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STORY: UN / IRAQ
TRT: 2.22
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 27 JUNE 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
27 JUNE 2013, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq:
“Iraq today, a responsible and fully sovereign country, has regained its natural place in the international community. It will exercise a positive and constructive role in promoting peace, stability and achieving development for its people and the region. Iraq was the cradle of civilization. It shall be a cradle of cooperation, peace and fraternity for its people, neighbours, and the world.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. Zoom out, Security Council
7. Pan left, Zebari walks up to the stakeout position
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
8. Close up, reporter’s notepad
27 JUNE 2013, NEW YORK CITY
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq:
“Today there was a very, very important Security Council resolution on Iraq – Kuwait relations. And this resolution is a historic resolution for Iraq and is a success for the United Nations and for the two countries. In fact Chapter VII and the sanctions, regulations on Iraq has become something of the past. As I said in my statement, we are concentrating more on the present and the future in Iraq – Kuwait relationships.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
10. Close up, reporter’s notepad
27 JUNE 2013, NEW YORK CITY
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq:
“This is a new beginning for the relations between our two neighbourly and brotherly countries. And we feel very gratified by the unanimous vote of the Security Council on this, and this is an example for other countries also to resolve their disputes and differences through peaceful means.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
12. Close up, reporter’s notepad
27 JUNE 2013, NEW YORK CITY
13. Pan left, Zebari walks away from the stakeout position
Welcoming progress on resolving pending issues from Iraq’s 1990 invasion of its smaller neighbour Kuwait, including finding Kuwaiti or third-country nationals, the United Nations Security Council today (27 June) eased some of its sanctions against Iraq.
Unanimously adopting a new resolution, the Council called on the Iraqi Government to continue searching for Kuwaiti nationals and property missing since Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion, but terminated provisions in earlier texts that allowed the military enforcement of the measures under Charter VII of the UN Charter.
The Foreign Minister of Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari, told the Council Iraq, as “a responsible and fully sovereign country, has regained its natural place in the international community.”
Zebari said Iraq “will exercise a positive and constructive role in promoting peace, stability and achieving development for its people and the region.”
He remarked that Iraq was “the cradle of civilization” and it shall become “a cradle of cooperation, peace and fraternity for its people, neighbours, and the world.”
Recognizing that the situation that now exists in Iraq is significantly different from that which existed at the time of the invasion, the Council decided that the issues of missing people and property will now be handled under Chapter VI of the Charter, which calls for a peaceful resolution of disputes.
Immediately following the action in the Council chamber, Zebari hailed the decision and told reporters today’s resolution was “a historic resolution for Iraq and is a success for the United Nations and for the two countries.”
He said the Chapter VII sanctions had now become “something of the past” and now his country is “concentrating more on the present and the future in Iraq – Kuwait relationships.”
He added that such cooperation, culminating in the Council’s decision today, could serve not only as “a new beginning for relations between our two brotherly countries,” but also as an example to other nations seeking to settle disputes peacefully.
In the aftermath of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the Council established the UN Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses in the invasion.
As of January of this year, the Commission has disbursed some $40.1 billion for more than 1.5 million successful claims of individuals, corporations, Governments and international organizations, leaving some $12.3 billion remaining to be paid.