UN / UKRAINE ORTHODOX CHURCH
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According to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), the restrictions to freedom of religion and the safety of members of religious communities across Ukraine in both territory controlled by the Government as well as that occupied by the Russian Federation "is a matter of grave concern". UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / UKRAINE ORTHODOX CHURCH
TRT: 06:09
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RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 26 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
26 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“The restrictions to freedom of religion and the safety of members of religious communities across Ukraine in both territory controlled by the Government as well as that occupied by the Russian Federation is a matter of grave concern. According to the updated report by OHCHR based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), incidents of violence against members and supporters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) increased in the reporting period between February 1st – April 30th 2023.”
4. Med shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“In addressing the situation holistically, we should right-size the religious dimension in that particular crisis that we have at hand as the result of the Russian Federation’s armed attack on Ukraine. The division between Ukraine’s Orthodox bodies is not new.”
6. Med shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“Last Sunday, we woke up to heartbreaking images of a severely damaged historic Cathedral, the largest Orthodox Church in Odesa. A Russian missile hit the Transfiguration Cathedral and other historical buildings that lie in the historic heritage center of Odesa. At the same time, it was heartening to see that hours later parishioners and volunteers donning hard hats, shovels and brooms began removing rubble and tried to salvage any artifacts. The Cathedral in Odesa was not the only religious site damaged throughout the war. According to a preliminary assessment undertaken by UNESCO, 116 religious sites have been damaged since 24 February 2022. The United Nations condemned the attack.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“Authorities notably searched places of worship and other UOC facilities, issued notices of suspicions against clergymen, and placed several of them under house arrest, including one of the UOC’s main hierarchs based on little or no evidence. In addition the Ministry of Culture terminated early rental agreement with UOC of the state-owned Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Following UN advocacy, authorities refrained from taking actions that risked violence and did not forcibly evict the UOC from the Lavra on the stated deadline for leaving the premises of 29 March.”
10. Med shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“In territories occupied by the Russian Federation, there is grave concern over reports by HRMMU during the reporting period August 1 2022 – 1 January 2023. documenting enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture or other ill treatment and unlawful deportations perpetrated by Russian armed forces against clergy and members of Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Christian Evangelical communities. Moreover, the Russian occupation authorities raided, ransacked and closed three places of worship belonging to the Baptist community in Melitopol, reportedly on the grounds of the community’s purported links with foreign intelligence services with no or little evidence.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yan Taksyur, Author:
“In the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine there is an unprecedented legislation project to completely ban Ukrainian Orthodox Church. And deputies announced their willingness to vote in favor of this. So the authorities of Ukraine are preparing to raise from the face of the earth the church where millions of Ukrainian citizens were baptized, married, buried.”
14. Med shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation:
“No accusations against Russia and no fabrication about the Canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine give Kyiv carte blanche to destroy Canonical Orthodoxy or to imprison distinguished respected an elderly priests whose only fault is that they defend their faith.”
16. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation:
“Colleagues, I will not conceal the fact that we are very much disappointed and appalled at the attempts by a number of Western delegations to speculate on what has happened this week. This is a horrible tragedy, major devastation of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, and to consign responsibility for what has happened to the Russian Federation. If in your capitals there were to be any significance for the truth, there would abstain from such insinuations. If the Russian missile truly struck the Cathedral, as Zelenskyy regime claims, then there would be nothing left from the Cathedral.”
17. Wide shot, Security Council
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“Let me conclude by repeating the question asked by Metropolitan Agafangel. Whom do you want to liberate us from? Why do you commit a genocide of the Ukrainian people? When will your government stop paying lip service to God's law and doing evil and darkness?”
19. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
According to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), the restrictions to freedom of religion and the safety of members of religious communities across Ukraine in both territory controlled by the Government as well as that occupied by the Russian Federation "is a matter of grave concern".
Nihal Saad, UNAOC Director, briefed the Security Council on Wednesday (26 July) in New York under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item at the request of Russia.
She said, “According to the updated report by OHCHR based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), incidents of violence against members and supporters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) increased in the reporting period between February 1st – April 30th 2023.”
Saad also said, “In addressing the situation holistically, we should right-size the religious dimension in that particular crisis that we have at hand as the result of the Russian Federation’s armed attack on Ukraine. The division between Ukraine’s Orthodox bodies is not new.”
Saad continued, “Last Sunday, we woke up to heartbreaking images of a severely damaged historic Cathedral, the largest Orthodox Church in Odesa. A Russian missile hit the Transfiguration Cathedral and other historical buildings that lie in the historic heritage center of Odesa. At the same time, it was heartening to see that hours later parishioners and volunteers donning hard hats, shovels and brooms began removing rubble and tried to salvage any artifacts.”
She added, “The Cathedral in Odesa was not the only religious site damaged throughout the war. According to a preliminary assessment undertaken by UNESCO, 116 religious sites have been damaged since 24 February 2022. The United Nations condemned the attack.”
The UN representative also said, “Authorities notably searched places of worship and other UOC facilities, issued notices of suspicions against clergymen, and placed several of them under house arrest, including one of the UOC’s main hierarchs based on little or no evidence. In addition the Ministry of Culture terminated early rental agreement with UOC of the state-owned Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.”
She continued, “Following UN advocacy, authorities refrained from taking actions that risked violence and did not forcibly evict the UOC from the Lavra on the stated deadline for leaving the premises of 29 March.”
