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STORY: UN / BLACK SEA GRAIN INITIATIVE UPDATE
TRT: 01:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Various shots, flags outside United Nations Headquarters
05 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Farhan Haq at to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Joint Coordination Centre has not reached agreement to authorize new vessels to participate in the Black Sea initiative. The JCC continues its daily inspection work on the previously authorized vessels. As you will recall, the Secretary-General has communicated to all parties his proposal on the way forward aimed at the improvement, extension and expansion of the initiative, taking into account positions expressed by the parties. We urge all parties to continue their discussions, overcome operational challenges and work towards the full implementation and continuation of the initiative.”
4. Med shot, journalist
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“UN representatives will be participating in a technical meeting convened by the government of Türkiye on the initiative in preparation for the senior level meeting taking place next week in Istanbul. So, we're looking forward to constructive and frank discussions with all sides with the aim to overcome challenges and work towards the continuation and full implementation of the initiative.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Rebeca Grynspan travelled to Moscow on the fifth of May, as part of the ongoing consultations with senior Russian officials regarding the UN's engagement to facilitate the unimpeded export of Russian food and fertilizer, including ammonia, to global markets. These efforts are part of the two-fold package Istanbul Agreements that include the Black Sea initiative. Miss Greenspan met with Sergey Vershinin, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, relaying the strong commitment of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, to the full implementation of the agreement.”
8. Wide shot, journalists
A Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres today (5 May) said the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) for the implementation of the Black Sea initiative “has not reached agreement” to authorize new vessels to participate in the Initiative.
The JCC, Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said, “continues its daily inspection work on the previously authorized vessels.”
Haq urged all parties “to continue their discussions, overcome operational challenges and work towards the full implementation and continuation of the initiative.”
He told journalists in New York that today, “UN representatives will be participating in a technical meeting convened by the government of Türkiye on the initiative in preparation for the senior level meeting taking place next week in Istanbul,” and looks forward to “constructive and frank discussions with all sides with the aim to overcome challenges and work towards the continuation and full implementation of the initiative.”
Haq said, the Secretary-General of the UN trade agency, known as UNCTAD, Rebeca Grynspan, had “travelled to Moscow on the fifth of May, as part of the ongoing consultations with senior Russian officials regarding the UN's engagement to facilitate the unimpeded export of Russian food and fertilizer, including ammonia, to global markets.”
The Black Sea Initiative, adopted last July in Istanbul, Türkiye, specifically allows for commercial food and fertilizer (including ammonia) exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea – Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Yuzhny / Pivdennyi.
The UN plan, which is linked to efforts to ensure Russian food and fertilizer reach global markets, supports the stabilization of spiralling food prices worldwide and stave off famine, affecting millions.
