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SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI DEPLOYMENT
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI DEPLOYMENT
TRT: 3:06
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 3 JANUARY 2012, JUBA SOUTH SDUAN, 2 JANUARY 2010, PIBOR, SOUTH SUDAN
2 JANUARY 2012 PIBOR, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, aerial view of Pibor
2. Med shot, UN Helicopter landing in Pibor
3. Wide shot, burning tukul
4. Wide shot, UN and SPLA forces walking in Pibor
5. Med shot, UN and SPLA forces walking in Pibor
6. Med shot, UN Forces
7. Wide shot, SPLA (Sudan People’s Liberation Army) and UN forces guarding Pibor town
8. Med shot, Majak D’Agoot, Deputy Minister of Defense of South Sudan
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Majak D’Agoot, Deputy Minister of Defense, South Sudan:
“The town is still very much in the hands of the SPLA and the United Nations Mission troops, we will continue to beef up our presence here. We have moved an infantry brigade from Juba and Bor, it is going to assemble here tomorrow and from that point on we will continue to stabilize the situation further.”
10. Wide shot, UN and SPLA walking to commissioner’s office
11. Wide shot, UN forces
12. Med shot, UN forces
13. Med shot, UN Force commander General Moses Obi, addressing UN forces in Pibor
14. SOUNDBITE (English) General Moses Obi, Force Commander, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“In current circumstances we started by deterring attacks.We deployed to Likuangole, deployed to Gumuruk, we put our eyes on the columns, located them in the good time and have never lost sight of them. And that has enabled us working with the Government of South Sudan to keep the population generally out of harms way and the troops on the ground here. So we have been deterring here, we have been evacuating the injured and we are also using military force to stop harm being done to civilians.”
15. Med shot, displaced civilians
16. Wide shot, Force Commander talking to displaced civilians in Pibor
DATELINE: JANUARY 3 -2012, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
17. Wide shot, President Salva Kiir walking to podium
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“With all the commitments, the government has already sent forces from the national army and the police. If these forces can not contain the problems on the ground then we will send more reinforcement to protect Pibor County.”
19. Wide shot, President Salva Kiir leaving
The government of the Republic of South Sudan has ordered the deployment of soldiers and more than one thousand police to Pibor County in Jonglei State in an attempt to stop fighting between the Lou Nuer and the Murle tribes in the area.
Tens of thousands of villagers in South Sudan are hiding in the bush, waiting for United Nations (UN) and government troops to stop a tribal conflict which officials fear may have left scores of people dead over the weekend.
Majak D’Agoot, the country’s Deputy Minister of Defense said that the Government and the UN Mission in South Sudan responded adequately, and they have so far contained the waves of attacks that the Lou Nuer Youth launched on Pibor.
SOUNDBITE (English) Majak D’Agoot, Deputy Minister of Defense, South Sudan:
“The town is still very much in the hands of the SPLA and the United Nations Mission troops, we will continue to beef up our presence here. We have moved an infantry brigade from Juba and Bor, it is going to assemble here tomorrow and from that point on we will continue to stabilize the situation further.”
UNMISS Force Commander, General Moses Obi said that the UN Mission in South Sudan had a battalion size force on the ground and added that if there was a need, they would bring in more resources.
SOUNDBITE (English) General Moses Obi, Force Commander, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“In current circumstances we started by deterring attacks.We deployed to Likuangole, deployed to Gumuruk, we put our eyes on the columns, located them in the good time and have never lost sight of them. And that has enabled us working with the Government of South Sudan to keep the population generally out of harms way and the troops on the ground here. So we have been deterring here, we have been evacuating the injured and we are also using military force to stop harm being done to civilians.”
Last week over 6,000 members of the Lou-Nuer ethnic group moved into Murle territory setting fire to towns and raiding cattle, as an act of revenge for an attack in August by the rival tribe.
Having captured the strategic town of district of Linkwangole few days ago, the Luo-Nuer advanced on Pibor, the county headquarters on New Year’s Eve. According to the UN, at least 20,000 people have been displaced by the attacks.
There are reports that the Luo-Nuer have pulled out of Pibor but are moving further south into Murle territory, where thousands of civilians have already been displaced to by the conflict.
Today, the president of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir said that the government was fully prepared to boost its presence in Jonglei and protect civilians.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan:
“With all the commitments, the government has already sent forces from the national army and the police. If these forces can not contain the problems on the ground then we will send more reinforcement to protect Pibor County.”
The president was informed that the UN Mission in South Sudan had fully mobilized to assist the Government in its efforts to ease tensions.
The Secretary-General spoke with the President of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir, by telephone (2 January) and expressed appreciation for his commitment to protect civilians while exerting efforts to resolve through dialogue ongoing tensions between the Lou Nuer youth and Murle in Jonglei State.
In this regard, the Secretary-General noted that the commitment to the rule of law and respect for human rights was fundamental. He said it was also important to address the root causes of the conflict.
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