SOUTH SUDAN / PILLAY BOR

UN's top human rights official Navi Pillay accompanied by Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, visited the South Sudanese State capital Bor, where recent human rights violations have occurred. They met with displaced people at the UNMISS base in Bor. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:28
• Production Date: 29 April 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR; UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U140429g

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / PILLAY BOR
TRT: 1:28
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NTS
DATELINE: APRIL 29 2014, BOR, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Navi Pillay and Adama Dieng entering UNMISS base
2. Med shot, displaced children sitting
3. Wide shot, World Health Organization tents
4. Med shot, Navi Pillay listening to displaced people
5. Wide shot, injured and sick displaced people lying on beds inside WHO tents
6. Various shots, Navi Pillay and Adama Dieng listening to displaced people
7. Close up, Navi Pillay speaking
8. Close up, Adama Dieng speaking
9. Med shot, Navi Pillay listening to Peacekeeper commander
10. Various shots, Navi Pillay visiting a watch tower
11. Wide shot, Navi Pillay and Adama Dieng nexto to a UN helicopter and leaving the base

Storyline

UN's top human rights official Navi Pillay accompanied by Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, visited today (29 Apr) the South Sudanese State capital Bor, where recent human rights violations have occurred.

Pillay amd Dieng met with displaced people at the UNMISS base in Bor.

The visit comes at the request of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has expressed concern over the situation in South Sudan, where a conflict that began in mid-December 2013 as a political dispute between President Salva Kiir and his former deputy president, Riek Machar, is believed to have left thousands dead and forced tens of thousands to seek refuge at UN bases.

Pillay will hold a press conference in Juba on Wednesday (30 Apr) and then she plans to proceed to Addis Ababa for talks with the African Union, among other interlocutors.

In total, 923,000 South Sudanese are displaced within their own country, while more than 293,000 people have become refugees in neighbouring countries since the crisis began in mid-December 2013. Almost 5 million people need humanitarian assistance.