(5 Mar 2010)
1. Wide of media in FIFA news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sepp Blatter, FIFA President:
"I''m sure that there will be what we want to have, in first of all naturally we must have an event security, but we want to have an event that will give us the pleasure, the emotions, football - it''s a fiesta, the World Cup shall be a fiesta."
3. Cutaway of media
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Eaton, Interpol Security Chief:
"Yesterday and today police and security experts from most of the competing countries and Interpol and, as led by FIFA and the South African police, have discussed and reached unanimity of support, an offer of support to South Africa for the conduct of this World Cup. From our perspective this will be an interesting, a wonderful and a marvellous sporting event, of which security should play very little role."
5. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA (International Federation of Association Football), said in Zurich on Friday that he had confidence in South Africa''s security plans for the forthcoming football World Cup.
Blatter said he was "sure" that South Africa would be able to provide security for the tournament, but it was just as important have a pleasurable event with a party atmosphere.
"We want to have an event that will give us the pleasure, the emotions, football - it''s a fiesta, the World Cup shall be a fiesta," he said.
Blatter said South Africa had proved in recent sporting contests, including last year''s Confederations Cup, that it could stage the tournament successfully.
He was speaking after a two-day workshop that included World Cup organising chief Danny Jordaan, team security and police representatives from 29 of the 32 nations playing in the tournament.
Interpol security chief Christopher Eaton said the coordination has been exceptional ahead of the June 11 to July 11 tournament.
"From our perspective this will be an interesting, a wonderful and a marvellous sporting event, of which security should play very little role," Eaton said.
South Africa suffers from endemically high crime, including one of the highest murder rates in the world.

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