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5 August 2013

Ministers of the MERCOSUR trade bloc met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to voice their “serious” concern over the latest allegations by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden that theUSwas spying on South American countries. (UNTV)

 

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STORY: UN / SNOWDEN MERCOSUR
TRT: 2.07
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 5 AUGUST 2013, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES

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RECENT, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

5 AUGUST 2013, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES

2. Wide shot, Secretary General ban Ki-moon and Héctor Marcos Timerman, Minister of External Relations and Worship of Argentina; Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister for External Relations of Brazil; Luis Almagro, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay; and Elías Jaua Milano, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela; and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia David Choquehuanca
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister for External Relations, Brazil:
“This is something that has grave implications for our region for the world. I think Minister Elías Jaua used a very good expression when he said this is an alert that we are giving with respect to a practice that raises serious concerns worldwide, not only as regards the sovereignty of nations and the desirable need for confidence in the relation between states, especially states that are democracies, that engage with the international community through cooperative action such as is the case with all the countries here represented, but it also raises questions with respect to individual rights human rights, the right to privacy, the right to information.”
4. Wide shot, photo-op
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister for External Relations, Brazil:
“We also raised the question of the serious implications regarding the denial for the aircraft carrying President Evo Morales of Bolivia to overfly a number of European countries. This is also unprecedented, it raises serious questions with respect to the necessary respect one should show for heads of state and government and in this case a democratically elected head of state and government from a peaceful region such as ours and it also requires serious attention from the international community.”
6. Cutaway, round table meeting with Ban Ki-moon
7. Wide shot, group leaving stakeout position

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Following the closed door meeting, Brazilian Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota told reporters that these allegations had “grave implications” and that it raised questions regarding “respect to individual rights human rights, the right to privacy, and the right to information.”

Patriota also said that the group questioned the grounding of the aircraft carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales last month.

On 2 July, the plane carrying President Evo Morales home from a summit in Russia was rerouted to Austria after several countries refused to allow it to fly over their airspace because of suspicions that Snowden was also travelling on it.

Patriota said this was “unprecedented” and raised serious questions with respect to the necessary respect one should show for heads of state and government.

Snowden had reportedly requested asylum from over a dozen countries, including Bolivia, until recently he was granted temporary asylum in Russia.

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