UN / PALESTINIAN QUESTION
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The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that “while the ceasefire is holding" between Israel and Palestine, "conflict mitigation efforts must also be met with steps by both sides – supported by the international community – to reset a trajectory out of the cycle of violence.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / PALESTINIAN QUESTION
TRT: 3 :56
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“While the ceasefire is holding, conflict mitigation efforts must also be met with steps by both sides – supported by the international community – to reset a trajectory out of the cycle of violence. I call on all parties to stop unilateral and inflammatory actions that undermine prospects for peace, and to address the acute financial and institutional challenges facing the Palestinian Authority.”
4. Med shot, Council members
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“I am particularly alarmed by the funding crisis facing UN agencies supporting basic services and social support, including emergency food assistance, to Palestinians. Without new funding, World Food Program will suspend cash assistance to some 200,000 Palestinians next week and UNRWA will not have the resources to deliver core services in September.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council with Wennesland on the screen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“The immediate priority is to support steps to bolster the PA and preserve the provision of critical services to the Palestinian people. These steps should be implemented in a way that encourages the parties to engage with each other, including on underlying political issues. This requires actions by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, alongside increased support and attention from the international community.”
8. Med shot, Council members
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“We must take action -- not only to ensure Palestinian well-being and governance, but as an integral part of ending the occupation and restoring a political horizon toward a viable two-State solution, based on UN resolutions, international law and previous agreements.”
10. Close up, Security Council president
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha:
“Like in previous rounds, Israeli officials said they were protecting Israeli citizens from rocket fire. I am one of those citizens. I don’t wish the reality of rocket fire on anyone. The question should be - how do we break this cycle?”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha:
“Some 80% of children in Gaza are said to suffer from emotional distress. Children and their parents know the names of the six children killed in the latest military campaign. The wounds that can’t be seen – the trauma, hopelessness, and helplessness – are the hardest to heal. How can this situation possibly contribute to security? Real, sustainable security and deterrence aren’t created by force, they are created by hope.”
14. Med shot, Council members
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha:
“Gisha represents a minority view in Israel, but we are part of a vibrant civil society in Israel and in Palestine under increasing threat. Our allies and potential allies are being silenced by false accusations of antisemitism, which undermine the necessary fight against real, and dangerous forms of antisemitism growing around the world. This is a critical time for your leadership and courage, as extremism in our region is feeding on incitement, poverty, and oppression.”
16. Pan right, Council members getting up
STORYLINE:
The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that “while the ceasefire is holding", between Israel and Palestine "conflict mitigation efforts must also be met with steps by both sides – supported by the international community – to reset a trajectory out of the cycle of violence.”
Addressing the Council on Wednesday (24 May), Wennesland also called “on all parties to stop unilateral and inflammatory actions that undermine prospects for peace, and to address the acute financial and institutional challenges facing the Palestinian Authority.”
The Special Coordinator said he was “particularly alarmed” by the funding crisis facing UN agencies supporting basic services and social support, including emergency food assistance, to Palestinians.
He informed that “without new funding, World Food Program will suspend cash assistance to some 200,000 Palestinians next week and UNRWA will not have the resources to deliver core services in September.”
For Wennesland, “the immediate priority is to support steps to bolster the PA and preserve the provision of critical services to the Palestinian people.”
“These steps should be implemented in a way that encourages the parties to engage with each other, including on underlying political issues. This requires actions by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, alongside increased support and attention from the international community,” argued the Special Coordinator.
Wennesland concluded, “We must take action -- not only to ensure Palestinian well-being and governance, but as an integral part of ending the occupation and restoring a political horizon toward a viable two-State solution, based on UN resolutions, international law and previous agreements.”
From the civil society, Council members heard from Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha, an Israeli human rights organization founded in 2005 that promotes freedom of movement and other rights which are dependent on it, especially in Gaza.
The activist noted that last month’s violence was the 6th major Israel military attack in Gaza, among hundreds of smaller campaigns, over the past 15 years, and asked, “Like in previous rounds, Israeli officials said they were protecting Israeli citizens from rocket fire. I am one of those citizens. I don’t wish the reality of rocket fire on anyone. The question should be - how do we break this cycle?”
Hary noted that “some 80% of children in Gaza are said to suffer from emotional distress” and “children and their know the names of the six children killed in the latest military campaign.”
