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STORY: 1820 RESOLUTION / ADVANCER
TRT: 3.01
SOURCE: UNTV / UNAMID / MONUC / UNMIL / UNAMA / UNHCR / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / DARI / NATS
DATELINE: 25 & 28 SEPTEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – UNAMID – 14 MAY 2009, ABSHOUK CAMP, NORTH DARFUR, SUDAN
1. Wide shot, peacekeeper on armored personnel carrier
2. Med shot, peacekeepers talking to woman with a child
FILE – UNAMID – 5 APRIL 2009, JABEL MARRA, DARFUR
3. Tilt up, from women and children to banner reading ‘time to stop rape’
FILE – UNHCR – 3- 4 APRIL 2009, IRIDIMI REFUGEE CAMP, EASTERN CHAD
4. Wide shot, woman walking in desert
5. Wide shot, women walking in camp
6. Wide shot, woman chopping wood
FILE - MARCH 2009, GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
7. Med shot, woman gathering firewood in forest
8. Med shot, woman sitting outside shelter in displaced camp
9. Med shot, small girl walking in camp
10. Wide shot, camp
25 SEPTEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“Something like eleven hundred rapes are reported each month in the eastern Congo, that’s an average of 36 women and girls raped every day.”
FILE - MARCH 2009, GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
12. Wide shot, exterior Heal Africa hospital
13. Various shots, nurses tending to patients in hospital
25 SEPTEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“These acts of brutality and de-humanity do not just affect individuals, they affect the fabric that weaves us together as human beings.”
FILE – MONUC – 11 AUGUST 2009, GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
15. Med shot, Hillary Clinton at HEAL AFRICA hospital shaking hands with staff and patients
16. Wide shot, women singing for Hillary Clinton
28 SEPTEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
17. SOUNDBITE (French) Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, Foreign Minister, Democratic Republic of Congo:
“Justice must be restored to the raped women and girls. I can already assure you of the firm resolve of his Excellency President Joseph Kabila Kabange, to put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes, be they civilian or military.”
FILE – UNICEF – 7, 8 OCTOBER 2008, MONROVIA, LIBERIA
18. Tilt down flag to ruined building
19. Med shot, woman and child
FILE - UNMIL - 22 DECEMBER 2007, MONROVIA, LIBERIA
20. Wide shot, female Liberia National Police (LNP) graduates salute Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
21. Various shots, female LNP officers at graduation ceremony
22. Wide shot, Liberian President shaking hands with LNP officials
25 SEPTEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Boakai, Vice-President of Liberia:
“Women as civilians in conflict situations are not only victims but also powerful agents for peace and security in their communities.”
FILE – UNAMA – 20 AUGUST 2009, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
24. Various shots, women waiting in line and voting inside polling center
25. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Afghan woman:
“We want the best women of this country to be active and to be part of important governmental positions.”
FILE – UNTV – 15 -19 MAY 2009, HERAT PROVINCE, WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
26. Various shots, Afghan women
27. Various shots, women at a shelter for abused women and girls
25 SEPTEMBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“This IS the heart of foreign policy. Because after all, what are we doing? We’re trying to improve the lives of the people that we represent, and the people that share this planet with us.”
FILE – UNICEF – 7, 8 OCTOBER 2008, MONROVIA, LIBERIA
29. Zoom out, girls crossing street
At a Security Council meeting on women, peace and security to be chaired by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tomorrow (30 September), the United States will introduce a resolution to help curb atrocities against women and girls in armed conflict.
According to Clinton, the new resolution will call for a special representative of the Secretary-General to lead, coordinate and advocate efforts to end sexual and gender-based violence linked to war.
It will build on resolution 1820 (2008), adopted by the Security Council last year, which noted that “rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide”.
Women are at constant risk of rape amid conflict and large-scale displacement in places like Darfur, Chad or the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Speaking at an event to highlight violence against girls last week, Clinton singled out the eastern DRC as one of the most horrific theaters of conflict where rape has become a weapon of war.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“Something like eleven hundred rapes are reported each month in the eastern Congo, that’s an average of 36 women and girls raped every day.”
Clinton recently visited the region, including a hospital that treats victims of rape and sexual violence in Goma, the regional capital of North Kivu province.
Violent sexual abuse of women, children, and even men by civilians and armed groups of all stripes has become widespread and entrenched amid ongoing rebel activity and military campaigns in the region.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“These acts of brutality and de-humanity do not just affect individuals, they affect the fabric that weaves us together as human beings.”
Clinton says the United States is pressing the government of the DRC “very hard” to clamp down on sexual violence, including by holding officers of its own army to account for such crimes.
SOUNDBITE (French) Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, Foreign Minister, Democratic Republic of Congo:
“Justice must be restored to the raped women and girls. I can already assure you of the firm resolve of his Excellency President Joseph Kabila Kabange, to put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes, be they civilian or military.”
In Liberia, an estimated three out of four women were raped during the civil 14-year war that ended in 2003.
Today, the country under the leadership of Africa’s first female president has become an advocate for empowering women to play a greater role in peace processes and post-conflict rebuilding.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Boakai, Vice-President of Liberia:
“Women as civilians in conflict situations are not only victims but also powerful agents for peace and security in their communities.”
Meanwhile in Afghanistan, the resurgence of intimidation and harassment of women who attempt to take part in public and political life is making it difficult for Afghan women to help shape the future of the country.
SOUNDBITE (Dari) Afghan woman:
“We want the best women of this country to be active and to be part of important governmental positions.”
Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, targeted violence against women in Afghanistan is back at an alarming level. The United Nations says over 87 per cent of all Afghan women suffer from domestic abuse, making Afghanistan one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“This IS the heart of foreign policy. Because after all, what are we doing? We’re trying to improve the lives of the people that we represent, and the people that share this planet with us.”
