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STORY: UN / LAKE CHAD REGION
TRT: 2:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 9 MARCH 2017, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
9 MARCH 2017, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council meeting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations:
“Security is not yet entrenched. It is fragile in too many places. Force commanders and generals outlined continued attacks. Suicide bombings and IEDs are still far too common. And Boko Haram's tactics are getting more barbaric - mothers turned into suicide bombers with infants strapped to them in addition to their bombs.”
4. Cutaway, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations:
“Women's participation and protection was a constant theme throughout the visit, and it was clear that women must be more involved in efforts to tackle Boko Haram and counter violent extremism, and build peace. We also heard of the hundreds of Boko Haram defectors, including women and children. We made clear the need for compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law by all actors in tackling the scourge of Boko Haram. This is essential to prevent mistreatment, including of detainees; as well as to build confidence among communities and counter radicalisation.”
6. Wide shot, meeting
7. SOUNDBITE (French) François Delattre, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations:
“Humanitarian consequences of the crisis we are addressing are catastrophic for the region: 26 million people affected by with 10.7 million in urgent need of assistance. More than two million were forced to flee. Fields are not cultivated, markets are closed and prices of staple products are rising.”
8. Wide shot, meeting
9. SOUNDBITE (French) François Delattre, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations:
“More than 1200 schools were destroyed since the beginning of the crisis; 3.2 million of children are in urgent need of schooling. Education of girls is crucial and it needs to be encouraged. There is no time to lose to avoid that this generation to become a failed one.”
10. Cutaway, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Fodé Seck, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations:
“Everyone we talked to – from government to population; technical or financial partners, humanitarian and civil society actors, have all made the same point: the lack of education and training, the lack of sustainable development, and the lack of resilience in the face of combined effects of the climate change and human activity, are at the core of the crisis that we are trying to resolve.”
12. Wide shot, meeting
Briefing the members of the Security Council on their recent visit to the Lake Chad region, the ambassadors of the UK, France and Senegal painted a bleak picture of the security, humanitarian situation and the development in the countries affected by the Boko Haram terrorist actions.
Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN told the Council’s members that the security in the region is “not yet entrenched” and it is “fragile in too many places.”
Rycroft said “suicide bombings and IEDs are still far too common. And Boko Haram's tactics are getting more barbaric - mothers turned into suicide bombers with infants strapped to them in addition to their bombs.”
The UK ambassador also said “women’s participation and protection was a constant theme throughout the visit, and it was clear that women must be more involved in efforts to tackle Boko Haram and counter violent extremism, and build peace.”
Regarding the humanitarian situation, French Permanent Representative to the UN François Delattre said the consequences of the crisis were “catastrophic for the region.”
The French ambassador said “26 million people affected by with 10.7 million in urgent need of assistance. More than two million were forced to flee. Fields are not cultivated, markets are closed and prices of staple products are rising.”
Delattre gave a grim statistic on the state of education in the region where more than 1,200 schools were destroyed since the beginning of the crisis and 3.2 million of children are “in urgent need of schooling.”
He also said “education of girls is crucial and it needs to be encouraged. There is no time to lose to avoid that this generation to become a failed one.”
Senegalese ambassador Fodé Seck reported on the development issues in the region.
He said that everyone they have talked to – “from government to population; technical or financial partners, humanitarian and civil society actors” pointed out that “the lack of education and training, the lack of sustainable development, and the lack of resilience in the face of combined effects of the climate change and human activity are at the core of the crisis.”
The Security Council delegation visited the four countries that form the Lake Chad region of Africa - Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, in an effort to highlight the ongoing security and humanitarian challenges facing the population of the region.
