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STORY: UN / SYRIA DE MISTURA
TRT: 2:20
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 22 MAY 2017, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
22 MAY 2017, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council meeting
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria:
“There are of course major gaps still, I am not denying it, between the parties. But we had also seen a deepening of the process across the baskets and a greater understanding of what is required if the parties are to succeed in negotiating a framework for a transitional political agreement that safeguards sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and independence of Syria based on the Geneva Communique and on resolution 2254, adopted by all of you.”
5. Cutaway, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria:
“Despite the nationwide ceasefire which was announced last December, and the de-escalation zones that now have being created to deepen the effort, we have received reports of on-going hostilities and even bombardment, between the government and armed opposition groups, in a few areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus.”
7. Cutaway, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria:
“While we have registered that the government of Syria has made some significant advances against Daesh, we also note with great concern the continued activities of Security Council’s listed terrorist groups. We condemn in particular the ISIL attack on civilians in rural Salamiya last week on a very important and small community which has been there for hundreds and hundreds of years.”
9. Cuataway, meeting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria:
“We urge the parties, the Astana guarantors, and those who have influence on the parties, to take immediate steps to ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to the more than 4.5 million people in need in areas hard-to-reach and besieged.”
11. Wide shot, meeting
Briefing the Security Council via videolink from Geneva today, the UN Envoy for Syria urged “the parties, the Astana guarantors, and those who have influence on the parties” to assure access to “more than 4.5 million people in need in areas hard-to-reach and besieged.”
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura briefed the Security Council members after conclusion of the sixt round of the Intra-Syrian talks between the Syrian government representatives and the representatives of the opposition parties.
De Mistura said “there are of course major gaps still” and added that “we had also seen a deepening of the process across the baskets and a greater understanding of what is required if the parties are to succeed in negotiating a framework for a transitional political agreement.”
The Intra-Syrian talks a focused on four “baskets” - political transition, free and fair elections, a new constitution and counter-terrorism measures.
On the current security situation in Syria, the Special Envoy reported that “despite the nationwide ceasefire which was announced last December, and the de-escalation zones that now have being created to deepen the effort, we have received reports of on-going hostilities and even bombardment, between the government and armed opposition groups, in a few areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus.”
De Mistura cited Syrian government’s “significant advances against Daesh” but also expressed a “great concern” about activities of designated terrorist groups in Syria.
He condemned “in particular the ISIL attack on civilians in rural Salamiya last week on a very important and small community which has been there for hundreds and hundreds of years.”
The UN Special Envoy urged “the parties, the Astana guarantors, and those who have influence on the parties, to take immediate steps to ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to the more than 4.5 million people in need in areas hard-to-reach and besieged.”
Next, seventh round of Intra-Syrian talks are scheduled to take place in Swiss city sometime in June this year.
