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STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON
TRT: 4.47
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT 2009, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
28 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon enters press conference room
3. Wide shot, press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The world has lost women and men committed to the values of peace, dignity and respect for all. I condemn this shocking and shameless act and the terrorist who committed this crime. It is unjustifiable by any standards.”
5. Cutaway, press conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Iraq we saw a bomb attack earlier this week in which hundreds were killed and wounded and elsewhere, these acts of violence target the innocent and aim to disrupt the countries fragile democracy. In response to a request by the Government of Iraq, I will send Assistant- Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez Taranco to Iraq for parliamentary consultations related to Iraq’s security and sovereignty.”
7. Cutaway, reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I also welcome the draft agreement circulated by the IAEA related to the supply of fuel for the Teheran research reactor. The agreement would constitute an important confidence building measure and could set the stage further advances in the negotiations between Iran and the EU 3 + 3.”
9. Cutaway, journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“On climate change I am still optimistic. This Copenhagen meeting will be an important milestone in our common efforts to address climate change issues.”
11. Cutaway, journalists
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I have stated my position in the past, I have clearly stated my support for Goldstone mission, and I tried my best to provide the necessary administrative and technical assistance for their activities. Now that Goldstone report was adopted by the Human Rights Council is in the hands of the General Assembly, I am now waiting for the debate among General Assembly member states and I will decide my own course of action.”
13. Cutaway, journalists
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I have been repeatedly urging when ever I had an opportunity of meeting President Karzai in the past that he must make it sure to eliminate, eradicate these corruptive practices including opium cultivation and opium trafficking I have been repeatedly stating that unless he addresses these corruptive practices prevalent in Afghanistan it will not be possible to expect to have a credible governance.”
15. Cutaway, journalists
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have to first of all get full support for Afghan government and Afghan national security forces as well as the light forces there; they are providing us with the necessary security. Of course it is quite unfortunate fact of life that we cannot issue 100 percent of this security because of this suicidal terrorist attacks but we have, we must take all necessary precautionary measures in terms of our security.”
17. Cutaway, journalists
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“That is what the US administration will have to decide. Military augmentation will be one of the effective means to ensure peace and stability there. At the same time I would also hope that there needs to be a political reconciliatory dialogue initiated by President Karzai with many other ethnic group leaders.”
19. Wide shot, Ban leaves journalists behind
Condemning today’s attack on United Nation’s (UN) employees in Afghanistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that, “the world has lost women and men committed to the values of peace, dignity and respect for all.”
Speaking to reporters at headquarters in New York, Mr. Ban said that the attack on a guest house in Kabul that claimed the lives of at least five UN staff members and injured several others was a, “shocking and shameless act” and, “unjustifiable by any standards.”
Commenting on Iraq’s double bombing that killed an estimated 150 people in Baghdad on Sunday, he said that he would dispatch an envoy, Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, to Iraq to consult with the government on security and sovereignty issues.
Ban also welcomed the draft agreement circulated by the IAEA last Friday (23 Oct) related to the supply of fuel for Teheran’s research reactor for medical radioisotopes for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
He said that that agreement would constitute an important confidence building measure and could set the stage further advances in the negotiations between Iran and the EU 3 + 3.
On climate change, Ban said that although there was still a lot of work to be done ahead of December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, he was optimistic that world leaders would reach an ambitious agreement.
The Secretary-General said that if four key benchmarks were decided upon, the gathering will be a success. The four criteria are: emissions reductions targets by both developed and developing nations, adaptation measures, the provision of financing and technology for poorer nations and the creation of an equitable global governance structure.
Asked whether the Goldstone findings should at some point reach the Security Council or the International criminal Court (ICC), Ban said that he had clearly stated his support for the Goldstone mission.
He added that now that the Goldstone report had been adopted by the Human Rights Council and was in the hands of the General Assembly, he was waiting for the debate next week among member states to decide his own course of action.
Commenting on a report today by the New York Times about allegations that President Karzai’s brother was involved with the CIA and drug trafficking, Ban said he repeatedly urged whenever he had an opportunity of meeting President Karzai in the past that he must make it sure to,” eliminate, eradicate these corruptive practices including opium cultivation and opium trafficking.”
Asked how the UN could continue to work in Afghanistan through a second round of elections with any sense of legitimacy if they are now confined to their offices following the attacks, Ban said the UN needed to get the full support of the Afghan government and national security forces, as well as the allied ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] forces there.
He added that “of course, it is quite an unfortunate fact of life that we cannot ensure one hundred percent security, because of these suicidal terrorist attacks, but we must take all necessary precautionary measures in terms of our security.”
Asked about the United States’ plan possibly increase the military operation in Afghanistan, Ban said that military augmentation would be one of the effective means to ensure peace and stability there, but that at the same time there was need for a political reconciliatory dialogue between President Karzai other ethnic group leaders.
