SOUTH SUDAN / RADIO DESTRUCTION

During his visit to Bor in South Sudan the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer visited a radio station heavily looted by Anti-Government Forces during fighting against the forces loyal to President Salva Kiir. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) invested over 5 million dollars in what was Jonglei State’s first radio station. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:03
• Production Date: 17 March 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP; UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; COMMUNICATIONS; MASS MEDIA; DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; PROMOTION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U140317f

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / RADIO DESTRUCTION
TRT: 1:03
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 15 MARCH 2014, BOR, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, outside of Radio Station
2. Close up, broken window.
3. Tilt down, satellite office sign to looted room.
4.Close, wrecked microphone arm on ground.
5. Close, headphone box on ground.
6. Close, bullet holes in glass.
7. SOUNDBITE: Toby Lanzer, Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan:
“The United Nations Development Program had poured energy and resources into the creation of Jonglei’s first all-state multi-language Radio Station and that Radio Station has been largely destroyed. Much of the very expensive equipment in that radio Station has been heavily damaged or looted and is inoperable.”
8. Pan right, looted containers.

Storyline

During his visit to Bor in South Sudan the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer visited a radio station heavily looted by Anti-Government Forces during fighting against the forces loyal to President Salva Kiir.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) invested over 5 million dollars in what was Jonglei State’s first radio station.

Equipment that was not taken away was destroyed.

Lanzer toured the looted structure with the Acting Governor for Jonglei State.

“The United Nations Development Program had poured energy and resources into the creation of Jonglei’s first all-state multi-language Radio Station and that Radio Station has been largely destroyed. Much of the very expensive equipment in that radio Station has been heavily damaged or looted and is inoperable.” – he said.

The radio station had only started broadcasting in June of 2013 and it was planned to cover entire State. Total investment by UNDP into this project was to be over 30 million US dollars.

Local government officials are hoping that UNDP and its partners will get the radio station up and running once again so that it can be used to promote peace and stability across the state.