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UN / OUATTARA WRAP
STORY: UN / OUATTARA WRAP
TRT: 2.00
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 27 JULY 2011, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
27 JULY 2011, NEW YORK CITY
2.Various shots, President Ouattara meeting with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his staff
3.Med shot, Ouattara arriving at press conference
4.Med shot, audience
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire’s President:
“We want the rule of law in Côte d’Ivoire; we want to protect citizens, all the people. We want to abide by human rights, this is very important for us. We do not want discrimination, we believe in diversity and we don’t want to accept impunity in Côte d’Ivoire.”
6.Med shot, photographers
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire’s President:
“All Ivorians are equal and they should be treated equally. That’s why I set up a National Commission of Inquiry last week and that Inquiry Commission will look at all the events that took place since the elections, and especially in the western part of the country, where hundreds of people got killed.”
8.Wide shot, over the shoulder view of the audience
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire’s President:
“We want a democratic country. We want strong institutions and we will be working on all institutions including the army, the gendarmerie and the police. I am sure they will be doing their job correctly and as far as I am concerned we are in now for a period of peace and stability for Côte d’Ivoire. So, I am not, if you are asking if I have nightmares or I am not sleeping well at night because of Mr. Gbagbo, not at all. I sleep very well.”
10.Med shot, Ivorian officials
11.Various shots, Security Council vote
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara today (27 July) during his first official visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York since his inauguration.
After the meeting, Ouattara held a press conference in which he stressed that his Government wants “the rule of law in Côte d’Ivoire” as well as the protection of citizens, and “to abide by human rights.”
He added that “we do not want discrimination, we believe in diversity and we don’t want to accept impunity in Côte d’Ivoire.”
The West African nation is emerging from a crisis that ended in mid-April, when former president Laurent Gbagbo finally surrendered, ending months of violence in the wake of his refusal to step down after he lost last November’s UN-certified run-off election to Ouattara, who was sworn in as President in May.
The Ivorian President said that “all Ivorians are equal and they should be treated equally” noting that last week he set up a National Commission of Inquiry that “will look at all the events that took place since the elections, and especially in the western part of the country, where hundreds of people got killed.”
The mass killing of 320 people was uncovered in Duekoué in the aftermath of the conflict. While one third of the recorded deaths can be attributed to Gbagbo’s supporters, the other two thirds were committed by Ouattara’s followers, according to the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI).
The country now faces a number of key post-crisis tasks, including the restoration of law and order, national reconciliation, the holding of legislative elections, and economic recovery.
When asked about the possible presence of Gbagbo supporters in the Ivorian Armed Forces, Ouattara said that he “will be working on all institutions including the army, the gendarmerie and the police”, expressing confidence that “they will be doing their job correctly”.
He told the reporter “if you are asking if I have nightmares or I am not sleeping well at night because of Mr. Gbagbo, not at all. I sleep very well.”
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire for another year to assist the country tackle the many challenges it faces following the recent post-election crisis.
In unanimously adopting resolution 2000, the Council decided that UNOCI will remain in the country until 31 July 2012 at its current strength of nearly 9,800 troops, which includes the additional 2,000 troops deployed earlier this year amid the post-electoral violence.
UNOCI was established in 2004 by the Council to facilitate the peace process in the country, which became split by civil war in 2002 into a rebel-held north and Government-controlled south.
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