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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations headquarters
15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meeting with Guillaume Soro, Prime Minister of Côte
d’Ivoire
3. Wide shot, Soro walks up to the stakeout position
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
4. Close up, reporters’ notepads
15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Guillaume Soro, Prime Minister, Côte d’Ivoire:
“I met with a variety of personalities including Mr. Moreno Ocampo and Mrs. Bensouda, Fatou. We spoke about the evolution of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire after the Legislative election. We also discussed the transfer of Mr. Gbagbo to the Hague and we have also discussed the files on the inquiries done in Côte d’Ivoire with the goal of achieving unity in national territory."
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
6. Close up, reporter’s laptop
15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Guillaume Soro, Prime Minister, Côte d’Ivoire:
“I am neither a magistrate nor an advocate. We have asked the International Criminal Court to shed a light on all serious crimes committed in Côte d’Ivoire. So, it’s up to the judicial system to shed a light. I said it before and I repeat, If it the International Criminal Court establishes anyone’s culpability, the Government is committed to fully cooperating with the International Criminal Court.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
8. Close up, reporter’s laptop
15 DECEMBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY
9. Wide shot, Soro walks away from the stakeout position
The Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, Guillaume Soro, met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (15 December) at United Nations Headquarters, following his participation in the tenth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.
Soro later addressed reporters outside the Security Council and said that he had also met with the outgoing Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo as well as with the newly elected Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
The Ivorian Prime Minister said that they had discussed several issues including the recent Legislative elections in Côte d’Ivoire as well as the transfer of former President Laurent Gbagbo to the ICC in The Hague.
Parliamentary elections took place in Côte d’Ivoire almost a year after Alassane Ouattara won a disputed presidential run-off election that led to months of deadly violence when Gbagbo, the runner-up and incumbent, refused to step down.
Asked about the possibility that members of Ouattara’s Government may also be indicted by the Court for their role in the post-electoral violence, he said that it is up to the ICC “to shed a light on all serious crimes committed in Côte d’Ivoire” and that if the Court “establishes anyone’s culpability, the Government is committed to fully cooperating” with it.
Gbagbo was captured by security forces moths after the elections and has since been transported to The Hague in the Netherlands to face trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
