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STORY: UN / SOMALIA ERITREA SANCTIONS
TRT: 2:29
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 23 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior UNHQ
23 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council resolution vote
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations:
“The Somalian-Eritrean Monitoring Group has concluded that, I quote, ‘it has found no evidence of Eritrea’s support to Al-Shabaab in Somalia. With regards to the disputes between Eritrea and Djibouti the presidents of the two countries have entrusted the state of Qatar to mediate their disputes.’”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations:
“Since the two justifications for the imposition of the unjust sanctions against Eritrea are non-existent the correct logical and legal action should have been for the UN Security Council to immediately and unconditionally lift the unjust sanctions against Eritrea and terminate the mandate of the Somalian Monitoring Group concerning the part of Eritrea. Any other pretext is unacceptable. It is a political agenda.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Elmi Ahmed Duale, Permanent Representative of the Somali Republic to the United Nations:
“Today Somalia has functioning institutions including the board of directors of the Central Bank of Somalia, parliamentary oversight committees of the Somali parliament, the offices of the Accountant General and an independent office of the auditor general as well as capacity support of the financial governance committee whose members are comprised of international financial institutions including the World Bank, IMF, and the African Development Bank.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Pressman, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs of the United States to the United Nations:
“We also call upon Eritrea to respond to the Monitoring Group’s requests for information and permit the Group to travel to Eritrea. Eritrea’s refusal to engage constructively with the Monitoring Group must change before we can take seriously Eritrean calls for these sanctions to be lifted."
9. Close-up, French delegate
10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Pressman, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs of the United States to the United Nations:
"Somalis are laying the foundation for a more stable, representative, and inclusive government. The international community and this Council must remain engaged to ensure Somalia and the region realize a more peaceful future and we thank Council members for joining with us in sending that strong message today.”
11. Wide shot, Security Council
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the Somalia-Eritrea Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea (SEMG) for a year and will not lift sanctions on Eritrea for at least another year.
At a Security Council meeting today (23 Oct) fourteen member states voted in favour to adopt the resolution with zero votes against, and one abstention.
Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations objected to the resolution’s adoption saying, “The Somalian-Eritrean Monitoring Group has concluded that, I quote, ‘it has found no evidence of Eritrea’s support to Al-Shabaab in Somalia. With regards to the disputes between Eritrea and Djibouti the presidents of the two countries have entrusted the state of Qatar to mediate their disputes.’”
He stressed that, “Since the two justifications for the imposition of the unjust sanctions against Eritrea are non-existent the correct logical and legal action should have been for the UN Security Council to immediately and unconditionally lift the unjust sanctions against Eritrea and terminate the mandate of the Somalian Monitoring Group concerning the part of Eritrea. Any other pretext is unacceptable. It is a political agenda.”
Ambassador Elmi Ahmed Duale, Permanent Representative of the Somali Republic to the United Nations said, “Today, Somalia has functioning institutions including the board of directors of the Central Bank of Somalia, parliamentary oversight committees of the Somali parliament, the offices of the Accountant General and an independent office of the auditor general as well as capacity support of the financial governance committee whose members are comprised of international financial institutions including the World Bank, IMF, and the African Development Bank.”
Also speaking at the Security Council, the US representative David Pressman said, “We also call upon Eritrea to respond to the Monitoring Group’s requests for information and permit the Group to travel to Eritrea. Eritrea’s refusal to engage constructively with the Monitoring Group must change before we can take seriously Eritrean calls for these sanctions to be lifted.”
He continued by saying, “Somalis are laying the foundation for a more stable, representative, and inclusive government. The international community and this Council must remain engaged to ensure Somalia and the region realize a more peaceful future and we thank Council members for joining with us in sending that strong message today.”
