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STORY: UN / DRC MONUSCO UPDATE
TRT: 01:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
10 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Haq walking to podium, journalists, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have an update from our peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO. UN peacekeepers are conducting joint operations with the Congolese armed forces against the Allied Democratic Force (ADF), which have been perpetrating attacks northwest of Beni since 27 April. As part of this operation against the ADF – called Operation Teteza -peacekeepers are also patrolling to deter the movement and ability of armed groups to harm civilians.
4. Wide shot, Haq at podium, journalists, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Djugu territory, in Ituri province, MONUSCO reports it has established a base on the shores of Lake Nayamamba, enabling it to better engage with communities and respond to their security needs. Yesterday, peacekeepers also responded to a CODECO attack against a group of internally displaced people near Lokpa, southeast of Djugu. The attack caused panic among the population, and the mission deployed a patrol to facilitate their return to the nearby Savo site for displaced people.”
6. Wide shot, Haq leaving, journalists, press briefing room
A UN Spokesperson said, “UN peacekeepers are conducting joint operations with the Congolese armed forces against the Allied Democratic Force (ADF), which have been perpetrating attacks northwest of Beni since 27 April.”
Briefing reporters today (10 May) in New York, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, also said, “As part of this operation against the ADF – called Operation Teteza -peacekeepers are also patrolling to deter the movement and ability of armed groups to harm civilians.”
According to Haq, in Djugu territory, in Ituri province, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) reported that it had established a base on the shores of Lake Nayamamba, enabling it to better engage with communities and respond to their security needs.
Yesterday, peacekeepers also responded to a Cooperative for Development of the Congo (CODECO) attack against a group of internally displaced people near Lokpa, southeast of Djugu.
Haq concluded, “The attack caused panic among the population, and the mission deployed a patrol to facilitate their return to the nearby Savo site for displaced people.”
