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STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN RAPES REAX
TRT: 00:48
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 DECEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations flag outside UN headquarters
03 DECEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Farhan Haq at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“Approximately 125 women and girls have sought medical treatment after having been raped or sexually assaulted in a ten-day period as they walked along roads near Nhialdu and Guit on their way to Bentiu. They report the attacks as having been carried out by young men in civilian clothing or military uniforms. The UN Mission has sent patrols to the area and its human rights team has launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators. UNMISS engineers are also clearing foliage from the sides of the road to make it harder for attackers to conceal their presence. The head of the peacekeeping mission said these attacks were abhorrent and must stop.”
5. Wide shot, Haq at the podium
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Sunday (2 Dec) condemned a series of brutal sexual attacks on women and girls travelling from their villages to the town of Bentiu in the Unity region of the country.
A United Nations Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, told journalists in New York that “approximately 125 women and girls have sought medical treatment after having been raped or sexually assaulted in a ten-day period as they walked along roads near Nhialdu and Guit on their way to Bentiu.”
The attacks, reportedly were carried out “by young men in civilian clothing or military uniforms.”
UNMISS, Haq said, “has sent patrols to the area and its human rights team has launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators. UNMISS engineers are also clearing foliage from the sides of the road to make it harder for attackers to conceal their presence.”
The head of UNMISS, David Shearer in a statement said, “these attacks were abhorrent and must stop.”
