19 Jul 2012

SYRIA / MOOD

The head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) today asked the Security Council for “strong effective leadership” on the Syrian situation. UNSMIS

Posted at: July 19, 2012 12:13 pm

Duration: 01:24

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STORY: SYRIA / MOOD
TRT: 1.24
SOURCE: UNSMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 19 JULY 2012, DAMASCUS, SYRIA

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, Major General Robert Mood, Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria approaches microphone
2. Cutaway, cameramen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General Robert Mood, Head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS):
"This is now politics; this is now interests and discussions among the key nations. I am not going to speculate, I'm not going to have strong opinions of it because it would be wrong of me, but I have one strong opinion on it and it is we need strong effective leadership where the Council is united and where it moves forward with what is best to serve the Syrian people and stop the killing."
4. Cutaway, cameramen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General Robert Mood, Head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS):
"We are not going to be able to stop the violence, 300 unarmed observers cannot stop the violence, we are not going to be able to impose anything on this players, we are 300 unarmed people but once the political process starts the tool is there, its effective we have proof of its value."
6. Cutaway, cameramen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General Robert Mood, Head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS):
"The Secretary General had recommended a presence on the ground that will be mainly politically oriented to build on local satiability project as the best way to go forward. That is the current situation and that is what is most probable in the coming days and weeks."
8. Wide shot, cameramen

STORYLINE:

The head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) today asked the Security Council for "strong effective leadership" on the Syrian situation.

It is now "politics"   UNSMIS Major General Robert Mood told a press conference in Damascus, a day before (20 July) the expiration of the current mandate of his mission.

Mood said "we are not going to be able to stop the violence". He said that 300 unarmed service men were not going to be able to impose anything. He said that once the political process started, "the tool is there, it's effective we have proof of its value."

Mood said the Secretary-General had recommended a presence on the ground that would be mainly politically-oriented to build on local satiability project as the best way to go forward.

The UN estimates that more than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Syria and tens of thousands displaced since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began some 16 months ago.

The Council was also expected to make a decision on the future of UNSMIS, which recently suspended its regular patrols due to the escalating violence on the ground and whose 90-day mandate expires Friday.

The Mission was set up to monitor the cessation of violence in Syria, as well as to monitor and support the full implementation of the six-point peace plan put forward by Annan. That plan calls for an end to violence, access for humanitarian agencies to provide relief to those in need, the release of detainees, the start of inclusive political dialogue, and unrestricted access to the country for the international media.

Filed under SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC UNSMIS.