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STORY: UN / BORIS JOHNSON
TRT: 2:52
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 JULY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
FILE- NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
22 JULY 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Johnson approaching stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom:
“If it seems very likely that this is another terrorist incident, then I think it proves once again that we have a global phenomenon now, and a global sickness that we have to tackle both at the source in the areas where the cancer is being incubated in the Middle East but also of course around the world.”
4. Wide shot, Boris Johnson
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom:
“It is very important when we talk about Brexit and leaving the European Union that people should understand this is not Britain leaving Europe more widely understood. We are going to – and to get to your second point James – we are going to be more committed than ever before to cooperation and participation and support for other European countries whether through defence policy coordination or foreign policy or counter-terrorism which we have just been discussing or intelligence sharing in which the UK is a superpower. The UK is going to be more visible, more active, more energetic than ever before.”
6. Wide shot, Boris Johnson
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom:
“Well it would be quite wrong of me to get involved in American politics or to venture in opinion on the domestic election taking place here and it goes without saying that we, in the UK government, will work with whoever is elected; but I would draw a very very strong contrast between Brexit and any kind of isolationism. On the contrary, and that is the whole purpose of coming here and one of the messages I want to get over to you.”
8. Pan right, Secretary-General and British Foreign Secretary entering meeting room
9. Zoom in, Secretary-General and British Foreign Secretary photo-op
10. Various shots, round table meeting
The newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said “if it seems very likely” that the events in Munich were another terrorist incident, this proved that the world is facing a “global sickness that we have to tackle both at the source in the areas where the cancer is being incubated in the Middle East but also of course around the world.”
Earlier today (22 Jul) reports emerged from the German city of gunmen attacking a shopping mall killing several people. Speaking to the press following a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Johnson said dealing with the global phenomenon of terror meant dealing with the symptoms and the “process of radicalization.” Johnson said the attacks in the French city Nice and the attack with an axe on a German train showed “benign instruments turned into weapons of terror and people apparently being radicalized with appalling ease.”
Johnson reaffirmed the United Kingdom’s (UK) role on the international stage and stressed that “Brexit” did not mean “Britain leaving Europe more widely understood.” Johnson said the UK was going to be “more committed than ever before to cooperation and participation and support for other European countries.”
Asked about comparisons made in the media between him and the Republican nominee for President of the United States, Donald Trump, Johnson said it would be “quite wrong” for him to get involved in American politics. He stressed that the UK government would work with whoever was elected, however he drew a “very very strong contrast between Brexit and any kind of isolationism.”
Earlier today, Johnson met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Johnson said it was the Secretary-General’s wish that the UK play an “ever greater role through the UN and be at the forefront of world affairs” and he was glad to “reaffirm our determination” to deliver that.
