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STORY: UN / GUTERRES MYANMAR
TRT: 1:10
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters exterior
10 MARCH 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Guterres at stakeout podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I hope that with this statement, there will be an increasing conscience in the military in Myanmar that it is absolutely essential to release all prisoners. It is absolutely essential to respect the results of the elections and to allow for a situation in which we move back to a democratic transition - that was not a perfect one; I mean, we did not live in a perfect democracy in Myanmar. It was still heavily under military control in many aspects, which makes this coup even more difficult to understand. I mean, especially the accusations of electoral fraud by those that were largely in control of the country. But with all its imperfections, I believe that it is important to go back to where we were before the coup.”
4. Pan left, Guterres leaving stakeout podium
UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres stressed the need to return to the situation prior to the coup and return to the democratic transition in Myanmar “with all its imperfections.”
Responding to question from reporters in New York today (10 Mar), Guterres hoped that with the statement which is expected to be issued by the Security Council shortly, there would be “an increasing conscience in the military in Myanmar that it is absolutely essential to release all prisoners.” He added, “It is absolutely essential to respect the results of the elections and to allow for a situation in which we move back to a democratic transition - that was not a perfect one.”
Guterres stressed that Myanmar was not living in a “perfect democracy” as it was still “heavily under military control in many aspects, which makes this coup even more difficult to understand. I mean, especially the accusations of electoral fraud by those that were largely in control of the country.”
However, the Secretary-General stressed that “with all its imperfections”, it is important to go back to “where we were before the coup.”
