SOUTH SUDAN / LE ROY

On the eve of South Sudan's independence, head of Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy said 9 July marks the completion of the work stipulated in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement "which ended the civil war in Sudan." UNMIS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:58
• Production Date: 9 July 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN - UNMIS
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U110709f

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / LE ROY
TRT: 1:58
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 8 JULY 2011, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Med shot, UN Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy with interviewer
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General, Peacekeeping Operations:
“The 9th July is a milestone for Sudan. It was a way of completing the work that was stipulated in the 2005 agreement, which ended the civil war in Sudan. The referendum has also given the Southerners a chance to have the right to self-determination. The UN’s contribution was to ensure that this milestone of the completion of the CPA could happen on time, peacefully and in a fair and credible manner.”
3. Cutaway, Le Roy
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General, Peacekeeping Operations:
“It has been six very intense years during which UNMIS was able to prevent the return to civil war and provided assistance to both parties; good offices and political offices. A lot has been done in Security Sector Reform, DDR, and more importantly a lot has been done in providing technical assistance for the elections in April 2010 and the referendum in January of this year. It was a challenge to hold this referendum on time and in such a vast terrain but UNMIS with the support of HQ has done a lot and achieved the main goal to hold this referendum on time. It is the completion of the work of UNMIS and they can be proud of their job. We can call it Mission accomplished.”
7. Cutaway, Le Roy

Storyline

On the eve of South Sudan’s independence, head of Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy said 9 July marks the completion of the work stipulated in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement “which ended the civil war in Sudan.”

In an interview in South Sudan’s capital Juba yesterday (8 July), Le Roy also talked about the work of the United Nations (UN) Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) which ended today. The UN will now have a new mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

Yesterday the Security Council adopted resolution 1996 establishing UNMISS for an initial period of one year. Headed by the newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Hilde Johnson of Norway, the peacekeeping mission will consist of up to 7,000 military personnel and up to 900 civilian police personnel as well as a civilian component.

Le Roy said that in the last “six very intense years” UNMIS was able “to prevent the return to civil war and provided assistance to both parties” through its good offices and political offices.

He added that the peacekeepers and staff of UNMIS “can be proud of their job.”

UNMIS was created following the signing of the CPA.