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Speaking to reporters outside the Security Council, United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “the Syrian people have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting; waiting for the UN Security Council to come to their aid. And we can’t keep them waiting." UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / US THOMAS-GREENFIELD
TRT: 02:44
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

23 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield walks up to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“The Syrian people have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting; waiting for the UN Security Council to come to their aid. And we can’t keep them waiting. As I’ve said throughout the month, the eleventh anniversary of this horrific conflict in Syria that has left so many hungry, desperate, and in need, and just cannot look like the tenth.”
4. Wide shot, Thomas-Greenfield at the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Right now, we are working on making sure that we keep the one humanitarian corridor that we have open, to keep that open. But you may have heard Secretary Blinken speech, in which he indicated that it’s not just that one. That one corridor is not enough. We need to open up the other corridors as well, because humanitarian needs in Syria are so extraordinary.”
6. Wide shot, Thomas-Greenfield at the podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“What the military is doing in Burma to the people of Burma, the violence, the attacks, the killings of children, they are appalling, and they are unacceptable. We can’t just step back and allow this to happen. We have to keep pushing forward.”
8. Wide shot, Thomas-Greenfield at the podium
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“What I learned is that when we are at the table and when we are working together, we can accomplish some things. And I am very happy we were able to get a statement out on Burma; we were able to have some very intense discussions on Ethiopia and how we might move forward in addressing the situation in the country; and I am very, very proud of our discussion on food security, bringing that to the forefront, and bringing it out in a public way, I think it was extraordinarily important.”
10. Wide shot, Thomas-Greenfield at the podium
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“There are areas where we have serious concerns. We’ve been open and we’ve been frank about those concerns. In China what is happening with the Uyghurs, for example. With Russia, in Syria, and there are many others. We know what the red lines are. We try to bridge those gaps, but we also try to find those areas where we have common ground.”
12. Wide shot, Thomas-Greenfield walks away from the podium

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Speaking to reporters outside the Security Council, United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield today (31 Mar) said, “the Syrian people have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting; waiting for the UN Security Council to come to their aid. And we can’t keep them waiting."

Thomas-Greenfield said the eleventh anniversary of the conflict in Syria “just cannot look like the tenth.”

The US Ambassador said, “right now, we are working on making sure that we keep the one humanitarian corridor that we have open, to keep that open,” and added that “one corridor is not enough. We need to open up the other corridors as well, because humanitarian needs in Syria are so extraordinary.”

Turning to the situation in Myanmar, she said, “what the military is doing in Burma to the people of Burma, the violence, the attacks, the killings of children, they are appalling, and they are unacceptable. We can’t just step back and allow this to happen. We have to keep pushing forward.”

Asked about the difficulties in reaching consensus in the Council, Thomas-Greenfield said, “when we are at the table and when we are working together, we can accomplish some things. And I am very happy we were able to get a statement out on Burma; we were able to have some very intense discussions on Ethiopia and how we might move forward in addressing the situation in the country; and I am very, very proud of our discussion on food security, bringing that to the forefront, and bringing it out in a public way, I think it was extraordinarily important.”

In particular, she said “there are areas where we have serious concerns” with China and the Russian Federation, two other permanent members of the Council.

The US Ambassador said, “we’ve been open, and we’ve been frank about those concerns. In China what is happening with the Uyghurs, for example. With Russia, in Syria, and there are many others. We know what the red lines are. We try to bridge those gaps, but we also try to find those areas where we have common ground.”

The United States held the presidency of the Security Council during the month of March.

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