Kivu province since his appointment as the Head of MONUSCO (United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC) at the beginning of July.
In Goma he held meetings with the Governor of North Kivu, the Provincial Assembly and UN personnel, assuring them that MONUSCO’s the priority was the protection of civilians and the security situation.
Meece met with the Provincial Assembly and had discussions with its members on continuing to work in collaboration in terms of security.
He also travelled to Nyanzale, an IDP center in the North Kivu province. There are over 20,000 Internally Displaced People or IDPs in Nyanzale refugee camp.
In January 2007, most people fled from surrounding villages following fighting between the FDLR- Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda and Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, the CNDP led by Laurent N’Kunda.
Insecurity is a concern in Nyanzale. Armed bandits that live in the bush have been attacking, robbing, raping and killing people.
According to the chief of the camp, there are several groups who have transformed into the FDLR. He says that these elements are a major security concern the population.
Several UN agencies work in Nyanzale to provide much needed aid. UNICEF supplies plastic sheeting, jerry cans, cooking sets and clothing to the IDPs. The World Food Program distributes rations to each family to last about a month.
Last December, MONUSCO estblished a Company Operating Base (COB) in Nyanzale to protect the refugees from being attacked by armed groups.
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