UN / BLACK SEA INITIATIVE PRESSER

STORY: UN / BLACK SEA INITIATIVE PRESSER
TRT: 01:23
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 AUGUST 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

10 AUGUST 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric on podium, Kenney on screen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederick J. Kenney Jr., Interim Coordinator for the UN, Joint Coordination Centre (JCC):
“We have produced detailed procedures for vessels to follow when participating in the initiative. Those were disseminated to the shipping industry earlier this week.”
4. Wide shot, Dujarric on podium, Kenney on screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederick J. Kenney Jr., Interim Coordinator for the UN, Joint Coordination Centre (JCC):
“We have so far authorized 12 vessels to depart the Ukrainian ports carrying over 370,000 metric tons of grain and other food stocks. Those vessels had been stranded in the three ports covered by the initiative when the war started. Our priority is to free up pier space in those ports so that the vessels come in and take new cargo. We have also authorized the movement of four vessels into the Ukrainian park ports so far for loading.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederick J. Kenney Jr., Interim Coordinator for the UN, Joint Coordination Centre (JCC):
“The agreement is scheduled to last for 120 days, and we still have much work ahead of us to ensure that the implementation of the initiative translates into real results to address food insecurity around the globe and to stabilize global food markets. We are off with a very good start.”
8. Wide shot, Dujarric on podium, Kenney on screen
STORYLINE:
Frederick Kenney, interim Coordinator for the UN at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) for the Black Sea Initiative, said, “We are off with a very good start.”

Today (10 Aug), briefing reporters from Istanbul, Kenney, said, “We have produced detailed procedures for vessels to follow when participating in the initiative. Those were disseminated to the shipping industry earlier this week.”

He also said that the JCC had authorized 12 vessels to depart the Ukrainian ports carrying over 370,000 metric tons of grain and other food stocks.

When the war started, those vessels had been stranded in the three ports covered by the Black Sea Initiative.

“Our priority is to free up pier space in those ports so that the vessels come in and take new cargo,” explained Kenney

He added, “We have also authorized the movement of four vessels into the Ukrainian park ports so far for loading.”

Kenney also recognized and appreciated the cooperation and commitment of all the parties involved - Ukraine, Türkiye, and the Russian Federation - to implement the initiative.

He concluded, “The agreement is scheduled to last for 120 days, and we still have much work ahead of us to ensure that the implementation of the initiative translates into real results to address food insecurity around the globe and to stabilize global food markets.”