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STORY: GA / TURKEY ERDOGAN
TRT: 4:07
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: TURKISH /NATS
DATELINE: 24 SEPTEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY
23 SEPTEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, entrance of the General Assembly building
24 SEPTEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan right, Erdogan going to stage
3. Close up, Erdogan in “presidential chair”
4. Wide shot, Erdogan going to rostrum
5. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Erdogan, President of Turkey:
“For many years, I have been saying from this rostrum that we cannot leave the fate of humanity to the discretion of a handful of countries. Today I emphasize once again that the world is bigger than five.”
6. Med shot, Erdogan at the rostrum
7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Erdogan, President of Turkey:
“The inequality between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states is alone enough to undermine global balances. It bothers us like everyone else that the weapons of mass destruction are used as leverage in every crisis, instead of their total elimination. The possession of nuclear power should either be forbidden for all or permissible for all.
8. Close up, Erdogan holding a map of Syria with proposed “safety zone”
9. Wide shot, GA Hall
10. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Erdogan, President of Turkey:
“We must do everything to prevent a possible massacre in Idlib and stop a potential wave of migration of about four million people. Despite some setbacks, the agreement we reached with Russia in So chi on this issue remains valid. Turkey has neither the patience nor the means to handle another wave of migration. For this reason, we expect all countries to support Turkey's efforts to ensure security and stability in Idlib.”
11. Cutaway, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Erdogan, President of Turkey:
“I am asking from this podium: where are the borders of the State of Israel? Is it the 1948 borders, the 1967 borders, or is there any other border? How can the Golan Heights and the West Bank settlements be seized, just like other occupied Palestinian territories, before the eyes of the world if they are not within the borders of this State?”
13. Close up, Erdogan holding maps of Israel and Palestine
14. Close up, Israeli diplomat
15. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Erdogan, President of Turkey:
“All actors of the international community, in particular the United Nations, should provide concrete support to the Palestinian people beyond mere promises. In this regard, it is very important for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to continue its activities effectively.”
16. Wide shot, Erdogan at the rostrum
17. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Recep Erdogan, President of Turkey:
“Just as the terrorist attack targeting Muslims in New Zealand is wrong, the acts of terrorism targeting Christians in Sri Lanka and Jews in the United States are equally wrong. Many are responsible for turning this disease almost into an insanity. In this regard, the populist politicians seeking for votes by provoking these tendencies as well as the communities that normalize hate speech under the pretext of freedom of expression are in the leading spots.”
18. Wide shot, GA Hall
“The possession of nuclear power should either be forbidden for all or permissible for all,” Turkish President Recep Erdogan said in his speech today at the United Nations General Debate.
“The world is bigger than five,” argued Erdogan and continued to say that “the inequality between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states is alone enough to undermine global balances.”
“It bothers us like everyone else that the weapons of mass destruction are used as leverage in every crisis, instead of their total elimination,” he added.
Erdogan was speaking at the 74th annual gathering of the United Nations General Assembly. In his speech, Turkish President elaborated his plan for establishment of a so called “peace corridor” in Syria, along its Turkish border with a depth of thirty kilometers and a length of 480 kilometers which would – according to Erdogan, enable the settlement of up to two million displaced Syrians there.
He also urged the international community “to do everything to prevent a possible massacre in Idlib and stop a potential wave of migration of about four million people” and warned that “Turkey has neither the patience nor the means to handle another wave of migration.”
“For this reason, we expect all countries to support Turkey's efforts to ensure security and stability in Idlib,” said Erdogan.
Speaking from the rostrum of the General Assembly, Erdogan said “I am asking from this podium: where are the borders of the State of Israel? Is it the 1948 borders, the 1967 borders, or is there any other border? How can the Golan Heights and the West Bank settlements be seized, just like other occupied Palestinian territories, before the eyes of the world if they are not within the borders of this State?”
He continued to say that “all actors of the international community, in particular the United Nations, should provide concrete support to the Palestinian people beyond mere promises. In this regard, it is very important for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to continue its activities effectively.”
The rise in racist, xenophobic, discriminatory and anti-Islamic tendencies are the biggest threats to global peace and security, according to the Turkish President, who said “just as the terrorist attack targeting Muslims in New Zealand is wrong, the acts of terrorism targeting Christians in Sri Lanka and Jews in the United States are equally wrong.”
In this regard, Erdogan denounced “the populist politicians seeking for votes by provoking these tendencies as well as the communities that normalize hate speech under the pretext of freedom of expression” as the main galvanizing forces “for turning this disease almost into an insanity.”
