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STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON - JOHN KERRY
TRT: 2.13
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 JULY 2013, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES
RECENT, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
25 JULY 2013, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES
2. Wide shot, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon photo-op
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have to bring this to an end. Military and violent actions must be stopped by both parties, and it is thus imperative to have a peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible, as was initiated by Secretary Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister [Sergey] Lavrov.”
4. Cutaway, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, Secretary of State, United States:
“Yesterday I had a conversation with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of Russia. We remain committed to the effort to bring the parties to a Geneva II to implement Geneva I. And we will try our hardest to make that happen as soon as it’s possible.”
6. Cutaway, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
7. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, Secretary of State, United States:
“In the Great Lakes region there is an opportunity for peace this is an area that has been beleaguered by targeted egregious violence and the Framework that is been put in place is an opportunity to be able to make a difference.”
8. Cutaway, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
9. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, Secretary of State, United States:
“Both leaders in the region, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas have made a courageous decision to try to return to final status talks and it’s my hope that will be able to happen as procedures are put in place by both countries in order to empower that.”
10. Wide shot, United States Secretary of State John Kerry signs guest book
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking to the press at the United Nations (UN) in New York today (25 July) stressed that a political solution was the only way to end the Syrian conflict, adding that they would step up efforts to facilitate dialogue among all parties.
Ahead of closed-door talks between both officials, Ban Ki-moon talking about the situation in Syria stressed that “Military and violent actions must be stopped by both parties, and it is thus imperative to have a peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible.”
In May, following talks in Moscow between Lavrov and Kerry, the two countries announced they would work together to achieve a political solution to the Syrian crisis, and agreed to convene an international conference aimed at achieving this goal. However, a date for the conference has not yet been set and talks are continuing on the best time for it to be held, who should participate, how it should be structured and some of the questions to be discussed.
John Kerry said that yesterday (24 July) he had conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, adding that both “remain committed to the effort to bring the parties to a Geneva II to implement Geneva I. And we will try our hardest to make that happen as soon as it’s possible.”
On the Great Lakes and the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), both Ban and Kerry underlined the need to follow the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework, and reiterated the commitment of their Special Envoys in the region to work together.
Kerry said that in the Great Lakes region “there is an opportunity for peace this is an area that has been beleaguered by targeted egregious violence and the Framework that is been put in place is an opportunity to be able to make a difference.”
The Framework was signed in February by 11 African leaders, and aims to end the cycles of conflict and violence in eastern DRC and to build peace in the wider region.
And on the Middle East peace talks Kerry noted that both leaders in the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas had made a “courageous decision to try to return to final status talks and its my hope that will be able to happen as procedures are put in place by both countries in order to empower that.”
