UN / TOLERANCE RESOLUTION

STORY: UN / TOLERANCE RESOLUTION
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters

14 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Arab Emirates:
“When racist and extremist ideologies are left unaddressed, this hatred is passed down through generations, paving the way for the cycle of conflict to take hold. This resolution takes critical concrete steps to address hate speech, racism and extremism that threaten peace and security. It encourages all key stakeholders to speak out against hate speech and promote tolerance. The resolution recognizes the important role of women, youth and inter religious dialogue. And urges states to engage and empower local communities, religious and ethnic minorities and civil society.”
4. Pan left, Council vote
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) James Kariuki, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Kingdom:
“The resolution this Council has adopted today does three things. First, it directly addresses for the first time discrimination and persecution faced by a range of minority groups in conflict settings. As we've just discussed, this includes religious minorities such as the Yazidis in Iraq, Rohingya in Myanmar, and Baha’is in Houthi controlled Yemen. Second, it addresses the growing problem of incitement in conflicts, including misinformation and disinformation.”
7. Wide shot, Kariuki addressing the Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) James Kariuki, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Kingdom: “This resolution encourages the UN to better scan the horizon and monitor those risks. And it asks the Secretary General to alert the council when it thinks the Council must act. And third, it encourages the UN system to bolster its engagement with grassroots communities and organizers to prevent mediate and resolve conflict.”
9. Wide shot, end of meeting

STORYLINE:

The Security Council today (14 Jun) unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing that “hate speech, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, related forms of intolerance, gender discrimination, and acts of extremism can contribute to driving the outbreak, escalation and recurrence of conflict.”

The resolution on Tolerance and International Peace and Security was sponsored by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK).

Speaking before the vote, the UAE ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh said, “when racist and extremist ideologies are left unaddressed, this hatred is passed down through generations, paving the way for the cycle of conflict to take hold.”

The resolution, Zaki Nusseibeh said, “takes critical concrete steps to address hate speech, racism and extremism that threaten peace and security” and “encourages all key stakeholders to speak out against hate speech and promote tolerance.”

The text of the resolution urges states and international and regional organisations “to publicly condemn violence, hate speech and extremism motivated by discrimination including on the grounds of race, ethnicity, gender, religion or language, in a manner consistent with applicable international law, including the right to freedom of expression”.

Addressing the Council after the vote, UK Ambassador James Kariuki said the resolution “directly addresses for the first time discrimination and persecution faced by a range of minority groups in conflict settings” and cited the examples of Yazidis in Iraq, Rohingya in Myanmar, and Baha’is in Houthi controlled Yemen.

Second, Kariuki said, it “addresses the growing problem of incitement in conflicts, including misinformation and disinformation” and “encourages the UN system to bolster its engagement with grassroots communities and organizers to prevent mediate and resolve conflict.”

The resolution also requests the Secretary-General to provide an oral briefing to the Security Council by 14 June 2024, on the implementation of this resolution in the context of situations on the Council’s agenda.