Plan to distribute Sudan relief awaits protection promises: UN

STORY: Plan to distribute Sudan relief awaits protection promises: UN DATELINE: May 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:33 LOCATION: PORT SUDAN, Sudan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot, exterior, WFP offices in Port Sudan 2. Various shots, Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths briefed by the UN team 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARTIN GRIFFITHS, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs 4. Various shots, Griffiths meeting with local governor 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARTIN GRIFFITHS, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs 6. Med shot, Griffiths and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Volker Perthes meeting with the press 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARTIN GRIFFITHS, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs 8. Various shots, Griffiths meeting with members of the Humanitarian Country Team 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARTIN GRIFFITHS, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs STORYLINE: The UN relief chief said on Wednesday his colleagues are ready to distri

With 185 killed, deadly military conflict in Sudan rages on

STORY: With 185 killed, deadly military conflict in Sudan rages on DATELINE: April 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: MILITARY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the military conflict in Khartoum STORYLINE: Clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have killed 185 people and wounded another 1,800 as of Monday, while showing no sign of abating. Volker Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, briefed the Security Council in a closed-door session on the latest situation of the conflict. "It's a very fluid situation, so it's very difficult to say where the balance is shifting to," Perthes told reporters after the meeting. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF to immediately cease hostilities and begin a dialogue to resolve the crisis. But the UN envoy to Sudan said the two sides showed no signs of being willing to negotiate. The

Tripartite mechanism says Sudan closer to settlement for political crisis

STORY: Tripartite mechanism says Sudan closer to settlement for political crisis DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting of the tripartite mechanism with Deputy Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council 2. various of the deputy chairman of the sovereign council and head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes 3. various of the deputy chairman of the sovereign council 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED BELAISH, Spokesman of the tripartite mechanism 5. various of the meeting 6. various of head of UNITAMS, Volker Perthes, and African Union Representative for Sudan and spokesman of the tripartite mechanism, Mohamed Belaish 7. various of the deputy chairman of Sudan's sovereign council, head of UNITAMS and African Union representative 8: SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMED BELAISH, Spokesman of the tripartite mechanism 9. various of representatives of the tripartite mechanism 10.

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-SUDAN-MEETING

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-SUDAN-MEETING

(220913) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volker Perthes (Front), the UN secretary-general's special representative and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, speaks at a Security Council meeting on Sudan at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 13, 2022. The top UN envoy for Sudan on Tuesday saw an opportunity to help end the political crisis in Sudan. (Cia Pak/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

Tripartite mechanism stresses need to resolve Sudan's political crisis

STORY: Tripartite mechanism stresses need to resolve Sudan's political crisis DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:38 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the meeting STORYLINE: Officials from the tripartite mechanism of the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Thursday stressed the need to resolve the political crisis in Sudan through comprehensive dialogue. The remarks were made during the mechanism's meeting in Khartoum with the Sudanese tripartite military committee for national dialogue. Volker Perthes, Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), said the meeting discussed the need to push the political dialogue process to bring Sudan out of the current crisis. For his part, Brigadier General Nabil Abdalla Ali, spokesman of the Sudanese Tripartite Military Committee for National Dialogue, said that the committee commended the efforts of the tripartite mechanism to f

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-SUDAN-MEETING

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-SUDAN-MEETING

(220524) -- UNITED NATIONS, May 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volker Perthes, the UN secretary-general's special representative and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, speaks at a Security Council meeting on Sudan at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 24, 2022. The top UN envoy for Sudan on Tuesday called on Sudanese parties to urgently find a political solution to the current crisis. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

Sudan's political actors to hold comprehensive dialogue in mid-May: envoy

STORY: Sudan's political actors to hold comprehensive dialogue in mid-May: envoy DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED EL HACEN OULD LEBATT, African Union (AU) Special Envoy to Sudan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): VOLKER PERTHES, Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) STORYLINE: A comprehensive dialogue among the Sudanese political forces is scheduled to be held from May 10 to May 12, African Union (AU) Special Envoy to Sudan Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt announced here on Wednesday. The dialogue was brokered by a tripartite mechanism of the United Nations, AU and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, an eight-country trade bloc in Eastern Africa. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED EL HACEN OULD LEBATT, African Union (AU) Special Envoy to Sudan: "We have agreed on a specific date to begin the dialogue, we have decided that this date i

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-SUDAN

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-SUDAN

(220328) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 28, 2022 shows a view of a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Sudan held at the UN headquarters in New York. The top UN envoy for Sudan Volker Perthes warned Monday that the country may risk sliding into an economic and security collapse and a worse humanitarian crisis. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-SUDAN

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-SUDAN

(220328) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volker Perthes (Front), the UN secretary-general's special representative and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), briefs the Security Council on the situation in Sudan, at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 28, 2022. The top UN envoy for Sudan warned Monday that the country may risk sliding into an economic and security collapse and a worse humanitarian crisis. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

AU, UN call on Sudanese parties to urgently resume dialogue

STORY: AU, UN call on Sudanese parties to urgently resume dialogue DATELINE: March 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED HACEN LEBATT, African Union (AU) Special Envoy to Sudan 3. various of the press conference 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): VOLKER PERTHES, Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) 5. various of the press conference STORYLINE: The African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) on Thursday warned against consequences of the ongoing political crisis in Sudan and called on political parties to urgently resume dialogue. The AU Special Envoy to Sudan Mohamed Hacen Lebatt and Head of the UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Volker Perthes on Thursday held a joint press conference in Khartoum as part of the two organizations' joint endeavors to facilitate a dialogue among the Sudanese parties. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MO