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Following last week’s intercontinental ballistic missile launching drill by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the UN top official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas warned the Security Council that the country “has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / DPRK
TRT: 5:44
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / CHINESE NATS
DATELINE: 20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the DPRK, as well as its other launches using ballistic missile technology. The Secretary-General reiterates his calls on the DPRK to immediately desist from taking any further destabilising actions, to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant Security Council resolutions, and to resume dialogue leading to sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“The DPRK is actively pursuing its nuclear weapons programme. In September 2022, the DPRK approved a new law which set out conditions in which it could use nuclear weapons, including preemptively in certain circumstances. This nuclear doctrine was reiterated in the official newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea (Rodong Sinmun) on 17 March.”
6. Med shot, Jenča briefs the Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“A seventh nuclear test would be a flagrant violation of Security Council resolutions and undermine the international norm against nuclear testing. The Secretary General remains firmly committed to achieving the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.”
8. Pan left, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“The DPRK has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions. The situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to head in the wrong direction. Tensions continue to increase, with no off-- ramps in sight.”
10. Med shot, Council members
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitsuko Shino, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations:
“The only vicious circle in which all of us here in the Council have been trapped is a negative action-inaction cycle. This Council has long failed to act in response to provocative action by North Korea and North Korea has taken advantage of the Council's silence and feel free to steadily proceed with the unlawful WMD programs. It is high time to end this negative action-inaction cycle.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Geng Shuang, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, People’s Republic of China:
“The situation in the Peninsula being where it is, is by no means an accident. Back in 2018, DPRK took the positive initiative of giving up nuclear weapons in return for security. However, the US side failed to respond with good will, in accordance with the action for action principle, wasting an important opportunity to achieve denuclearization in the Peninsula.”
14. Close up, Security Council president
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna M. Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“We have to once again draw attention to the particular responsibly of Washington and its allies, who have adopted a policy of exerting sanctions and other pressure on Pyongyang as part of their so-called extended deterrence concept. This has already resulted in an uptick in military activity in northeast Asia and clearly this merely lessens the likelihood of a diplomatic resolution being found for the issues in the Korean Peninsula.”
14.Med shot, Council members
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Hwang Joonkook, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations:
“Pyongyang’s belligerent policy, menace of the functioning of this esteemed body, and brazen mockery of the UN itself must finally come to an end. And its continued breach of international obligations must be held accountable by this Council.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. Pan left, Thomas-Greenfield walks to the stakeout
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States of America:
“We're witnessing an unprecedented number of DPRK ballistic missile launches. We cannot accept these launches as business as usual. This growing crisis threatens not only the region but global peace and stability. Each of these launches violate multiple Security Council resolutions. These unlawful launches jeopardize the safety of maritime and aviation travel and pose a clear threat to the global non-proliferation regime.”
19. Pan right, Thomas-Greenfield walks away from the stakeout
STORYLINE:
Following last week’s intercontinental ballistic missile launching drill by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the UN top official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas warned the Security Council that the country “has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.”
Briefing the Council members on Monday (20 March), Miroslav Jenča, said “the situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to head in the wrong direction” and “tensions continue to increase, with no off-ramps in sight.”
According to Jenča, “the Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the DPRK, as well as its other launches using ballistic missile technology.”
Jenča said the Secretary-General also “reiterates his calls on the DPRK to immediately desist from taking any further destabilising actions, to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant Security Council resolutions, and to resume dialogue leading to sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
The Assistant Secretary-General informed that “the DPRK is actively pursuing its nuclear weapons programme.”
Jenča noted that, in September 2022, the country approved a new law which set out conditions in which it could use nuclear weapons, including preemptively in certain circumstances, and this nuclear doctrine was reiterated in the official newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea (Rodong Sinmun) on 17 March.
For Jenča, “a seventh nuclear test would be a flagrant violation of Security Council resolutions and undermine the international norm against nuclear testing.”
The Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, Mitsuko Shino, said that “the only vicious circle in which all of us here in the Council have been trapped is a negative action-inaction cycle.”
The ambassador added, “This Council has long failed to act in response to provocative action by North Korea and North Korea has taken advantage of the Council's silence and feel free to steadily proceed with the unlawful WMD programs. It is high time to end this negative action-inaction cycle.”
Geng Shuang, the Deputy Permanent Representative from China, told the Council that “the situation in the Peninsula being where it is, is by no means an accident.”
Shuang argued that “back in 2018, DPRK took the positive initiative of giving up nuclear weapons in return for security”, but “the US side failed to respond with good will, in accordance with the action for action principle, wasting an important opportunity to achieve denuclearization in the peninsula.”
Representing Russia, Deputy Permanent Representative Anna M. Evstigneeva said she had to “once again draw attention to the particular responsibly of Washington and its allies, who have adopted a policy of exerting sanctions and other pressure on Pyongyang as part of their so-called extended deterrence concept.”
For Evstigneeva, “this has already resulted in an uptick in military activity in northeast Asia and clearly this merely lessens the likelihood of a diplomatic resolution being found for the issues in the Korean Peninsula.”
The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Hwang Joonkook, said that “Pyongyang’s belligerent policy, menace of the functioning of this esteemed body, and brazen mockery of the UN itself must finally come to an end.”
According to Joonkook, DPRK’s “continued breach of international obligations must be held accountable by this Council.”
Following the meeting, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States, delivered a joint statement on behalf of the United States, Albania, Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Thomas-Greenfield noted that the world is “witnessing an unprecedented number of DPRK ballistic missile launches” and the international community “cannot accept these launches as business as usual.”
The ambassador added, “This growing crisis threatens not only the region but global peace and stability. Each of these launches violate multiple Security Council resolutions. These unlawful launches jeopardize the safety of maritime and aviation travel and pose a clear threat to the global non-proliferation regime.”
