UN / BLACK SEA INITIATIVE UPDATE
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STORY: UN / BLACK SEA INITIATIVE UPDATE
TRT: 02:28
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 1 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
1 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Dujarric walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are concerned about the continuous slowdown of the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative, observed particularly in the months of April and May. In May, 33 vessels departed Ukrainian ports, half of the number compared to the previous month of April. Only three of those ships departed from the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi, one of the three Ukrainian ports covered under the agreement.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Exports in May reached 1.3 million metric tonnes of grains and other foodstuffs. That is less than half of the previous month. The Russian Federation has informed the JCC [Joint Coordination Center] of its decision to limit registrations to the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi as long as ammonia is not exported. And currently, it is not. Since 24 May. the number of inspection teams at the JCC has been reduced from three to two. The limited registrations and reduced inspection teams contributed to the drop of the average daily inspection rate down to three.”
6. Close up, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This is a very serious situation. We need to move forward. The Initiative is bound for renewal on 17 July. Global hunger hotspots are increasing – as we have been notifying you on a regular basis - and the spectre of food inflation and market volatility lurks in all countries.”
8. Close up, journalist asking question
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Secretariat has put forward practical suggestions to all parties at the strategic and operational level keeping in mind the global benefits of the Initiative. We will continue our intense engagement with the parties towards the full resumption of operations and continuation of the Initiative. In particular, we are looking for commitments on unconditional access of vessels to all three ports under the Initiative, increased number of successful inspections completed per day and predictable registrations to avoid undue delay of vessels, exports of fertilizers – and that includes ammonia- and the resumption of the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline.”
10. Wide shot, Dujarric in the podium
STORYLINE:
The United Nations is concerned about the continuous slowdown of the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative, observed particularly in the months of April and May, a UN Spokesperson said.
Briefing journalists on Thursday (1 June) in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, informed that in May, 33 vessels departed Ukrainian ports, half of the number compared to the previous month of April. Only three of those ships departed from the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi, one of the three Ukrainian ports covered under the agreement.
The Spokesperson said that exports in May reached 1.3 million metric tonnes of grains and other foodstuffs, which represents less than half of the previous month.
Dujarric added, “The Russian Federation has informed the JCC [Joint Coordination Center] of its decision to limit registrations to the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi as long as ammonia is not exported. And currently, it is not.”
Also according to the Spokesperson, since 24 May. the number of inspection teams at the JCC has been reduced from three to two. The limited registrations and reduced inspection teams contributed to the drop of the average daily inspection rate down to three.
“This is a very serious situation. We need to move forward. The Initiative is bound for renewal on 17 July. Global hunger hotspots are increasing – as we have been notifying you on a regular basis - and the spectre of food inflation and market volatility lurks in all countries,” said Dujarric.
He noted that “the UN Secretariat has put forward practical suggestions to all parties at the strategic and operational level keeping in mind the global benefits of the Initiative” and it will continue its “intense engagement with the parties towards the full resumption of operations and continuation of the Initiative.”
In particular, added the Spokesperson, the UN is “looking for commitments on unconditional access of vessels to all three ports under the Initiative, increased number of successful inspections completed per day and predictable registrations to avoid undue delay of vessels, exports of fertilizers – and that includes ammonia- and the resumption of the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline.”
TRT: 02:28
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 1 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
1 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Dujarric walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are concerned about the continuous slowdown of the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative, observed particularly in the months of April and May. In May, 33 vessels departed Ukrainian ports, half of the number compared to the previous month of April. Only three of those ships departed from the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi, one of the three Ukrainian ports covered under the agreement.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Exports in May reached 1.3 million metric tonnes of grains and other foodstuffs. That is less than half of the previous month. The Russian Federation has informed the JCC [Joint Coordination Center] of its decision to limit registrations to the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi as long as ammonia is not exported. And currently, it is not. Since 24 May. the number of inspection teams at the JCC has been reduced from three to two. The limited registrations and reduced inspection teams contributed to the drop of the average daily inspection rate down to three.”
6. Close up, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“This is a very serious situation. We need to move forward. The Initiative is bound for renewal on 17 July. Global hunger hotspots are increasing – as we have been notifying you on a regular basis - and the spectre of food inflation and market volatility lurks in all countries.”
8. Close up, journalist asking question
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Secretariat has put forward practical suggestions to all parties at the strategic and operational level keeping in mind the global benefits of the Initiative. We will continue our intense engagement with the parties towards the full resumption of operations and continuation of the Initiative. In particular, we are looking for commitments on unconditional access of vessels to all three ports under the Initiative, increased number of successful inspections completed per day and predictable registrations to avoid undue delay of vessels, exports of fertilizers – and that includes ammonia- and the resumption of the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline.”
10. Wide shot, Dujarric in the podium
STORYLINE:
The United Nations is concerned about the continuous slowdown of the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative, observed particularly in the months of April and May, a UN Spokesperson said.
Briefing journalists on Thursday (1 June) in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, informed that in May, 33 vessels departed Ukrainian ports, half of the number compared to the previous month of April. Only three of those ships departed from the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi, one of the three Ukrainian ports covered under the agreement.
The Spokesperson said that exports in May reached 1.3 million metric tonnes of grains and other foodstuffs, which represents less than half of the previous month.
Dujarric added, “The Russian Federation has informed the JCC [Joint Coordination Center] of its decision to limit registrations to the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi as long as ammonia is not exported. And currently, it is not.”
Also according to the Spokesperson, since 24 May. the number of inspection teams at the JCC has been reduced from three to two. The limited registrations and reduced inspection teams contributed to the drop of the average daily inspection rate down to three.
“This is a very serious situation. We need to move forward. The Initiative is bound for renewal on 17 July. Global hunger hotspots are increasing – as we have been notifying you on a regular basis - and the spectre of food inflation and market volatility lurks in all countries,” said Dujarric.
He noted that “the UN Secretariat has put forward practical suggestions to all parties at the strategic and operational level keeping in mind the global benefits of the Initiative” and it will continue its “intense engagement with the parties towards the full resumption of operations and continuation of the Initiative.”
In particular, added the Spokesperson, the UN is “looking for commitments on unconditional access of vessels to all three ports under the Initiative, increased number of successful inspections completed per day and predictable registrations to avoid undue delay of vessels, exports of fertilizers – and that includes ammonia- and the resumption of the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline.”
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