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VIENNA / SYRIA TALKS
STORY: VIENNA / SYRIA TALKS
TRT: 03:05
SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26 JANUARY 2018, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
27 JANUARY 2018, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1. Various shots, United Nations International Vienna Centre exterior
2. Pan left, de Mistura approaching podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations:
“Ultimately, what is required is political will. It is high time that diplomacy, dialogue and negotiation prevail for the interest of all Syrians.”
4. Med shot, cameras
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations:
“The ultimate goal of a constitutional process is to enable the Syrian people to freely and independently determine their own future in UN-supervised parliamentary and presidential elections meeting the requirements laid out in resolution 2254.”
6. Wide shot, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations:
“It is vital to end all violence and restore full respect for Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and independence and for the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people through a Syrian-led and owned process facilitated by the UN. I particularly call for unhindered humanitarian access and progress on detainees, abductees, and missing people.”
8. Wide shot, de Mistura addressing the press
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations:
“I recalled that the objective of the political process is the full and complete implementation of resolution 2254 negotiated in the Geneva intra-Syrian talks process under the auspices of the United Nations as mandated by the Security Council. All reaffirmed their commitment to respecting my mandate in that regard and to the Geneva political process facilitated by the United Nations.”
10. Med shot, cameraperson
26 JANUARY 2018, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
11. Various shots, United Nations International Vienna Centre exterior
12. Pan right, arrival of de Mistura team to conference room
13. Pan right, arrival of Naser al-Hariri to conference room
14. Wide shot, conference room
15. Pan right, from UN team to opposition delegation
16. Med shot, Naser al-Hariri
17. Med shot, de Mistura in meeting
18. Wide shot, de Mistura in meeting
19. Pan right, arrival of Bashar Al Jaafari to conference room
20. Pan right, meeting room
21. Med shot, de Mistura in meeting
22. Med shot, Bashar Al Jaafari in meeting
At the end of the two-day intra-Syrian talks in Vienna, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said it was “high time that diplomacy, dialogue and negotiation prevail for the interest of all Syrians.”
Speaking to reporters in Vienna early Saturday morning (27 Jan), de Mistura assessed that it is understood that any Constitutional Committee would at the very least comprise Government, Opposition representatives in the intra-Syrian talks, Syrian experts, civil society, independents, tribal leaders and women; that care would be taken to ensure adequate representation of Syria’s ethnic and religious components; and that final agreement is to be reached in the UN-led Geneva process on the mandate and terms of reference, powers, rules of procedure, and selection criteria for the composition of a Constitutional Committee.
SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations:
“The ultimate goal of a constitutional process is to enable the Syrian people to freely and independently determine their own future in UN-supervised parliamentary and presidential elections meeting the requirements laid out in resolution 2254.”
The Special Envoy said he was gravely concerned at the situation on the ground in Syria in all its dimensions, political, security, humanitarian and human rights. He said it was “vital to end all violence and restore full respect for Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and independence and for the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people through a Syrian-led and owned process facilitated by the UN.” He called for “unhindered humanitarian access and progress on detainees, abductees, and missing people.”
De Mistura said he recalled in his consultation with a number of concerned countries that the objective of the political process is the “full and complete implementation of resolution 2254 negotiated in the Geneva intra-Syrian talks process under the auspices of the United Nations as mandated by the Security Council.” All reaffirmed their commitment to respecting my mandate in that regard and to the Geneva political process facilitated by the United Nations.”
The Special Envoy said he was briefed on preparations for the Congress of the Syrian National Dialogue in Sochi on 29 and 30 January and took note of the statement by the Russia that the outcome of the Congress would be brought to Geneva as a contribution to the intra-Syrian talks process under the auspices of the United Nations. He said he would brief UN chief António Guterres on the outcome of the Vienna meetings and it would be up to him to decide on the UN’s response to the invitation to go to Sochi.
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