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STORY: UN / DA'ESH CRIMES IRAQ
TRT: 03:44
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 05 JUNE 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
05 JUNE 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, Ana Peyró Llopis sitting, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser / Head, Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017):
“The request from the Government of Iraq in 2017, and the establishment of the Team by this Council in response, paved the way for six years of work that has permitted the Team to legally assess that the acts committed by ISIL in Iraq may amount to international crimes.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser / Head, Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017):
“In line with Security Council resolution 2697, which extends the mandate of the Special Adviser and the Investigative Team until 17 September 2024 only, the Team has initiated its drawdown and liquidation to ensure an orderly withdrawal from Iraq by that date.”
6. Med shot, Iraqi Representative
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser / Head, Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017):
“This year marks the tenth anniversary since Da’esh declared itself a caliphate. Ten years later, the calls for accountability to hold those responsible for the international crimes they committed in Iraq remain.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser / Head, Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017):
“As mandated by this Council, the Team has contributed towards addressing these calls by factually and legally assessing that the acts committed by ISIL in Iraq between 2014 and 2017 may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The evidence collected and processed by the Team, and the other materials and analyses it has produced, are also a useful asset.”
10. Med shot, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser / Head, Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017):
“These products will remain beyond the closure of the Team, and Member States, including Iraq, could consider them in the future to hold ISIL perpetrators accountable for the international crimes they committed in Iraq.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser / Head, Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017):
“Accountability for the international crimes committed by Da’esh in Iraq must continue. This is critical, not just to hold those who committed these crimes to account, but also, as this Council underlined in 2017, to ensure that the interests of the survivors in achieving this accountability are fully recognized.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Sahib Mejid Marzooq, Minister Plenipotentiary /
Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Iraq:
“The Iraqi government's position on terrorism has always been in taking the necessary measures to eliminate this dangerous scourge. My government is working on building our national capacity in counterterrorism and we are working on training our judicial system in a manner that is in harmony with the principles of human rights and full respect of Iraq’s international obligations and as stipulated by the Iraqi constitution.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Sahib Mejid Marzooq, Minister Plenipotentiary /
Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Iraq:
“Iraq will spare no effort, no matter how long it takes, and no matter the delays, it will spare no effort until justice and accountability are achieved for those whose hands are covered in the blood of Iraqis and for all the crimes perpetrated by Da’esh.”
16. Zoom out, Security Council
A UN official said, “The request from the Government of Iraq in 2017, and the establishment of the Team by this Council in response, paved the way for six years of work that has permitted the Team to legally assess that the acts committed by ISIL in Iraq may amount to international crimes.”
Addressing the Security Council today (5 June), Ana Peyró Llopis, Acting Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant said that her Team has initiated its drawdown and liquidation to ensure an orderly withdrawal from Iraq by 17 September 2024, in line with Security Council resolution 2697.
She stated, “This year marks the tenth anniversary since Da’esh declared itself a caliphate. Ten years later, the calls for accountability to hold those responsible for the international crimes they committed in Iraq remain.”
She said, “As mandated by this Council, the Team has contributed towards addressing these calls by factually and legally assessing that the acts committed by ISIL in Iraq between 2014 and 2017 may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The evidence collected and processed by the Team, and the other materials and analyses it has produced, are also a useful asset.”
She highlighted, “These products will remain beyond the closure of the Team, and Member States, including Iraq, could consider them in the future to hold ISIL perpetrators accountable for the international crimes they committed in Iraq.”
She stressed, “Accountability for the international crimes committed by Da’esh in Iraq must continue. This is critical, not just to hold those who committed these crimes to account, but also, as this Council underlined in 2017, to ensure that the interests of the survivors in achieving this accountability are fully recognized.”
Mohammed Sahib Mejid Marzooq, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq said that his government's position on terrorism “has always been in taking the necessary measures to eliminate this dangerous scourge. My government is working on building our national capacity in counterterrorism and we are working on training our judicial system in a manner that is in harmony with the principles of human rights and full respect of Iraq’s international obligations and as stipulated by the Iraqi constitution.”
He concluded, “Iraq will spare no effort, no matter how long it takes, and no matter the delays, it will spare no effort until justice and accountability are achieved for those whose hands are covered in the blood of Iraqis and for all the crimes perpetrated by Da’esh.”
