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STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON
TRT: 3.33
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26 APRIL 2007, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations headquarters
2. Med shot, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon approaches microphone
3. Cutaway, press
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations:
"As indicated in the report released by UNAMI [UN Assistance Mission in Iraq], I am concerned about all the continuing sectarian violence and human suffering. That is exactly why the international community should help the Iraqi people and Government to restore peace and security. And that is exactly why I am going to chair the International Compact with Iraq in Sharm el Sheik on 3 May. I hope that the international community will actively participate in this International Compact with Iraq."
5. cutaway, press
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations:
"It is true that I discussed this matter with senior American Government officials, but I don't know whether you will term it intervention. It is not an intervention – it was a part of my ongoing efforts, as I told you earlier during my press stakeout, that as my consultations with the Sudanese President and the Sudanese Government leaders were going on. I really wanted to have some political space, so that I could carry on my consultations on the hybrid operation, as well as the political dialogue process which was carried out by my Special Envoy, Mr. [Jan] Eliasson, and African Union Special Envoy, Mr. [Salim A.] Salim."
7. Cutaway, press
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations:
"This is exactly what President Assad told me, that they need to have a national consensus, according to their own procedures. What I told him, that while I fully agreed that this should be decided on the basis of their national consensus among the Lebanese - that would be the most desirable path - since they are not able to have this agreement at this time, I hoped the Syrian President would have some influence on the Lebanese people to promote such a dialogue."
9. Cutaway, press
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations:
"I am gravely concerned about the on-going violence in Somalia and I have discussed with all parties concerned, while traveling with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and other leaders. I am also very much troubled by the fact that the Transitional Federal Government is [not] able to sustain the momentum thus created politically. The international community should fully cooperate and give some concerted efforts to restore peace and security in that country."
11. Cutaway, press
12. Med shot, SG walking away form microphone
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern over the continuing sectarian violence and human suffering in Iraq and hoped the international community would actively participate in the International Compaq with Iraq.
Just back from a recent trip to Italy, the Holy Sec, Qatar and Syria, the Secretary General spoke with reporters at headquarters in New York.
Asked whether it was true if he "intervened" with American government officials, asking them not to press ahead with sanctions against the Sudanese government, he said that he had discussed the matter with the Americans and that it was not an intervention, but rather an ongoing effort. He also stressed that he wanted political space so that he can carry on with his discussions on the hybrid operation.
On Syria, when asked whether President Assad's statement that all parties must agree on the tribunal would essentially end up nowhere since they don't agree, Mr. Ban said that President Assad agreed that all parties must have a national consensus according to their own procedures and he hoped Assad would have some influence on the Lebanese people.
He also voiced his grave concern about the intensified violence in Somalia, and called on the world to step up its assistance to the war-torn East African nation.
The country has been wracked by deadly clashes in recent weeks, and according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 340,000 people – roughly one-third of the city's population – have fled the violence in the capital Mogadishu since the start of February, while at least 1,000 have sustained injuries.