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STORY: UN / DPRK
TRT: 1:39
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
05 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Ambassadors walking to the podium
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations:
“Belgium, Estonia, French, Germany and the United Kingdom are deeply concerned by the testing of ballistic missiles by the Democratic Republic of Korea on March 1st. The DPRK has conducted 14 sets of ballistic missile launches since May 2019. It has continued to operate its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.”
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
4. Close up, reporter typing
05 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations:
“We condemn such provocative actions. They undermine regional security and stability, as well as international peace and security, and they are in clear violation of unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolutions. We continue to urge the DPRK to engage in good faith and meaningful negotiation with the United States, aimed at denuclearization, to take concrete steps to abandoning all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner and to refrain from further provocations.”
FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
6. Close up, camera
05 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations:
“It is vital that the Security Council ensures the fully implementation of its resolutions and that sanctions remain in place. We call on the international community to comply with the obligation to strictly enforce these sanctions including by reporting on their implementation in accordance with the Resolutions adopted by the Council.”
8. Wide shot, ambassadors leaving the podium
Belgium, Estonia, French, Germany and the United Kingdom today said they are “deeply concerned" by the testing of ballistic missiles by the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) on March 1st and urged “the DPRK to engage in good faith and meaningful negotiation with the United States.”
Speaking to reporters today (05 Mar) on behalf of Belgium, Estonia, France, and the UK, German Ambassador Christoph Heusgen said, The DPRK has conducted 14 sets of ballistic missile launches since May 2019. It has continued to operate its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes" adding that the panel of experts working on the DPRK has continuously highlighted such efforts.
Ambassador Heusgen continued, “We condemn such provocative actions. They undermine regional security and stability, as well as international peace and security, and they are in clear violation of unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolutions."
The German Ambassador also said, "We continue to urge the DPRK to engage in good faith and meaningful negotiation with the United States, aimed at denuclearization, to take concrete steps to abandoning all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner and to refrain from further provocations.”
Reiterating that there is no other way to achieve security and stability on the Korean Peninsula, Ambassador Heusgen said it was "vital that the Security Council ensures the fully implementation of its resolutions and that sanctions remain in place."
The five countries called on the international community to “comply with the obligation to strictly enforce these sanctions including by reporting on their implementation in accordance with the Resolutions adopted by the Council.”
