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STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN
TRT: 02:18
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 JUNE 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN headquarter
28 JUNE 2018, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“On 27 June President Salva Kiir Mayardit, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, and representatives of the South Sudanese Opposition Alliance, SPLM former detainees, as well as other political parties, signed the Khartoum Declaration of Agreement between Parties of the Conflict of South Sudan. While the declaration broadly deals with all the contentious issues, further discussions are needed to iron out details to ensure that this time the parties implement the agreement under an effective implementation mechanism.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“Peace will only be sustained if the revitalized agreement is inclusive, fair, addresses the root causes of the conflict, and engages all stakeholders including women and youth.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“The people of South Sudan are heavily suffering as a country rapidly approaches the peak hunger season of 2018. Hunger and malnutrition have reached record levels and 1.75 million people are on the brink of a catastrophe. By the end of July, more than 7 million people could be severely food insecure in the absence of sustained assistance on access, according to the latest food security analysis.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Akuei Bona Malwal, Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations:
“While the document signed is a framework for peace, we are hopeful and very optimistic that a final peace agreement will be concluded in the very near future. And at this juncture I would like to announce that in the next few hours President Salva Kiir will decree a comprehensive ceasefire all over South Sudan.”
10. Zoom out, Security Council
Following the 27 June signing of the Khartoum Declaration of Agreement between Parties of the Conflict of South Sudan, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bintou Keita, today (28 Jun) told the Security Council that “further discussions are needed to iron out details to ensure that this time the parties implement the agreement under an effective implementation mechanism.”
Keita said, “peace will only be sustained if the revitalized agreement is inclusive, fair, addresses the root causes of the conflict, and engages all stakeholders including women and youth.”
The peacekeeping official noted that “the people of South Sudan are heavily suffering as a country rapidly approaches the peak hunger season of 2018.”
She said “hunger and malnutrition have reached record levels and 1.75 million people are on the brink of a catastrophe. By the end of July, more than 7 million people could be severely food insecure in the absence of sustained assistance on access, according to the latest food security analysis.”
For his part, South Sudanese Ambassador Akuei Bona Malwal told the Council that “while the document signed is a framework for peace, we are hopeful and very optimistic that a final peace agreement will be concluded in the very near future.”
He went on to announce that “in the next few hours President Salva Kiir will decree a comprehensive ceasefire all over South Sudan.”
Previous efforts to end fighting between the rival forces since 2013 around South Sudan have failed, leaving tens of thousands dead, and around four million either internally-displaced or forced to flee to neighbouring countries. The humanitarian crisis has left millions without enough to eat, and led to famine in parts of the country.
