UN / LGBTI HUMAN RIGHTS SECURITY COUNCIL
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STORY: UN / LGBTI HUMAN RIGHTS SECURITY COUNCIL
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Jessica Stern at the stakeout
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Stern, US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons:
“We hope today’s Arria will serve as a catalyst for future dialogue, and it has already served as a catalyst for us, because the U.S. government has made multiple pledges on how we will increase our attention to these issues at the Security Council. Make no mistake: to achieve lasting peace and security, everyone must be safe, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. This is a struggle I hope the Security Council will work into its formal agenda. “
4. Wide shot, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Jessica Stern at the stakeout
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Stern, US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons:
“And now we turn to the Security Council which has been one of the last bastions of silence on LGBTI issues. It only formally recognized this issue once when it issued a press release condemning killings based on sexual orientation after the tragic massacre at the Pulse nightclub. Yet, we know that LGBTI persons are targeted in specific and harmful ways during war and conflict, as we showed in 2015 at the Arria the U.S. co-hosted with Chile about the ways that ISIS pushed men that they perceived to be gay off of rooftops. We must not look away.”
6. Wide shot, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Jessica Stern at the stakeout
STORYLINE:
US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons, Jessica Stern, told reporters, “To achieve lasting peace and security, everyone must be safe, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.”
Members of the Security Council will hold an Arria-formula meeting on Integrating the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons into the UN Security Council's Work. The meeting is being organised by the US.
Speaking to reporters today (20 Mar) in New York, the US Special Envoy said that this meeting is historic, as it is only the second time in its 77-year history that there has been an LGBTI-specific Arria at the Security Council.
She noted that UN Independent Expert and two experts from civil society: Artemis Akbary, founder and director of Afghan LGBT Organization, and Maria Susana Peralta Ramon, a lawyer, scholar and director of the peace and transitional justice team at the NGO, Colombia Diversa, will speaking at the meeting.
Stern said, “Security Council which has been one of the last bastions of silence on LGBTI issues. It only formally recognized this issue once when it issued a press release condemning killings based on sexual orientation after the tragic massacre at the Pulse nightclub.”
She continued, “Yet, we know that LGBTI persons are targeted in specific and harmful ways during war and conflict, as we showed in 2015 at the Arria the U.S. co-hosted with Chile about the ways that ISIS pushed men that they perceived to be gay off of rooftops. We must not look away. “
The Special Enoy hopes today’s Arria will “serve as a catalyst for future dialogue, and it has already served as a catalyst for us, because the U.S. government has made multiple pledges on how we will increase our attention to these issues at the Security Council.”
TRT: 1:28
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
20 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Jessica Stern at the stakeout
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Stern, US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons:
“We hope today’s Arria will serve as a catalyst for future dialogue, and it has already served as a catalyst for us, because the U.S. government has made multiple pledges on how we will increase our attention to these issues at the Security Council. Make no mistake: to achieve lasting peace and security, everyone must be safe, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. This is a struggle I hope the Security Council will work into its formal agenda. “
4. Wide shot, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Jessica Stern at the stakeout
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Stern, US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons:
“And now we turn to the Security Council which has been one of the last bastions of silence on LGBTI issues. It only formally recognized this issue once when it issued a press release condemning killings based on sexual orientation after the tragic massacre at the Pulse nightclub. Yet, we know that LGBTI persons are targeted in specific and harmful ways during war and conflict, as we showed in 2015 at the Arria the U.S. co-hosted with Chile about the ways that ISIS pushed men that they perceived to be gay off of rooftops. We must not look away.”
6. Wide shot, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Jessica Stern at the stakeout
STORYLINE:
US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons, Jessica Stern, told reporters, “To achieve lasting peace and security, everyone must be safe, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.”
Members of the Security Council will hold an Arria-formula meeting on Integrating the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons into the UN Security Council's Work. The meeting is being organised by the US.
Speaking to reporters today (20 Mar) in New York, the US Special Envoy said that this meeting is historic, as it is only the second time in its 77-year history that there has been an LGBTI-specific Arria at the Security Council.
She noted that UN Independent Expert and two experts from civil society: Artemis Akbary, founder and director of Afghan LGBT Organization, and Maria Susana Peralta Ramon, a lawyer, scholar and director of the peace and transitional justice team at the NGO, Colombia Diversa, will speaking at the meeting.
Stern said, “Security Council which has been one of the last bastions of silence on LGBTI issues. It only formally recognized this issue once when it issued a press release condemning killings based on sexual orientation after the tragic massacre at the Pulse nightclub.”
She continued, “Yet, we know that LGBTI persons are targeted in specific and harmful ways during war and conflict, as we showed in 2015 at the Arria the U.S. co-hosted with Chile about the ways that ISIS pushed men that they perceived to be gay off of rooftops. We must not look away. “
The Special Enoy hopes today’s Arria will “serve as a catalyst for future dialogue, and it has already served as a catalyst for us, because the U.S. government has made multiple pledges on how we will increase our attention to these issues at the Security Council.”
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