UN / SOUTH SUDAN
19-Dec-2016
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Amid growing tensions and increasing despair among South Sudan’s population, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that it was “time to put the people of South Sudan, and not its leaders, at the forefront of any strategy.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / SOUTH SUDAN
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 DECEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY
TRT: 02:23
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 DECEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY
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RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
19 DECEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Reports suggest that President Salva Kiir and his loyalists are contemplating a new military offensive in the coming days against the SPLM-In Opposition. Moreover, there are clear indications that Riek Machar and other opposition groups are pursuing a military escalation. It is time to put the people of South Sudan, and not its leaders, at the forefront of any strategy.”
4. Pan left, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I reiterate my call for an arms embargo on South Sudan. Such an embargo would diminish the capacity of all sides to wage war. South Sudan faces no external threat. More weapons will only pose a greater threat to its own people.”
6. Pan left, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The ability of humanitarian partners to provide life-saving assistance, timely and effectively, is diminishing at an alarming pace. National and international organizations continue to work tirelessly to provide assistance in one of the most dangerous and challenging operating environments in the world today.”
8. Pan right, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“If a politically solution is not urgently found to stop the violence, the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan will not only grow, but will cascade way beyond anyone’s control, not least yours. There must be a cessation of violence. There is no alternative.”
10. Pan right, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Mourn Majak N. Malok, Charge' d' Affairs and Deputy Permanent Representative of the
Republic of South Sudan Mission to the United Nations:
“We disagree with the characterization of Mr. Adama Dieng, the Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide of the on-going conflict in South Sudan and according to him, what could become an outright ethnic war, perhaps, verging on genocide. Such description is a bit far-exaggerated and does not reflect the reality on the ground.”
11. Wide shot, Council
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
19 DECEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Reports suggest that President Salva Kiir and his loyalists are contemplating a new military offensive in the coming days against the SPLM-In Opposition. Moreover, there are clear indications that Riek Machar and other opposition groups are pursuing a military escalation. It is time to put the people of South Sudan, and not its leaders, at the forefront of any strategy.”
4. Pan left, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I reiterate my call for an arms embargo on South Sudan. Such an embargo would diminish the capacity of all sides to wage war. South Sudan faces no external threat. More weapons will only pose a greater threat to its own people.”
6. Pan left, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The ability of humanitarian partners to provide life-saving assistance, timely and effectively, is diminishing at an alarming pace. National and international organizations continue to work tirelessly to provide assistance in one of the most dangerous and challenging operating environments in the world today.”
8. Pan right, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“If a politically solution is not urgently found to stop the violence, the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan will not only grow, but will cascade way beyond anyone’s control, not least yours. There must be a cessation of violence. There is no alternative.”
10. Pan right, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Mourn Majak N. Malok, Charge' d' Affairs and Deputy Permanent Representative of the
Republic of South Sudan Mission to the United Nations:
“We disagree with the characterization of Mr. Adama Dieng, the Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide of the on-going conflict in South Sudan and according to him, what could become an outright ethnic war, perhaps, verging on genocide. Such description is a bit far-exaggerated and does not reflect the reality on the ground.”
11. Wide shot, Council
STORYLINE
Amid growing tensions and increasing despair among South Sudan’s population, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon TODAY (19 Dec) told the Security Council that it was “time to put the people of South Sudan, and not its leaders, at the forefront of any strategy.”
The UN chief informed the Council of reports suggesting that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his loyalists are contemplating a new military offensive in the coming days against the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)-In Opposition, as well as of reports that long-time rival Riek Machar and other opposition groups are pursuing a military escalation.
Reiterating his call for an arms embargo, the Secretary-general said such a measure “would diminish the capacity of all sides to wage war.”
He noted that South Sudan “faces no external threat” and “more weapons will only pose a greater threat to its own people.”
Also addressing the Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien said “the ability of humanitarian partners to provide life-saving assistance, timely and effectively, is diminishing at an alarming pace” in South Sudan.
O’Brien told Council members that “if a politically solution is not urgently found to stop the violence, the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan will not only grow, but will cascade way beyond anyone’s control, not least yours.”
For his part, South Sudan’s Ambassador, Joseph Mourn Majak N. Malok, contradicted theUN Special Envoy for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, who sounding the alarm at the rising ethnic tensions in the country, had warned about the impending possibility of genocide.
The Ambassador said “such description is a bit far-exaggerated and does not reflect the reality on the ground.”
The UN chief informed the Council of reports suggesting that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his loyalists are contemplating a new military offensive in the coming days against the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)-In Opposition, as well as of reports that long-time rival Riek Machar and other opposition groups are pursuing a military escalation.
Reiterating his call for an arms embargo, the Secretary-general said such a measure “would diminish the capacity of all sides to wage war.”
He noted that South Sudan “faces no external threat” and “more weapons will only pose a greater threat to its own people.”
Also addressing the Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien said “the ability of humanitarian partners to provide life-saving assistance, timely and effectively, is diminishing at an alarming pace” in South Sudan.
O’Brien told Council members that “if a politically solution is not urgently found to stop the violence, the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan will not only grow, but will cascade way beyond anyone’s control, not least yours.”
For his part, South Sudan’s Ambassador, Joseph Mourn Majak N. Malok, contradicted theUN Special Envoy for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, who sounding the alarm at the rising ethnic tensions in the country, had warned about the impending possibility of genocide.
The Ambassador said “such description is a bit far-exaggerated and does not reflect the reality on the ground.”
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