SUDAN / BAN KHARTOUM ARRIVAL

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan's capital Khartoum today ahead of South Sudan's independence celebrations set to take place on Saturday. He said that secession is "painful, emotionally and financially," but believes Sudan will have a "bright future and continue to be a leader in the region." UNMIS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:08
• Production Date: 8 July 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN - UNMIS
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U110708e

Description

STORY: SUDAN / BAN KHARTOUM ARRIVAL
TRT: 2:08
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 8 JULY 2011, KHARTOUM, SUDAN

Shotlist

8 JULY 2011, KHARTOUM, SUDAN

1. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon, Joseph Deiss arrive at Khartoum airport and are greeted by Ali Karti
2. Various shots, Ban Ki-moon greeted by officials
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I know the secession is painful, emotionally and financially. But I believe Sudan will have a bright future and continue to be a leader in the region. While the people of North and South Sudan will soon live in different countries, their future will continue to be closely linked. Ties of culture, politics and commerce compel both to face their common future as partners, not as rivals. A viable South Sudan requires a viable North Sudan, and vice versa.”
4. Cutaway, cameraman
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The June 20 Agreement on Abyei was a positive step by your Government and the Government of South Sudan to establish security in the area pending a long-term solution. As we prepare to deploy Ethiopian troops in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei, as a temporary arrangement, the parties must make the political compromises necessary to finally resolve this question.”
6. Cutaway, cameraman
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sudan Foreign Minister Ali Karti
"We thank the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon for visiting Sudan, and we hope this visit will constitute the start of new ties between Sudan and the United Nations that will focus on educational and developmental projects."
10. Wide shot, Joseph Deiss briefing journalists

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan’s capital Khartoum today ahead of the South Sudan’s independence celebrations set to take place on Saturday.

Ban said that secession is “painful, emotionally and financially,” but believes Sudan will have a “bright future and continue to be a leader in the region.”

He said that although people of the north and south will live in different countries their future will “continue to be closely linked,” adding that “a viable South Sudan requires a viable North Sudan, and vice versa.”

On Abyei, Ban said the 20 June agreement was a “positive step” by the north and south governments to establish security in the region.

Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ali Karti thanked the Secretary-General for visiting Sudan and said he hoped the visit would begin “new ties” between the United Nations and Sudan that would focus on education and development projects.

South Sudan’s independence follows a referendum held in January in line with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement – the 2005 accord that ended the decades-long North-South civil war in Sudan.