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STORY: UN / PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS UPDATE
TRT: 2:29
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to South Sudan, the Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim there, Meshack Malo, has condemned an attack in Jonglei State in which two aid workers were killed on 17 March. This is the latest in a series of incidents targeting humanitarian convoys and workers in the country. Following the latest attack, the World Food Programme temporarily paused its convoy movements out of Bor in Jonglei. This corridor is critical to preposition food ahead of the rainy season when roads are inaccessible. More than one million people in Jonglei and Pibor rely on the food aid transported along this route. Mr. Malo called on authorities to urgently improve security and to protect civilians and humanitarian workers and supplies.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, our peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, reported that armed groups perpetrated a string of attacks in North Kivu and Ituri overnight on Saturday, triggering population displacement. In the village of Nguli in North Kivu, suspected ADF members killed at least 10 civilians, and abducted three others. The same day, in response to the attacks, MONUSCO and the Congolese defence forces launched joint patrols along the Beni-Butembo Road and engaged with local authorities and community members in areas where the ADF is present. Since 6 March, attacks by the ADF resulted in at least 118 civilian casualties. In Ituri, at least 11 civilians died, including two women and two children, in simultaneous raids by the armed group CODECO across several villages in Mahagi territory. UN peacekeepers dispatched a patrol towards the village of Ngote to protect the populations fleeing the violence and to support efforts by the national army to restore stability there.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Head of our peacekeeping Mission in Mali, El-Ghassim Wane, welcomed the launch of the Stabilization Strategy for the Central Regions, as well as its Action Plan. Mr. Wane said that the Strategy, launched by Mali’s Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga, articulates a comprehensive approach to the multidimensional challenges facing the Central regions, and recognizes that a sustainable restoration of peace and security also requires improvements in governance and the strengthening of justice, the promotion and respect of human rights, dialogue and reconciliation between communities, and action to address economic and humanitarian challenges.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room
A UN Spokesperson updated reporters on an attack in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, a string of attacks in North Kivu and Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the launch of the Stabilization Strategy for the Central Regions in Mali.
On South Sudan, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters today (20 Mar) that the Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim there, Meshack Malo, “has condemned an attack in Jonglei State in which two aid workers were killed on 17 March.”
Haq said, “This is the latest in a series of incidents targeting humanitarian convoys and workers in the country.”
He added, “Following the latest attack, the World Food Programme temporarily paused its convoy movements out of Bor in Jonglei. This corridor is critical to preposition food ahead of the rainy season when roads are inaccessible. More than one million people in Jonglei and Pibor rely on the food aid transported along this route. Mr. Malo called on authorities to urgently improve security and to protect civilians and humanitarian workers and supplies.”
Turning to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haq said that the peacekeeping mission in the country (MONUSCO), reported that armed groups perpetrated a string of attacks in North Kivu and Ituri overnight on Saturday, triggering population displacement.
He explained, “In the village of Nguli in North Kivu, suspected ADF members killed at least 10 civilians, and abducted three others. The same day, in response to the attacks, MONUSCO and the Congolese defence forces launched joint patrols along the Beni-Butembo Road and engaged with local authorities and community members in areas where the ADF is present.”
The Deputy Spokesperson continued, “Since 6 March, attacks by the ADF resulted in at least 118 civilian casualties. In Ituri, at least 11 civilians died, including two women and two children, in simultaneous raids by the armed group CODECO across several villages in Mahagi territory. UN peacekeepers dispatched a patrol towards the village of Ngote to protect the populations fleeing the violence and to support efforts by the national army to restore stability there.”
The Head of our peacekeeping Mission in Mali, El-Ghassim Wane, welcomed the launch of the Stabilization Strategy for the Central Regions, as well as its Action Plan, Haq said.
He told reporters that “Mr. Wane said that the Strategy, launched by Mali’s Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga, articulates a comprehensive approach to the multidimensional challenges facing the Central regions, and recognizes that a sustainable restoration of peace and security also requires improvements in governance and the strengthening of justice, the promotion and respect of human rights, dialogue and reconciliation between communities, and action to address economic and humanitarian challenges.”
