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STORY: UN / MIDDLE EAST QUARTET STATEMENT
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 MAY 2011, NEW YORK CITY
RECENT, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
20 MAY 2011, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General enters briefing room
3. Cutaway, journalist
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General:
“The Members of the Quartet are in full agreement about the urgent need to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. To that effect, the Quartet expressed its strong support for the vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace outlined by U.S. President Barack Obama on May 19, 2011. The Quartet agrees that moving forward on the basis of territory and security provides a foundation for Israelis and Palestinians to reach a final resolution of the conflict through serious and substantive negotiations and mutual agreement on all core issues. The Quartet reiterates its strong appeal to the parties to overcome the current obstacles and resume direct bilateral negotiations without delay or preconditions. The Quartet further recommits itself to its previous statements and principles.”
5. Cutaway, journalist
6. Wide shot, Martin Nesirky leaves briefing room behind
United Nations Spokesperson Martin Nesirky read a statement today in New York issued by the Middle East Quartet: the United Nations, the Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union which said that the Members of the Quartet were in “full agreement” about the urgent need to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
The Quartet expressed its “strong support” for the vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace outlined by U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday. (19 May) and agreed that moving forward on the basis of territory and security provided a foundation for Israelis and Palestinians to “reach a final resolution of the conflict through serious and substantive negotiations and mutual agreement on all core issues."
The statement ended by noting that the Quartet reiterated its strong appeal to the parties to overcome the current obstacles and resume direct bilateral negotiations without delay or preconditions. “The Quartet further recommits itself to its previous statements and principles.”
