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STORY: UN / SYRIA
TRT: 3.08
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT 2013, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK
1. Wide shot, exterior united Nations headquarters
17 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon sitting beside his spokesperson, Martin Nezirky
2. Wide shot, journalists and cameramen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Let us be clear: the use of chemical weapons in Syria is only the tip of the iceberg. The suffering in Syria must end. Next week, as world leaders gather here, I will make a strong appeal to Member States for action now.”
4. Cutaway, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I sincerely hope that Russia and United States demonstrate their leadership this time, particularly the countries of permanent members of the Security Council they have crucially important historical and moral political responsibility. That is what I urged the members of the Security Council, to act, yesterday.”
6. Cutaway, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“What I said to the Security Council members is that there is good agreement between the two countries which is shared in principle by all the member states. In such a case the Security Council members should take immediate actions on that, action which can be enforceable one, enforceable one.”
8. Cutaway, Ban Ki-moon and Martin Nezirky
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This is a very limited mandate. But if anybody really wants to really approve this case, then the members of they will have to give us another mandate to create another commission. But as I said it is others who really should pursue, who can pursue this issue of responsibilities.”
10. Cutaway, journalist
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“If you read this report –I believe you must have read it- there is no such determination where these rockets were fired from so I don’t have any information about that.”
12 Cutaway, journalists
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I believe that can be done. That can be done, if not the total seize fire as was done during the Sellström operation, then why…You know I think we can. With both sides who have influence on government forces and opposition forces could influence political pressure or whatever. I think that can be done. Yes.”
14. Wide shot, press conference ends
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General called Syria the "biggest peace, security and humanitarian chanllenge we face" adding that the use of chemical weapons, "was only the tip of the iceberg.”
Speaking to reporters today(17 Sept) at UN headquarters ahead of next week's General Assembly debate, Ban said that the "suffering in Syria must end” and made a "strong appeal" to Member States for "action now."
Regarding the challenges between the United States (US) and Russia over the wording of a possible Security Council resolution on Syria, Ban said that both countries should demonstrate leadership, particularly the permanent members (P5) as they have "crucially important historical and moral political responsibility.”
Responding to whether the Security Council should take action using Chapter VII, Ban said there was an agreement between Russia and the US which was shared "in principle" by all the member states, and that the Security Council should take "immediate actions on that, action which can be enforceable one, enforceable one.”
Commenting on why he didn’t have a mandate on who was responsible for the the 21 August chemical attack in Syria, Ban said it was a "very limited mandate”, adding that “it is others who really should pursue, who can pursue this issue of responsibilities.”
Asked if he could confirm if Dr. Sellström’s team found strong evidence that rockets carrying the chemical agent were fired from Syrian Government locations, Ban said there was "no such determination where these rockets were fired from."
And responding to whether he could ensure that inspectors returning to Syria, if mandated, could carry out their mission without being caught in the crossfire, Ban said he believed that could be done, “with both sides who have influence on government forces and opposition forces could influence political pressure or whatever. I think that can be done. Yes.”
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