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STORY: UN / GAZA HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 06:02
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 9 OCTOBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
9 OCTOBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, delegates, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“The need for the Agency’s services in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Lebanon has never been greater. And we have never been under fiercer attack.”
4. Med shot, Israeli representative
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“Legislation to end our operations is ready for final adoption by the Israeli Knesset. It seeks to ban UNRWA’s presence and operations in the territory of Israel, revoking its privileges and immunities in violation of international law. If the bills are adopted, the consequences will be severe.”
6. Med shot, OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, Palestinian representative
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“Operationally, the entire humanitarian response in Gaza – which rests on UNRWA’s infrastructure – may disintegrate. Coordination with Israel would cease, further disrupting the provision of shelter, food, and healthcare to people in desperate need as winter approaches.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“Legally, the Knesset legislation violates Israel’s obligations under the UN Charter and international law. It defies the will of the international community expressed through General Assembly resolution 302 on UNRWA, and deepens violation recognized by the International Court of Justice Politically, the anti-UNRWA legislation, which is part of a broader campaign to dismantle the Agency, seeks to strip Palestinians from their refugee status, and change – unilaterally – the parameters for a future political solution.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11.SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“These attacks set a grave precedent for other conflict situations where governments may wish to eliminate an inconvenient UN presence.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“Failing to push back against attempts to intimidate and undermine the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territory will eventually compromise humanitarian and human rights work worldwide. This Council must decide to which extent it will tolerate acts that strike at the heart of multilateralism and compromise international peace and security.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“We can uphold the UN Charter and enforce international law, including the Geneva Conventions and the decisions of international courts, without exception or we can concede that the post-World War II rules-based international order is at an end.”
16. Med shot, OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, Palestinian representative
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Doughten, Director, Financing and Partnerships Division, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“Widespread suffering persists while the humanitarian situation worsens. The recent evacuation orders issued by Israeli authorities for large areas of northern Gaza, along with intensified ground operations, risk more death, destruction and yet another mass displacement of civilians. Once again, utter chaos ensues as the world watches on.”
18. Med shot, OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, Palestinian representative
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Doughten, Director, Financing and Partnerships Division, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We also remain deeply concerned about the worsening situation in the West Bank. Over the past year, Israeli military operations, along with rampant settler violence and house demolitions, have led to a sharp rise in fatalities, widespread destruction and forced displacement.”
20. Med shot, OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, Palestinian representative
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
“This is genocide. And you must make sure that nothing you do, nothing you say, enables that genocide. And you must act to stop it. As Council, as States, as international community. We denounce complicity and we denounce complacency, and we denounce self -inflicted powerlessness.”
22. Wide shot, OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, Palestinian representative, delegates
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon Permanent, Representative to the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Israel:
“This fight is not over, unfortunately, the Israel Defense Forces will continue to operate until all the objectives of this war are met, until Hamas' military capabilities are dismantled and all, all our hostages returned.”
24. Wide shot, Security Council
25. Pan left, Israeli representative walking to stakeout
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon Permanent, Representative to the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Israel:
“Senior Hezbollah officials have the audacity to demand that Israel ceasefire. Let me be clear about that: no one should mistake the arrogance of these terrorists for diplomacy. Hezbollah calls for a ceasefire, where simultaneously murdering Israeli civilians with their rockets. If Hezbollah wants the situation to deescalate, it is very simple, they also do two things. First, they must immediately stop shelling our civilian communities. Second, Hezbollah must withdraw to the north of the river.”
27. Close up, cameraman
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon Permanent, Representative to the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Israel:
“Israel will retaliate for the attack, and I want to make it clear, it was the largest attack in history, what we experienced last week coming from Iran. We will choose the locations. It will be painful for the Iranian regime.”
29. Pan right, Israeli representative leaving stakeout
The head of the Palestine refugee agency Philippe Lazzarini said, “The need for the Agency’s services in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Lebanon has never been greater. And we have never been under fiercer attack.”
Addressing the Security Council today (9 Oct), Lazzarini said, “Legislation to end our operations is ready for final adoption by the Israeli Knesset. It seeks to ban UNRWA’s presence and operations in the territory of Israel, revoking its privileges and immunities in violation of international law. If the bills are adopted, the consequences will be severe.”
He explained, “Operationally, the entire humanitarian response in Gaza – which rests on UNRWA’s infrastructure – may disintegrate. Coordination with Israel would cease, further disrupting the provision of shelter, food, and healthcare to people in desperate need as winter approaches.”
He continued, “Legally, the Knesset legislation violates Israel’s obligations under the UN Charter and international law. It defies the will of the international community expressed through General Assembly resolution 302 on UNRWA, and deepens violation recognized by the International Court of Justice Politically, the anti-UNRWA legislation, which is part of a broader campaign to dismantle the Agency, seeks to strip Palestinians from their refugee status, and change – unilaterally – the parameters for a future political solution.”
He added, “These attacks set a grave precedent for other conflict situations where governments may wish to eliminate an inconvenient UN presence.”
He stressed, “Failing to push back against attempts to intimidate and undermine the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territory will eventually compromise humanitarian and human rights work worldwide. This Council must decide to which extent it will tolerate acts that strike at the heart of multilateralism and compromise international peace and security.”
He concluded, “We can uphold the UN Charter and enforce international law, including the Geneva Conventions and the decisions of international courts, without exception or we can concede that the post-World War II rules-based international order is at an end.”
OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, Lisa Doughten, said, “Widespread suffering persists while the humanitarian situation worsens. The recent evacuation orders issued by Israeli authorities for large areas of northern Gaza, along with intensified ground operations, risk more death, destruction and yet another mass displacement of civilians. Once again, utter chaos ensues as the world watches on.”
She also said, “We also remain deeply concerned about the worsening situation in the West Bank. Over the past year, Israeli military operations, along with rampant settler violence and house demolitions, have led to a sharp rise in fatalities, widespread destruction and forced displacement.”
Palestinian Representative Riyad Mansour said, “This is genocide. And you must make sure that nothing you do, nothing you say, enables that genocide. And you must act to stop it. As Council, as States, as international community. We denounce complicity and we denounce complacency, and we denounce self -inflicted powerlessness.”
Israeli Representative Danny Danon Permanent said, “This fight is not over, unfortunately, the Israel Defense Forces will continue to operate until all the objectives of this war are met, until Hamas' military capabilities are dismantled and all, all our hostages returned.”
Addressing the media before the Council, Israeli Representative stated, “Senior Hezbollah officials have the audacity to demand that Israel ceasefire. Let me be clear about that: no one should mistake the arrogance of these terrorists for diplomacy. Hezbollah calls for a ceasefire, where simultaneously murdering Israeli civilians with their rockets. If Hezbollah wants the situation to deescalate, it is very simple, they also do two things. First, they must immediately stop shelling our civilian communities. Second, Hezbollah must withdraw to the north of the river.”
He also said, “Israel will retaliate for the attack, and I want to make it clear, it was the largest attack in history, what we experienced last week coming from Iran. We will choose the locations. It will be painful for the Iranian regime.”
