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STORY: UN / LOULICHKI
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 4 DECEMBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY
FILE – 2012, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
4 DECEMBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, walk-in of the Security Council President
3. Wide shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Loulichki, President of the Security Council for the month of December and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations:
“This is a serious matter. Chemical weapons are a serious matter. If the Security Council consider that it is for the Security Council to consider this issue and, if we all seized with the initiative, then the Security Council will have consultations on this matter or any other matters to be considered by the Security Council.”
6. Med shot, two reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Loulichki, President of the Security Council for the month of December and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations:
“This is not the first time the Security Council has considered this thematic [DPRK]. We have resolution that was adopted, we have the Presidential Statement that was been also adopted. There are conventional obligations; there are obligations that are stemming from the Security Council resolutions. And, if this action materializes, I am sure the Security Council will be seized and will have consult and take appropriate steps”.
8. Wide shot, reporters taking notes
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Loulichki, President of the Security Council for the month of December and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations:
“Yes, the Ambassador of Palestine sent a letter to the Security Council informing the Security Council of the issue of the settlement, but, to my knowledge, there is no specific request for the Security Council to act on. The letter says, I quote, “we appeal once again to the international community, including the Security Council, to act with urgency to uphold the law and to solve Two-state solution for peace on which there remains the international consensus. Israel, an occupying power, must to be compelled to abandon its expansionism, colonialism etc. The choice is now for Israel to make”.
10. Wide shot, from the podium towards reporters
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Loulichki, President of the Security Council for the month of December and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations:
“I think the situation in Mali requires an urgent action by the Security Council, but it is up to the Security Council, of course, to decide on the content of the draft resolution that it is in the process not only to be drafted, but it is also have to be negotiated by fifteen members of the Security Council.”
12. Med shot, reporters
13. Med shot, Security Council President leaving
The incoming Security Council President, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Loulichki today (4 December) briefed reporters at UN headquarters on the Council’s programme for the month of December.
Asked about any Council action on Syria and NATO’s warnings on the possible use of chemical weapons, the Security Council President said the Council remained “seized” of the conflict in Syria and that chemical weapons were “a serious matter”. He said the Security Council would consider the issue of chemical weapons if Security Council members “consider that it is for the Security Council to consider this issue”.
Responding to a question about the intention by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to launch a satellite later this month, Ambassador Loulichki pointed out that this was not the first time the issue of DPRK appeared on the Council’s table and that the country had “obligations that are stemming from the Security Council resolutions”. He said that if the threats by the DPRK materialized, the Council would take appropriate steps.
The Security Council President also confirmed that the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour had sent a letter to the Security Council, informing the Council about Israel’s decision to approve 3,000 new homes on Occupied Palestinian Territory. Loulichki noted that Palestinian envoy did not ask the Council for any specific action.
In response to a question about media reports that France is pushing for a resolution on Mali, authorizing the deployment of an international mission under African lead, to be adopted by 20 December, Loulichki, speaking in his national capacity, said the situation in Mali required “urgent action”. He added that it was up to the Council to decide on the content of the draft resolution which is still in the process of negotiations, but he hoped that it could be adopted by 20 December, when the Council aims to conclude its business for this month.
