25 Feb 2011

UN / EQUATORIAL GUINEA – GABON WRAP

Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba and Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo meet in New York this week to discuss the border dispute between the two countries. UNTV

Posted at: February 25, 2011 6:19 pm

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STORY: UN / EQUATORIAL GUINEA – GABON WRAP 
TRT: 2.14
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 25 FEBRUARY 2011, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1.	Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters

25 FEBRUARY 2011, NEW YORK CITY

2.	Pan left, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea enter the room an pose for photo-op
3.	Pan left, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon enter the room an pose for photo-op
4.	Med shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes President Ali Bongo Ondimba to High-Level Meeting
5.	Close up, President Ali Bongo Ondimba
6.	Med shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to High-Level Meeting
7.	Med shot, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo sitting down
8.	Med shot, Secretary-General
9.	Pan left, dais
10.	Tracking shot, President Ali Bongo Ondimba and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo embrace
11.	Wide shot, Security Council
12.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"The two leaders have come together at the United Nations in an effort to resolve the long-standing border dispute between the two countries. I am pleased to report that the two leaders have reiterated their commitment to submit the dispute to the International Court of Justice and to make every effort to conclude the mediation as soon as possible. I want to underscore that they will have the full support of the United Nations as they work together to find a solution. This is an important demonstration of statesmanship on both sides."
13.	Wide shot, Security Council

STORYLINE:

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon met today (25 February) with Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba and his Equatorial Guinean counterpart Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to hold a discussion on the ongoing UN-led mediation on the border dispute between the two countries.

The High-Level Meeting constitutes a significant step towards the goal of bringing the issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well as towards improving the overall relations between the two countries.

It was the first time that the two presidents meet specifically on this issue.

At a Security Council meeting later in the afternoon, the Secretary-General praised the two leaders and said that "they will have the full support of the United Nations as they work together to find a solution" to this issue.

The two countries have long been at odds over the sovereignty of the potentially oil rich Mbanie island, a small rocky outcrop north of the Gabonese Capital Libreville.