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MALI / MAKING A DIFFERENCE
STORY: MALI / MAKING A DIFFERENCE
TRT: 4.38
SOURCE: MINUSMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 16 JUNE 2013, BAMAKO, MALI
1. Closeup, Patches on the vest from different countries followed by voice naming countries
2. Med shot, split focus. Wooden figurine to Miles
3. Close up, Miles’ hand on mouse to figurine
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
"My name is Miles Vernon. I am United Nations Movement Control Officer. I've been in this mission in Mali since February 1st 2013 where I flew in on MI26 helicopter."
5. Close up, Patches on the vest from different countries. Voice naming countries
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
"I've been doing this now roughly 21 year. I am excited to see a peace, everlasting peace taking place here in Mali. Its been a ride. Met me different cultures, worked with nationalities I never dreamed of as a child didn't even know it existed."
7. Wide shot, Miles’ office
8. Close up, Miles’ hand on mouse to figurine
9. Med shot, Miles at the desk with his colleague in background
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
"Movement Control is a specialty within the United Nations that specializes in troop rotation, the strategic movements of troops deployment of troops, responsible for internal movement of passengers and cargo within and without mission area. So it's very diverse. All incoming and outgoing shipments for the mission, all these are under Movement Control."
11. Close up, Patches on the vest from different countries. Voice naming countries.
12. Pan left. UN plane to Miles handshake the crew
13. Closeup. UN plane to Miles handshake the crew
14. Closeup. Front of the UN car
15. Closeup. Miles removing antenna from the car
16. Medium. Miles removing antenna from the car
17. Closeup. Miles enters the car
18. Medium, pan left. Miles drives the car into the plane
19. Wide. Miles parks the car inside the plane
20. Aircrew rolls spare tire into the plane
22. Medium. Miles talking to airport staff
23. Wide. Miles talking to airport staff with UN plane in background
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
"If you going to a mission where there is no footprint on the ground and you have to establish from the row beginning - that can be quite challenging. And sometimes can be very difficult to settle in, if you will."
25. Wide shot, Miles crawls out of the back of the UN car inside the plane
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
"Every place I served it was different. And being here in Mali is much different from being in Cote d'Ivoire, or lets go back to those old days, from being in Zagreb, Croatia and so. I can't really put a hand on it, I have places where I served and really enjoyed, but all of them have been special and unique."
27. Close up, Patches on the vest. Voice naming countries
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
"I had this concept, that the conditions we work in, I guess we need a big welfare and I would be the guy to get people involved in different settings and I enjoyed that over the years."
29. Wide shot, group of photos of Miles
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
"The drive to see change; to be a special part; to do something different in the day that I didn't do before, so that kind of keep me going. When I wake up now I try to do whatever I can do in a day to make a difference. I think that's the key thing. That's what keeps me going. The idea of making a difference, that's what I live by. Each day that I live I pray to make a difference either in my own life or somebody else's life by the word or the deed."
SOUNDBITE (English) Miles Vernon, Chief of MOVCON, MINUSMA:
“My name is Miles Vernon. I am United Nations Movement Control Officer. I've been in this mission in Mali since February 1st 2013 where I flew in on MI26 helicopter.
I've been doing this now roughly 21 year. I am excited to see a peace, everlasting peace taking place here in Mali. Its been a ride. Met me different cultures, worked with nationalities I never dreamed of as a child didn't even know it existed.
Movement Control is a specialty within the United Nations, that specializes in troop rotation, the strategic movements of troops deployment of troops, responsible for internal movement of passengers and cargo within and without mission area. So it's very diverse. All incoming and outgoing shipments for the mission, all these is under Movement Control.
If you going to a mission where there is no footprint on the ground and you have to establish from the row beginning - that can be quite challenging. And sometimes can be very difficult to settle in, if you will.
Every place I served it was different. And being here in Mali is much different from being in Cote d'Ivoire, or lets go back to those old days, from being in Zagreb, Croatia and so. I can't really put a hand on it, I have places where I served and really enjoyed, but all of them have been special and unique.
I had this concept, that the conditions we work in, I guess we need a big welfare and I would be the guy to get people involved in different settings and I enjoyed that over the years.
The drive to see change. To be a special part. To do something different in the day that I didn't do before. So that kind of keep me going. When I wake up now I try to do whatever I can do in a day to make a difference. I think that's the key thing.
That's what keeps me going. The idea of making a difference. That's what I live by. Each day that I live I pray to make a difference either in my own life or somebody else's life, by the word or the deed.”
day to make a difference. I think that's the key thing.
That's what keeps me going. The idea of making a difference. That's what I live by. Each day that I live I pray to make a difference either in my own life or somebody else's life, by the word or the deed.”
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