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DATELINE: 15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegate
4. SOUNDBITE (English) José Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC):
“During the period from 2003 to 2005, the evidence shows that Sudanese armed forces would bomb villages in Darfur, surround them and then ground troops would move in to kill, rape and pillage civilians in their homes. These attacks forced the displacement of four million civilians to a hostile environment.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) José Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC):
“The Government of the Sudan has the legal obligation to cooperate with the International Criminal Court; however in 2007, after the issuance of the arrest warrant for Harun and Kushayb, President Bashir publicly refused to implement them, challenged the Security Council authority and stated that Harun had done what he had been ordered to do.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) José Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC):
“The African Union and the Arab League should play a central role to achieve a solution that respects the Security Council authority and the judges’ decision. The Government of Sudan has to review its policy, has to receive a clear message and adjust to the world. People in Darfur need the Security Council leadership.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations:
“Our sources are credible while the other party just propagates unfounded allegations without even referring to a single credible source, let alone factual information.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. Wide shot, Ambassador Ali Osman walks up to the stakeout position
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
14. Close up, reporter’s notepad
15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations:
“Since we entered there and we established peace there is no violence and we are very much afraid that if we withdraw again, the elements of the SPLA will cause a lot of instability in the area. And we are very keen to protect the civilians and our citizens there.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
16. Close up, reporter’s notepad
15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
17. Med shot, Ambassador Ali Osman walks away from the stakeout position
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today (15 December) renewed his call for the arrest and transfer of those alleged to have committed genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, citing the need to protect millions of lives in the troubled Sudanese region.
Since it took up the situation in Darfur in 2005, the court has issued arrest warrants for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as then government minister Ahmed Harun and Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo in his briefing to the Security Council said that during the period from 2003 to 2005, “the evidence shows that Sudanese armed forces would bomb villages in Darfur, surround them and then ground troops would move in to kill, rape and pillage civilians in their homes.”
He added that “these attacks forced the displacement of four million civilians to a hostile environment.”
The Prosecutor stressed that the Government of the Sudan “has the legal obligation to cooperate with the International Criminal Court” but has repeatedly failed to carry out the arrest warrants.
He pointed out that in 2007, after the issuance of the arrest warrant for Harun and Kushayb, “President Bashir publicly refused to implement them, challenged the Security Council authority and stated that Harun had done what he had been ordered to do.”
Meanwhile, he said, civilians in Darfur continue to be subject to indiscriminate aerial bombardment and the Janjaweed militiamen have still not been disarmed.
Moreno-Ocampo also noted that Malawi, a State party to the ICC, recently refused to arrest al-Bashir when he visited the country and stressed that that The African Union and the Arab League “should play a central role to achieve a solution that respects the Security Council authority and the judges’ decision.”
He said the Government of Sudan “has to review its policy, has to receive a clear message and adjust to the world.”
He concluded by saying People in Darfur need the Security Council leadership.”
Earlier this month the prosecutor requested an arrest warrant against Sudanese Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein, saying there was evidence that he is one of those who bears the greatest criminal responsibility for the same crimes and incidents presented in the arrest warrants for Harun and Kushayb.
In addition, the ICC has issued summonses to appear for Abdallah Banda and Saleh Jerbo, two rebel leaders who stand accused of orchestrating the 2007 attack that resulted in the death of 12 African Union peacekeepers in the Haskanita area of Darfur. Both men have committed to surrender voluntarily to the ICC for trial.
Sudanese Ambassador Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman refuted Moreno-Ocampo’s allegations and quoted a number of personalities implying that they do not agree that genocide was committed in Darfur.
He said that his sources “are credible while the other party just propagates unfounded allegations without even referring to a single credible source, let alone factual information.”
Outside the Council, talking to reporters, Ali Osman commented on the situation in Abyei and said that since Government troops entered the area and “established peace” there has been no violence, and expressed fear that if they withdraw, “the elements of the SPLA will cause a lot of instability in the area.”
He added that the Government is “very keen to protect the civilians and our citizens there.”
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has begun increasing troop levels in the Abyei region, an oil-rich area contested by Sudan and South Sudan.
The Sudanese Government insists it will not remove its forces until UNISFA is fully deployed.
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