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STORY: GA / TURKEY ERDOGAN
TRT: 02:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: TURKISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY
19 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
2. Pan right, Erdogan entering General Assembly Hall
3. Wide shot, Erdogan at podium
4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President, Turkey:
“The efforts by PYD-YPG to change the demographic structure in regions it has captured, to seize the property of the people, to kill or exile the ones who stand against it, form a crime against humanity. If the fight against Da’esh is not conducted on a legitimate basis, it would be unavoidable for the world to come under the threat of new Da’esh like entities.”
5. Med shot, Turkish delegation
6. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President, Turkey:
“Steps such as demands for independence that can cause new crises and conflicts in the region must be avoided. We hereby call on the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government to abort the initiative they have launched in that direction. Ignoring the clear and determined stance of Turkey on this matter may lead to a process that shall deprive the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government even the opportunities they currently enjoy.”
7. Wide shot, Erdogan at podium
8. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President, Turkey:
“As it is the case in Syria, the international community has not given a good account of itself regarding the humanitarian plight which Rohingya Muslims have been exposed to. If this tragedy in Myanmar is not stopped, the history of humanity will face the embarrassment of another dark stain.”
9. Close up, Erdogan addressing General Assembly
10. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President, Turkey:
“It is imperative that we transform the United Nations into a different body because the world is changing. The world has changed. It is not the same world when the world was established after the second world war. We believe we should be talking about a UN which is administered by representatives from the entire world and as such it will be the embodiment of humanity’s common conscience.”
11. Wide shot, Turkish first lady clapping
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government to abort its planned referendum for independence adding that such steps could cause “new crises and conflicts in the region.”
Speaking at the UN General Assembly’s General Debate today (19 Sep), Erdoğan stressed that ignoring the “clear and determined stance of Turkey on this matter may lead to a process that shall deprive the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government even the opportunities they currently enjoy” and said all regional actors should be working on building peace and security rather than sparking new conflicts.
The Turkish President said most groups claiming to fight against Da’esh in the region are only using it as pretext to realize their own agendas. He said efforts by PYD-YPG to “change the demographic structure in regions it has captured, to seize the property of the people, to kill or exile the ones who stand against it, form a crime against humanity.” He affirmed that if the fight against Da’esh is not conducted on a legitimate basis, “it would be unavoidable for the world to come under the threat of new Da’esh like entities.”
Erdoğan said the Muslim community in the Rakhine region of Myanmar is being subjected to almost an ethnic cleansing. He asserted that the international community has not given “a good account of itself regarding the humanitarian plight which Rohingya Muslims have been exposed to.” He said, “If this tragedy in Myanmar is not stopped, the history of humanity will face the embarrassment of another dark stain.”
Erdoğan also called for reform in the Security Council and proposed that the Council consist of 20 members with the same rights and competencies to serve for two years, half of which are replaced every year. He said it is imperative to transform the United Nations as the world is changing adding that the UN should be administered by representatives from the entire world and as such it will be the embodiment of humanity’s common conscience.”
