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UN / VENEZUELA REAX
STORY: UN / VENEZUELA REAX
TRT: 2:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 30 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
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30 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General is following very closely and with concern the latest developments in Venezuela. The situation is unfolding as we speak. We are also – the United Nations- is reaching out to the parties. The Secretary-General urged all sides to exercise maximum restraint and he appealed all stakeholders to avoid any violence and take immediate steps to restore calm.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Contacts had been had at various levels within the United Nations. It’s not for the Secretary-General to give support to one party or another. The focus of the Secretary-General is on the well-being of the people of Venezuela and ensure that everything is done to avoid violence and the calm be restored. And again, I think the Secretary-General’s message -both privately and publicly- has been the same, which is to ensure that people understand that his good offices remain available should both sides request them.”
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN humanitarian role -as we outlined here- is one of supporting the Venezuelan people in the face of a very serious humanitarian situation in the country. We have ramped-up our presence over the last few months, both with WHO and very much also with UNICEF, which has been doing a lot of work on the ground and we are supporting the International Committee for the Red Cross, which has an agreement with the government in the distribution of aid.”
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Regarding the latest developments in Venezuela, the Secretary-General urged all sides to exercise “maximum restraint,” avoid any violence and take immediate steps to restore calm, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York on Tuesday (30 Apr).
The Secretary-General’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric also said the United Nations is reaching out to the parties, adding that “contacts had been had at various levels within the United Nations.”
Asked about the Secretary-General’s position on Venezuela, Dujarric said, “It’s not for the Secretary-General to give support to one party or another. The focus of the Secretary-General is on the well-being of the people of Venezuela and ensure that everything is done to avoid violence and the calm be restored.”
He added, ‘the Secretary-General’s message -both privately and publicly- has been the same, which is to ensure that people understand that his good offices remain available should both sides request them.”
Regarding the UN humanitarian role in Venezuela, the spokesperson said, “The UN humanitarian role -as we outlined here- is one of supporting the Venezuelan people in the face of a very serious humanitarian situation in the country.”
He added, “We have ramped-up our presence over the last few months, both with WHO and very much also with UNICEF, which has been doing a lot of work on the ground and we are supporting the International Committee for the Red Cross, which has an agreement with the government in the distribution of aid.”
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