UN / GENOCIDE INTERNATIONAL DAY

Marking the first observance to commemorate all victims of genocide, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said he was “extremely worried by the outpouring of hostility, xenophobia and intolerance in recent weeks.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:59
• Production Date: 9 December 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ADAMA DIENG
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; GENOCIDE; GENOCIDE PREVENTION
• Geographic Subject: EUROPE; IRAQ; UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: 1527567
• Parent Id: 1527567
• Alternate Title: unifeed151209g

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STORY: UN / GENOCIDE INTERNATIONAL DAY
TRT: 2:59
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 09 NOVEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY - FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Exterior, United Nations Headquarters

09 DECEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, conference room
3. UPSOUND (English) Morgens Lykketoft, President of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly:
“I now ask that you join me in observing a minute of silence in honour of all of those around the world who have perished through the crime of genocide.”
4. Wide shot, delegates rising for a minute of silence
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide:
“I am extremely worried by the outpouring of hostility, xenophobia and intolerance in recent weeks – and in recent months – in response to the flight of refugees and migrants to Europe – and in response to terrorist attacks by violent extremists. Here in the United States even we have witnessed this type of discourse. This manipulation of people’s concerns for political gain is sickening – and as we know from the past, it is also dangerous.”
6. Wide shot, conference room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide:
“During my recent visit to Iraq in November, I spent time with members of the Yezidi community and other minority groups. I was deeply moved by the stories they shared of the horrors they have been through –killings, rape, torture, forced displacement and the destruction of their communities - simply because of the beliefs that they hold, simply because of who they are. It is difficult to grasp that human beings can be so cruel, and in such a deliberate way.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide:
“This day call to action. Memory as a step towards action. Let us not continue to repeat the mistakes of the past. Let us act now to stop genocide from being part of our present and our future.”
10. Wide shot, UN Symphony Orchestra of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNSRC) performing Einekleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

Storyline

Marking the first observance to commemorate all victims of genocide, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said he was “extremely worried by the outpouring of hostility, xenophobia and intolerance in recent weeks.”

Speaking today (09 Dec) at the event in New York, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng added that this outpouring is in response to the flight of refugees and migrants in Europe and in response to terrorist attacks by violent extremists. He said, “Here in the United States even we have witnessed this type of discourse. This manipulation of people’s concerns for political gain is sickening – and as we know from the past, it is also dangerous.”

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime was established in September 2015 by the General Assembly following a recommendation by the Human Rights Council.

Mogens Lykketoft, President of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly asked delegates to join him in observing a minute of silence “in honour of all of those around the world who have perished through the crime of genocide.”

Adama Dieng visited Iraq in November 2015 and spent time with members of the Yezidi community and other minority groups. He said, “I was deeply moved by the stories they shared of the horrors they have been through –killings, rape, torture, forced displacement and the destruction of their communities - simply because of the beliefs that they hold, simply because of who they are. It is difficult to grasp that human beings can be so cruel, and in such a deliberate way.”

Dieng stressed, “This day call to action. Memory as a step towards action. Let us not continue to repeat the mistakes of the past. Let us act now to stop genocide from being part of our present and our future.”

The UN Symphony Orchestra of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council (UNSRC) performed Einekleine Nachtmusik by Mozart at the closing of the event.

Today also marks 67 years since the adoption in 1948 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was the first international human rights treaty.