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STORY: UN / DARFUR
TRT: 02:53
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 12 JANUARY 2017, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations headquarters
12 JANUARY 2017, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council chamber
3. Med shot, Sudanese delegate
4. Wide shot, USG Ladsous speaking
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Herve Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“The current situation in Darfur is characterized by a significant decrease in armed conflict, particularly as a result of the military successes of the Government against the armed movements and the efforts of State Governments to curb inter-communal violence.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Herve Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“Despite these improvements, civilians remain exposed to significant sources of insecurity, inter-communal conflict, criminality, and the activity of armed militias. And because of the widespread proliferation of weapons and the inadequacy of rule of law and justice institutions this is not being mitigated.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Herve Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“There has been little tangible progress in the Darfur peace process. The linchpin of the process and future political talks, which is an agreement on the cessation of hostilities and humanitarian assistance, has remained stalled.”
9. Med shot, delegate
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Herve Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“Undoubtedly, long-term comprehensive solutions remain necessary to create the conditions for the return of the resettlement of the people who remain in displacement in the region, and they number -I recall the figure: 2.6 million people – as well as for the resolution of the deep causes of conflict, access to land, water, resources. So more than ever, we have to call on all stakeholders in Darfur to continue the work with the UNAMID and the international community so we can achieve those goals.”
11. Wide shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Omer Dahab Fadl, Permanent Representative, Sudan:
“I’d also like to stress that my Government will not accept the option whereby the withdrawal or the end of the work of the Joint Working Group –which my government is a part of- this working group is very important for us and we need to continue the implementation of a UNAMID withdraw strategy. We sent two messages to the Secretary-General on the subject, one of them was sent by the Foreign minister of my country.”
13. Wide shot, Security Council meeting ending
14. Various shots, delegates greeting each other
United Nations (UN) peacekeeping chief Hervé Ladsous told the Security Council the current situation in Darfur is characterized by a “significant decrease in armed conflict, particularly as a result of the military successes of the Government against the armed movements and the efforts of State Governments to curb inter-communal violence.”
Briefing the council today (12 Jan), Ladsous noted that despite those improvements the civilian population remained “exposed to significant sources of insecurity, inter-communal conflict, criminality, and the activity of armed militias.”
He added that situation was not being mitigated because of the widespread proliferation of weapons and the inadequacy of rule of law and justice institutions.
On the political front, the UN peacekeeping chief said there has been “little tangible progress” in the Darfur peace process. He added “the linchpin of the process and future political talks, which is an agreement on the cessation of hostilities and humanitarian assistance, has remained stalled.”
He stressed the need for long-term comprehensive solutions to create the necessary conditions for the return and resettlement of the 2.6 million people who remain displaced and for the resolution of the underlying causes of conflict related to access to land, water and other natural resources.
Also speaking to the Council, the Sudanese representative Omer Dahab Fadl noted his government was doing everything it could to establish a holistic and long-term peace across his country in an effort to put an end to the conflict.
The Sudanese ambassador said “I’d also like to stress that my Government will not accept the option whereby the withdrawal or the end of the work of the Joint Working Group –which my government is a part of- this working group is very important for us and we need to continue the implementation of a UNAMID withdraw strategy.”
He pointed out “we sent two messages to the Secretary-General on the subject, one of them was sent by the Foreign minister of my country.”
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