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UN / SYRIAN REFUGEES CRISIS
STORY: UN / SYRIAN REFUGEES CRISIS
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SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
20 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, United Nations General Assembly session in progress
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Jaafari, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“Terrorism and the continued Israeli occupation of the Arab land; the military invasion of Iraq, as well as the aggression against the countries in the region – such as what happened in Libya; the foreign interference of the internal affairs of other countries; and the unilateral coercive economic measures that some like to name them ‘sanctions’.”
4. Med shot, United Nations General Assembly session in progress
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Jaafari, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“I call from this rostrum to support the efforts aimed at finding a peaceful political settlement to the Syrian crisis, on the basis of a Syrian to Syrian dialogue, led by Syrian without any foreign interference.”
6. Med shot, United Nations General Assembly session in progress
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Jaafari, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations:
“I leave you with all these facts so that you can differentiate between right and wrong, and learn that what is being said concerning the migration and refugee crisis are only fake humanitarian slogans, which are not up to the level of this crisis, on which we should all work on to find a coordinated settlement for.”
8. Wide shot, Jaafari walking away
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Naci Koru, Turkish Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“As a neighbour to Syria, Turkey is deeply affected by this tragedy. Despite all challenges, we continue to pursue an "open door" policy towards all Syrians.”
10. Med shot, United Nations General Assembly session in progress
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Naci Koru, Turkish Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“There is a lack of solidarity in the international community. This makes the Syrian crisis worse than it has to be. The world is facing what has been called the biggest humanitarian tragedy since the Second World War. We should face this responsibility and share this burden.”
12. Wide shot, Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, walking to rostrum
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
“The humanitarian response system does not have today the capacity to meet even the most basic needs of the people we are supposed to help, and unless something changes dramatically in the way we finance humanitarian response, more lives will be lost, and more desperate people will see no choice but to move on in search of safety and a minimum of human dignity.”
14. Wide shot, United Nations General Assembly session in progress
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“In the wake of terrorist attacks, I am deeply concerned about misplaced suspicions about migrants and refugees, especially those who are Muslim. We must be on guard against such distortions and discrimination, which only play into the hands of terrorists trying to sow divisions and fear.”
16. Wide shot, United Nations General Assembly session in progress
The Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations urged General Assembly Member States today (20 Nov) to differentiate between “right and wrong” and stressed that “what is being said concerning the migration and refugee crisis are only fake humanitarian slogans.”
Bashar Jaafari made the comments during the 59th plenary meeting of the GA which focused on the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean basin, and more specifically on Syrian asylum-seekers.
The Syrian official told delegates that only 20 percent of migrants arriving to Europe are Syrians and that there were a number of different reasons behind the mass exodus of people, who came not only from his country, but also from other regions affected by conflict and economic sanctions.
“Terrorism and the continued Israeli occupation of the Arab land; the military invasion of Iraq, as well as the aggression against the countries in the region – such as what happened in Libya; the foreign interference of the internal affairs of other countries; and the unilateral coercive economic measures that some like to name them ‘sanctions’,” Jaafari said during his address.
The Ambassador called for the international community not to meddle with Syrian internal affairs, saying that “I call from this rostrum to support the efforts aimed at finding a peaceful political settlement to the Syrian crisis, on the basis of a Syrian to Syrian dialogue, led by Syrian without any foreign interference.”
He also criticised Turkey, who proposed the inclusion of the agenda item on migration to the General Assembly, for singling out Syria as the main driver of the refugee crisis, and urged member states to “differentiate between right and wrong, and learn that what is being said concerning the migration and refugee crisis are only fake humanitarian slogans, which are not up to the level of this crisis, on which we should all work on to find a coordinated settlement for.”
The Turkish Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Naci Koru, told delegates that his country, despite being “deeply affected” by his neighbouring country’s “tragedy” continued to pursue “an open door policy towards all Syrians.”
Koru said there was a “lack of solidarity in the international community. This makes the Syrian crisis worse than it has to be. The world is facing what has been called the biggest humanitarian tragedy since the Second World War. We should face this responsibility and share this burden.”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, who will soon be succeeded by the Italian diplomat Filippo Grandi, said that the lack of funding was hampering efforts to adequately address the growing humanitarian crisis.
“The humanitarian response system does not have today the capacity to meet even the most basic needs of the people we are supposed to help, and unless something changes dramatically in the way we finance humanitarian response, more lives will be lost, and more desperate people will see no choice but to move on in search of safety and a minimum of human dignity,” Guterres told member states.
Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that “in the wake of terrorist attacks, I am deeply concerned about misplaced suspicions about migrants and refugees, especially those who are Muslim. We must be on guard against such distortions and discrimination, which only play into the hands of terrorists trying to sow divisions and fear.”
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