3 Jul 2012

GENEVA / SYRIA

The spokesperson for the joint UN/Arab League Envoy for Syria today said last Saturday’s meeting of the Action Group for Syria was ”an accomplishment”, with all parties coming together to agree on the need for a transitional governing body in Syria. (CH UNTV)

Posted at: July 3, 2012 12:18 pm

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STORY: GENEVA / SYRIA
TRT: 4.00
SOURCE: CH UNTV 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE:   3 JULY 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

SHOTLIST:

FILE – 2011, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, exterior Palais du Nations
2. Pan right, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy for Syria:
"It was quite an accomplishment that was achieved here on Saturday in the sense that Mr. Annan was able to rally the international community once again and bring to the table not only the P5 but key regions countries and organizations and get them to agree on the concept, the policy, the principle of a transitional governing body."
Cutaway, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy for Syria (on Russia and China):
They will put their full backing behind this agreement and do whatever they can do – in fact there are a couple of opposition leaders going to Moscow for meetings very soon - they will throw their weight behind the implementation of this resolution.  So don't underestimate the fact that there is agreement   in principle on a political transition."
5. Cutaway, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy for Syria:
"This is a very finely crafted diplomatic document and the solution of this crisis lies therein. We are appealing to the parties to take a deep breath and step back from the brink and look long and hard at the proposals on the table because they form a framework for a solution. A solution that can either be reached through more bloodshed, or a solution that can be reached through negotiation and through a                legitimate process that will meet the aspirations and concerns of the Syrian people."
7. Cutaway, journalists listening
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy for Syria:
You will see that they have committed to apply joint and sustained pressure on the parties in Syria, both the government and the opposition in its various forms, and as you know there's a meeting concluding in Cairo under the auspices of the League of Arab States; there's a meeting of the friends of Syria in Paris; there are meetings in the various capitals; the Joint Special Envoy is working the phones and planning his next steps.  They have also said they were opposed to any further militarization, so there are steps that countries with influence have committed to take and have started taking in terms of influencing the parties. 
9. Cutaway, journalists 
10. SOUNDBITE (English): Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy for Syria:
"Nobody said it was going to be easy.  This is an extremely complex conflict that we're dealing with and it's going to be a long bumpy road but we believe sincerely that the commitments made in Geneva in Saturday over the weekend, were genuine and if applied as promised, will have an effect on the dynamics on the ground.  And don't forget that many forces have joined hands here on Saturday, not just a shift, and as I said, don't underestimate the degree of a shift that happened here on Saturday, especially in the Russian and Chinese positions, to accept the principle of a policy change."
11. Med shot, journalists

STORYLINE

The spokesperson for the  joint UN/Arab League Envoy for Syria today said last  Saturday's  meeting of the Action Group for Syria   was   "an accomplishment", with all parties coming together to agree on the need for a transitional governing body in Syria.

Ahmad Fawzi, spokesperson for special envoy Kofi Annan, told reporters in Geneva, "…don't underestimate the degree of a shift that happened here on Saturday, especially in the Russian and Chinese positions, to accept the principle of a policy change."
    
 Fawzi said that the document from the Action Group's meeting was "a very finely crafted diplomatic document" and that it contained a framework for a solution to the crisis.

Fawzi stressed that all those present at the meeting, had agreed to exert "political and sustained pressure" on both parties to abide by the terms of the document.

But, he added, "nobody said it was going to be easy" and the process ahead would be long and "bumpy" but that significant progress had been made in efforts to bring about a policy change.