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STORY: UN / SYRIA WAR CRIMES
TRT: 02:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENLGISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 MAY 2016
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ
12 MAY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Ambassadors approaching the stakeout
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
3. Close up, reporter writing
12 MAY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Amr Aboulatta, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Egypt:
“The members of the Security Council expressed outrage at all recent attacks in Syria directed against civilians and civilian objects, including medical facilities, as well as all indiscriminate attacks, and stressed that these actions may among to war crimes.”
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
5. Close up, reporter writing
12 MAY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Amr Aboulatta, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Egypt:
“The members of the Security Council reaffirmed the primary responsibility of the Syrian government to protect its population in Syria and reiterated that parties to the armed conflict bare the primary responsibility to take all feasible steps to ensure the protection of civilians.”
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
7. Close up, reporter typing
12 MAY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerard van Bohemen, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New Zealand:
“The statement says they may constitute war crimes, we don’t have enough information about the facts as to whether they do. There are individual positions on these issues needing to be investigated, but there has been no discussion about setting up an international mechanism.”
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
9. Close up, reporter writing
12 MAY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
10. UPSOUND (Enlish) Reporter:
“ISIS, or Assad, or Russia; they are all killing each other. The civilians die every day, tons of them. So what’s the reaction right now, (what are) we going to do to stop that blood?”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Amr Aboulatta, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Egypt:
“I guess that the situation in Syria is really complicated. We are doing our utmost in the Security Council. You know that lots of hands are playing in this country, but we have to really stand firm against any breach of this cessation of hostilities. And now we are in close contact with all parties inside Syria, and trying to find a way to really secure the situation. That’s, what can I tell you, for now.”
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
12. Close up, reporter writing
12 MAY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerard van Bohemen, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New Zealand:
“The Council’s position is that terrorists are terrorists designated by the Security Council, so that’s Al-Qaeda Da’esh (ISIL) and Al-Nusra. And those are the people designated as terrorists.
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
14. Close up, reporter typing
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15. Zoom out, stakeout
The United Nations (UN) Security Council expressed its outrage at all recent attacks on civilians and medical facilities in Syria and “stressed that these actions may amount to war crimes.”
In a press statement read by Security Council President Amr Aboulatta today (12 MAY), the members of the Council condemned increased terrorist attacks carried out by ISIL, the Al-Nusra Front and other associates of Al-Qaida. They however affirmed that UN Member States must ensure that any measures taken to combat terrorism comply with all their obligations under “international human rights, international refugee and international humanitarian law.”
Asked by a reporter who said he was from Aleppo city on what could be done to stop the bloodshed, the Egyptian ambassador said the situation in Syria was complicated and “lots of hands are playing in this country”. He added, “we have to really stand firm against any breach of this cessation of hostilities.”
New Zealand ambassador Gerard van Bohemen said not enough information was available to determine whether the recent attacks were in fact war crimes. He said, “There are individual positions on these issues needing to be investigated, but there has been no discussion about setting up an international mechanism.”
Recent attacks in Aleppo city were reported on medical facilities and other civilian targets. Over 30 civilians were also killed in a reported air strike on a refugee camp in Idlib province
