UN / US DPRK

Reading a joint statement, US Ambassador Robert Wood condemned the October 30 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launched by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:02:22
• Production Date: 5 November 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ROBERT A. WOOD
• Subject Topical: BALLISTIC MISSILES
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: 3301234
• Parent Id: 3301234
• Alternate Title: unifeed241105a

Description

STORY: UN / US DPRK
TRT: 02:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 05 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

05 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, ambassadors walking to stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Wood, Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“The United States, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, Japan, Malta, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom condemn in the strongest possible terms the DPRK’s October 30 intercontinental ballistic missile launch.”
4. Close up, camera operator, camera
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Wood, Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“This launch—in addition to the more than 100 ballistic missile launches since 2022 to date—is a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions, jeopardizes international peace and security, and threatens to undermine the global nonproliferation regime. We must not allow the sheer volume of DPRK launches to normalize its unlawful and destabilizing behavior.”
6. Close up, camera operator, camera
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Wood, Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“In response to this provocation, the United States introduced a press statement to the Council that simply recounted the details of the launch and expressed the Council’s position that it violated UN Security Council resolutions. However, two Council members refused to join a united denunciation and call to uphold the Council’s legally binding measures.”
8. Close up, camera
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Wood, Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“All Member States are obligated to implement sanctions on the DPRK, which remain in effect and are in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. We urge all Council Members to abide by their responsibility to monitor implementation of sanctions, maintain international peace and security, and uphold the global nonproliferation regime.”
10. Close up, camera
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Wood, Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“We call on the DPRK to return to negotiations, comply with its obligations under numerous UN Security Council resolutions, and abandon its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.”
12. Pan right, US ambassador leaving stakeout

Storyline

Reading a joint statement today (5 Nov), US Ambassador Robert Wood condemned the October 30 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launched by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

He said, “The United States, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, Japan, Malta, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom condemn in the strongest possible terms the DPRK’s October 30 intercontinental ballistic missile launch.”

He continued, “This launch—in addition to the more than 100 ballistic missile launches since 2022 to date—is a clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions, jeopardizes international peace and security, and threatens to undermine the global nonproliferation regime. We must not allow the sheer volume of DPRK launches to normalize its unlawful and destabilizing behavior.”

He added, “In response to this provocation, the United States introduced a press statement to the Council that simply recounted the details of the launch and expressed the Council’s position that it violated UN Security Council resolutions. However, two Council members refused to join a united denunciation and call to uphold the Council’s legally binding measures.”

He stressed, “All Member States are obligated to implement sanctions on the DPRK, which remain in effect and are in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. We urge all Council Members to abide by their responsibility to monitor implementation of sanctions, maintain international peace and security, and uphold the global nonproliferation regime.”

He concluded, “We call on the DPRK to return to negotiations, comply with its obligations under numerous UN Security Council resolutions, and abandon its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.”