GENEVA / SYRIA TALKS DAY 2 WRAP

On the second day of the Intra-Syrian Talks in Geneva, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and his team held separate bilateral meetings with representatives of the Syrian government and opposition groups. UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:42
• Production Date: 24 February 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STAFFAN DE MISTURA
• Subject Topical: PEACE PROCESS
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1837487
• Parent Id: 1837487
• Alternate Title: unifeed170224d

Description

STORY: GENEVA / SYRIA TALKS DAY 2 WRAP
TRT: 1:42
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 FEBRUARY 2017 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations
2. Various shots, Jaafari and Government Delegation with de Mistura
3. Various shots, Government delegation bi-lateral meeting with de Mistura team
4. Close up, Bashar Jaafari
5. Various shots, arrival of Nasr Alhariri, Syrian Riad Opposition Group
6. Arrival, Syrian opposition groups
7. Wide shot, Syrian opposition groups meeting with Staffan de Mistura
8. Med shot, Staffan de Mistura in meeting
9. Med shot, Nasr Alhariri, Syrian Riad Opposition Group
10. Close up, Nasr Alhariri
11. Med shot, Staffan de Mistura
12. Wide shot, press stakeout
13. Med shot, reporters
14. Wide shot, stakeout from behind
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Contet, Acting Chief of Staff of the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria:
“Mr de Mistura is reflecting on the outcomes today. He expects to have further contacts tomorrow. He continues to underscore that this will be a long and difficult process and an early public breakthrough should not be expected. At the same time he is so far satisfied that in a short space of time the parties have shown their readiness to sit in one room and he has had the opportunity for some initial in depth exchanges”.
18. Close up, camera woman
19. Med shot, journalists

Storyline

On the second day of the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and his team held separate bilateral meetings with representatives of the Syrian government and opposition groups.

After the meeting, Michael Contet, acting Chief of Staff of the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria told media that “the Special Envoy is continuing a wide range of consultations as the effort to move forward.”

Contet said that the Special Envoy “continues to underscore that this will be a long and difficult process and an early public breakthrough should not be expected. At the same time he is so far satisfied that in a short space of time the parties have shown their readiness to sit in one room and he has had the opportunity for some initial in depth exchanges”.

Further meetings will be held over the weekend to discuss procedural aspects.