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STORY: UN / MYANMAR ELECTIONS
TRT: 1.38
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 OCTOBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT 2010, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
21 OCTOBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press conference
3. Cutaway, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tomas Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, United Nations:
“One of the most important things with respect to these elections, according to my opinion, is the lack of inclusiveness. Myanmar has been through a serious situation of human rights violations and armed conflict in some border areas and that’s why it’s necessary that at least in the near future national reconciliation is duly addressed by the government. And these elections, this electoral act has not addressed the problem of inclusiveness, of ending (non inclusiveness of) minorities. At the same time there is no signal with respect to prisoners of conscience; the government has not moved from there, has not released any of the prisoners in the country. So under these conditions and at this moment my assessment is that these elections are limited in respect to international human rights standards.”
5. Cutaway, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tomas Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, United Nations:
“Myanmar needs to hold free and fair elections. Of course after the elections this speech, this message has to be translated into action and in this respect national reconciliation, justice and accountability and of course primarily the release of prisoners of conscience has to be part of this message after the elections.”
7. Cutaway, journalists
8. Med shot, Quintana leaves microphone behind
On the upcoming 7 November elections in Myanmar, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the country told reporters today (21 October) that “of the most important things with respect to these elections, according to my opinion, is the lack of inclusiveness.”
Tomas Ojea Quintana, who has visited Myanmar thrice, said that because of the serious situation of human rights violations and armed conflict in some border areas in Myanmar, it was necessary that the government addressed the issue of national reconciliation, as well as the issue of ending the non-inclusiveness of minorities in the electoral process.
Quintana said that at the same time there had been no signal from the government with respect to prisoners of conscience. He added that “the government has not moved from there, has not released any of the prisoners in the country.”
Quintana stressed that Myanmar “needs to hold free and fair elections. Of course after the elections this speech, this message has to be translated into action and in this respect national reconciliation, justice and accountability and of course primarily the release of prisoners of conscience has to be part of this message after the elections.”
Quintana was appointed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in May 2008.
