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SOUTH SUDAN / MALAKAL JOHNSON
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / MALAKAL JOHNSON
TRT: 1:54
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 8 JANUARY 2014, MALAKAL/JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
8 JANUARY 2014, MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Med shot, SRSG and Upper Nile governor out front governor’s office
2. Wide shot, SRSG and Upper Nile governor walking to the car
3. Med shot, SRSG meeting humanitarian workers
4. Wide shot, overhead, SRSG looking at map of compound with aid workers
5. Close up, map
6. Med shot watering point
7. Wide shot, SRSG at watering point
8 JANUARY 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde F. Johnson, Special Representative to the Secretary General in South Sudan:
“It’s very important for me as the SRSG to go to the field to both see for myself the impact of the crisis, meet with Government Officials, as well as the team that has now been operating under a major crisis for the past three weeks.”
8 JANUARY 2014, MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN
9. Wide shot, SRSG and aid workers walking thru IDP camp
10. Wide shot, SRSG speaking with IDP’s
11. Med shot, IDP speaking to SRSG
12. Wide shot, SRSG speaking with men
8 JANUARY 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde F. Johnson, Special Representative to the Secretary General in South Sudan:
“Out of 186 patients that came with gunshot wounds in the 4 days that they were under fire literally speaking actually only one child died. All the others were saved.”
8 JANUARY 2014, MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN
14. Wide shot, SRSG greeting doctors at the Indian Battalian Clinic
15. Wide shot, SRSG speaking with children in the clinic
16. Wide shot, SRSG being briefed by doctor about wounded man
17. Wide shot, wounded man in bed
Head of the United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Hilde Johnson travelled to the city of Malakal, the capitol of the Upper Nile State on Wednesday (8 Jan) where she met with families displaced by the ongoing violence between pro- and anti-government forces.
Instability, fighting and mobilization of armed forces continues in a number of locations, including the area around Bor in Jonglei State and in Unity and Upper Nile States.
Johnson visited an IDP (Internally Displaced People)camp on the UNMISS base currently hosting more than 12,000 people, including civilians receiving medical treatment in the UN clinic on the base.
“It’s very important for me as the SRSG to go to the field to both see for myself the impact of the crisis, meet with Government Officials, as well as the team that has now been operating under a major crisis for the past three weeks.”- said Johnson.
Meanwhile, the UN mission was finally able to undertake three flights to Malakal to deliver food supplies, as well as medically evacuate 54 civilians back to Juba.
The UN flights had been unable to reach the area for the past few days, putting additional strain on UN medical facilities here already overwhelmed with the number of patients.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde F. Johnson, Special Representative to the Secretary General:
“Out of 186 patients that came with gunshot wounds in the 4 days that they were under fire literally speaking actually only one child died. All the others were saved.”
Food, healthcare, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene remain the top priorities for humanitarian response for those displaced.
Aid agencies have also begun contingency planning for any potential additional displacement in the coming weeks, and for the rainy season, which is due to start in May.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), an estimated 201,000 people have been internally displaced since 15 December when the fighting began.
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