UN / UKRAINE WEAPONS SUPPLY

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that, in the context of the war in Ukraine, “importing, transit, producing, and exporting States must act responsibly at every step along the arms and ammunition transfer chain to prevent diversion, illicit trafficking and misuse.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:02:23
• Production Date: 20 May 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: IZUMI NAKAMITSU
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS - DDA; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT; ARMS TRADE
• Geographic Subject: RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3209171
• Parent Id: 3209171
• Alternate Title: unifeed240520a

Description

STORY: UN / UKRAINE WEAPONS SUPPLY
TRT: 02:23
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

20 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Various shots, minute of silence for the death of the Iranian President
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations:
“Over the last months, the provision of military assistance and transfers of arms and ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces have continued. Much of the information from governments about their transfers of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukraine is available through open sources. These transfers have reportedly included heavy conventional weapons such as battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, combat aircraft, helicopters, large-calibre artillery systems, missile systems and uncrewed combat aerial vehicles, as well as remotely operated munitions, small arms and light weapons and their ammunition. There have also been reports of States transferring, or planning to transfer, weapons such as uncrewed aerial vehicles, ballistic missiles and ammunition to the Russian armed forces and that these weapons have been used in Ukraine. I reiterate that any transfer of weapons and ammunition must take place within the applicable international legal framework, including of course, relevant Security Council resolutions.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations:
“Importing, transit, producing, and exporting States must act responsibly at every step along the arms and ammunition transfer chain to prevent diversion, illicit trafficking and misuse. Pre-transfer risk assessments, marking and record-keeping practices, as well as tracing capabilities, are of utmost importance.”
7. Wide shot, Council

Storyline

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, today (20 May) told the Security Council that, in the context of the war in Ukraine, “importing, transit, producing, and exporting States must act responsibly at every step along the arms and ammunition transfer chain to prevent diversion, illicit trafficking and misuse.”

Following a minute of silence for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials killed in a helicopter crash, Nakamitsu said, “over the last months, the provision of military assistance and transfers of arms and ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces have continued” and have reportedly included “heavy conventional weapons such as battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, combat aircraft, helicopters, large-calibre artillery systems, missile systems and uncrewed combat aerial vehicles, as well as remotely operated munitions, small arms and light weapons and their ammunition.”

She said there have also been reports of “States transferring, or planning to transfer, weapons such as uncrewed aerial vehicles, ballistic missiles and ammunition to the Russian armed forces and that these weapons have been used in Ukraine.”

The High Representative reiterated that “any transfer of weapons and ammunition must take place within the applicable international legal framework, including of course, relevant Security Council resolutions.”

“Pre-transfer risk assessments, marking and record-keeping practices, as well as tracing capabilities,” she said, “are of utmost importance.”