UN / SECURITY COUNCIL BURUNDI

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution today aimed at ending the violence in Burundi. UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:37
• Production Date: 12 November 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FRANÇOIS DELATTRE
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Geographic Subject: BURUNDI
• MAMS Id: 1506736
• Parent Id: 1506736
• Alternate Title: unifeed151112b

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STORY: UN / SECURITY COUNCIL BURUNDI
TRT: 01:37
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 12 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

12 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council members voting on Burundi resolution
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Rycroft, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“The result of the voting is as follows: The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour, the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as Resolution 2248 of 2015.”
4. Pan right-to-left, Rycroft approaching lectern
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Rycroft, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“Today’s resolution is an important step forward. It sends a united signal to all parties in Burundi to engage in dialogue and refrain from inciting violence. This signal is further reinforced by the joint statement today from the European Union, the African Union and the United Nations.”
6. Wide shot, Rycroft and Francois Delattre, French Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addressing reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Rycroft, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“You know we talk a lot about conflict prevention in general. Here it is a very specific potential conflict, which is being flagged up by the international community for many months now. We know how high the stakes are from the briefings we’ve all heard on Monday. We know that in the worst case what we are talking about is a possible genocide, and we know that we have to do everything that we possibly can to prevent that.”
8. Med shot, Rycroft and Delattre addressing reporters
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Francois Delattre, French Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“We need to act and face our responsibility as Security Council, that’s why our resolution provides a hook for additional measure in the future to be adopted by the Council against Burundians who stoke violence.”
10. Pan left-to-right, Rycroft and Delattre leaving

Storyline

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution today (12 Nov) aimed at ending the violence in Burundi.

The French-drafted resolution 2248, circulated following consultations on Burundi on 9 November, condemns the human rights abuses and violence in the country, and will bolster the presence of African Union observers and international peacekeeping forces.

Addressing reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Matthew Rycroft, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said the resolution sent “a united signal to all parties in Burundi to engage in dialogue and refrain from inciting violence. This signal is further reinforced by the joint statement today from the European Union, the African Union and the United Nations.”

Ryacroft said the situation in Burundi was critical, and the international community needed to act fast to prevent, what could possibly escalate into a “genocide”.

“You know we talk a lot about conflict prevention in general. Here it is a very specific potential conflict, which is being flagged up by the international community for many months now. We know how high the stakes are from the briefings we’ve all heard on Monday. We know that in the worst case what we are talking about is a possible genocide, and we know that we have to do everything that we possibly can to prevent that,” Ryacroft stressed.

When asked whether the resolution would also entail the implementation of sanctions against the Burundian government, the French Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Francois Delattre, said the new resolution also included “a hook for additional measure in the future to be adopted by the Council against Burundians who stoke violence.”

Civil unrest erupted in April in Bujumbura after the ruling party elected President Pierre Nkurunziza as its candidate. While elections were considered relatively peaceful and conducted adequately, the UN reported that the overall environment was “not conducive” to an inclusive, free and credible process.