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STORY: DARFUR / TRIPARTITE MEETING
TRT: 1:38
SOURCE: UNAMID
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 MARCH 2009, ELFASHER, SUDAN
1. Wide shot, UN plane taxiing in El Fasher airport
2. Wide shot, UNAMID official walking towards plane
3. Close up, UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra greeting UNAMID Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada
4. Med shot, Sudanese government officials being received at the airport
5. Close up, African Union delegation
6. Wide shot, UN Under-Secretary-General, Sudanese officials, African Union official inspecting guard of honor in UNAMID headquarters
7. Close up, soldier at the guard of honor
8. Med shot, UN Under-Secretary-General, Sudanese officials, African Union official inspecting guard of honor
9. Wide shot, tripartite meeting in progress
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Susana Malcorra, UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support:
“In the past we have met in Khartoum and in Addis but this time around, we felt it was important to come visit North Darfur, have our meeting in the headquarters of UNAMID and discuss the issues that are important at this point in time to ensure that we fully deploy the forces of UNAMID and we can really deliver the mandate of supporting peace in Darfur.”
11. Wide shot, signing of documents
12. Close up, AU Peace and Security Commissioner, Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra signing
13. Close up, UN Under-Secretary-General Malcorra signing
14. Close up, Sudanes government official signing
Representatives from the government of Sudan, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations today (31 March) held the fifth meeting of the Tripartite Committee on the joint UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
The meeting focused on issues relating to UNAMID deployment that require further attention and follow-up, and ways of facilitating the work of UNAMID in Darfur.
The participants noted that the deployment of UNAMID military forces, including troops, officers and military observers, has reached 67 per cent as of the end of March.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra said the steady increase in deployment over the past year was an indication of the success of the regular Tripartite Committee meetings.
At today’s meeting the government of Sudan also agreed that UNAMID will have custody of the assets of the international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) whose licenses to operate in Sudan were revoked earlier this month until a final solution can be reached on the issue between the government and the NGOs.
The participants agreed the next Tripartite Committee meeting will be in Darfur in early June.
Lieutenant General Majzoub Al Badawi, Director of the National Technical Mechanism for Peacekeeping Operations in Darfur, led the government delegation. The AU Peace and Security Commissioner, Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, and Susana Malcorra led their organizations’ respective delegations, while UNAMID was represented by the AU-UN Joint Special Representative, Rodolphe Adada.
Before the meeting, the delegations paid a courtesy call on the Wali (governor) of North Darfur, Othman Kibir, at his office in El Fasher. While in El Fasher, the AU/UN/government delegation also visited the site of the new UNAMID headquarters.
Tomorrow UN Under-Secretary-General Malcorra is scheduled to visit South Darfur.
