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STORY: UN / MYANMAR MOU
TRT: 02:11
SOURCE: UNIFEED / FAO / UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 JUNE 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
06 JUNE 2018, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General welcomes the Memorandum of Understanding reached by the Government of Myanmar, UNHCR, and the UN Development Programme on the UN system’s support to creating conditions conducive to voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable Rohingya refugee returns from Bangladesh, and their reintegration in Rakhine State. As these conditions are not yet in place, he welcomes the agreement by the Government of Myanmar to take this first step to address the root causes of the conflict in Rakhine State.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General encourages Myanmar to take decisive steps to implement the agreement. He also reiterates his call for an end to the violence, accountability for perpetrators, redress for victims, humanitarian access to all in Rakhine State, and the implementation of the recommendations of the Rakhine Advisory Commission.”
6. Med shot, journalists
04 MAY 2018, COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
6. Tilt up, Kutupalong refugee camp
7. Wide shot, child standing in front of tent
8. Med shot, child standing in tent
9. Wide shot, refugees walking in camp
10. Wide shot, refugees carrying wood bundles
11. Pan left, Kutupalong refugee camp
12. Wide shot, refugee camp
13. Wide shot, children stand in tent
14. Med shot, woman standing in doorway
28 OCTOBER 2017, KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, BANGLADESH
15. Close up, child with infected skin
16. Tracking shot, UNHCR nurse makes her rounds in a temporary refugee shelter
17. Tilt up, nurse giving water to woman
18. Tilt up, woman with child
18. Close up, child
Two United Nations agencies signed a landmark agreement with the government of Myanmar today (6 Jun), which they hope will provide hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees with a pathway to return home, from overcrowded camps across the border in Bangladesh.
The Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres, Stéphane Dujarric, told reporters in New York that the Secretary-General “welcomes the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reached by the Government of Myanmar, UNHCR, and the UN Development Programme on the UN system’s support to creating conditions conducive to voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable Rohingya refugee returns from Bangladesh, and their reintegration in Rakhine State.”
Since August last year, some 700,000 mainly-Muslim Rohingya have fled Rakhine state, in majority-Buddhist Myanmar, for neighbouring Bangladesh. Most say they were fleeing violence and persecution, including a military campaign by Myanmar forces, which began in response to violent attacks by Rohingya insurgents.
Dujarric said “the Secretary-General encourages Myanmar to take decisive steps to implement the agreement. He also reiterates his call for an end to the violence, accountability for perpetrators, redress for victims, humanitarian access to all in Rakhine State, and the implementation of the recommendations of the Rakhine Advisory Commission.”
The MOU, which was officially signed by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the Government of Myanmar, will give these two UN agencies access to Rakhine State, including to refugees’ places of origin and potential new settlement areas that the UN has so far been unable to access since the violence escalated at the end of last August.
The agreement will also allow UNHCR and UNDP to carry out needs assessments in affected communities and strengthen the capacity of local authorities to support the voluntary repatriation process.
The Advisory Commission on Rakhine State – a neutral and impartial body composed of six local experts and three international experts, chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan – has proposed concrete measures for improving the welfare of all people in Rakhine State.
Its recommendations include establishing a clear and voluntary pathway to citizenship and ensuring freedom of movement for all people there, irrespective of religion, ethnicity or citizenship status.
The Rohingya have not been granted any level of citizenship, or citizenship rights, which is a major impediment to their return home.
