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SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI ATTACKS REAX
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI ATTACKS REAX
TRT: 2:44
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 9, 6, DECEMBER 2011, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
6 DECEMBER 2011, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, Injured on stretcher being evacuated by UNMISS helicopter arriving at airstrip
2. Close up, injured person with bandages
3. Various shots, child being carried from helicopter
4. Injured on stretcher being carried into waiting ambulance
DECEMBER 9th, 2011, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
5. Wide shots, Murle community leaders media conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Kwakwak, Murle Youth leader
“There was no proof even that Murle came and attacked and there is (un)evident that these are Murle. It is just a false accusation and it is always just like – not this one alone - It is just always like that. This is our life in Jonglei.”
7. Wide shot, Murle community members
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Guzulu Mazei, Murle Human Rights Chairman
“Disarmament must be done at once and should not be forceful - when it is forceful it means war – because you force someone to give in his gun and when knowing that when he gives his gun someone is going to attack him tomorrow, he will not give his gun free – he will defend himself and this is a fight. Disarmament must be agreed to by the members of the community and by the leaders of the State and by the members of the parliament within a national government, and that is where peaceful disarmament will be done like what we did the other time.”
9. Wide shot, Archbishop Daniel Deng arriving in Juba by helicopter
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Daniel Deng, Episcopal Church of South Sudan
“My advice is that I think we need to tolerate one another at this moment. We have a new country there is no need for us really to destroy our country, because whatever happened in Jongeli whether a tribe is killing another tribe, at the end of the day it is a destruction of our new government. So the people should not think that this is something only to deal with the tribe. Anybody doing this is against the government and against the peace of the whole country. So we advise our people in Jonglei to respect each other and then let us work for the development of our country.”
12. Wide shot, Archbishop getting into bus
STORY:
This week’s killings (5 December) in the villages in Jalle Payam, Bor South County and in Twic East County, underline the importance of the Jonglei Peace Process and the urgent need to move forward.
While UNMISS condemned the attack and called on various stakeholders to strengthen efforts to put an immediate end to any further violence, and to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of these crimes, community leaders from Murle held a press conference in the South Sudan capital Juba, condemning the attack saying that they were not involved in the attacks.
SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Kwakwak, Murle Youth leader
“There was no proof even that Murle came and attacked and there is (un)evident that these are Murle. It is just a false accusation and it is always just like – not this one alone - It is just always like that. This is our life in Jonglei.”
Speaking to the media another Murle leader advised that a national disarmament process needed to be agreed to by the community.
SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Guzulu Mazei, Murle Human Rights Chairman
“Disarmament must be done at once and should not be forceful - when it is forceful it means war – because you force someone to give in his gun and when knowing that when he gives his gun someone is going to attack him tomorrow, he will not give his gun free – he will defend himself and this is a fight. Disarmament must be agreed to by the members of the community and by the leaders of the State and by the members of the parliament within a national government, and that is where peaceful disarmament will be done like what we did the other time.”
In an effort to contain allegations of possible mobilization of armed fighters in key Communities in Jonglei State, UNMISS facilitated a visit today (9 December) to Archbishop Daniel Deng to the area of tension. On his return to Juba, the Archbishop Deng pleaded to communities to work for the development of the new State.
SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Daniel Deng, Episcopal Church of South Sudan
“My advice is that I think we need to tolerate one another at this moment. We have a new country there is no need for us really to destroy our country, because whatever happened in Jongeli whether a tribe is killing another tribe, at the end of the day it is a destruction of our new government. So the people should not think that this is something only to deal with the tribe. Anybody doing this is against the government and against the peace of the whole country. So we advise our people in Jonglei to respect each other and then let us work for the development of our country.”
The attack on Jalle which took place last Monday (5 December) killed more than 40 villagers mainly women, children, and the elderly and wounded many others.
Buildings and other dwellings were burned and large numbers of livestock were stolen.
UNMISS visited the area of Jalle and Bor South County and helped evacuate some of the casualties to Juba hospital earlier this week.
Special Representative of the Secretary General to South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson, called on the GRSS and traditional leaders to stop any such mobilization, saying the cycle of violence has to stop and said that communities in Jonglei should be encouraged to refrain from mobilizing their fighters since this would perpetuate the grisly cycle of mass violence and retaliation.
UNMISS also sent aerial reconnaissance flights and integrated teams into the area to help stabilize the situation.
UNMISS continues to support the church-led, inclusive Jonglei Peace Process, in particular the preparations for the Luo Nuer-Murle peace conference, and the All Jonglei State Peace Conference in January between the six main communities in the state, including the Dinka.
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