UN / BAN KI-MOON

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demands that Israeli authorities "provide, as soon as possible, a full and detailed accounting of the events surrounding the incident, including information on the detained, wounded and killed." UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:36
• Production Date: 2 June 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST
• MAMS Id: U100602g

Description

STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON
TRT: 1:36
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 2 JUNE 2010, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

1. Med shot, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon walking to stakeout
2. Various shots, journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Israeli authorities must provide, as soon as possible, a full and detailed accounting of the events surrounding the incident, including information on the detained, wounded and killed. I am relieved to learn that most of the detainees and injured are returning home today. Everything must be done to prevent another incident of this kind. All concerned should act with a sense of care and responsibility, and in accordance with international law.”
4. Cutaway, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“At this sensitive time, it is essential to avoid provocations. The United Nations has raised its concerns about this with international partners and the Israeli authorities. This tragedy only highlights the serious underlying problem. The long-running closure imposed on the Gaza Strip is counter-productive, unsustainable and wrong. It punishes innocent civilians. It must be lifted by the Israeli authorities immediately.”
5. Cutaway, journalists
6. Pan right, Secretary-General leaving the stakeout

Storyline

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General demanded that Israeli authorities “provide, as soon as possible, a full and detailed accounting of the events surrounding the incident, including information on the detained, wounded and killed.”

Addressing the press at the UN headquarters in New York today (2 June), Ban Ki-moon said that he had discussed the incident, involving an Israeli operation to stop ships carrying supplies for Gaza, with Arab, Turkish and Israeli authorities.

On Monday (31 May) the Israeli military intercepted aid ships carrying educational, medical and construction materials, as well as hundreds of activists from different countries, to Gaza. The inception led to the deaths of several civilians and the wounding of dozens of others.

Ban warned that “at this sensitive time, it is essential to avoid provocations” and added that restricting the supply of humanitarian aid into Gaza “is counter-productive, unsustainable and wrong.”

He called on the Israeli authorities to lift any such restrictions.

Earlier today, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution deciding to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission.

Yesterday the Security Council issued a resolution in which it “condemns those acts which resulted in the loss” of the lives of civilians and calls for a “prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation” into the incident.