(5 Dec 2002)

1. Wide Plaza de Mayo square
2. Wide shot Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo wearing white handkerchiefs as scarves, and their children and supporters marching behind banner
3. Various of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo marching
4. Pan across photos of 'disappeared' children
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Nora Cortinas, Mother of the Plaza de Mayo:
"We have been here marching and demonstrating for almost 24 hours. We are going to symbolically hand over our scarves to our children. We will continue to fight. This is not the end of our struggle. We will carry on but our children want to inherit our struggle while we are still able to hand it over to them."
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Adrian (no surname available), son of a Mother of the Plaza de Mayo:
"The Mothers are old now and really the continuation of history lies with their children. Their (disappeared) children had their parents, and now these parents have their children to continue the fight. It's amazing for us that they are going to symbolically hand over their white scarves to us- the symbol of their 25 years of struggle. It's an incredibly proud moment, and a big responsibility for us. "
7. Various of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and their children and supporters marching
8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Tati Almeida, Mother of the Plaza de Mayo:
"We have decided in the 22nd (sic) year of our resistance marches- and we carry this burden with us every day not just once a year- we have decided to hand over the symbol of this struggle."
9. Various Mother of the Plaza de Mayo handing over their white scarves to their children
10. Wide Plaza de Mayo square
11. Various of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and their children and supporter

STORYLINE:

The "Madres" (Mothers) of the Plaza de Mayo, mothers and grandmothers of Argentines who 'disappeared' during the so called Dirty War of the 1970s, have marked their 25th year of protest by symbolically handing over their white scarves to their children and grandchildren.

The white scarves, imprinted with the names of their lost loved ones, have become a symbol of the organisation's struggle to demand to know the fate of the thousands of people who went missing during the military dictatorships of 1976-1983.

They hope this new generation will continue to campaign for those who disappeared.

Twenty-five years after the military coup that unleashed seven years of terror in Argentina, the ageing mothers of the victims still circle the Plaza de Mayo Buenos Aires each week demanding justice.

They have become internationally well known for their defence of human rights, and are a constant reminder of Argentina's darker years.

In the crackdown that followed the 1977 coup people suspected of left wing activities 'disappeared.'

It is thought that many were killed and tortured.

Although official estimates suggest that 9-thousand people went missing, human rights groups claim that the figure could be nearer 30-thousand.

Few of the former officers of the military dictatorship that ruled between 1976-1983, which has become known as Argentina's dirty war, have been brought to trial.

The Madres are getting older, but they say their struggle will not die with them.

The younger generation say they ready to take on the mission of never forgetting those who disappeared in Argentina's in the 1970s.

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