GA / P5 SYRIA

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held a luncheon with the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council. It had been agreed that the discussion on this occasion would focus entirely on Syria.  UNTV

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STORY: GA / P5 SYRIA
TRT: :53
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

23 SEPTEMBER 2013 – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

25 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Foreign Ministers pose for photographers

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held a luncheon today (25 Septembers) with the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council. It had been agreed that the discussion on this occasion would focus entirely on Syria.

John Kerry of the United States, Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation, William Hague of the United Kingdom, Laurent Fabius of France, and Wang Yi of China discussed arrangements for the mechanism to be established soon between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in order to inspect and safeguard Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons.

The Secretary-General and the ministers exchanged views on the timing and other aspects of the peace conference to be held in Geneva. They underlined the importance of heightened efforts to resolve the humanitarian crisis both inside Syria and in the neighbouring countries.

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Production Date: 25 September 2013
• Creator: UNTV
• Geographic Subject: UNITED STATES; CHINA; FRANCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED KINGDOM
• MAMS Id: U130925j