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STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON
TRT: 2.35
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 JUNE 2010, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT 2010, UN NORTH LAWN BUIDLING, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior NLB
18 JUNE 2010, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon approaches microphone
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In every country I saw and heard much to leave me very encouraged about the continent’s efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. I saw countries making significant gains in consolidating peace and improving governance and preparing for presidential or legislative polls between now and 2010.”
3. Cutaway, journalists taking notes
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“There are shortages of food, water and electricity in the affected areas due to looting, lack of supply and restrictions on movement. Hospitals and other institutions are running low on medical supplies. An estimated three hundred thousand people have been displaced in Kyrgyzstan and up to one hundred thousand have fled to Uzbekistan where some eighty thousand are located in camps. Tens of thousands more are reportedly waiting to cross the border. The United Nations system, including UN High Commissioner for Refugees and World Food Program has mobilized to provide and coordinate assistance.”
5. Cutaway, journalists taking notes
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I am encouraged that the Israeli government is reviewing its policy and by its recent decision to allow more goods. Never the less much more is required to really meet the needs of the people. I continue to call for a fundamental change in the policies that apply to Gaza.”
7. Cutaway, Secretary-General's spokesperson, Martin Nesirky looking ahead
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Israel has announced their domestic investigation team with international observers. My position is that while I believe that they have capacity to carry on their domestic investigations at the same time this investigation should have an international credibility with an international dimension there.”
9. Cutaway, cameraman
10. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon leaves journalists behind
Back to New York from his trip to the African continent, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General briefed journalists today (18 June) about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the situation in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Gaza.
Ban Ki-moon said he was encouraged by the efforts the African countries he had visited were making to achieve the MDGs. He added that he saw “countries making significant gains in consolidating peace and improving governance and preparing for presidential or legislative polls between now and 2010.”
Reporting on the situation in Kyrgyzstan, he announced that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) was launching a $71billion flash appeal for the country, and that the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes was meeting with donor Member States. The appeal for Uzbekistan is expected to be issued early next week.
Ban said that there was shortage of food, water and electricity in the affected areas due to looting, lag of supply and restrictions on movement. He added that hospitals and other institutions were running low on medical supplies.
According to the UN, an estimated 300,000 people have been displaced in Kyrgyzstan and up to 100,000 have fled to Uzbekistan where some 80,000 are now living in camps.
He said that the second fundamental issue was the situation in Gaza and that he felt encouraged by the Israeli government’s efforts to review its policy and its recent decision to allow more goods. Still Ban said that “never the less, much more is required to really meet the needs of the people. I continue to call for a fundamental change in the policies that apply to Gaza.”
He noted Israel’s announcement of their domestic investigation into the flotilla incident with a team of international observers. But Ban said that his position was that “while I believe that they have capacity to carry on their domestic investigations at the same time this investigation should have an international credibility with an international dimension there.”
Ban is expected to meet Israel’s Minister of Defence, Ehud Barak next Monday (21 June).
