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STORY: UN / ABYEI
TRT: 1:26
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 JULY 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT - UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters
27 JULY 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council meeting
3. Cutaway, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General, Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“As you are aware the status of the disputed area remains unresolved and had become a major source of tension between the government of Sudan and the SPLM.”
5. Cutaway, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General, Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations:
“While the security situation in Abyei remains tensed both sides remain committed to avoiding an escalation of violence and are ready to cooperate with UNISFA troops. The Sudanese armed forces continue to retain a considerable presence north of Ba el'Arab River but have indicated their intensions to withdraw upon the deployment of UNISFA.”
7. Cutaway, delegates
8. Wide shot, end of meeting
FILE – UNISPA - 9 JULY 2011, ADDIS ABABA/ ETHIOPIA
9. Various shots, Ethiopian troops leaving for Abyei
The Security Council met on the Secretary-General’s report on Sudan at United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York today (27 July).
Addressing members of the Council, head of Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy said Abyei “remains unresolved and had become a major source of tension between the government of Sudan and the SPLM.”
He added that “the Sudanese armed forces continue to retain a considerable presence north of Ba el'Arab River but have indicated their intensions to withdraw upon the deployment of UNISFA.”
The report, which emphasizes the work of the new UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) says that more than 400 troops are already on the ground in Abyei and that it is incumbent on the parties to ensure the optimum conditions for the Force’s success.
