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DATELINE: 09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Security Council vote
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“This is not related to the merits of the sanctions themselves. The Council has reached consensus repeatedly in upholding UN sanctions as an effective foreign policy to constrain bad actors, terrorists, and human rights abusers. Our goal is always to stop terrorists and human rights abusers by using a legitimate tool to maintain peace and security, but still allow lifesaving humanitarian efforts to continue for those in need.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ireland:
“This is a landmark resolution. As co-penholder with the United States, we took time over its negotiation. We are conscious that its effect on the UN sanctions landscape will be significant. With this resolution, we diminish the unintended consequences of sanctions without diminishing UN sanctions themselves.”
7. Wide shot, Russian Ambassador at the dais
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna M. Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russia:
“The area covered by this resolution is fairly limited. The resolution of course does not resolve many of the issues that exist when it comes to Security Council sanctions. But if it can help the humanitarians in in certain countries to be more effective in providing assistance to the most vulnerable people, that already in itself even worthwhile result.”
9. Wide shot, Council
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
10. Close up, camera
09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“I would say all of the humanitarian situations that were engaged, in Afghanistan, looking at the situation in Syria, looking at the situation in Burma, every single place where we're working and providing support to humanitarian workers will benefit.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
12. Close up, camera
09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“We've always provided mechanisms for getting humanitarian assistance into DPRK. The impediment to humanitarian assistance there is the DPRK government itself, not the sanctions regime”
14. Pan right, Thomas-Greenfield and Mythen walk away
The Security Council today (9 Dec) adopted a “landmark” resolution establishing a humanitarian exemption to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes.
The resolution, co-sponsored by Ireland and the United States, received 14 votes in favour, with one abstention.
Speaking before the vote, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the resolution “is not related to the merits of the sanctions themselves, adding “our goal is always to stop terrorists and human rights abusers by using a legitimate tool to maintain peace and security, but still allow lifesaving humanitarian efforts to continue for those in need.”
After the vote, Ireland’s Ambassador Fergal Mythen said, “we are conscious that its effect on the UN sanctions landscape will be significant. With this resolution, we diminish the unintended consequences of sanctions without diminishing UN sanctions themselves.”
For her part, Russian Ambassador Anna M. Evstigneeva said, “the area covered by this resolution is fairly limited. The resolution of course does not resolve many of the issues that exist when it comes to Security Council sanctions. But if it can help the humanitarians in in certain countries to be more effective in providing assistance to the most vulnerable people, that already in itself even worthwhile result.”
Talking to reporters outside the Council, Thomas-Greenfield said, “all of the humanitarian situations that were engaged, in Afghanistan, looking at the situation in Syria, looking at the situation in Burma, every single place where we're working and providing support to humanitarian workers will benefit.”
Asked about the situation regarding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), she said “we've always provided mechanisms for getting humanitarian assistance into DPRK. The impediment to humanitarian assistance there is the DPRK government itself, not the sanctions regime”
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