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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / UK CONTINGENT ARRIVAL
TRT: 2:10
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 MAY 2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
02 MAY 2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, buses carrying contingent driving on runway
2. Med shot, buses carrying contingent driving on runway
3. Med shot, soldiers disembarking from buses
4. Wide shot, soldiers lining up
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Colonel Jason Ainley, Commander of the British Engineering Contingent, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“When we are finally up to strength we would be close to 400 personnel. At the moment we are about 220-230. Over the next month we will have a series of flights arriving in South Sudan which will get us up to full strength hopefully by the end of May.”
6. Wide shots, Ainley addressing arriving troops
7. Pan left, troops lined up
8. Close up, Lt. Colonel Jason Ainley
9. Wide shot, Ainley addressing arriving troops
10. Close up, troops
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Colonel Jason Ainley, Commander of the British Engineering Contingent, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“Primarily we will be here to improve the security on the physical infrastructure of those bases, so it could include accommodation; it could include security fencing, watchtowers, roads, drainage; some projects in particular we are looking at is to improve the helicopter landing sites at both Malakaal and Bentiu, and also there are improvements we think we can make to the jetty in Malakaal which is clearly a crucial way of getting supplies for Malakaal for all of the departments within the UN and for some of the humanitarians as well.”
12. Wide shot, buses leaving airfield
13. Med shot, buses leaving airfield
Thirty-five British troops arrived the South Sudan's capital Juba today to join their country’s engineering contingent of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. (UNMISS).
Contingent commander Lt. Colonel Jason Ainley said more personnel were expected to arrive soon and hoped the contingent would be at full strength by the end of this month with approximately 400 personnel.
The British troops join UNMISS to provide engineering and medical support to the mission. They will be working on projects to improve the infrastructure at bases in Malakaal and Bentiu and also install a level two hospital in Bentiu.
Ainley said the contingent is looking to improve the helicopter landing sites at both Malakaal and Bentiu, and improve the jetty in Malakaal “which is clearly a crucial way of getting supplies for Malakaal for all of the departments within the UN and for some of the humanitarians as well.”
With almost 400 troops in total, this will be one of the United Kingdom’s largest operational deployments across the world. The troops which have already arrived will leave for Malakaal tomorrow afternoon.
