UN / PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

As the Security Council considers the recommendation of his high-level panel on Peace Operations and implementation report, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Council that as “the human, political and financial costs of conflict continue to mount,” the demands of conflict are also putting “enormous burdens” on UN peace operations. UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:15
• Production Date: 20 November 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• MAMS Id: 1514936
• Parent Id: 1514936
• Alternate Title: unifeed151120d

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STORY: UN / PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
TRT: 02:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY

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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

20 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The human, political and financial costs of conflict continue to mount. Political failures are resulting in insecurity, injustice and deprivation for millions of people today, and feeding the conflicts of tomorrow. The demands of conflict are also putting enormous burdens on our peace and security tools, particularly UN peace operations.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Our systems are straining at the scale of operations. We are not always responding with the speed and effectiveness required. We have difficulty in keeping pace with the evolution of each conflict. We are finding it harder to end conflicts and to sustain peace.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Prevention is the most effective means of tackling the escalating costs of conflict. And it is the best way of supporting national and regional partners, who are and must be the front line of prevention.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The Council has a responsibility to ensure that peacekeepers are equipped to carry out their tasks. This means ensuring that we have the range of capabilities required for increasingly complex and dangerous modern peace operations. High operational readiness, standby arrangements, agile field support and high-quality medical care are essential. Troop and police contributors need support in generating critical enablers, and UN administrative practices need to streamlined and adapted.”
11. ide shot, Security Council

Storyline

As the Security Council considers the recommendation of his high-level panel on Peace Operations and implementation report, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (20 Nov) told the Council that as “the human, political and financial costs of conflict continue to mount,” the demands of conflict are also putting “enormous burdens” on UN peace operations.

Ban said “our systems are straining at the scale of operations” and “are not always responding with the speed and effectiveness required.”

He said “we are finding it harder to end conflicts and to sustain peace.”

The Secretary General noted that “prevention is the most effective means of tackling the escalating costs of conflict.”

He highlighted three broad areas in which the Council can help - first, through political engagement; second, the design and implementation of UN peace operations; and third, reinvigorated partnerships.

He said “the Council has a responsibility to ensure that peacekeepers are equipped to carry out their tasks.”