BAN / UKRAINE RUSSIA

United Nations Secretary-General urged “real dialogue” between Kyiv and Moscow to peacefully resolve the current crisis. Ban Ki-moon stressed that he is seriously concerned at both the tense situation within parts of Ukraine as well as between it and Russia. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:10
• Production Date: 21 March 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: U140321b

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STORY: BAN / UKRAINE RUSSIA
TRT: 2.10
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY

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1. Wide shot, Tilt up exterior United Nations Headquarters

21 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesman Farhan Haq going to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General message to all these different meetings was very similar and very similar to the one that he delivered to Russian authorities. He expressed his very serious concern. The tense situation which is going on in some parts of the country and as well as obviously the tensions between Ukraine and Russia. He reiterated his own feelings that this crisis can only be dealt solve through peaceful diplomatic solution based on the principles of the Charter.”
4. Med shot, presser
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“His focus right now is on trying to calm the situation and push both Kyiv and Moscow –encourage Kyiv and Moscow- to have a direct dialogue to solve the crisis.”
6. Wide shot, presser
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic is in Crimea today. The Secretary-General was very pleased that he was able to make it into Crimea to assess the human rights situation on the ground.”
8. Med shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, UN Spokesperson:
“Mr. Simonovic and his team met in Simferopol today with Sergei Aksyonov, Vladimir Konstantinov and with representatives of the Ombudsperson, civil society, journalists and regional organizations.”
10. Med shot, journalists
11. Wide shot, press conference room

Storyline

United Nations Secretary-General today (21 Mar) urged “real dialogue” between Kyiv and Moscow to peacefully resolve the current crisis, during a visit to the Ukrainian capital following discussions with Russian officials yesterday.
Ban Ki-moon stressed that he is seriously concerned at both the tense situation within parts of Ukraine as well as between it and Russia.

He met today with the Ukrainian Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov, with members of the Parliament and authorities of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

Speaking to reporters via telephone from Kyiv, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said “the Secretary-General message to all these different meetings was very similar and very similar to the one that he delivered to Russian authorities.”

Dujarric added “he expressed his very serious concern about the tense situation, which is going on in some parts of the country, and as well as obviously the tensions between Ukraine and Russia. He reiterated his own feelings that this crisis can only be dealt solve through peaceful diplomatic solution based on the principles of the Charter.”

The spokesperson said that the Secretary-General’s message “focus is on trying to calm the situation and push both Kyiv and Moscow –encourage Kyiv and Moscow- to have a direct dialogue to solve the crisis.”

While in Kyiv, the Secretary-General also met with the head of the UN human rights monitoring mission that has been deployed in the country, including in the eastern and southern regions.

Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic arrived today in Crimea for a two-day visit to lay the groundwork for the monitoring mission to set up a presence in that region.

Dujarric said “the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic is in Crimea today. The Secretary-General was very pleased that he was able to make it into Crimea to assess the human rights situation on the ground.”

Asked about Simonivic’s visit in Crimea, the UN spokesperson Farhan Had added “Mr. Simonovic and his team met in Simferopol today with Sergei Aksyonov, Vladimir Konstantinov and with representatives of the Ombudsperson, civil society, journalists and regional organizations.”

Months of political unrest in Ukraine led to the removal by Parliament of President Viktor Yanukovych in February, followed by increased tensions in the country’s autonomous region of Crimea, where additional Russian military were recently deployed and a secession referendum was held this past Sunday.