SUDAN / MENKERIOS ABYEI

UN Special Representative in Sudan Haile Menkerios met with Salva Kiir, the President of South Sudan in Juba, to discuss the security situation in Abyei. UNMIS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:16
• Production Date: 5 May 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN - UNMIS
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U110505c

Description

STORY: SUDAN / MENKERIOS ABYEI
TRT: 1:16
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 5 MAY 2011, JUBA, SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, office of the president
2. Close up, Government of South Sudan’s banner
3. Wide shot, President Salva greeting Haile Menkerios
4. Med shot, Haile Menkerios seated
5. Wide shot, delegation leaving office of the president
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Haile Menkerios, Special Representative for the Secretary General in Sudan, United Nations:
“What is particular with the UN and what would be our immediate move is the implementation of the Kadugly agreement because the two parties have agreed that it shall be done with the facilitation of the UN and the participation of the UN in terms of providing containment providing temporary security in Abyei while a solution is being sort. So we have agreed here to immediately move on it.”
7. Med shot, U.S Special Envoy to Sudan Princeton Lyman, and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel and Haile Menkerios discussing
8. Wide shot, delegation leaving

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) Special Representative in Sudan Haile Menkerios met this morning with Salva Kiir, the President of South Sudan in Juba to discuss the security situation in Abyei.

He was joined by United States (US) Special Envoy to Sudan Princeton Lyman and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya of the African Union (AU) High-Level Implementation Panel,

SOUNDBITE (English) Mr. Haile Menkerios, Special Representative for the Secretary General in Sudan, United Nations:
“What is particular with the UN and what would be our immediate move is the implementation of the Kadugly agreement because the two parties have agreed that it shall be done with the facilitation of the UN and the participation of the UN in terms of providing containment providing temporary security in Abyei while a solution is being sort. So we have agreed here to immediately move on it.”

Before travelling to Juba, Menkerios met with Government of Sudan in Khartoum which also expressed their readiness to implement the agreements.

In accordance with the Kadugli and Abyei Agreements signed by the parties in January and March of this year, both sides committed to the total withdrawal of all unauthorized forces from the Abyei Administered Area with security to be maintained and provided by only Joint-Integrated Units and Joint-Integrated Police Units.