UN / BARAK

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Israeli's Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Barak to discuss the Middle East peace process, progress on access for reconstruction materials into Gaza, Lebanon and the Iranian nuclear issue. UNTV / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:01
• Production Date: 28 April 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST
• MAMS Id: U100428c

Description

STORY: UN / BARAK
TRT: 1:01
SOURCE: UNTV / UNDP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 28 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

UNTV - 28 APRIL 2010, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
2. Various shots, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meeting with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Barak

FILE – UNDP - 9 FEBRUARY 2009, NORTHERN GAZA

3. Traveling shot, destruction in Northern Gaza
4. Wide shot, UNRWA tents and staff carrying supplies
5. Various shots, people carrying supplies
6. Various shots, temporary living facilities

Storyline

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today (28 April) with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Ehud Barak.

They discussed the prospects for progress on the Middle East peace process. Ban expressed his hope that proximity talks between the parties would begin shortly.

He also appealed for further progress on access for reconstruction materials into Gaza.

Ban and Barak reviewed matters of mutual interest regarding the stability of the region, including Lebanon. Lastly, they exchanged views on the Iranian nuclear issue.

Last week, at a press conference at UN headquarters, the top UN official in Gaza, John Ging, told reporters that the recent easing of some Israeli restrictions on the entry of goods into the territory is welcome but infinitesimal when compared to the needs of the 1.5 million Palestinians living there.

Ban visited Gaza earlier this year and noted that that Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, instituted for what it called security reasons after Hamas took over power there in 2007, causes unacceptable suffering of human beings with half of the area’s population, which is under the age of 18, suffering the most.