SOUTH SUDAN / GUTERRES

The High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres wrapped his visit to South Sudan today urging the international community to show greater solidarity as the nation faces a multiplicity of challenges only six months after it gained its independence. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:02
• Production Date: 10 January 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U120110b

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / ANTONIO GUTERRES
TRT: 2.02
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 10 JANUARY 2012 JUBA, SUDAN, 8 JANUARY 2010 MABAAN, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

08 JANUARY 2012, DORO REFUGEE CAMP, MABAAN, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, refugees waiting in line
2. Close up, women in line
3. Wide shot, refugees receiving food
4. Med shot, Women with their food rations
5. Med shot, Woman walking away with food bag on her head

10 JANUARY 2012, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

6. Wide shot, UNHCR head, Antonio Guterres addressing the press
7. Med shot, Journalist
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
"We have 360,000 South Sudanese who returned from Khartoum with huge challenges for their integration and we keep a meaningful number of South Sudanese in the North and of course their orderly and dignified return is another main humanitarian challenge. And finally because of different conflicts because of LRA activities in the southwest of the country we have probably 300,000 people internally displaced inside South Sudan."
9. Med shot, Journalist
10. Med shot, delegation addressing journalist
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
"For a country that is emerging as a sovereign state to face all these challenges at the same time represents a dramatic impact in their capacity to provide to the people security and basic services that the people need and of course these will not be possible without massive international solidarity and it is this massive international solidarity that we are appealing for during this visit."

08 JANUARY 2012, DORO REFUGEE CAMP, MABAAN, SOUTH SUDAN

12. Wide shot, refugees walking in the camp
13. Med shot, refugees cooking under makeshift shelter
14. Med shot, women under the makeshift shelter

Storyline

The head of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres wrapped up a visit to South Sudan today urging the international community to show greater solidarity as the nation faces a multiplicity of challenges only six months after it gained its independence.

Guterres warned the international community of a humanitarian disaster of enormous proportions if nothing is done soon.

SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
"We have 360,000 South Sudanese who returned from Khartoum with huge challenges for their integration and we keep a meaningful number of South Sudanese in the North and of course their orderly and dignified return is another main humanitarian challenge. And finally because of different conflicts because of LRA activities in the southwest of the country we have probably 300,000 people internally displaced inside South Sudan."

South Sudan is also hosting some 80,000 refugees who had fled fighting in the boarder regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states and walked for day across into South Sudan. Thousands of south Sudanese had also lost their lives due to intertribal conflicts and militia activities within its own boarders.

In December clashes between Lou Nuer youth and members of the Murle community in Jonglei left an unknown number of people dead and some 60,000 others uprooted from their homes.

SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
"For a country that is emerging as a sovereign state to face all these challenges at the same time represents a dramatic impact in their capacity to provide to the people security and basic services that the people need and of course these will not be possible without massive international solidarity and it is this massive international solidarity that we are appealing for during this visit."

UNHCR has so far flown in 10,000 tents and relief items for some 100,000 refugees in the border regions between South Sudan and Sudan, through 69 flights to Malakal and Mabaan. It is estimated that there are some 700,000 South Sudanese still in the north.