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STORY: UN / DRC CAR PEACEKEEPING UPDATES
TRT: 01:51
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
29 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Spokesperson, journalists, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the Democratic of the Congo, our peacekeeping colleagues report increased activity outside of Beni, in North Kivu, by members of the ADF armed group. In the past few days, there have been multiple attacks resulting in the killing of civilians. In response, our peacekeepers deployed patrols to the affected areas, and they are continuing to actively monitor the situation. Meanwhile, in South Kivu, the Mission has closed its base in Sange, as part of the disengagement plan agreed with the Congolese authorities. As we mentioned, the Mission continues to implement its protection of civilians’ mandate in North Kivu and Ituri, but not in South Kivu.”
4. Med shot, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“And in neighbouring Central African Republic, our peacekeeping colleagues from the mission there (MINUSCA) have deployed peacekeepers to Bambouti in the Haut-Mbomou region to protect civilians and help stabilize the area. That part of the country – between Bambouti and Zemio - in the southeast, close to the borders with the Congo and South Sudan, has witnessed a series of clashes between two armed groups in the past month – those are the UPC [Unité pour la Paix en Centrafrique] and the Azande militia. Many civilians have been killed because of these clashes between these armed groups.”
6. Wide shot, Spokesperson at podium, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The deployment of peacekeepers in Bambouti also puts in place the conditions to secure the national road linking the cities in the southeast to facilitate delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid. The Mission has also intensified patrols in the area to improve security and protection.”
8. Wide shot, Spokesperson at podium, journalists
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that in the past few days there have been multiple attacks in the Democratic of the Congo resulting in the killing of civilians.
Addressing the press today (29 May), Dujarric said, “In the Democratic of the Congo, our peacekeeping colleagues report increased activity outside of Beni, in North Kivu, by members of the ADF armed group. In the past few days, there have been multiple attacks resulting in the killing of civilians. In response, our peacekeepers deployed patrols to the affected areas and they are continuing to actively monitor the situation.”
He continued, “Meanwhile, in South Kivu, the Mission has closed its base in Sange, as part of the disengagement plan agreed with the Congolese authorities. As we mentioned, the Mission continues to implement its protection of civilians’ mandate in North Kivu and Ituri, but not in South Kivu.”
About Central African Republic, he said, “Our peacekeeping colleagues from the mission there (MINUSCA) have deployed peacekeepers to Bambouti in the Haut-Mbomou region to protect civilians and help stabilize the area. That part of the country – between Bambouti and Zemio - in the southeast, close to the borders with the Congo and South Sudan, has witnessed a series of clashes between two armed groups in the past month – those are the UPC [Unité pour la Paix en Centrafrique] and the Azande militia. Many civilians have been killed because of these clashes between these armed groups.”
He also said, “The deployment of peacekeepers in Bambouti also puts in place the conditions to secure the national road linking the cities in the southeast to facilitate delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid. The Mission has also intensified patrols in the area to improve security and protection.”
