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STORY: UN / SYRIA BACHELET
TRT: 02:34
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
08 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“The quest for determining the whereabouts and fate of Syria’s missing persons, including those forcibly disappeared, abducted, and those arbitrarily detained, is emblematic of the pain, fear and enduring suffering caused by the country's long and terrible conflict. But the fact that families of the missing from across the country come together - despite the clear risks they face in demanding and uncovering the truth - is a testament to the strength and courage of the Syrian people.”
4. Med shot, GA President
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“The scale of this tragedy is daunting, with people going missing in different contexts, such as during hostilities, displacement or in detention. All too often, this is connected with a range of human rights violations and abuses.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“The obstacles and abuses families face in searching for answers about their relatives only add to the trauma of not knowing. These include fears of reprisals when reporting cases, or extortion and bribes by those who prey on families’ desperation. Particularly horrific is the black market of forged and fake reports of detention and interrogation, further exacerbating families’ suffering. The families are victims too and have a right to the truth. Realising this right is a key step towards accountability and reconciliation.”
8. Wide shot, General Assembly
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“This report will draw up actionable recommendations to bolster efforts to clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing persons and to support their families. This may include ways to strengthen the complementarity of existing measures and mechanisms, and options to improve our response, such as the possible creation of a new body dedicated to missing persons in Syria, as requested by several family associations. Above all, I want to emphasize that the process of preparing this report is in no way an end in itself. It is essential that the international community respond to the magnitude and horror of the violations of crimes committed in Syria with concrete action to more strongly uphold human rights, human dignity and justice.”
10. Wide shot, GA
Presenting an oral update to the General Assembly on missing persons in Syria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, today (8 Apr) said “despite the clear risks” the families of the missing come together in seeking the truth, and it “is a testament to the strength and courage of the Syrian people.”
Bachelet said, “the quest for determining the whereabouts and fate of Syria’s missing persons, including those forcibly disappeared, abducted, and those arbitrarily detained, is emblematic of the pain, fear and enduring suffering caused by the country's long and terrible conflict.
The High Commissioner said, “the scale of this tragedy is daunting, with people going missing in different contexts, such as during hostilities, displacement or in detention. All too often, this is connected with a range of human rights violations and abuses.”
She told the General Assembly that “the obstacles and abuses families face in searching for answers about their relatives only add to the trauma of not knowing” an include “fears of reprisals when reporting cases, or extortion and bribes by those who prey on families’ desperation.”
The families, she said, “are victims too and have a right to the truth. Realising this right is a key step towards accountability and reconciliation.”
Bachelet said, the report from her office, “will draw up actionable recommendations to bolster efforts to clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing persons and to support their families.”
She emphasized that the process of preparing the report “is in no way an end in itself” and added that “it is essential that the international community respond to the magnitude and horror of the violations of crimes committed in Syria with concrete action to more strongly uphold human rights, human dignity and justice.”
The High Commissioner has called for the creation of a separate independent body, to clarify the fate of missing people in Syria.
