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STORY: UN / GUINEA BISSAU
TRT: 2.06
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26 FEBRUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
26 FEBRUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Various shots, delegates
4. Wide shot, José Manuel Ramos-Horta on videoconference screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) José Manuel Ramos-Horta, United Nations' Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau :
“Mr Simões Pereira’s election offers real hope for a new generation of leaders who emerged and offer required changes for the country. His election has generated a very positive mood across the nation. He faces a challenge to unite the party. Nevertheless, there are still pending issues between Mr. Pereira, supported by his constituencies in the party and the second most voted candidate, Mr. Camera, including in the composition of the central committee and the political bureau.”
6. Med shot, Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota of Brazil, Chairperson of the Guinea-Bissau Configuration of the UN Peacebuilding Commission
7. SOUNDBITE (English) José Manuel Ramos-Horta, United Nations' Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau:
“I urge all stakeholders to play their part in insuring a meaningful election in a climate of peace and security. Citizens must be able to fully exercise all their rights, including the right to freedom of expression and assembly. At the same all political parties and their supporters must play their part in ensuring a climate of peace and security.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. Wide shot, Ambassador Rita Kazragienė of Lithuania walks up to the stakeout position:
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
10. Close up, reporter’s notepad
26 FEBRUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rita Kazragienė, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations:
“The members of the Security Council note that the normalization of the political, security, social and economic situation in Guinea Bissau is dependent on the return to constitutional order through interalia credible elections as well as on reforms in the defence, security and justice sectors, the promotion of the rule of law, the protection of human rights, the promotion of socio-economic development and improvements in the humanitarian situation and the fight against impunity and drug trafficking.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
12. Close up, reporter’s notepad
26 FEBRUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY
Wide shot, Ambassador Rita Kazragienė of Lithuania walks away from the stakeout position
The Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, José Manuel Ramos-Horta, told the Security Council today (26 Feb) that the election of Domingo Simões Pereira’s as president of one of Guinea Bissau’s mail political parties “offers real hope for a new generation of leaders who emerged and offer required changes for the country.”
Ramos-Horta said Pereira’s election earlier this month “has generated a very positive mood across the nation” although he still faces “a challenge to unite the party.”
The Special Representative urged all stakeholders “to play their part in insuring a meaningful election in a climate of peace and security” during the polls, to be held next month.
He said that “citizens must be able to fully exercise all their rights, including the right to freedom of expression and assembly. At the same all political parties and their supporters must play their part in ensuring a climate of peace and security.”
Outside the Council, Ambassador Rita Kazragienė of Lithuania, which holds the Council presidency this month, said that “the normalization of the political, security, social and economic situation in Guinea Bissau is dependent on the return to constitutional order” through credible elections.”
Reading a Security Council press statement, she called for “reforms in the defence, security and justice sectors, the promotion of the rule of law, the protection of human rights, the promotion of socio-economic development and improvements in the humanitarian situation and the fight against impunity and drug trafficking.”
The Council statement also noted that the conclusion of the voter registration process is a significant step towards the holding of presidential and legislative elections, and welcomed the efforts of the authorities in charge of the transitional period for its completion, and commend the people of Guinea Bissau for their commitment to exercise their democratic right in a peaceful manner.
It encouraged all national stakeholders to maintain the momentum begun with the registration process and to work toward timely elections and to renew their commitment to ensuring a conducive environment in the final weeks before the elections.
