UN / SOUTH SUDAN WRAP

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the renewed fighting in the South Sudanese capital Juba “outrageous” and said it “makes a mockery of commitments to peace.” UNIFEED-UNTV / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:08
• Production Date: 11 July 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1668377
• Parent Id: 1668377
• Alternate Title: unifeed160711a

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STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN WRAP
TRT: 3:08
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV / UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: FILE - 26 APRIL 2016 JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (NO ACCESS ATPN LIBRARY)
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 11 JULY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT / FILE

Shotlist

FILE- NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

11 JULY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Pan left, Ban approaching stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Yet again, the leaders of South Sudan have failed their people. Rarely has a country squandered so much promise, so quickly. What kind of leadership is it that resorts to deadly weapons and identity politics, time and again? Failed leadership.”

FILE – UNMISS - 29 APRIL 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

4. Med shot, President Kiir and Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut standing
5. Wide shot, ministers swearing in
6. Wide shot, group photo of cabinet

FILE - 26 APRIL 2016 JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (NO ACCESS ATPN LIBRARY)

7. Various shots, Machar swear in

FILE – UNMISS - 26 APRIL 2016 JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

8. Several shots, Machar and Kiir together

11 JULY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The international community, through its wide-ranging security, legal and human rights mechanisms, will be carefully monitoring developments in the coming days precisely in order to be able to identify on whom the burden of accountability for war crimes should ultimately be placed.”

FILE – UNMISS - 20 APRIL, 2014, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN

10. Several shots, bodies on road side (GRAPHIC)
11. Destroyed buildings

11 JULY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Today, I urge the Council to take action on three fronts: First, impose an immediate arms embargo on South Sudan. Second, enact additional targeted sanctions on leaders and commanders blocking the implementation of the Agreement. Third, fortify the UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS. We desperately need attack helicopters and other material to fulfil our mandate to protect civilians.”
13. Pan right, Ban leaving stakeout

FILE – UNMISS, 17 MARCH 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

14. Various shots, internally displaced people in Tomping protection of civilians site

RECENT - 10 JULY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

15. Pan left, Bessho approaching stakeout
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Koro Bessho, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations:
“The Security Council members urged an immediate end to the fighting by all concerned, and demanded that President Kiir and First Vice President Machar do the utmost to control their respective forces. The Security Council members stressed that attacks against civilians and UN premises and personnel may constitute war crimes.”
17. Pan left, Bessho leaving stakeout

Storyline

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the renewed fighting in the South Sudanese capital Juba “outrageous” and said it “makes a mockery of commitments to peace.”

Speaking to the press today (11 Jul) in New York, Ban said the the leaders of South Sudan have again failed their people and called on President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar to order their respective forces to withdraw to their bases.

Fighting which broke out in Juba last week between forces loyal to President Kiir and Vice-President Machar left hundreds dead including two UN peacekeepers and one local staff member. The two UN compounds in the city have been caught in the cross-fire and sustained mortar and heavy artillery fire. The UN mission in the country (UNMISS) also reported its protection of civilans sites coming under fire leaving many to flee the sites.

The Secretary-General underscored that acts of violence perpetrated against civilians and United Nations and humanitarian personnel, assets and premises may constitute a war crime. He said the international community will be carefully monitoring developments “in order to be able to identify on whom the burden of accountability for war crimes should ultimately be placed.”

Ban called on the Security Council to impose an immediate arms embargo on South Sudan and enact additional targeted sanctions on leaders and commanders blocking the peace agreement. He also called on the Council fortify UNMISS and said any withdrawals from the mission would send “precisely the wrong signal, in South Sudan and across the world.”

Yesterday the Security Council issued a statement condemning the escalation of fighting and “expressed their readiness to consider enhancing UNMISS to better ensure that UNMISS and the international community can prevent and respond to violence in South Sudan.” The Council encouraged region countries to “prepare to provide additional troops in the event the Council so decides” and stressed the need for UNMISS to “make full use of its authority to use all necessary means to protect civilians.”