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STORY: UN / DARFUR
TRT: 01:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 SEPTEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
28 SEPTEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
2. Wide shot, USG for Peacekeeping Jean -Pierre Lacroix, Sudan’s Foreign Minister Eldirdiri Mohamed Ahmed, and the African Union’s Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean -Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“This meeting today was an important occasion to express continued support for the partners in Sudan and Darfur, to the people of Darfur and to the transition from an international support based on peacekeeping to a form of international support that will be focused on peacebuilding.”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Eldirdiri Mohamed Ahmed, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sudan:
“We have made an appeal to the international community to help Sudan undertake its primary responsibility by lifting the sanctions, sanctions that were mostly imposed on Sudan because of what has taken place in Darfur.”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean -Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“The African Union and the United Nations work and will continue to work very. Very closely to promote further peacebuilding and peace consolidation in Darfur, and I think this is happening against the backdrop of a very close coordination and cooperation between the two organizations.”
7. Wide shot, participants walk away
After a meeting on Darfur, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean -Pierre Lacroix, told reporters it had been “an important occasion” to express support for “the transition from an international support based on peacekeeping to a form of international support that will be focused on peacebuilding.”
Sudanese Foreign Minister Eldirdiri Mohamed Ahmed said appealed to the international community “to help Sudan undertake its primary responsibility by lifting the sanctions, sanctions that were mostly imposed on Sudan because of what has taken place in Darfur.”
Lacroix, for his part, said “the African Union and the United Nations work and will continue to work very, very closely to promote further peacebuilding and peace consolidation in Darfur, and I think this is happening against the backdrop of a very close coordination and cooperation between the two organizations.”
In July the Security Council extended the mandate of the African Union United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) until 30 June 2019, also stressing that the drawdown of the mission should be based on progress against related indicators and benchmarks.
