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STORY: UN / UKRAINE 1
TRT: 2.48
SOURCE: UNIFEED - UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 22 AUGUST 2014, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
22 AUGUST 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Russian ambassador seating on the table
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“It became clear to our people on the ground yesterday and this morning that the Ukrainians keep procrastinating because their border guards who were on the spot and who were supposed to give the green light to the convoy, kept saying that they had no orders to allow the entry of that humanitarian convoy into the Ukrainian territory. In a situation when there was and continues to be a pressing need for human assistance, and some of the goods which I described as perishable goods, particularly the food for children, a decision was taken and we told the ICRC and the Ukrainians, I think on the 20th, that we cannot wait much longer, so that if they keep procrastinating we will start moving. So the convoy departed. And, again, as I say, according to media reports, the first trucks already reached the city of Lugansk.”
5. Wide shot, Press Briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Besheer, UN Foreign Correspondent, Voice of America:
“Ambassador, what do you say to the critics who say that this aid convoy is really an effort to resupply their pro-Russian separatist rebels?
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“With baby food. With baby food.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Besheer, UN Foreign Correspondent, Voice of America
“Rebels have babies too, Ambassador.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“Not only, you are from the Voice of America, are you? No, no, it is not to make, but, please, wait for me to say the next thing. The United States do not have monopoly to humanism, we are all human. So, if you are trying to question our humanism, I would resent that.”
10. Wide shot, journalists
11. Wide shot, Ukrainian Ambassador walking in
12. Wide shot, Press Briefing room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Oleksandr Pavlichenko, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine:
“Today Russia has began transportation of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, ignoring establishing international rules, procedures and agreements without the consent and escort of International Committee of the Red Cross, as it was agreed preliminary.”
14. Wide shot, Press Briefing room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Oleksandr Pavlichenko, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine:
“We take it as a blatant violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine international law.”
14. Med shot, journalists
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Oleksandr Pavlichenko, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine:
“We, as a government, can provide security and safety to the cargo when it is moving in the territory controlled by the central government and we cannot provide full security to the convoy in the territory controlled by terrorists.”
16. Wide shot, Ukrainian Ambassador walking out
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin today (22 August) confirmed that the first trucks from the Russian humanitarian convoy had reached the city of Lugansk.
Churkin told reporters in New York that it had “became clear” that Ukrainians were “procrastinating” and border “kept saying that they had no orders to allow the entry of that humanitarian convoy into the Ukrainian territory.”
He said that given the “pressing need for human assistance” and the fact that some of the goods were perishable, “a decision was taken” and “the convoy departed.”
In an exchange with Voice of America correspondent Margaret Besheer who asked whether “this aid convoy is really an effort to resupply their pro-Russian separatist rebels,” Churkin, said “the United States do not have monopoly to humanism, we are all human. So, if you are trying to question our humanism, I would resent that.”
Immediately after the Russian Ambassador’s press briefing, Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Pavlichenko also spoke to reporters.
Pavlichenko said “today Russia has began transportation of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, ignoring establishing international rules, procedures and agreements without the consent and escort of International Committee of the Red Cross, as it was agreed preliminary.”
He said these actions constituted “a blatant violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine international law.”
The Ukrainian Ambassador said “we, as a government, can provide security and safety to the cargo when it is moving in the territory controlled by the central government and we cannot provide full security to the convoy in the territory controlled by terrorists.”
In a written statement, Secretary-General expressed “deep concern” at the reports of the Russian aid convoy crossing the border into Ukraine without the permission of the Ukrainian authorities.
The statement said that “while recognising the deteriorating humanitarian situation, any unilateral action has the potential of exacerbating an already dangerous situation in eastern Ukraine.”
The Secretary-General urged all sides, “in particular Ukraine and the Russian Federation, to continue to work together, in coordination with the international community, to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches the most affected areas.
