UN / UKRAINE

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that the crisis in eastern Ukraine could potentially “spin out of control.” Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said the Secretary-General was “deeply concerned about continued violence in eastern Ukraine, which has led to loss of life, further instability and which is contributing to a climate of fear and anxiety.” UNIFEED - UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:00
• Production Date: 24 April 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: U140424e

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STORY: UN / UKRAINE
TRT: 1.00
SOURCE: UNIFEED – UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 APRIL 2014, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

DATELINE: 24 APRIL 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

24 APRIL 2014, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Farhan Haq at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson of the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about continued violence in eastern Ukraine, which has led to loss of life, further instability and which is contributing to a climate of fear and anxiety.”
5. Med shot, journalists
SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson of the Secretary-General:
“As the stakes are now so high, the Secretary-General is seriously concerned that the situation could quickly spin out of control with consequences we cannot predict. He stresses, in the strongest terms, the necessity for all parties to honour their commitments under the Geneva Statement. Military action must be avoided at all costs. The Secretary-General calls on all sides to immediately refrain from violence, intimidation or provocative actions and find a way forward toward de-escalation.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. Wide shot, Farhan Haq at the podium

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today (24 Apr) that the crisis in eastern Ukraine could potentially “spin out of control.”

Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said the Secretary-General was “deeply concerned about continued violence in eastern Ukraine, which has led to loss of life, further instability and which is contributing to a climate of fear and anxiety.”

The Secretary-General, Haq said, stressed that “military action must be avoided at all costs” and has called on all sides “to immediately refrain from violence, intimidation or provocative actions and find a way forward toward de-escalation.”

According to media reports, tensions in Ukraine escalated sharply today, with Russia embarking on new military drills near the border after Ukrainian forces said they killed five pro-Russian militants.

The United Nations chief stressed the necessity for all parties to honour their commitments under the Geneva Statement, which was issued last week following a meeting between the United States, the European Union, Ukraine, and Russia.

At that meeting, participants agreed to a series of steps to de-escalate tensions in eastern Ukraine that reportedly include demobilizing militias and vacating seized Government buildings.