UN / PALESTINE MANSOUR

Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour condemned “in the strongest possible terms this aggression against our people” and said, “there is no justification for harming civilians." UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:14
• Production Date: 6 May 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: RIYAD MANSOUR
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; PEACE AND SECURITY; POLITICAL CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 2389372
• Parent Id: 2389372
• Alternate Title: unifeed190605c

Description

STORY: UN / PALESTINE MANSOUR
TRT: 01:14
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 06 MAY 2019, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

06 MAY 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Zoom in, Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations:
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this aggression against our people, and we are totally against harming any innocent civilians from any side regardless of their justification, because there is no justification for harming civilians."
4. Wide shot, Mansour at the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations:
"What we need, we need to address the root cause of this problem, which is the blockade and the occupation. We need to put an end to this blockade. That is a crime against humanity, and as long as this crime continues, then – you know – you’ll see episodes of confrontation.”
6. Med shot, Mansour at the podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations:
“The Security Council does not have the political will to act to implement its resolutions for the obvious reasons that we all know. That does not mean that we will stop knocking the door in the Security Council, we will.”
8. Zoom out, Mansour walks away

Storyline

Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour today (06 May) condemned “in the strongest possible terms this aggression against our people” and said, “there is no justification for harming civilians."

Speaking to reporters outside the Security Council, Mansour said, “we need to address the root cause of this problem, which is the blockade and the occupation. We need to put an end to this blockade. That is a crime against humanity, and as long as this crime continues, then – you know – you’ll see episodes of confrontation.”

The Security Council, he said, “does not have the political will to act to implement its resolutions for the obvious reasons that we all know.”

Mansour said, “that does not mean that we will stop knocking the door in the Security Council, we will.”

Over the weekend, hundreds of rockets were launched from the Occupied Palestinian Territory into southern Israel, and Israel retaliated with hundreds of airstrikes and tank fire.

According to news reports, several women, children and men on both sides have been killed and injured as a result of the violence.