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LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
06 JUNE 2017 JUNE, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, presser
3. Wide shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile:
“When President Evo Morales spoke yesterday at the General Assembly about access to the sea, he referred to a bilateral issue between Bolivia and Chile that has been submitted to the International Court of Justice. There is nothing in this conference that has anything to do with access to the sea, even less, sovereign access. The conference is about conservation, protection of the oceans and the seas, and biodiversity as a component of our commitment, not only to preserve our wealth, but also as a component of our fight against climate change.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile:
“Bolivia speaks about Mother Earth, and we share that we must protect Mother Earth, but deforestation in Bolivia puts that nation in the top 10 countries with the most deforestation. And after the Climate Change Conference Bolivia, has not made any commitments. Chile has made them and we are complying. Therefore, we have to have credibility.”
7. Med shot, reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile:
“For years President Morales’ government has attacked and denigrated the Security Council, calling it the Insecurity Council, a dictatorship at the service of imperialistic invaders.”
9. Wide shot, cameras
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile:
“And now we have had the opportunity of seeing the President of Bolivia sitting in the Security Council which he criticized for so many years. This is a welcome change. It is a total flip-flop, but we congratulate the Bolivian President, even though what he has said through time takes away some credibility.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Heraldo Muñoz, today (6 Jun) said that when Bolivian President Evo Morales’ addressed the General Assembly on Monday, he spoke of “a bilateral issue between Bolivia and Chile” unrelated to the Ocean Conference currently taking place.
Muñoz said “there is nothing in this conference that has anything to do with access to the sea, even less, sovereign access. The conference is about conservation, protection of the oceans and the seas, and biodiversity as a component of our commitment, not only to preserve our wealth, but also as a component of our fight against climate change.”
The Chilean Foreign Minister said “Bolivia speaks about Mother Earth, and we share that we must protect Mother Earth, but deforestation in Bolivia puts that nation in the top 10 countries with the most deforestation. And after the Climate Change Conference Bolivia, has not made any commitments. Chile has made them and we are complying. Therefore, we have to have credibility.”
Speaking of Morales’ participation at today’s session of the Security Council he said “for years President Morales’ government has attacked and denigrated the Security Council, calling it the Insecurity Council, a dictatorship at the service of imperialistic invaders.”
And now, he added, “we have had the opportunity of seeing the President of Bolivia sitting in the Security Council which he criticized for so many years. This is a welcome change. It is a total flip-flop, but we congratulate the Bolivian President, even though what he has said through time takes away some credibility.”
Bolivia and Chile have a long-standing dispute over sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean.
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