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STORY: OHCHR / TURK MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
TRT: 01:10
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 02 OCTOBER 2024, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1.Various shots, exterior, Palais Wilson
02 OCTOBER 2024, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“We are at a very dangerous point in time: escalation after escalation. First and foremost, for civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank, Israel and I fear beyond. This goes to the very core of what human rights is all about: for everyone, everywhere. Protection of civilians is of utmost importance, as is respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law. I implore all States, including Members of the Security Council, to act resolutely to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East with potentially devastating consequences for civilians. It is vital that they use their voices and influence to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table to end this. We appeal to reason. Peace must prevail.”
FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
3.Various shots, exterior, Palais Wilson
UN human rights chief Volker Türk said, “Peace must prevail” in the Middle East.
In a statement today (02 Oct), the High Commissioner said, ““We are at a very dangerous point in time: escalation after escalation. First and foremost, for civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank, Israel and I fear beyond.”
He continued, “This goes to the very core of what human rights is all about: for everyone, everywhere. Protection of civilians is of utmost importance, as is respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”
“I implore all States, including Members of the Security Council, to act resolutely to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East with potentially devastating consequences for civilians,” Türk reiterated.
He said, “It is vital that they use their voices and influence to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table to end this.”
“We appeal to reason. Peace must prevail.” the High Commissioner concluded.
