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STORY: UN / CAR SANCTIONS
TRT: 01:32
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 JANUARY 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
31 JANUARY 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Security Council vote
3. Med shot, CAR representative
4. SOUNDBITE (French) François Delattre, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations:
“This resolution clearly paves the way for a development in the arms embargo regime by the summer of 2019. Of course, by 30 June, the Central African authorities need to state how their progress has developed to the sanctions committee. The Central African authorities could also continue to enjoy exemptions to the arms embargo. The authorities can continue to benefit from support from their partners to bolster their defence and security forces capacities.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (French) François Delattre, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations:
“We are also talking about a strong message of support to the African initiative for peace and reconciliation in the CAR. We are all ware that the solution to the Central African crisis can only be political. In this context, we welcome the talks to promote peace between the Central African government and the armed groups in Khartoum under the auspices of the African Union. This is absolutely crucial for the peace process, and we do hope that these talks will lead to tangible results.”
7. Wide shot, Council
The Security Council today (27 Jan) unanimously adopted a resolution renewing the sanctions regime imposed on the Central African Republic (CAR) until 31 January 2020 and the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the CAR Sanctions Committee until 28 February 2020.
After the vote, French Ambassador François Delattre said, “this resolution clearly paves the way for a development in the arms embargo regime by the summer of 2019.”
He noted that according to the resolution, Central African authorities “need to state how their progress has developed to the sanctions committee” by the end of June, and that they “could also continue to enjoy exemptions to the arms embargo” as well as “to benefit from support from their partners to bolster their defence and security forces capacities.”
Regarding the peace process, Delattre expressed support for the African initiative for peace and reconciliation in the CAR.
He said, “we are all ware that the solution to the Central African crisis can only be political. In this context, we welcome the talks to promote peace between the Central African government and the armed groups in Khartoum under the auspices of the African Union. This is absolutely crucial for the peace process, and we do hope that these talks will lead to tangible results.”
The African Union brokered African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic Inter-Central African Dialogue between Government and Armed Groups began in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday, 24 January 24, attended by representatives of the government and 14 armed groups after 18 months of exploratory work.
