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STORY: UN / DRC CLASHES
TRT: 2:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
10 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Moving over the ocean to Africa and to the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 resumed yesterday in the area around Sake, in North Kivu province, triggering displacement towards Goma and the South Kivu province. The UN peacekeeping Mission, dispatched a patrol on the Sake-Goma axis and continues to deploy efforts to protect civilians. It is also coordinating with humanitarian partners to assess the situation and provide adequate responses to alleviate human suffering. And our colleagues in the peacekeeping mission paid tribute and bid farewell to the fallen peacekeeper from South Africa, Sergeant Vusi Mabena, who – as you will recall - died in the 5 February attack in North Kivu province, in a helicopter. The body of Sergeant Mabena will be repatriated to South Africa tomorrow.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Meanwhile, our high-level delegation met yesterday in Kinshasa with the country’s Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge. You will recall that the delegation is made up of Martha Pobee, theAssistant Secretary-General for Africa, Elizabeth Spehar, who leads the Peacebuilding Support office, and Alexandre Zouev, of the Rule of Law and Security Institutions office in the peacekeeping department and UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, Ahunna Eziakonwa. Their discussions included priorities, such as the national Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Recovery and Stabilization programme, as well as regional initiatives – which include the Luanda and Nairobi processes – aimed at de-escalating tensions and pacifying the eastern part of the country and UN support for upcoming presidential elections.”
Clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 resumed on Thursday (09 Feb) in the area around Sake, in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, triggered displacement towards Goma and the South Kivu province. The UN peacekeeping Mission (MONUSCO), dispatched a patrol on the Sake-Goma axis and continues to deploy efforts to protect civilians, said a UN Spokesperson.
Speaking to reporters today (10 Feb), UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the Mission is also “coordinating with humanitarian partners to assess the situation and provide adequate responses to alleviate human suffering.”
Colleagues in the peacekeeping mission also paid tribute and bid farewell to the fallen peacekeeper from South Africa, Sergeant Vusi Mabena, who died in the 5 February attack in North Kivu province, in a helicopter. The body of Sergeant Mabena will be repatriated to South Africa tomorrow, Dujarric said.
The Spokesperson also said that a high-level delegation met yesterday in Kinshasa with the country’s Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge.
He added, “you will recall that the delegation is made up of Martha Pobee, the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Elizabeth Spehar, who leads the Peacebuilding Support office, and Alexandre Zouev, of the Rule of Law and Security Institutions office in the peacekeeping department and UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, Ahunna Eziakonwa.”
Dujarric continued, “their discussions included priorities, such as the national Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Recovery and Stabilization programme, as well as regional initiatives – which include the Luanda and Nairobi processes – aimed at de-escalating tensions and pacifying the eastern part of the country and UN support for upcoming presidential elections.”
