UN / SECURITY COUNCIL YEMEN

The UN Security Council expressed its “deep concern on the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen” and urged the warring parties “to resume a meaningful sustainable ceasefire.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:01
• Production Date: 5 January 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ELBIO ROSSELLI
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 1542883
• Parent Id: 1542883
• Alternate Title: unifeed160105d

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STORY: UN / SECURITY COUNCIL YEMEN
TRT: 02:01
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

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1. Wide shot, exterior of the UN Headquarters

05 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Zoom in, Rosselli coming to stakeout
3. Cutaway, camera
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Elbio Rosselli, President of the UN Security Council and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations:
“The members of the Council have urged parties to resume a meaningful sustainable ceasefire that would be respected by all sides. That’s an element that for the members of the Council is of fundamental importance.”
5. Wide shot, Rosselli at the podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Elbio Rosselli, President of the UN Security Council and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations:
“We call on the parties to engage without preconditions and in good fate, including resolving their differences through dialogue and consultations, rejecting acts of violence to achieve political goals and refraining from provocation and all unilateral actions that undermine political transition.”
7. Wide shot, podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Elbio Rosselli, President of the UN Security Council and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations:
“We express a deep concern on the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen which continues to worsen. And we urge all parties to fulfil their commitment to facilitate a delivery of commercial goods, humanitarian assistance, and fuel for civilian purposes in all parts of Yemen and especially in Taiz, as well as urgent measures to further ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access.”
9. Wide shot, podium
10. Zoom out, Rosselli leaving

Storyline

The UN Security Council expressed its “deep concern on the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen” and urged the warring parties “to resume a meaningful sustainable ceasefire.”

Speaking to reporters after a closed meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Yemen and other matters, the Council’s President Elbio Rosselli of Uruguay said “a meaningful sustainable ceasefire that would be respected by all sides” is of “fundamental importance” to the members of the Council.

The UN has been trying to broker an end to the fighting but these efforts have been stymied by violations of the ceasefire required to get the process under way. In December UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed adjourned peace talks until mid-January to allow for bi-lateral in-country and regional consultations to achieve a ceasefire.

Rosselli said “We call on the parties to engage without preconditions and in good fate, including resolving their differences through dialogue and consultations, rejecting acts of violence to achieve political goals and refraining from provocation and all unilateral actions that undermine political transition.”

The Security Council also called on all parties “to facilitate a delivery of commercial goods, humanitarian assistance, and fuel for civilian purposes in all parts of Yemen and especially in Taiz, as well as urgent measures to further ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access.”