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SOUTH SUDAN / PILLAY - REIK MACHAR
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / NAVI PILLAY MEETS REIK MACHAR
TRT: 2:15
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: APRIL 29, 2014, UNDISCLOSED LOCATION/JUBA/ SOUTH SUDAN
APRIL 29, 2014, UNDISCLOSED LOCATION/ SOUTH SUDAN
1. Med shot, Riek Machar greeting Navi Pillay
2. Med shot, delegation seated, Pillay and Machar talking
3. Med shot, Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide seated with other UN officials
3. Close up, Riek Machar seated
4. Med shot, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide seated with other UN officials
6. Pan from Riek Machar to Navi Pillay
APRIL 29, 2014, JUBA/ SOUTH SUDAN
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“We landed in a little village and met him under a tree. He had a stack of books in front of him, one of them was about a failed state. We had a good meeting of about 35 minutes. We gave him concerns of the Secretary General, about protection of civilians. We received assurances from him that he himself is investigating the human rights violations that occurred in Bentiu – that he is also concerned about protection of civilians here – and he find it difficult to be in the situation that he is. I welcome the fact that he is clearly thinking in terms of a political solution.”
APRIL 29, 2014, UNDISCLOSED LOCATION/ SOUTH SUDAN
8. Navi Pillay and Riek Machar and delegation walking
APRIL 29, 2014, JUBA/ SOUTH SUDAN
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide seated with other UN officials
“He did mention that he himself is investigating his own people, but at the end of the day, what is critical is that the hostilities have to cease and that both leaders come together so that the people of this country South Sudan won’t be betrayed.”
APRIL 29, 2014, UNDISCLOSED LOCATION/ SOUTH SUDAN
10. Med shot, Machar and Dieng shaking hands
11. Med shot, Pillay and Machar looking on as delegation gets into car
UN's top human rights official Navi Pillay accompanied by Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide on Tuesday April 29, travelled to an undisclosed location in South Sudan and met with former Vice President Riek Machar to discuss the worsening human rights situation, in the wake of the recent mass killings in South Sudan’s Unity and Jonglei state capitals.
SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“We landed in a little village and met him under a tree. He had a stack of books in front of him, one of them was about a failed state. We had a good meeting of about 35 minutes. We gave him concerns of the Secretary General, about protection of civilians. We received assurances from him that he himself is investigating the human rights violations that occurred in Bentiu – that he is also concerned about protection of civilians here – and he find it difficult to be in the situation that he is. I welcome the fact that he is clearly thinking in terms of a political solution.”Ms. Pillay described the 35-minute meeting, during which Dr. Machar had a stack of books in front of him, including one about a failed state, as a “good” one.”
The Pillay and Dieng delegation is in South Sudan for three days to travel to sites where recent grave human rights violations have occurred to assess the human rights situation and talk to victims, senior government officials and those in the opposition.
Their visit is at the request of the Secretary General of United Nations who has expressed concern over the situation in South Sudan.
The Special Envoy for the Prevention of Genocide Dieng said that in their meeting with opposition leader Riek Machar, he said that accountability needed to be addressed, saying that said he had mentioned the cases of (Liberian former president) Charles Taylor and (Sierra Leonean warlord) Foday Sankoh specifically.
He added that Riek Machar was willing to carry out investigations on his own people.
SOUNDBITE (English) Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, United Nations:
“He did mention that he himself is investigating his own people, but at the end of the day, what is critical is that the hostilities have to cease and that both leaders come together so that the people of this country South Sudan won’t be betrayed.”
Dieng said that opening UNMISS gates to civilians seeking protection was a first in history and a vital decision taken to make sure that what happened in Rwanda 20 years ago would not happen in South Sudan.
During their visits, Adama Dieng, along with Navi Pillay also met with displaced people at the UNMISS base in the Jonglei State capital Bor, and said it was extremely shocking to see how traumatized most of them were.
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