She added, “The wounds that can’t be seen – the trauma, hopelessness, and helplessness – are the hardest to heal. How can this situation possibly contribute to security? Real, sustainable security and deterrence aren’t created by force, they are created by hope.”
TRT: 3 :56
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE – RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“While the ceasefire is holding, conflict mitigation efforts must also be met with steps by both sides – supported by the international community – to reset a trajectory out of the cycle of violence. I call on all parties to stop unilateral and inflammatory actions that undermine prospects for peace, and to address the acute financial and institutional challenges facing the Palestinian Authority.”
4. Med shot, Council members
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“I am particularly alarmed by the funding crisis facing UN agencies supporting basic services and social support, including emergency food assistance, to Palestinians. Without new funding, World Food Program will suspend cash assistance to some 200,000 Palestinians next week and UNRWA will not have the resources to deliver core services in September.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council with Wennesland on the screen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“The immediate priority is to support steps to bolster the PA and preserve the provision of critical services to the Palestinian people. These steps should be implemented in a way that encourages the parties to engage with each other, including on underlying political issues. This requires actions by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, alongside increased support and attention from the international community.”
8. Med shot, Council members
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations:
“We must take action -- not only to ensure Palestinian well-being and governance, but as an integral part of ending the occupation and restoring a political horizon toward a viable two-State solution, based on UN resolutions, international law and previous agreements.”
10. Close up, Security Council president
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha:
“Like in previous rounds, Israeli officials said they were protecting Israeli citizens from rocket fire. I am one of those citizens. I don’t wish the reality of rocket fire on anyone. The question should be - how do we break this cycle?”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha:
“Some 80% of children in Gaza are said to suffer from emotional distress. Children and their parents know the names of the six children killed in the latest military campaign. The wounds that can’t be seen – the trauma, hopelessness, and helplessness – are the hardest to heal. How can this situation possibly contribute to security? Real, sustainable security and deterrence aren’t created by force, they are created by hope.”
14. Med shot, Council members
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha:
“Gisha represents a minority view in Israel, but we are part of a vibrant civil society in Israel and in Palestine under increasing threat. Our allies and potential allies are being silenced by false accusations of antisemitism, which undermine the necessary fight against real, and dangerous forms of antisemitism growing around the world. This is a critical time for your leadership and courage, as extremism in our region is feeding on incitement, poverty, and oppression.”
16. Pan right, Council members getting up
STORYLINE:
The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that “while the ceasefire is holding", between Israel and Palestine "conflict mitigation efforts must also be met with steps by both sides – supported by the international community – to reset a trajectory out of the cycle of violence.”
Addressing the Council on Wednesday (24 May), Wennesland also called “on all parties to stop unilateral and inflammatory actions that undermine prospects for peace, and to address the acute financial and institutional challenges facing the Palestinian Authority.”
The Special Coordinator said he was “particularly alarmed” by the funding crisis facing UN agencies supporting basic services and social support, including emergency food assistance, to Palestinians.
He informed that “without new funding, World Food Program will suspend cash assistance to some 200,000 Palestinians next week and UNRWA will not have the resources to deliver core services in September.”
For Wennesland, “the immediate priority is to support steps to bolster the PA and preserve the provision of critical services to the Palestinian people.”
“These steps should be implemented in a way that encourages the parties to engage with each other, including on underlying political issues. This requires actions by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, alongside increased support and attention from the international community,” argued the Special Coordinator.
Wennesland concluded, “We must take action -- not only to ensure Palestinian well-being and governance, but as an integral part of ending the occupation and restoring a political horizon toward a viable two-State solution, based on UN resolutions, international law and previous agreements.”
From the civil society, Council members heard from Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha, an Israeli human rights organization founded in 2005 that promotes freedom of movement and other rights which are dependent on it, especially in Gaza.
The activist noted that last month’s violence was the 6th major Israel military attack in Gaza, among hundreds of smaller campaigns, over the past 15 years, and asked, “Like in previous rounds, Israeli officials said they were protecting Israeli citizens from rocket fire. I am one of those citizens. I don’t wish the reality of rocket fire on anyone. The question should be - how do we break this cycle?”
Hary noted that “some 80% of children in Gaza are said to suffer from emotional distress” and “children and their know the names of the six children killed in the latest military campaign.”
She added, “The wounds that can’t be seen – the trauma, hopelessness, and helplessness – are the hardest to heal. How can this situation possibly contribute to security? Real, sustainable security and deterrence aren’t created by force, they are created by hope.”
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