UN / GUTERRES SYRIA IDLIB

Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his deep concern about the escalation of the fighting in Idlib, Syria, adding that “the situation is especially dangerous given the involvement of an increased number of actors. Yet again, civilians are paying a horrific price.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:33
• Production Date: 18 June 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2410110
• Parent Id: 2410110
• Alternate Title: unifeed190618h

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STORY: UN / GUTERRES SYRIA IDLIB
TRT: 01:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 18 JUNEL 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

18 JUNE 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Zoom in, Secretary-General António Guterres walks up to podium
3. Wide shot, Secretary-General listening to questions
4. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I am deeply concerned about the escalation of the fighting in Idlib and the situation is especially dangerous given the involvement of an increased number of actors. Yet again, civilians are paying a horrific price. And let me underscore that even in the fight against terrorism there needs to be full compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law.”
5. Wide shot, Secretary-General listening to questions
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I appeal in particular to the Astana guarantors, and to the Russian Federation and Turkey especially as the signatories of the September 2018 Memorandum of Understanding on Idlib, to stabilize the situation without delay. As I have said repeatedly, there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis. It was clear at the start, and it remains clear more than eight years later that the solution must be political.”
7. Med shot, Secretary-General António Guterres leaving

Storyline

Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his deep concern about the escalation of the fighting in Idlib, Syria, adding that “the situation is especially dangerous given the involvement of an increased number of actors. Yet again, civilians are paying a horrific price.”

Speaking today (18 Jun) to reporters in New York, Guterres underscored that “even in the fight against terrorism there needs to be full compliance with international human rights and humanitarian law.”

The UN chief appealed in particular to the Astana guarantors, and to the Russian Federation and Turkey especially as the signatories of the September 2018 Memorandum of Understanding on Idlib, to stabilize the situation “without delay.”

Guterres reiterated that “there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis. It was clear at the start and it remains clear more than eight years later that the solution must be political.”