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STORY: UN / UKRAINE DPRK
TRT: 05:06
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 30 OCTOBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
30 OCTOBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Wide shot, Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča addressing Council
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav C Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and Peace Operations (DPO):
“We have followed with serious concern the recent reports of military personnel of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, being deployed to the Russian Federation, including the possible deployment to the conflict zone. The United Nations does not have any additional details on these developments and is not in a position to verify or confirm claims or reports made.”
5. Wide shot, Jenča addressing Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and Peace Operations (DPO):
“We urge all relevant actors to refrain from any steps that may lead to spillover and intensification of the war in Ukraine. In this regard, we also recall the relevant Security Council resolutions on DPRK. The question of whether the reported presence of North Korean troops in Russia might fall within the scope of these resolutions is a matter for the Security Council to determine.”
7. Wide shot, United Kingdom Ambassador Barbara Woodward addressing Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Kingdom:
“It is clear that a desperate and impoverished Russia needs external support for this war to continue. Any country providing assistance to Russia's aggression is thereby prolonging Russia's illegal war. But Russia's desperation will not deter our resolve to support Ukraine to exercise its right to self-defence in line with the UN Charter and to protect their people and sovereignty.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. Wide shot, United Kingdom Ambassador Barbara Woodward addressing Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert A. Wood, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“We question what Russia must be giving to the DPRK and Iran in return for their assistance. At a minimum, we know Russia is blocking the DPRK sanctions committee from operating. That committee is a safeguard against the DPRK development of nuclear weapons. Russia's increasing military dependence on Iran and the DPRK is endangering the world, particularly by increasing DPRK and Iran's ability to threaten the Indo Pacific and the Middle East on a catastrophic level.”
12. Med shot, Jenča
13. Wide shot, Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya addressing Council
14. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“The statements about the North Korean soldiers in our front should not surprise no one, because they are all barefaced lies, and they're trying to distract from truly significant problems that threaten international peace and security. We see that again when we listen to the lamentations by the US and satellites. The performance today has one goal; to try and post-factum justify their own decision to send NATO troops so as to shore up the regime of the outdated dictator in Kyiv.”
15. Wide shot, Council
16. Wide shot, Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsia addressing Council
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsia, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“The DPRK servicemen are supposed to wear Russian uniforms and use Russian small arms. They will also be provided with Russian identity documents. Notably to conceal their presence, the DPRK servicemen are expected to be integrated into the Russian units manned by representatives of ethnic minorities from the Asian part of Russia.”
18. Wide shot, DPRK Ambassador Kim Song addressing Council
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Kim Song, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK):
“The DPRK and Russian Federation are entitled to develop overall bilateral relations in all fields, including politics, economy, military and cultural, in full conformity with recognized norms of international law and the Treaty on the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership concluded between the two countries. If Russia's sovereignty and security interests are exposed to and threatened by continued dangerous attempts of the United States the West, and it is just that we should respond to them with something, we will make necessary decision.”
20. Wide shot, Council
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert A. Wood, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“Should DPRK troops enter Ukraine in support of Russia, they will surely return in body bags. So, I would advise Chairman Kim to think twice about engaging in such reckless and dangerous behaviour.”
22. Wide shot, end of meeting
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča today (30 Oct) told the Security Council the United Nations could not confirm reports of North Korean troops being deployed to the Russian Federation, but warned that if verified, it might fall within the scope of relevant resolutions on DPRK.
Jenča said, “we have followed with serious concern the recent reports of military personnel of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, being deployed to the Russian Federation, including the possible deployment to the conflict zone.”
He urged “all relevant actors to refrain from any steps that may lead to spillover and intensification of the war in Ukraine.”
United Kingdom Ambassador Barbara Woodward told the Council that it was “clear that a desperate and impoverished Russia needs external support for this war to continue.”
“Any country providing assistance to Russia's aggression” Woodward said, “is thereby prolonging Russia's illegal war.”
United States Ambassador Robert A. Wood for his part questioned “what Russia must be giving to the DPRK and Iran in return for their assistance.” At a minimum, he said, “we know Russia is blocking the DPRK sanctions committee from operating.”
Wood said, “Russia's increasing military dependence on Iran and the DPRK is endangering the world, particularly by increasing DPRK and Iran's ability to threaten the Indo Pacific and the Middle East on a catastrophic level.”
Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya dismised the claims and said, “the statements about the North Korean soldiers in our front should not surprise no one, because they are all barefaced lies, and they're trying to distract from truly significant problems that threaten international peace and security.”
