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SOUTH SUDAN / LADSOUS WRAP
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / LADSOUS WRAP
TRT: 2:27
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 2 – 3 FEBRUARY 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
DATELINE: 2 FEBRUARY 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1.Wide shot, Hervé Ladsous , UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations disembarking from Ethiopian Airlines
2. Med shot, Hervé Ladsous being greeted by SRSG Hlide Johnson
DATELINE: 3 FEBRUARY 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
3. Wide shot, President Kiir and Hervé Ladsous , UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
4. Med shot, government officials
3. Wide shot, President Kiir, Hervé Ladsous and Hilde Johnson seated
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hervé Ladsous, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“We face a number of challenges, but clearly priority must go towards the implementation of the agreement signed on the 23rd of January for cessation of hostilities and in that sense I conveyed to the President the total support of the United Nations for the IGAD mediation process and specifically for the observation of the session of the hostilities, but beyond that we also have to take care to work collectively on political solution because they can be no solution other than political to this crisis.”
6. Wide shot, Protection of civilians area at Tomping
7. Med shot, Hervé Ladsous visiting the protection of civilians area
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hervé Ladsous, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“The right decision was made here in Juba, in other places and provinces of opening the gates to the camps to the basis, had this not been done then it would have been how many thousands or maybe tens of thousands of civilians who would have been killed. That I think was the right way to go, difficult as it may be, it may have been as it is as it could be in the future, I think it shows a great example of the sort of thing we have to do.”
9. Wide shot, protection of civilians area
10. Med shot, Mother and her children inside makeshift tent
11. Close up, child
12. Med shot, mothers with their children inside a makeshift home.
At the end of a two-day visit in South Sudan, the head of peacekeeping operations Hervé Ladsous stressed that priority must be given to implementing the cessation of hostilities agreement that was signed on 23 January.
He said today (3 Feb) that there could be no other solution to the crisis in South Sudan other than a political one.
Ladsous met with President Salva Kiir and discussed different challenges brought on by the crisis.
Speaking to the press after meeting the President, Ladsous said “we face a number of challenges, but clearly priority must go towards the implementation of the agreement signed on the 23rd of January for cessation of hostilities and in that sense I conveyed to the President the total support of the United Nations for the IGAD mediation process and specifically for the observation of the session of the hostilities, but beyond that we also have to take care to work collectively on political solution because they can be no solution other than political to this crisis.”
The peacekeeping chief also briefed the president on the situation the mission was dealing with on the various UN bases which were opened to civilians seeking shelter.
During a visit to the UNMISS base in Tomping, where the United Nations is protecting more than 25,000 civilians, Ladsous noted that while living conditions were difficult, seeing the thousands of people alive was a clear indicator that UNMISS had made the right decision in opening its gates to civilians.
He added “had this not been done then it would have been how many thousands or maybe tens of thousands of civilians who would have been killed. That I think was the right way to go, difficult as it may be, it may have been as it is as it could be in the future, I think it shows a great example of the sort of thing we have to do.”
Community leaders expressed their appreciation, but also discussed the people’s fear and challenges with him.
Ladsous explained that in keeping civilians on the bases, the mission and humanitarian partners had taken up the most urgent aspects of the people’s needs, but with coming rains, it was important to find ways to decongest the bases.
The UN Mission, however, reports continuing incidents of obstruction of movement of its personnel, making it increasingly difficult for the Mission to implement its mandate.
Overall, some 75,000 civilians are sheltering at various UN bases across the country.
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