GENEVA / MYANMAR RESOLUTION ADOPTION BROLL

The UN Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution calling urgently for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained in Myanmar, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint and others, and the lifting of the state of emergency. UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:53
• Production Date: 12 February 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: COUPS D'ETAT; HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: MYANMAR
• MAMS Id: 2602206
• Parent Id: 2602206
• Alternate Title: unifeed210212f

Description

STORY: GENEVA / MYANMAR RESOLUTION ADOPTION BROLL
TRT: 0:54
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 12 FEBRUARY 2021, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Exterior shot, Palais des nations
2. Wide shot, meeting room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nazhat Shameem, President of the UN Human Rights Council:
“May I take it that the draft resolution A/HRC/S29/L1 entitled ‘Human Rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar,’ as orally revised, may be adopted without a vote? It is so decided.
4. Med shot, President gavel
5. Wide shot, meeting room
6. Med shot, President wraps the virtual meeting
7. Wide shot, meeting room

Storyline

The draft resolution “Human Rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar”, tabled by the United Kingdom and the European Union, has been adopted on Friday by consensus by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The resolution calls urgently for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained in Myanmar, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint and others, and the lifting of the state of emergency.