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STORY: GA / COLOMBIA
TRT: 02:32
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia addressing the General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos, President, Colombia:
“I am very happy, very happy, that the news I bring from Colombia are not related to death but to life. I am here today to tell you that the peace process with the FARCs has not only concluded in a peace agreement, but something bigger, more important. Thousands upon thousands of human lives have been saved.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos, President, Colombia:
“It has not been easy. To put an end to war, to overcome hatred, to overcome fear, implies a complex process based on dialogue and concessions. But we have accomplished it because we had the will to do it, and because we were conscious of a fundamental premise: peace is a necessary condition for progress and the pursuit of happiness in every society.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos, President, Colombia:
“We are extremely worried about the situation of our sister nation and neighbour, Venezuela, with which we share a vast border, a common history, and human bonds that do not allow us to remain indifferent to its destiny. We hurt for Venezuela. It hurts us to see the progressive destruction of its democracy. It hurts us to see political prosecution and the systematic violation of the human rights of Venezuelans. Today I have reiterated my call to the Secretary-General and the international community as a whole to support the people of Venezuela in its quest for a peaceful resolution that will return it to the road of progress, democracy, and freedom.”
8. Wide shot, delegates
9. Wide shot, Santos meeting with Secretary-General António Guterres
President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia told the General Assembly’s General Debate today (19 Sep) that the peace process in his country “has not only concluded in a peace agreement, but something bigger, more important. Thousands upon thousands of human lives have been saved.”
Santos said the process “has not been easy.” He said that “to put an end to war, to overcome hatred, to overcome fear, implies a complex process based on dialogue and concessions ”but it has been accomplished “because we had the will to do it, and because we were conscious of a fundamental premise: peace is a necessary condition for progress and the pursuit of happiness in every society.”
Santos express concern over the situation in neighbouring Venezuela, with which, he said “we share a vast border, a common history, and human bonds that do not allow us to remain indifferent to its destiny.”
He said “we hurt for Venezuela. It hurts us to see the progressive destruction of its democracy. It hurts us to see political prosecution and the systematic violation of the human rights of Venezuelans.”
Earlier today, Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated President Santos for the exemplary Colombian peace process, and commended the successful conclusion of the laying down of arms of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP).
The Secretary-General stressed the importance of the commitments of the new reintegration phase and reiterated the strong support of the United Nations to their implementation.
The Secretary-General also welcomed the recent agreement of a temporary and bilateral ceasefire with the National Liberation Army, with the hope that it becomes another important step towards comprehensive and sustainable peace in Colombia.