TRT: 5:44
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / CHINESE NATS
DATELINE: 20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the DPRK, as well as its other launches using ballistic missile technology. The Secretary-General reiterates his calls on the DPRK to immediately desist from taking any further destabilising actions, to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant Security Council resolutions, and to resume dialogue leading to sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“The DPRK is actively pursuing its nuclear weapons programme. In September 2022, the DPRK approved a new law which set out conditions in which it could use nuclear weapons, including preemptively in certain circumstances. This nuclear doctrine was reiterated in the official newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea (Rodong Sinmun) on 17 March.”
6. Med shot, Jenča briefs the Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“A seventh nuclear test would be a flagrant violation of Security Council resolutions and undermine the international norm against nuclear testing. The Secretary General remains firmly committed to achieving the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.”
8. Pan left, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, United Nations:
“The DPRK has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions. The situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to head in the wrong direction. Tensions continue to increase, with no off-- ramps in sight.”
10. Med shot, Council members
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitsuko Shino, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations:
“The only vicious circle in which all of us here in the Council have been trapped is a negative action-inaction cycle. This Council has long failed to act in response to provocative action by North Korea and North Korea has taken advantage of the Council's silence and feel free to steadily proceed with the unlawful WMD programs. It is high time to end this negative action-inaction cycle.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Geng Shuang, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, People’s Republic of China:
“The situation in the Peninsula being where it is, is by no means an accident. Back in 2018, DPRK took the positive initiative of giving up nuclear weapons in return for security. However, the US side failed to respond with good will, in accordance with the action for action principle, wasting an important opportunity to achieve denuclearization in the Peninsula.”
14. Close up, Security Council president
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna M. Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“We have to once again draw attention to the particular responsibly of Washington and its allies, who have adopted a policy of exerting sanctions and other pressure on Pyongyang as part of their so-called extended deterrence concept. This has already resulted in an uptick in military activity in northeast Asia and clearly this merely lessens the likelihood of a diplomatic resolution being found for the issues in the Korean Peninsula.”
14.Med shot, Council members
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Hwang Joonkook, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations:
“Pyongyang’s belligerent policy, menace of the functioning of this esteemed body, and brazen mockery of the UN itself must finally come to an end. And its continued breach of international obligations must be held accountable by this Council.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. Pan left, Thomas-Greenfield walks to the stakeout
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States of America:
“We're witnessing an unprecedented number of DPRK ballistic missile launches. We cannot accept these launches as business as usual. This growing crisis threatens not only the region but global peace and stability. Each of these launches violate multiple Security Council resolutions. These unlawful launches jeopardize the safety of maritime and aviation travel and pose a clear threat to the global non-proliferation regime.”
19. Pan right, Thomas-Greenfield walks away from the stakeout
STORYLINE:
Following last week’s intercontinental ballistic missile launching drill by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the UN top official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas warned the Security Council that the country “has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.”
Briefing the Council members on Monday (20 March), Miroslav Jenča, said “the situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to head in the wrong direction” and “tensions continue to increase, with no off-ramps in sight.”
According to Jenča, “the Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the DPRK, as well as its other launches using ballistic missile technology.”
Jenča said the Secretary-General also “reiterates his calls on the DPRK to immediately desist from taking any further destabilising actions, to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant Security Council resolutions, and to resume dialogue leading to sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
The Assistant Secretary-General informed that “the DPRK is actively pursuing its nuclear weapons programme.”
Jenča noted that, in September 2022, the country approved a new law which set out conditions in which it could use nuclear weapons, including preemptively in certain circumstances, and this nuclear doctrine was reiterated in the official newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea (Rodong Sinmun) on 17 March.
For Jenča, “a seventh nuclear test would be a flagrant violation of Security Council resolutions and undermine the international norm against nuclear testing.”
The Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, Mitsuko Shino, said that “the only vicious circle in which all of us here in the Council have been trapped is a negative action-inaction cycle.”
The ambassador added, “This Council has long failed to act in response to provocative action by North Korea and North Korea has taken advantage of the Council's silence and feel free to steadily proceed with the unlawful WMD programs. It is high time to end this negative action-inaction cycle.”
Geng Shuang, the Deputy Permanent Representative from China, told the Council that “the situation in the Peninsula being where it is, is by no means an accident.”
Shuang argued that “back in 2018, DPRK took the positive initiative of giving up nuclear weapons in return for security”, but “the US side failed to respond with good will, in accordance with the action for action principle, wasting an important opportunity to achieve denuclearization in the peninsula.”
Representing Russia, Deputy Permanent Representative Anna M. Evstigneeva said she had to “once again draw attention to the particular responsibly of Washington and its allies, who have adopted a policy of exerting sanctions and other pressure on Pyongyang as part of their so-called extended deterrence concept.”
For Evstigneeva, “this has already resulted in an uptick in military activity in northeast Asia and clearly this merely lessens the likelihood of a diplomatic resolution being found for the issues in the Korean Peninsula.”
The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Hwang Joonkook, said that “Pyongyang’s belligerent policy, menace of the functioning of this esteemed body, and brazen mockery of the UN itself must finally come to an end.”
According to Joonkook, DPRK’s “continued breach of international obligations must be held accountable by this Council.”
Following the meeting, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States, delivered a joint statement on behalf of the United States, Albania, Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Thomas-Greenfield noted that the world is “witnessing an unprecedented number of DPRK ballistic missile launches” and the international community “cannot accept these launches as business as usual.”
The ambassador added, “This growing crisis threatens not only the region but global peace and stability. Each of these launches violate multiple Security Council resolutions. These unlawful launches jeopardize the safety of maritime and aviation travel and pose a clear threat to the global non-proliferation regime.”
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