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STORY: KOSOVO / BAN
TRT: 2.51
SOURCE: UNMIK / UNDP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 JULY 2012, PRISTINA / PRIZREN, KOSOVO
24 JULY 2012, PRISTINA, KOSOVO
1. Wide shot, UN airplane on tarmac
2. Zoom out, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leaving the plane
3. Med shot, Ban shaking hands with UNMIK SRSG Farid Zarif, Deputy SRSG Peter Sorensen, Head of UN agencies Kosovo Osnat Lubrani
4. Wide shot, Ban approaching pedestal for speech
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“I expect strong efforts toward the normalization of relations with Belgrade, including through the same serious and sincere commitment to dialogue which I have asked from the Serbian leadership. I also call upon all parties to intensify their efforts to resolve the issue of missing persons. This is a fundamental human rights issue, key to reconciliation and mutual respect. I remain concerned about the situation in northern Kosovo and the escalation of tensions during the past year. It is essential that sensitive and complex issues related to northern Kosovo be resolved through peaceful dialogue.”
6. Med shot, UNMIK HQ sign
7. Various shots, Ban stepping out of the vehicle at UNMIK HQ and approaching the building
8. Various shots, meeting with representatives of international community in Kosovo
9. Med shot, UNMIK SRSG Farid Zarif, Ban and Ban’s wife, Yoo Soon-taek
10. Close up, Ban
11. COM KFOR Erhard Drews, Head of OSCE Werner Almhofer and Head of EULEX Gzavier Marniac
12. Pan left, Ban visiting UN staff members in Kosovo
13. Various shots, Ban and Yoo photo-op with UN staff
14. Pan left, Ban shaking hands with UN staff members and leaving UNMIK HQ
24 JULY 2012, PRIZREN, KOSOVO
15. Wide shot, Decani Monastery
16. Tilt down, inside Decani monastery to Ban with head of monastery Sava Janjic
17. Pan right, Ban and entourage leaving monastery’s compound
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (24 July) called for strong efforts towards the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Continuing his visit to South-East Europe over the past week Ban has visited Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia, promoting the partnership between United Nations and the region, as well as discussing common challenges and future opportunities.
Arriving in Kosovo’s capital Pristina, Ban said he was concerned about the situation in northern Kosovo – which remains a flashpoint amid continuing tensions between the Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serbian communities – and the escalation of tensions over the past year, adding that it is essential that sensitive issues such as this one be resolved through peaceful dialogue.
The Secretary-General met with a range of local and international officials, as well as the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Ban said UNMIK continues to play an important role in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the end of fighting in Kosovo.
Established in 1999, UNMIK is mandated to help ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants of Kosovo and advance regional stability in the western Balkans. It began its operations when North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces drove out Yugoslav troops amid bloody ethnic fighting between Serbs and Albanians, but it gave up its administrative role in 2008 when Kosovo Albanians declared independence. Serbia rejects Kosovo’s declaration of independence.
While in Kosovo, Ban also visited the Visoki Decani monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as the city of Prizren.
Secretary-General’s schedule includes a visit to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for a meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. His last scheduled stop is in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
