GA / FRANCE MACRON

STORY: GA / FRANCE MACRON
TRT: 02:57
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS

DATELINE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST:
1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, Macron walking to the General Assembly (GA) rostrum
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
“Our organization, like our choices as Nations, are, however, confronted with an alternative. Today we need to make a simple choice, basically, that of war or peace. On the 24th of February this year, Russia, a permanent member of the security council, broke our collective security through an act of aggression, an invasion, and an annexation; it deliberately violated the U.N. Charter and the principles of sovereign equality of states."
4. Wide shot, Macron at rostrum, GA podium
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
"There is one sure and certain thing when I am talking to you now, there are Russian troops in Ukraine, and as far as I know, there are no Ukrainian troops in Russia. That is a statement of fact."
6. Med shot, French delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
"What we see since the 24th of February is a return to the age of imperialism and colonies. France rejects this."
8. Med shot, Macron at rostrum, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
“We are all aware today that only an agreement that respects international law will enable peace to come back. Negotiation can only be possible if sovereignly Ukraine wants it, and Russia accepts it in good faith."
10. Med shot, Russian delegate
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
"Russia must now see that it cannot impose its will militarily even if there are fake pretend referenda in territories that have been bombed and are now occupied."
12. Wide shot, Macron at rostrum, GA podium, delegates, screens
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
“I know that there are countries here that have chosen a form of neutrality vis-a-vis this war. But I want to tell you with honesty today, those who want to mimic the not-aligned movement, refusing to express their thoughts clearly, are wrong and are making a historical error."
14. Various shots, Macron leaving the rostrum, GA podium, delegates

STORYLINE:
President of France, Emmanuel Macron, told the General Assembly that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a “return to the age of imperialism and colonies."

Delivering his speech at the General Assembly high-level debate today (20 Sep) in New York, President Macron said, “Today we need to make a simple choice, basically, that of war or that of peace.”

“On the 24th of February this year,” he stated, “Russia, a permanent member of the security council, through an act of aggression, an invasion, an annexation broke our collective security; it deliberately violated the U.N. Charter and the principles of sovereign equality of states."

Macron continued, "There is one sure and certain thing when I am talking to you now there are Russian troops in Ukraine, and as far as I know, there are no Ukrainian troops in Russia. That is a statement of fact."

Macron stated, “what we see since the 24th of February is a return to the age of imperialism and colonies. France rejects this."

He also said that the countries that have chosen neutrality vis-à-vis this war “are wrong and are making a historical error."