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STORY: VIENNA / DPRK ZERBO AMANO
TRT: 1:50
SOURCE: CTBTO / IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 SEPTEMBER 2016, VIENNA, AUSTRIA / FILE
FILE – CBTBO - MAY 2014 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1. Wide shot, headquarters
2. Wide shot, flags
3. Med shot, DPRK flag
CTBTO - 09 SEPTEMBER 2016, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO):
“The first processing seems to show a larger event than what we detected in January 2016, which indicates that there was a stronger single. And if confirmed, this is again a breach to universally accepted norm against nuclear testing. And I condemn this firmly.”
CTBTO - FILE – MAY 2014 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
5. Wide shot, Analysts working in the control room
6. Close up, computer screen showing “Primary Seismic” data
CTBTO - 09 SEPTEMBER 2016, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO):
“We seem to have a larger signal than what was detected in January 2016, which indicates a bigger seismicity. And a bigger seismicity can be an event, if confirmed, that is a much bigger explosion than what happened in January 2016 and this is what we are yet to confirm.”
FILE – CBTBO - MAY 2014 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
8. Close up, control room door
9. Close up, computer screen with revolving globe showing seismic events
10. Close up, computer screen showing seismic waveform
IAEA - 09 SEPTEMBER 2016, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Today’s nuclear test by the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), if confirmed, is its second this year and the fifth since 2006. This is in clear violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions and in complete disregard of the repeated demands of the international community. It is a deeply troubling and regrettable act.”
12. Medium shot, monitor showing world map zoomed in on Asia
13. Close up, screen showing a map of Korean peninsula
14. Close up, DPRK flag
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said it detected an unusual seismic event in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) today (9 Sep) at 0030 UTC as the country announced it had conducted another nuclear test.
Media reports indicated that the DPRK announced a successful test of a nuclear warhead which it says could be mounted onto ballistic missiles. If confirmed, this would be the second nuclear test conducted by the DPRK this year and the fifth since 2006.
CTBTO chief Lassina Zerbo said primary processing of the information collected by monitoring stations indicated an event larger then that detected in January 2016 which could translate into a “much bigger explossion.” He said, “If confirmed, this is again a breach to universally accepted norm against nuclear testing and I condemn this firmly.”
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano said if the test was confirmed, it was “in clear violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions and in complete disregard of the repeated demands of the international community.” He urged the fully implement all relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the IAEA. He said his agency remained ready to contribute to the peaceful resolution of the DPRK nuclear issue by resuming its verification activities in the country “once a political agreement is reached among countries concerned.”
