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STORY: UN / WEST AFRICA DJINNIT
TRT: 2.21
SOURCE: UNIFEED - UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 8 JULY 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
8 JULY 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Said Djinnit, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa:
“While the region has been deploying efforts to promote development and consolidate democracy, it continues to be confronted with the daunting scourge of transnational organised crime, including drug trafficking, piracy and criminality at sea, as well as growing terrorist activities. We, at the United Nations Office for West Africa have been devoting considerable efforts to sensitizing regional leaders to the need for decisive and concerted efforts to fight these serious threats to regional security and stability. Of great concern is the potential for the recruitment of unemployed youth by organised criminal networks in the region.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Said Djinnit, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa:
“I would like to direct the Council’s attention to the fact that West Africa is currently struggling to respond to a deadly pandemic caused by the Ebola virus. The outbreak identified in February in the south eastern region of Guinea has rapidly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. While significant progress in efforts to contain the outbreak of the disease has been recorded, a relapse has been noted in the last few weeks with the risk of further spread within the region.”
7. Zoom out, Council
8. Zoom in, Djinnit walks up to the microphone
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
9. Close up, reporter’s notepad
8 JULY 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Said Djinnit, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa:
“The abduction of the Chibok girls is part of a greater problem of governance and economic development in the north east part of the region. The other aspect of my contribution in Nigeria has been to appeal to all leaders of the country, beyond the political divide, to close ranks and to stand together in the face, in confronting the challenges to security in the north east, and especially the challenge posed by Boko Haram.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
11. Close up, reporter’s notepad
8 JULY 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
12. Zoom out, Djinnit walks away from the microphone
While countries in West Africa are trying to promote development and consolidate democracy, they continue to face daunting challenges such as transnational organized crime and growing terrorist activities, the top United Nations official in the region told the Security Council today (8 July), while also warning of the increasing threat the Boko Haram crisis poses to Nigeria.
Said Djinnit, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, added that the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), which he heads, has been trying to sensitize regional leaders to the need for “decisive concerted efforts” to fight these threats to regional security and stability.
Of great concern, he said as he presented the Secretary-General’s latest report on developments in the region, is “the potential for recruitment of unemployed youth by organised criminal networks in the region.
Djinnit reported that in addition to these challenges, the West African region is also currently struggling to respond to a deadly pandemic caused by the Ebola virus. The outbreak identified in February in the south-eastern region of Guinea has rapidly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
He said that “while significant progress in efforts to contain the outbreak of the disease has been recorded, a relapse has been noted in the last few weeks, with the risk of further spread within the region.”
According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), there have been at least 759 infections and 467 deaths related to the disease since February.
On Nigeria, he said that the country was at a crossroad with growing insecurity in the northeast and increasing political tensions in the lead up to the 2015 general elections. He noted that the Boko Haram crisis was now affecting the sub-region and asked Council Members to continue to support efforts aimed at preserving stability in the country.
Outside the Council, Djinnit told reporter that the abduction of over 200 Chibok girls by Boko Haram “is part of a greater problem of governance and economic development in the north east part of the region.”
He appealed “to all leaders of the country, beyond the political divide, to close ranks and to stand together in the face, in confronting the challenges to security in the north east, and especially the challenge posed by Boko Haram.”
