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STORY: GENEVA / SYRIA PILLAY
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SOURCE: CH UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 9 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
RECENT 2013, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Cutaway, external shot, Palais des Nations, Geneva
9 SEPTEMBER 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Tilt down, from ceiling to room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
"The international community is late, very late, to take serious joint action to halt the downward spiral that has gripped Syria, slaughtering its people and destroying its cities. This is no time for powerful States to continue to disagree on the way forward, or for geopolitical interests to override the legal and moral obligation to save lives by bringing this conflict to an end. “
4. Med shot, Syria delegate
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
"The suffering of Syria’s civilian population has reached unimaginable levels. The use of chemical weapons has long been identified as one of the gravest crimes that can be committed, yet their use in Syria seems now to be in little doubt, even if all the circumstances and responsibilities remain to be clarified.”
6. Med shot, empty seat for delegate from Israel
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
"This appalling situation cries out for international action, yet a military response or the continued supply of arms risk igniting a regional conflagration, possibly resulting in many more deaths and even more widespread misery. There are no easy exits, no obvious pathway out of this nightmare, except the immediate negotiation of concrete steps to end the conflict. States, together with the United Nations, must find a way to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table and halt the bloodshed.”
8. Med shot, flowers and podium
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
"The broad scope of national security surveillance regimes in countries including the United States and the United Kingdom, and the impact of these regimes on individuals’ right to privacy and other human rights, continues to raise concern. Laws and policies must be adopted to address the potential for dramatic intrusion on individuals’ privacy which have been made possible by modern communications technology. While national security concerns may justify the exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance, I would urge all States to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place against security agency overreach and to protect the right to privacy and other human rights.
10. Med Shot, UK delegation from side, Human Rights Council, Palais des Nations, Geneva
The United Nations human rights chief said today there was little doubt that chemical weapons were used in Syria but she did not specify which of the combatants was suspected of using them.
Speaking at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council today (9 Sept), Navi Pillay said the use of chemical weapons had long been identified as one of the gravest crimes that could be committed, yet their use in Syria seemed now to be "in little doubt, even if all the circumstances and responsibilities remained to be clarified."
Pillay noted that when she first urged action to end the Syrian crisis two years ago, some 2,600 Syrians had died in the conflict. Now the number of dead is over 100,000.
She also said that the international community was "late, very late" to take serious joint action to halt the downward spiral that has gripped Syria, slaughtering its people and destroying its cities, adding that the situation "cries out" for international action.
