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UN / BAN SOUTH SUDAN
STORY: UN/ SG PRESS CONFERENCE
TRT: 2.37
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 23 DECEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
23 DECEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Secretary-General enters press conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-mon, UN Secretary General:
“Let me be absolutely clear. The world is watching all sides in South Sudan. Attacks on civilians and the UN peacekeepers deployed to protect them must cease immediately. The United Nations will investigate reports of grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity. Those responsible at the senior level will be held personally accountable and face the consequences – even if they claim they had no knowledge of the attacks.”
4. Wide shot, presser
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-mon, UN Secretary General:
“Whatever their differences may be, they cannot justify the violence that has engulfed their young nation. They must do everything in their power to immediately ensure that their followers hear the message – loud and clear – that continued violence, ethnic and otherwise, is completely unacceptable. Now is the time for South Sudan’s leaders to show their people and the world that they are, above all, committed to preserving the unity of the nation that was born out of their long struggle for independence.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-mon, UN Secretary General:
“The United Nations stood with you on your road to independence. We will stay with you now. I know that the current situation is causing great and growing fear. You are seeing people leave the country amid increasing chaos. The United Nations will stay with you. We will do our utmost to protect you, to provide the humanitarian assistance you need, and most of all to help the country re-gain the path to peace.”
8. Close up, reporter typing computer
9. Wide shot, Secretary-General leaves press conference room
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he is sending today (23 December) a letter to the Security Council recommending to boost the protection capacity of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) with additional troops, police and logistical assets.
In a press conference at UN Headquarters, Ban stressed that the situation in South Sudan is of “mounting urgency”; and expressed his concern about reports of ethnically targeted killings.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-mon, UN Secretary General:
“Let me be absolutely clear. The world is watching all sides in South Sudan. Attacks on civilians and the UN peacekeepers deployed to protect them must cease immediately. The United Nations will investigate reports of grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity. Those responsible at the senior level will be held personally accountable and face the consequences – even if they claim they had no knowledge of the attacks.”
Ban added that he has been consistently called on President Salva Kiir and opposition political leaders to come to the table and find a political way out of the crisis.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-mon, UN Secretary General:
“Whatever their differences may be, they cannot justify the violence that has engulfed their young nation. They must do everything in their power to immediately ensure that their followers hear the message – loud and clear – that continued violence, ethnic and otherwise, is completely unacceptable. Now is the time for South Sudan’s leaders to show their people and the world that they are, above all, committed to preserving the unity of the nation that was born out of their long struggle for independence.”
Ban also underscored the need for South Sudan’s neighbours to act constructively and refrain from actions that could spark further divisions.
Finally, the head of the United Nations sent a message to the South Sudanese people.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-mon, UN Secretary General:
“The United Nations stood with you on your road to independence. We will stay with you now. I know that the current situation is causing great and growing fear. You are seeing people leave the country amid increasing chaos. The United Nations will stay with you. We will do our utmost to protect you, to provide the humanitarian assistance you need, and most of all to help the country re-gain the path to peace.”
Since 15 December, tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the violence in South Sudan, including 45,000 seeking protection at the bases of the UN Mission in the African country.
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