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DATELINE: 25 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
25 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, Security Council vote
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali:
“Mali is fully prepared to welcome this mission which will be concentrated among other things on stabilising the main urban centres in the north, restoring the authority of the State, providing support for the roadmap, including political dialogue and the electoral process, the protection of civilians, promotion and the protection of human rights, as well as humanitarian assistance.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
"In the context of the resolution adopted today as well as the recent resolution regarding the deployment of an operation dimension brigade within the framework of MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is cause of alarm to us, and we are especially alarmed by the growing shift towards the use of force aspects of UN peacekeeping. What was earlier considered to be exceptional, now risks becoming standard practice."
7. Med shot, delegates
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. Zoom in, Ambassador Gérard Araud of France walks up to the stakeout position
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
10. Cole up, reporter’s notepad
25 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Gérard Araud, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations:
“As soon as the Malian Army is able, in a sense, to insure the sovereignty of the Malian State, there won’t be any need of a peacekeeping operation. So, we have this peacekeeping operation and in parallel we have the EU technical mission, the EU mission to help the Malian’s to rebuild their army, their national army, and when this national army is able to do the job, you know, the peacekeeping operation will withdraw.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
12. Close up, reporter’s notepad
25 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY
13. Pan left, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous walks up to the stakeout position
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
14. Close up, reporter’s notepad
25 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Hervé Ladsous, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“This is not an enforcement mission, this is not an anti-terrorist operation, but it is clear at the same time that in an environment in which we’ll certainly see asymmetric attacks, the mission, stabilisation mission again, will have to defend itself and its mandate depending on circumstances.“
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
16. Close up, reporter’s notepad
25 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY
25 APRIL 2013, NEW YORK CITY
17. Zoom out, Ladsous walks away from the stakeout position
The Security Council today (25 April) approved a 12,600-strong United Nations peacekeeping operation in Mali to take over from the African-led mission there starting on 1 July, and authorized the blue helmets to use all necessary means to carry out its mandate.
The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, welcomed today’s resolution and said that the mission “will be concentrated among other things on establishiing the main urban centres in the north, restoring the authority of the State, providing support for the roadmap, including political dialogue and the electoral process, the protection of civilians, promotion and the protection of human rights, as well as humanitarian assistance.”
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin of the Russian Federation expressed misgivings about the scope and nature of the mission. He said Russia was “especially alarmed by the growing shift towards the use of force aspects of UN peacekeeping,” and added that "what was earlier considered to be exceptional, now risks becoming standard practice."
Outside the Council, after the vote, Ambassador Gérard Araud of France told reporters that as soon as the Malian Army is able “to insure the sovereignty of the Malian State, there won’t be any need of a peacekeeping operation.”
He noted that there is also a European Union mission in place to help the Malian’s to rebuild the national army, “and when this national army is able to do the job, you know, the peacekeeping operation will withdraw.”
Also speaking to reporters, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, stressed the new UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is neither “an enforcement mission” nor “an anti-terrorist operation.”
He nevertheless made clear that “we’ll certainly see asymmetric attacks” and the mission “will have to defend itself and its mandate depending on circumstances."
MINUSMA’s core task will be to support the political process in Mali, in close coordination with the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
While officially established today, MINUSMA troops will not be on the ground until 1 July, when they will take over from the African-led force (AFISMA), which is an ECOWAS organized military mission. MINUSMA will have an initial mandate of 12 months.
That start date is subject to review and could be delayed in the event of a major international military operation or a continued threat from terrorist forces on the civilian population or international personnel, according to the resolution.
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