UN / BURUNDI BENOMAR

The United Nations (UN) special advisor on conflict prevention said what started as a political crisis can only be resolved by a political solution. “Burundi’s future rests in Burundi’s hands.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:31
• Production Date: 13 October 2016
• Asset Language: English; French
• Personal Subject: JAMAL BENOMAR
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: BURUNDI
• MAMS Id: 1738476
• Parent Id: 1738476
• Alternate Title: unifeed161013e

Description

STORY: UN / BURUNDI BENOMAR
TRT: 1:31
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS

DATLEINE: 13 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations headquarters

13 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Benomar walking to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jamal Benomar, Special Advisor on Conflict Prevention, United Nations:
“What started as a political crisis can only be resolved by a political solution. The Burundians proved this themselves a decade ago, when they emerged from a long civil war that saw hundreds of thousands of people killed and displaced.”
4. Med shot, Benomar listening to questions
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Jamal Benomar, Special Advisor on Conflict Prevention, United Nations:
“Burundi’s future rests in Burundi’s hands. I am confident that with political will and leadership, the Burundians can find a way out of this crisis through dialogue and compromise.”
6. Med shot, Benomar listening to questions
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jamal Benomar, Special Advisor on Conflict Prevention, United Nations:
“What we need is a renewed engagement with the government with the view to clarify the objectives of resolution 2303 and also to cooperate with the government and see whether we can find a way forward to this crisis. That’s where I put the emphasis, what is needed at this stage now, today, you know more dialogue with the government on all issues that are on the table.”
8. Pan right, Benomar leaving

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) special advisor on conflict prevention said what started as a political crisis can only be resolved by a political solution.

Speaking to the press on Thursday (13 Oct) following a closed meeting in the Security Council, Jamal Benomar said that Burundians proved this themselves a decade ago, when they emerged from a long civil war that saw hundreds of thousands of people killed and displaced.

He said “Burundi’s future rests in Burundi’s hands”, adding that he was confident that with political will and leadership, “Burundians can find a way out of this crisis through dialogue and compromise.”

Asked if the Council discussed the Burundian government’s vote yesterday to exit the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an investigation by the ICC into atrocities committed in the country, he said “what we need is a renewed engagement with the government with the view to clarify the objectives of resolution 2303 and also to cooperate with the government and see whether we can find a way forward to this crisis.” He also said “that’s where I put the emphasis, what is needed at this stage now, today, you know more dialogue with the government on all issues that are on the table.”

On 29 July 2016, the Security Council adopted resolution 2303 establishing a police component of 228 officers in Burundi to monitor the security situation and to support the UN Office of Human Rights in monitoring human rights violations and abuses.

Burundi was thrown into crisis more than a year ago when President Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term that he went on to win. To date, it has been reported that hundreds of people have been killed, more than 240,000 have fled the nation, and thousands more have been arrested and possibly subjected to human rights violations.