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DATELINE: 19 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
19 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade, Malta / Chairperson-in-Office, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):
“We must and will keep Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, at the top of the agenda.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade, Malta / Chairperson-in-Office, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):
“As States and societies, we are confronted with an era of profound uncertainty. For more than two years, we are witnessing, once again, a devastating conflict on European soil. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine not only reverberates through the dark corridors of history but also serves as a stark reminder of the trials our multilateral system currently faces.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade, Malta / Chairperson-in-Office, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):
“The OSCE must remain anchored in the principles and commitments to which all 57 participating States have agreed to 50 years ago - not as an end in itself, but as a means to an end. And that end is to restore peace and security in our region.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade, Malta / Chairperson-in-Office, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):
“I take this opportunity to reaffirm the unwavering commitment of the Maltese Chairpersonship towards facilitating every effort aimed at securing the release of Vadym Golda, Maxim Petrov, Dmytro Shabanov - the three OSCE Special Monitoring Mission officials who are currently being illegally detained.”
10. Med shot, delegates
Ian Borg, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said, “We must and will keep Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, at the top of the agenda.”
Addressing the Security Council today (19 Apr), Borg said, “As States and societies, we are confronted with an era of profound uncertainty. For more than two years, we are witnessing, once again, a devastating conflict on European soil. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine not only reverberates through the dark corridors of history but also serves as a stark reminder of the trials our multilateral system currently faces.”
He continued, “The OSCE must remain anchored in the principles and commitments to which all 57 participating States have agreed to 50 years ago - not as an end in itself, but as a means to an end. And that end is to restore peace and security in our region.”
He also reaffirmed “the unwavering commitment of the Maltese Chairpersonship towards facilitating every effort aimed at securing the release of Vadym Golda, Maxim Petrov, Dmytro Shabanov - the three OSCE Special Monitoring Mission officials who are currently being illegally detained.”
