GENEVA / BAN

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his call Thursday for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Sudanese province of Southern Kordofan and stressed the importance of a peaceful transition in South Sudan's independence from the north. CH UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:41
• Production Date: 7 July 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA; SUDAN; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: U110707a

Description

STORY: GENEVA / BAN
TRT: 1.41
SOURCE: CH UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 7 JULY 2011, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

RECENT 2011, PALAIS DE NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations

7 JULY 2011, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arriving at press meeting point
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
"The United Nations will remain strongly committed, including through the new peacekeeping operation that should begin on Saturday. It is critical that this transition take place peacefully. Once again, I call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in southern Kordofan."
4. Various shots, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Syria, meanwhile, the killing continues. This must stop. Once again, I call on the Syrian leadership to deliver on its commitments and allow in a UN humanitarian assessment team and a human rights fact-finding mission. It is time to see progress here. We cannot go on like this.”
5. Cutaway, woman's face
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“At this time, he has to listen much more attentively and seriously about what would be the best for the future of the Libyan people. He has been ruling the country for 43 years. If he thinks he has been the leader and he cares for the benefit and well-being of his country, then he should know better than anybody else what action he should take.”
7. Wide shot, Ban leaves microphone behind

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his call today (7 July) for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Sudanese province of Southern Kordofan.

Speaking to journalists shortly before leaving Geneva to attend the independence celebrations in South Sudan, the Secretary-General said the United Nations would remain strongly committed to the new nation, He said the deployment of the new peacekeeping operation on Saturday (9 July) would be a demonstration of that commitment.

The Secretary-General stressed the importance of a peaceful transition in South Sudan's independence from the North.

He of the continued killing in Syria. "This must stop", he stressed. Emphasizing that, "we cannot go on like this," Mr. Ban said it was time to see progress in Syria. He called on the Syrian leadership to deliver on its commitments and allow in a UN humanitarian assessment team and the fact-finding mission appointed by the Human Rights Council.

Asked whether Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should leave power, Ban said that should be determined by the Libyan people. He believed Colonel Ghaddaffi should listen "more attentively and seriously" to what was best for the future of his people. After forty three years in power, if he cares about the peaceful well-being of his country, he should know better than anybody else what action should be taken, the Secretary-General said.