UN / SYRIA SAMANTHA POWER

Commenting on the conflict in Syria, US ambassador Samantha Power told the Security Council, “while the suffering in besieged areas has been vehemently condemned around the world, the parties to the conflict just continue to block humanitarian aid from reaching those in need, and here -I stress-, particularly the Syrian regime.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:49
• Production Date: 26 January 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: SAMANTHA POWER
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1552867
• Parent Id: 1552867
• Alternate Title: unifeed160126c

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STORY: UN / SYRIA SAMANTHA POWER
TRT: 01:49
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

26 JANUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Various shots, Security Council session beginning
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“We continue to be horrified by the immeasurable human suffering caused by the country’s brutal conflict. We’ve spoken repeatedly here and elsewhere about the atrocities and inhumane conditions that the Syrian people has been forced to endure, all of the man made, and the situation just keep getting worse.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council chamber
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“While the suffering in besieged areas has been vehemently condemned around the world the parties to the conflict just continue to block humanitarian aid from reaching those in need and here, I stress, particularly the Syrian regime.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“According to the Secretary-General’s report of the 15 besieged areas, two of them are besieged by armed opposition groups, one by ISIL, and twelve of the 15 by the Assad Regime. A regime, that sits here at the United Nations as a member State.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council members
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“Out of a total of 113 inter-Agency convoy requests that the UN sent, this UN member State approved and completed only 13. That’s 13 out of 113.”
10. Med shot, Russian and Senegalese delegations
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“The Syrian regime continues to carry out air strikes like the one that hit a crowded market in [Irbeen] on December 4th, killing some 26 civilians. The regime does not act alone –as we know- it has the help of powerful supporters, including Russia.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council chamber

Storyline

In reference to the conflict in Syria, US ambassador Samantha Power told the Security Council “we continue to be horrified by the immeasurable human suffering caused by the country’s brutal conflict.”

Speaking today (26 Jan) at a Security Council’s meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Power stressed, “we’ve spoken repeatedly here and elsewhere about the atrocities and inhumane conditions that the Syrian people has been forced to endure, all of the man made, and the situation just keep getting worse.”

The US diplomat added “while the suffering in besieged areas has been vehemently condemned around the world the parties to the conflict just continue to block humanitarian aid from reaching those in need and here, I stress, particularly the Syrian regime.”

According to a Secretary-General’s report of the 15 besieged areas, two of them are besieged by armed opposition groups, she pointed out.

She said, “one by ISIL, and twelve of the 15 by the Assad Regime. A regime, that sits here at the United Nations as a member State.”

Power noted that out of a total of 113 inter-Agency convoy requests that the UN sent, “this UN member State approved and completed only 13. That’s 13 out of 113.”

She underlined that the ‘Syrian regime” continues to carry out air strike, adding in “like the one that hit a crowded market in [Irbeen] on December 4th, killing some 26 civilians. The regime does not act alone –as we know- it has the help of powerful supporters, including Russia.”