13 Jul 2011

UN / SOUTH SUDAN 1

The Security Council today recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of South Sudan be admitted to membership in the United Nations, bringing the new nation one step closer to becoming the world body’s 193rd member. UNTV / FILE

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STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN 1
SOURCE: UNTV/ UNMISS
TRT: 3.14
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 13 JULY 2011, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1.Wide shot, exterior UN building

13 JULY 2011, NEW YORK CITY

2.Wide shot, Security Council
3.Med shot, delegates
4.SOUNDBITE (English) Guido Westerwelle, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany:
"The Security Council has decided to recommend to the General Assembly that the Republic of South Sudan be admitted as a member of the United Nations. On behalf of the members of the Security Council, I wish to extend our congratulations to the Republic of South Sudan on this historic occasion. The Council notes with great satisfaction the Republic of South Sudan's solemn commitment to uphold the purposes and principles of the charter of the United Nations and to fulfil all the obligations contained therein."
5.Med shot, delegates
6.SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
"Like any newborn, South Sudan needs help. Our responsibilities are enormous and the role of the UN is vital but it is complicated. We have a mission in Darfur; our mission in Sudan must now be liquidated; Ethiopian peacekeepers have deployed in Abyei; the situation in Southern Kordofan is deeply troubling. Resolving these tensions is absolutely vital. A viable South will need a viable North and vice versa. Together South and North must face their common future as partners, not rivals."
7.Med shot, delegates
8.SOUNDBITE (English) Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations:
"We remain deeply concerned about the situation in Southern Kordofan, where ongoing reports of fighting indicate that civilian lives continue to be at risk. The African Union High Level Implementation Panel and UNMIS have urged both parties to agree and implement an immediate cessation of hostilities. However, despite a 28 June framework agreement laying out the broader path to eventual political and security arrangements, the hostilities have continued and humanitarian access has been extremely limited."
9.Med shot, delegates
10.SOUNDBITE (English) Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon, Vice-president of the Republic of South Sudan:
"It is our deepest and most sincere wish to resolve all outstanding matters between North and South swiftly and peacefully. We remain committed to working out our differences through dialogue and in a spirit of cooperation and welcome the support of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel in this regard."
11.Wide shot, Security Council
12.Zoom in, Ban and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle congratulating the South Sudanese delegation

FILE - UNMISS - 9 JULY 2011, SOUTH SUDAN

13.Pan left, crowds during celebrations looking at soldiers marching by
14.Med shot, soldiers march by
15.Med shot, Salva Kiir and Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir at podium with US Ambassador Susan Rice and former US Secretary of State Collin Powell standing behind
16.Med shot, soldiers marching by
17.Wide shot, march
18.Med shot, crowd of people looking at march
19.Wide shot, helicopters fly by holding the new South Sudan flag
20.Wide shot, crowd cheering

STORYLINE:

The Security Council today (13 July) recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of South Sudan be admitted to membership in the United Nations, bringing the new nation one step closer to becoming the world body's 193rd member.

The Council's decision was contained in a resolution that it adopted without a vote, on the recommendation of its Committee on the Admission of New Members, which reviewed the application for membership submitted by the President of South Sudan.

In a statement read out by Guido Westerwelle, Foreign Minister of Germany, which holds the Council's rotating presidency this month, the 15-member body noted "with great satisfaction" South Sudan's solemn commitment to uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and to fulfil all the obligations contained therein.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the meeting, saying that "like any newborn," South Sudan, which on the day of its birth ranked at the bottom of almost all human development indicators, needs help.

He said the international community's responsibilities are "enormous and the role of the UN is vital, but it is complicated".

Noting the ongoing mission in Darfur; the end of the UN mission in Sudan (UNMIS); the deployment of Ethiopian peacekeepers in Abyei; and the "deeply troubling" situation in Southern Kordofan, he stressed that "a viable South will need a viable North and vice versa" and added that "together South and North must face their common future as partners, not rivals."

The Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy, expressed deep concern about the situation in Southern Kordofan, "where ongoing reports of fighting indicate that civilian lives continue to be at risk."

He pointed out that "despite a 28 June framework agreement laying out the broader path to eventual political and security arrangements, the hostilities have continued and humanitarian access has been extremely limited."

For his part, South Sudanese Vice-president Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon told the Council that it is the new Government's "deepest and most sincere wish to resolve all outstanding matters between North and South swiftly and peacefully" and said that it remains committed to working out differences "through dialogue and in a spirit of cooperation"

It will now be for the Assembly to act on the Council's recommendation, which comes just days after South Sudan officially broke away from the rest of Sudan on 9 July.

South Sudan's independence is the result of the January 2011 referendum held under the terms of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the decades-long civil war between the North and the South.