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STORY: OHCHR / MIDDLE EAST WIDER CONFLICT
TRT: 1:06
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 5 AUGUST 2024, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Various shots, Palais Wilson, UN Human Rights Office premises
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk said today he is deeply worried about the rising risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East and pleaded with all parties, along with those States with influence, to act urgently to de-escalate what has become a very precarious situation.”
3. Wide shot, Palais Wilson, UN Human Rights Office premises
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Human rights - first and foremost the protection of civilians - must be the top priority.”
5. Wide shot, Palais Wilson, UN Human Rights Office premises
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Already, over the past 10 months, civilians - mostly women and children - have endured unbearable pain and suffering as result of the bombs and the guns. Everything, and that means everything, must be done to avoid this situation spiralling further into an abyss that will only have even more terrible consequences for civilians.”
17. Various shots, Palais Wilson, UN Human Rights Office premises
UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk said he was “deeply worried about the rising risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East”, pleading with all parties and States with influence to “act urgently to de-escalate what has become a very precarious situation”.
“Human rights - first and foremost the protection of civilians - must be the top priority,” said UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence today (05 Aug), “Already, over the past 10 months, civilians - mostly women and children - have endured unbearable pain and suffering as result of the bombs and the guns,” he added.
“Everything, and that means everything, must be done to avoid this situation spiraling further into an abyss that will only have even more terrible consequences for civilians,” Laurence said.
