UN / SOUTH SUDAN AMBUSH

The Security Council condemns in a press Statement the killing of five peacekeepers and seven civilians in an ambush near the settlement of Gumurk in JongleiStatetoday. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:13
• Production Date: 9 April 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; TERRORISM
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U130409f

Description

STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN AMBUSH
TRT: 1.13
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 9 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

9 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY

1. Zoom in, Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana of Rwanda walks up to the stakeout position

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

2. Close up, reporter’s notepad

9 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Eugene Richard Gasana, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations:
“The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the 9 April attack by unidentified armed persons on a UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) convoy in Jonglei, South Sudan, in which five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven civilians were killed. The members of the Security Council expressed their condolences to the families of the peacekeepers and the UNMISS staff killed in the attack, as well as to the Government of India. They called on the Government of South Sudan to swiftly investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice. The members of the Security Council reiterated their full support for UNMISS and the troop contributing countries and called on all parties in South Sudan to cooperate with the mission.”
4. Med shot, Ambassador Gasana walks away from the stakeout position

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) Security Council today (9 April) issued a statement strongly condemning the killing of at least 12 people working with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan’s Jonglei State.

According to the statement, read by Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana of Rwanda, a UN convoy in Jonglei State was attacked today by “unidentified armed persons” causing the deaths of five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven civilians.

At least nine additional peacekeepers and accompanying civilians were injured, and some remain unaccounted for.

The press statement expressed the Council’s condolences to the families of the peacekeepers, and staff members killed in the attack.

It also called on the Government of South Sudan “to swiftly investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.”

The UN has been increasingly vocal in recent weeks about the need for increased protection of civilians in Jonglei state.

South Sudan faces considerable security challenges, in particular, in Jonglei state and the tri-state area of Lakes, Warrap and Unity.

Last week, the UN mission released its findings into a probe of a cattle raid on an 8 February attack near Walgak in West Akobo in which at least at least 85 cattle herders, mostly women and children, were killed.

According to a Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UNMISS investigation found that a group of armed men, allegedly members of the Murle community, attacked the Lou Nuer pastoralists as they were migrating to grazing areas.