SOUTH SUDAN / UNPOL REINFORCEMENTS

A 72- officer strong Bangladeshi police unit that was originally serving the United Nations Mission in DR Congo arrived to Juba,South Sudan. They are the first of 5,500 additional peacekeepers and police advisers approved by the Security Council  as reinforcement to the 7,000 UN peacekeepers already in the country. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:02
• Production Date: 27 December 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U131227a

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / UNPOL REINFORCEMENT
TRT: 1.02
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 27 DECEMBER, 2013, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Med shot, UN plane landing
2. Med shot, pan left, plane taxing
3. Med shot, UN police officers disembarking
4. Wide shot, UN police officer walking away from the plane
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Fred Yiga, UNMISS Police Commissioner:
“Our biggest challenge right now is the protection of civilians. You are aware that we have a lot of people that have run away from danger if you may call it and they are all over our UN Camps and the UNPOL capacity right now is not adequate to handle this. So we brought in our colleagues from MONUSCO. This a Bangladesh Formed Police Unit and they are going to help us in Juba three. They are going to help us in Tomping here and others are arriving soon over this weekend to help us in the rest of the camps where we have IDPs.”
4. Wide shot bus leaving

Storyline

A 72- officer strong Bangladeshi police unit that was originally serving the UN mission in DR Congo arrived to Juba, South Sudan. They are the first of 5,500 additional peacekeepers and police advisers approved by the Security Council as reinforcement to the 7,000 UN peacekeepers already in the country.

The Bangladesh police officers who are trained in crowd management and security will be deployed immediately to help manage the growing population of displaced civilians sheltering in United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compounds throughout the country.

UNPOL Police Commissioner Fred Yiga spoke about their role.

“Our biggest challenge right now is the Protection of Civilians. You are aware that we have a lot of people that have run away from danger if you may call it and they are all over our UN Camps and the UNPOL capacity right now is not adequate to handle this. So we brought in our colleagues from MONUSCO. This a Bangladesh Formed Police Unit (FPU) and they are going to help us in Juba three. They are going to help us in Tomping here and others are arriving soon over this weekend to help us in the rest of the camps where we have IDPs.” – explained Yiga.

The UNMISS reported that approximately 63,000 civilians are now sheltering in UN bases around the country, 25,000 in two Juba bases, 15,000 in Bor, 12,000 in Bentiu and 8,000 in Malakal.