UN / SOUTH SUDAN WEAPONS

The UN will send a delegation from New York to Rumbek, South Sudan midweek to investigate reports that government troops found weapons in a number of UN convoys marked as food. UNTV/ UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:00
• Production Date: 10 March 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U140310e

Description

STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN WEAPONS
TRT: 1:00
SOURCE: UNTV/UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 10 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, UN headquarters
2. Med shot, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric walking to podium
3. Cutaway, press
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“An investigation will be launched immediately after the arrival of this delegation to understand the circumstances behind this incident. In the meantime, the Mission says that it is important to wait for the facts to come out and respect all provisions of the Status of Forces Agreement signed between the UN and the Government of South Sudan.

RECENT – 29 FEBRUARY 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

5. Med, UN jet on tarmac
6. Med, Ghanaian troops disembarking aircraft
7. Med shot, troops walking to bus.
8. Various shots, troops in formation

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) will send a delegation from New York to Rumbek, South Sudan midweek to investigate reports that government troops found weapons in a number of UN convoys marked as food.

Weapons transported by road are in violation of an agreement the UN has with the government, which states that during crisis, weapons may only be transported by air. The U.N. called the incident, “regrettable.”

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the investigation will be launched immediately, “to understand the circumstances behind this incident,” adding that the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said it was, “important to wait for the facts to come out and respect all provisions of the Status of Forces Agreement signed between the UN and the Government of South Sudan.”

Troops from the Ghanian Battalion (GHANBAT) are from ONOCI (United Nations Operation in Cote d’Ivoire) and were sent to South Sudan to reinforce the UNMISS military component .

The GHANBAT unit will be stationed in Bentui the Oil Rich state of south Sudan which has been a point of contention for the warring factions.

The troops joined the mission in line with a Security Council resolution in December to increase the mission’s military component to make a total force of 12,500 troops.