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STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN
TRT: 01:46
SOURCE: UNIFEED - UNTV / UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
25 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General expresses his concern over the parties’ deadlock over the issue of the establishment of 28 states, and their failure to meet the 22 January deadline to establish the Transitional Government of National Unity in South Sudan. He stresses that the formation of the Transitional Government is an essential step in implementing the peace process and laying the foundation for peace and stability in the country.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General calls on the parties to overcome their differences. He encourages the IGAD and African Union member states to seize the opportunity of the forthcoming African Union summit to address the political impasse that is impeding the formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General reaffirms that the United Nations will continue to do all it can to support the people of South Sudan who continue to be subjected to unimaginable suffering and human rights abuses, as they have been since the beginning of the conflict over two years ago.”
FILE – UNMISS - 26 AUGUST 2015, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
8. Various shots, President Salva Kiir at peace deal signing
FILE – UNMISS - APRIL 29, 2014, UNDISCLOSED LOCATION/ SOUTH SUDAN
9. Various shots, Rebel leader Riek Machar
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (25 Jan) expressed concern over the current deadlock in South Sudan over the “failure to meet the 22 January deadline to establish the Transitional Government of National Unity” as well as the establishment of 28 states.
In a statement read by his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, Ban stressed that “the formation of the Transitional Government is an essential step in implementing the peace process and laying the foundation for peace and stability in the country.”
The Secretary-General called on the parties to overcome their differences and encouraged the IGAD and African Union member states “to seize the opportunity of the forthcoming African Union summit to address the political impasse that is impeding the formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity.”
The Secretary-General reaffirmed that the United Nations “will continue to do all it can to support the people of South Sudan who continue to be subjected to unimaginable suffering and human rights abuses, as they have been since the beginning of the conflict over two years ago.”
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiirand rebel leader Riek Machar signed a peace agreement in August.
