SUDAN / SECURITY

On the southern Sudanese authorities' call for more troops to be deployed along Sudan's north-south border, UN Special Representative in the country Haile Menkerios says that "no decision has yet been made" by the Security Council "for additional troops, their deployment or condition of their deployment." UNMIS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:37
• Production Date: 18 October 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN - UNMIS
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U101018g

Description

STORY: SUDAN / SECURITY
TRT: 1:37
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 18 OCTOBER 2010, KHARTOUM, SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, a number of journalists writing
2. Med shot, Special Representative for the Secretary-General (SRSG) and spokesperson
3. Med shot, cameramen standing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Haile Menkerios, Special Representative for the Secretary-General, United Nations Mission in Sudan:
“Indeed the UN is assessing the need and will continue to consult with parties on her best can assess them to response this needs. Let me however state categorically that while the Security Council and the secretary general have expressed the readiness to consider additional support to address security concern no decision has yet been made by them for additional troops their deployment or condition of their deployment.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. Med shot, female journalists writing
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Haile Menkerios, Special Representative for the Secretary-General, United Nations Mission in Sudan:
“All we have been appealing to both sides is that while we understand and respect the determination to have the referenda happened on time and we shall do every thing in our capacity to assist them to do so we are operating on that basis.”
8. Med shot, journalists
9. Wide shot, a number of journalists writing

Storyline

United Nations (UN) Special Representative in Sudan Haile Menkerios said that now is the most critical phase of Sudan’s peace process regarding full implementation of the CPA and that the decisions made in the next few weeks are likely to determine Sudan’s path for years to come.

This came during a regular press conference held in UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) headquarters in Khartoum.

“Indeed, the UN is assessing the needs and, and will continue its consultation with the parties on how best it can best assist them respond to these needs. Let me however state categorically, that while the Security Council and the Secretary General have expressed their readiness to consider additional support to address security concerns, no decision has yet been made by them for additional troops, their deployment or conditions of their deployment,” said Menkerios.

He further said that UNMIS has been making adjustments to the deployment of its existing troops thinly deployed throughout the cease-fire zone to defuse tensions wherever they exist consistent with its mandate and with the full knowledge of the two parties.

“All we have been appealing to both sides is that while we understand and respect the determination to have the referenda happened on time and we shall do every thing in our capacity to assist them to do so we are operating on that basis,” he said.

He concluded that the UN stands ready to support, along with other partners, the parties’ efforts to address challenges at the political level and to increase its capacity and efforts to address security challenges.