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STORY: OHCHR / DARFUR TURK VISIT
TRT: 03:12
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OHCHR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 NOVEMBER 2022, EL FASHER, NORTH DARFUR, SUDAN
1. Various shots, city overview, UNHCR office, Türk meeting with representatives of internally displaced people
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The number of internally displaced people in Sudan is staggering. 3.7 million so far this year, over 200,000 newly displaced as a result of insecurity and violence. And most of these people in Darfur. I have just had a chance to meet with the communities of internally displaced and with human rights activists. And their message is loud and clear. Implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement, making sure that the State is fully present and active, fighting impunity, but also making sure that there is a safe and peaceful environment so that people can find solutions for themselves, especially when it comes to going back to their homeland.”
3. Various shots, Türk meeting with representatives of internally displaced people
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Well, literally 11 years ago, I was here in this building in El Fasher in Darfur, in order to conduct a workshop on protection with the authorities, talking about protection of the internally displaced and protection of civilians. Now I'm back as High Commissioner for Human Rights 11 years later, and we are having the same discussions about the protection of civilians, the urgent need to find solutions for the internally displaced and respect for human rights.”
5. Various shots, Türk meeting with representatives of internally displaced people
6. SOUNDBITE (English)Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“It's clear what the internally displaced communities themselves are seeing. They are farmers. They are people who want to work the land, and they want to go back to where they were displaced from. And that even after years of displacement, that's what they wish. That's their most fervent wish - to go back.”
7. Various shots, government building, ürk meeting with the Chairperson of the Darfur Regional Authority, Mini Minawi
8. SOUNDBITE (English)Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“It is clear that for the way forward we need the protection and the promotion of human rights for everyone on the territory to be a top priority.”
9. Various shot, Türk existing meeting with the Chairperson of the Darfur Regional Authority, H.E. Mini Minawi
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk traveled to El Fasher, in northern Darfur, where he met representatives of internally displaced people and other civil society organizations.
The number of internally displaced people has increased in the past year, specifically in Darfur, “the number of internally displaced people in Sudan is staggering. 3.7 million so far this year, over 200,000 newly displaced as a result of insecurity and violence. And most of these people in Darfur. I have just had a chance to meet with the communities of internally displaced and with human rights activists. And their message is loud and clear. Implementation of the Juba peace agreement, making sure that the state is fully present and active, fighting impunity, but also making sure that there is a safe and peaceful environment so that people can find solutions for themselves, especially when it comes to going back to their homeland,” the High Commissioner said.
He also reflected on his past experience, “well, literally 11 years ago, I was here in this building in El Fasher in Darfur, in order to conduct a workshop on protection with the authorities, talking about protection of the internally displaced and protection of civilians. Now I'm back as High Commissioner for Human Rights 11 years later, and we are having the same discussions about the protection of civilians, the urgent need to find solutions for the internally displaced, and respect for human rights.”
“It's clear what the internally displaced communities themselves are seeing. They are farmers. They are people who want to work the land, and they want to go back to where they were displaced from. And that even after years of displacement, that's what they wish. That's their most fervent wish - to go back,” he stated.
In the centre of El Fasher, at the regional government’s office, he met with representatives of the regional government, the Chairperson of the Darfur Regional Authority, Mini Minawi, Nimir Mohammed Abdulrahman, the Wali of North Darfur, the State Security Committee of North Darfur and Khamis Abdullah Abaker, Wali of West Darfur.
