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SOUTH SUDAN / PILLAY
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / PILLAY
TRT: 1.32
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 9 MAY 2012, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, exterior of Presidential Palace
2. Wide shot, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay shaking hands with South Sudan President Salva Kiir
3. Med shot, President Salva Kiir shaking hands with other officials
4. Wide shot, President Salva Kiir and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay taking seats
5. Wide shot, meeting
6. Med shot, South Sudan President Salva Kiir
7. Med shot, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaking
8. Wide shot, meeting
9. President Salva Kiir and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in conversation
10. Wide shot, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and delegation exiting from building
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The President raised what’s happening at the borders – the conflict there – and of course it’s a human rights challenge because civilians are affected and this is why I would be concerned. He explained why they were forced to take the decision on cutting off the oil supplies and I am concerned that these austerity measures will impact people who are most vulnerable, that is women, children, workers, and he assured me they have structured their policies so that education, health and matters like these will not be affected.”
12. Wide shot, meeting with Speaker of South Sudan National Assembly James Wani Igga
13. Med shot, Speaker of South Sudan National Assembly James Wani Igga
14. Med shot, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay
15. Wide shot, meeting
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said today (9 May) that the current border conflict between Sudan and South Sudan is a challenge to human rights because it is affecting civilians.
Speaking in the capital of South Sudan, Juba, after meeting with President Salva Kiir, she also said she was concerned that the current austerity measures that the new country is implementing as a result of a shutdown of oil production, will mainly impact the most vulnerable.
SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The President raised what’s happening at the borders – the conflict there – and of course it’s a human rights challenge because civilians are affected and this is why I would be concerned. He explained why they were forced to take the decision on cutting off the oil supplies and I am concerned that these austerity measures will impact people who are most vulnerable, that is women, children, workers, and he assured me they have structured their policies so that education, health and matters like these will not be affected.”
Pillay is in South Sudan on a five day visit. During her mission to the world’s newest State the Human Rights Commissioner will discuss the protection of civilians amid the hostilities that have periodically flared up along the border with Sudan. Disputes between the two countries continue to impact on the security and well-being of civilian populations on both sides of the border.
The High Commissioner will also discuss a range of other human rights issues including the inter-communal violence within South Sudan, especially in Jonglei State where she is scheduled to visit the town of Bor on Thursday.
She will also address economic and social issues arising from decades of conflict and underdevelopment.
On Wednesday, the High Commissioner also held meetings with the Speaker of the National Assembly and the South Sudan Human Rights Commission.
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