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STORY: UN / RICE
TRT: 1.20
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 7 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
7 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Rice walks to the microphone
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“Today was truly a historic day; the signing of a follow on START treaty was a huge milestone in our efforts to move closer to the goal that the president has enunciated of a world without nuclear weapons. It was a great day for US – Russia cooperation and collaboration and that partnership is strong and we think that the developments today in Prague lay a very strong foundation and one that we aim to build on for a successful NPT Review Conference.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
4. Close up, reporter’s note pad
7 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY
5. Wide shot, Rice walks to the microphone
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“With respect to Iran, this is a process as you know; negotiations have started previously in capitals and indeed here. They are intensifying and I am not prepared to predict when they will conclude or not; we are working to get this done swiftly, within a matter of weeks, in the spring, as the president has said, and whether that’s sooner or during or after, I don’t think that necessarily needs to impact on the NPT Review Conference.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
7. Close up, reporter’s note pad
7 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY
8. Wide shot, Rice walks away from the microphone
US Ambassador Susan Rice said that the “historic" new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed today (8 April) by the leaders of Russia and the United States (US) in Prague was “a huge milestone” towards the goal of a world without nuclear weapons.
The New START Treaty pledges the US and Russia to slash their nuclear arsenals by a third.
Speaking to reporters outside the Security Council, Rice said that today was also “a great day for US - Russia cooperation and collaboration” and that the developments in Prague “lay a very strong foundation” for the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation (NPT) Review Conference.
The 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the NPT will be held in May 2010 at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York. The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
Rice said that current negotiations with Russia towards imposing Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme “are intensifying”, but added that whether the Security Council votes on those sanctions “sooner or during or after” the Conference it does not “necessarily” need to impact its outcome.
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the treaty in the Czech capital just days after Obama announced his new policy on restricting the US use of nuclear weapons as an important initiative towards a nuclear-weapon-free world.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have welcomed the new treaty
Earlier this week, Ban voiced his hope that the NPR and the new Russian-US treaty will help keep the positive momentum in the lead-up to the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Washington on 12 April, and the NPT Review Conference.
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