UN / HUMAN RIGHTS UYGHURS HONG KONG
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STORY: UN / HUMAN RIGHTS UYGHURS HONG KONG
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 OCTOBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters exterior
06 OCTOBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Ambassador Heusgen walking to the podium
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations:
“This is a clear signal that the concerns about the Chinese policy toward the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, this concern is growing and it is a worldwide concern. When I give you the numbers, this doesn’t mean that having more numbers is an objective in itself, to have 39 countries sends a signal, sends a signal to China and with this signal, we combine our demand to request that China close the detention camps in Xinjiang, that China stops tearing down mosques, religious sites, that China stops force labour, that China also stops forced birth control.”
4. Wide shot, Ambassador Jonathan Allen walking to the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the United Nations:
“While in Hong Kong, the imposition of a national security law is a serious breach of the legally binding Sino-British joint Declaration, it violates Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and it directly threatens rights and freedom. It has been implemented with the apparent intention to eliminate dissent. And it is precisely because we recognize China’s role in the world, that we expect China to live up to its international obligations and its international responsibilities. There must be respect for international law and for human rights which is universal in all countries, so we call on China to reconsider its approach.”
6. Wide shot, Ambassadors at the podium
In a cross-regional joint statement, 39 countries expressed grave concern about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the recent developments in Hong Kong.
Speaking on behalf of the 39 countries, German Ambassador Christoph Heusgen told reporters today (06 Oct) that the joint statement is “a clear signal that the concerns about the Chinese policy toward the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang, this concern is growing and it is a worldwide concern.”
Ambassador Heusgen said, “with this signal, we combine our demand to request that China close the detention camps in Xinjiang, that China stops tearing down mosques, religious sites, that China stops force labour, that China also stops forced birth control.”
On Hong Kong, British Ambassador Jonathan Allen told reporters, “the imposition of a national security law is a serious breach of the legally binding Sino-British joint Declaration, it violates Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and it directly threatens rights and freedom.”
Ambassador Allen continued, “it has been implemented with the apparent intention to eliminate dissent. And it is precisely because we recognize China’s role in the world, that we expect China to live up to its international obligations and its international responsibilities.”
The British Ambassador reiterated, “there must be respect for international law and for human rights which is universal in all countries, so we call on China to reconsider its approach.”
The cross-regional joint statement includes the following 39 countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany. Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States.