IRAQ / GUTERRES PRESSER
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STORY: IRAQ / GUTERRES PRESSER
TRT: 2:48
SOURCE: UNAMI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 1 MARCH 2023, BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
SHOTLIST:
1.Various shots, Guterres arrival
2. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Shukran, Honourable Minister. It is for me an enormous pleasure to be back in Baghdad, a city I have visited already as Secretary-General of the United Nations and a city where I came many times as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. But this is a visit of solidarity. A solidarity with the people and the democratic institutions of Iraq and a solidarity that means that the United Nations is totally committed to support the consolidation of the institutions in this country and to express my confidence that Iraqis will be able to overcome the difficulties and challenges they still face through an open and inclusive dialogue. On the other hand, I have enormous admiration for the Iraqi people. I had the opportunity to meet the Iraqis displaced inside the country several times and to witness their courage. I also had the opportunity to visit Iraqi refugees in Jordan and in Syria, before conditions [inaudible] for them to come back to the country. And you could see also how they were able to live in solidarity with each other, to help each other in the spirit that, in my opinion, is the best hope for the future of the country. I want to praise the efforts the Government is making to allow the Iraqis outside the country to come back and we will be fully supporting those efforts and I want to, once again, express my deep solidarity with the Iraqi people and my hope that Iraq will face a future of peace and prosperity and with consolidated democratic institutions.”
3. Various shots, Guterres with the Deputy Prime Minister
STORYLINE:
Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Baghdad, Iraq. His trip is to reiterate the UN’s commitment to support the efforts of Iraq to advance peace, human rights and sustainable development for all Iraqis. His last visit was six years ago.
Upon arrival in Iraq, the Secretary-General and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, made remarks to the press.
Guterres said that this is a visit of solidarity, “a solidarity with the people and the democratic institutions of Iraq and a solidarity that means that the United Nations is totally committed to support the consolidation of the institutions in this country.
He also expressed his confidence that “Iraqis will be able to overcome the difficulties and challenges they still face through an open and inclusive dialogue.”
The Secretary-General also said, “I have enormous admiration for the Iraqi people. I had the opportunity to meet the Iraqis displaced inside the country several times and to witness their courage. I also had the opportunity to visit Iraqi refugees in Jordan and in Syria, before conditions [inaudible] for them to come back to the country. And you could see also how they were able to live in solidarity with each other, to help each other in the spirit that, in my opinion, is the best hope for the future of the country.”
Guterres praised the efforts the Government is making to “allow the Iraqis outside the country to come back,” adding that the UN will be “fully supporting those efforts.”
He once again, expressed his “deep solidarity with the Iraqi people” and his hope that “Iraq will face a future of peace and prosperity and with consolidated democratic institutions.”
During his visit, the Secretary-General will be meeting with various government officials including Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani. While in the capital, the Secretary-General will also meet and hear from representatives of youth and women’s rights groups and hold a townhall with UN staff there.
On Thursday, he will visit a camp for Internally Displaced People and a Rehabilitation Centre in the north of the country, where he will meet with the Centre’s residents. He will then go to Erbil and meet with Kurdistan Regional Government officials.
TRT: 2:48
SOURCE: UNAMI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 1 MARCH 2023, BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
SHOTLIST:
1.Various shots, Guterres arrival
2. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Shukran, Honourable Minister. It is for me an enormous pleasure to be back in Baghdad, a city I have visited already as Secretary-General of the United Nations and a city where I came many times as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. But this is a visit of solidarity. A solidarity with the people and the democratic institutions of Iraq and a solidarity that means that the United Nations is totally committed to support the consolidation of the institutions in this country and to express my confidence that Iraqis will be able to overcome the difficulties and challenges they still face through an open and inclusive dialogue. On the other hand, I have enormous admiration for the Iraqi people. I had the opportunity to meet the Iraqis displaced inside the country several times and to witness their courage. I also had the opportunity to visit Iraqi refugees in Jordan and in Syria, before conditions [inaudible] for them to come back to the country. And you could see also how they were able to live in solidarity with each other, to help each other in the spirit that, in my opinion, is the best hope for the future of the country. I want to praise the efforts the Government is making to allow the Iraqis outside the country to come back and we will be fully supporting those efforts and I want to, once again, express my deep solidarity with the Iraqi people and my hope that Iraq will face a future of peace and prosperity and with consolidated democratic institutions.”
3. Various shots, Guterres with the Deputy Prime Minister
STORYLINE:
Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Baghdad, Iraq. His trip is to reiterate the UN’s commitment to support the efforts of Iraq to advance peace, human rights and sustainable development for all Iraqis. His last visit was six years ago.
Upon arrival in Iraq, the Secretary-General and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, made remarks to the press.
Guterres said that this is a visit of solidarity, “a solidarity with the people and the democratic institutions of Iraq and a solidarity that means that the United Nations is totally committed to support the consolidation of the institutions in this country.
He also expressed his confidence that “Iraqis will be able to overcome the difficulties and challenges they still face through an open and inclusive dialogue.”
The Secretary-General also said, “I have enormous admiration for the Iraqi people. I had the opportunity to meet the Iraqis displaced inside the country several times and to witness their courage. I also had the opportunity to visit Iraqi refugees in Jordan and in Syria, before conditions [inaudible] for them to come back to the country. And you could see also how they were able to live in solidarity with each other, to help each other in the spirit that, in my opinion, is the best hope for the future of the country.”
Guterres praised the efforts the Government is making to “allow the Iraqis outside the country to come back,” adding that the UN will be “fully supporting those efforts.”
He once again, expressed his “deep solidarity with the Iraqi people” and his hope that “Iraq will face a future of peace and prosperity and with consolidated democratic institutions.”
During his visit, the Secretary-General will be meeting with various government officials including Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani. While in the capital, the Secretary-General will also meet and hear from representatives of youth and women’s rights groups and hold a townhall with UN staff there.
On Thursday, he will visit a camp for Internally Displaced People and a Rehabilitation Centre in the north of the country, where he will meet with the Centre’s residents. He will then go to Erbil and meet with Kurdistan Regional Government officials.
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