UN / IRAQ PROTESTS

According to a UN spokesperson, The Special Representative for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said the UN stands by the country's side and is “ready, if called upon, to bring together all parties and move forward on a roadmap that meets the legitimate demands of the Iraqi people.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:03
• Production Date: 31 October 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: FARHAN HAQ
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR IRAQ - UNAMI
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CRISIS; PROTEST MOVEMENTS
• Geographic Subject: IRAQ
• MAMS Id: 2490257
• Parent Id: 2490257
• Alternate Title: unifeed191031a

Description

STORY: UN / IRAQ PROTESTS
TRT: 1:04
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 OCTOBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

31 OCTOBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Haq at podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said today that it has consistently called for the protection of peaceful protestors and the need to address their legitimate demands in the country. The Mission continues to condemn in the strongest terms the loss of life, the many injuries and the destruction of property. After visiting the demonstrators, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said that violence only breeds more violence. She emphasized that a public national dialogue can bring Iraqis together to draw a roadmap towards a more inclusive, stable and prosperous Iraq. She added that today, the United Nations stands by Iraq’s side and is ready, if called upon, to bring together all parties and move forward on a roadmap that meets the legitimate demands of the Iraqi people.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. Wide shot, press room

Storyline

According to a UN spokesperson, The Special Representative for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said the UN stands by the country's side and is “ready, if called upon, to bring together all parties and move forward on a roadmap that meets the legitimate demands of the Iraqi people.”

Speaking to reporters in New York today (31 Oct), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said Hennis-Plasschaert visited demonstrators and said that “violence only breeds more violence.”

In a statement the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said it has consistently called for the protection of peaceful protestors and the need to address their legitimate demands in the country. The Mission said it continues to “condemn in the strongest terms the loss of life, the many injuries and the destruction of property.”

Plasschaert emphasized that a public national dialogue could “bring Iraqis together to draw a roadmap towards a more inclusive, stable and prosperous Iraq” adding that the UN stands ready, “if called upon, to bring together all parties and move forward on a roadmap that meets the legitimate demands of the Iraqi people.”