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UN / BAGHDAD ANNIVERSARY
STORY: UN / BAGHDAD ANNIVERSARY
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SOURCE: UNTV / CH UNTV / UNAMI
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 AUGUST 2013, NEW YORK CITY / 19 AUGUST 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / 19 AUGUST 2013, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
19 AUGUST 2013, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Trusteeship Council
3. Zoom in, candle lighting ceremony
4. Pan left, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“There have always been dangers in our mission for peace, but today even as we strive to improve our readiness and response, the attackers who target us have grown more sophisticated, more brazen and better armed. We have learned from our losses, we are changing the way we operate around the world.”
6. Pan left, moment of silence
7. Med shot, wreath-laying ceremony
19 AUGUST 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
8. Wide shot, World Humanitarian Day Balloon at the Palais des Nations
9. Med shot, focus pull, candles at World Humanitarian Day memorial
10. Tilt down, commemorative plaque for the victims of the 2003 Canal Hotel bombing
11. Wide shot, audience
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jamshid Gaziyev, Member of the Executive Bureau of the Staff Coordinating Council:
“Besides the tragic loss of precious lives the UN suffered another loss in Baghdad, that of innocence. UN staff who bring peace, security and aid to vulnerable people have since become vulnerable themselves, threatened targeted and killed. In the 10 years since Baghdad, 555 UN staff have been attacked in the line of duty including 200 who lost their lives.”
13. Pan right, audience
19 AUGUST 2013, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
14. Various shots, Fijian soldiers forming a guard of honour around the memorial plaque for the fallen colleagues of the Canal Hotel bombing in 2003
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:
”Despite the attack in 2003, the United Nations returned to Iraq soon afterwards. Our resolve was not shaken. Our commitment to Iraq remains strong. Since then, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has supported the Government and the people of Iraq in their efforts, which continue, to build a peaceful, stable democracy.”
16. Med shot, UN staff observe one minute of silence while the UN flag is lowered
17. Tilt up, UN staff observe one minute of silence while the UN flag is lowered
The United Nations today (19 August) honoured aid workers who have lost their lives in the line of duty, marking the tenth anniversary of the attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad, and the World Humanitarian Day inspired by that tragic event.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led a memorial ceremony and minute of silence for the 22 people killed in Iraq on 19 August 2003, as well as the 30 other UN colleagues killed in the past 10 months.
Ban said “there have always been dangers in our mission for peace, but today even as we strive to improve our readiness and response, the attackers who target us have grown more sophisticated, more brazen and better armed.”
He added that the Organization has learned from its losses, “changing the way we operate around the world.”
Earlier in the morning, Ban met with some families and friends of the UN colleagues and partners killed in Baghdad in 2003, including Special Representative Sergio Vieira de Mello, at a wreath laying ceremony in New York.
To harness the worldwide expression of goodwill, the World Humanitarian Day campaign this year launched ‘The World Needs More ___’ campaign that seeks to turn people’s words into real support for communities affected by humanitarian crises.
Events are being held in more than 50 cities around the world tomark the day. A wreath laying ceremony took place in Geneva.
Speaking at the event Jamshid Gaziyev, Member of the Executive Bureau of the Staff Coordinating Council said “besides the tragic loss of precious lives the UN suffered another loss in Baghdad, that of innocence.”
Gaziyev pointed out that “UN staff who bring peace, security and aid to vulnerable people have since become vulnerable themselves, threatened targeted and killed.”
The UN in Iraq also honoured the fallen colleagues. UN staff, Iraqi representatives and even survivors of the attack participated in the ceremony at the UN Headquarters in Baghdad.
Wrapping up a two-day visit to Iraq, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, participated in the ceremony marking the tragic anniversary of one of the most devastating attacks in the history of the United Nations.
Feltman said ”despite the attack in 2003, the United Nations returned to Iraq soon afterwards” and its resolve “was not shaken.”
He said that “Since then, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has supported the Government and the people of Iraq in their efforts, which continue, to build a peaceful, stable democracy.”
The memorial service in Baghdad included a tree planting and a minute of silence.
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