According to her, “In territories occupied by the Russian Federation, there is grave concern over reports by HRMMU during the reporting period August 1 2022 – 1 January 2023. documenting enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture or other ill treatment and unlawful deportations perpetrated by Russian armed forces against clergy and members of Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Christian Evangelical communities.”
She added, “Moreover, the Russian occupation authorities raided, ransacked and closed three places of worship belonging to the Baptist community in Melitopol, reportedly on the grounds of the community’s purported links with foreign intelligence services with no or little evidence.”
Yan Taksyur, publicist, also briefed the Council, he said that in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine there is “an unprecedented legislation project to completely ban Ukrainian Orthodox Church”.
He continued, “And deputies announced their willingness to vote in favor of this.”
Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy for his part said, “No accusations against Russia and no fabrication about the Canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine give Kyiv carte blanche to destroy Canonical Orthodoxy or to imprison distinguished respected an elderly priests whose only fault is that they defend their faith.”
He also said, “If the Russian missile truly struck the Cathedral, as Zelenskyy regime claims, then there would be nothing left from the Cathedral.”
Ukraine’s Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya, in his address to the Council, quoted Metropolitan Agafangel. Kyslytsya said, “Whom do you want to liberate us from? Why do you commit a genocide of the Ukrainian people? When will your government stop paying lip service to God's law and doing evil and darkness?”
TRT: 06:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 26 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
26 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“The restrictions to freedom of religion and the safety of members of religious communities across Ukraine in both territory controlled by the Government as well as that occupied by the Russian Federation is a matter of grave concern. According to the updated report by OHCHR based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), incidents of violence against members and supporters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) increased in the reporting period between February 1st – April 30th 2023.”
4. Med shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“In addressing the situation holistically, we should right-size the religious dimension in that particular crisis that we have at hand as the result of the Russian Federation’s armed attack on Ukraine. The division between Ukraine’s Orthodox bodies is not new.”
6. Med shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“Last Sunday, we woke up to heartbreaking images of a severely damaged historic Cathedral, the largest Orthodox Church in Odesa. A Russian missile hit the Transfiguration Cathedral and other historical buildings that lie in the historic heritage center of Odesa. At the same time, it was heartening to see that hours later parishioners and volunteers donning hard hats, shovels and brooms began removing rubble and tried to salvage any artifacts. The Cathedral in Odesa was not the only religious site damaged throughout the war. According to a preliminary assessment undertaken by UNESCO, 116 religious sites have been damaged since 24 February 2022. The United Nations condemned the attack.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“Authorities notably searched places of worship and other UOC facilities, issued notices of suspicions against clergymen, and placed several of them under house arrest, including one of the UOC’s main hierarchs based on little or no evidence. In addition the Ministry of Culture terminated early rental agreement with UOC of the state-owned Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Following UN advocacy, authorities refrained from taking actions that risked violence and did not forcibly evict the UOC from the Lavra on the stated deadline for leaving the premises of 29 March.”
10. Med shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Nihal Saad, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC):
“In territories occupied by the Russian Federation, there is grave concern over reports by HRMMU during the reporting period August 1 2022 – 1 January 2023. documenting enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture or other ill treatment and unlawful deportations perpetrated by Russian armed forces against clergy and members of Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Christian Evangelical communities. Moreover, the Russian occupation authorities raided, ransacked and closed three places of worship belonging to the Baptist community in Melitopol, reportedly on the grounds of the community’s purported links with foreign intelligence services with no or little evidence.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yan Taksyur, Author:
“In the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine there is an unprecedented legislation project to completely ban Ukrainian Orthodox Church. And deputies announced their willingness to vote in favor of this. So the authorities of Ukraine are preparing to raise from the face of the earth the church where millions of Ukrainian citizens were baptized, married, buried.”
14. Med shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation:
“No accusations against Russia and no fabrication about the Canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine give Kyiv carte blanche to destroy Canonical Orthodoxy or to imprison distinguished respected an elderly priests whose only fault is that they defend their faith.”
16. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation:
“Colleagues, I will not conceal the fact that we are very much disappointed and appalled at the attempts by a number of Western delegations to speculate on what has happened this week. This is a horrible tragedy, major devastation of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, and to consign responsibility for what has happened to the Russian Federation. If in your capitals there were to be any significance for the truth, there would abstain from such insinuations. If the Russian missile truly struck the Cathedral, as Zelenskyy regime claims, then there would be nothing left from the Cathedral.”
17. Wide shot, Security Council
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“Let me conclude by repeating the question asked by Metropolitan Agafangel. Whom do you want to liberate us from? Why do you commit a genocide of the Ukrainian people? When will your government stop paying lip service to God's law and doing evil and darkness?”
19. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
According to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), the restrictions to freedom of religion and the safety of members of religious communities across Ukraine in both territory controlled by the Government as well as that occupied by the Russian Federation "is a matter of grave concern".
Nihal Saad, UNAOC Director, briefed the Security Council on Wednesday (26 July) in New York under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item at the request of Russia.
She said, “According to the updated report by OHCHR based on the work of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), incidents of violence against members and supporters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) increased in the reporting period between February 1st – April 30th 2023.”
Saad also said, “In addressing the situation holistically, we should right-size the religious dimension in that particular crisis that we have at hand as the result of the Russian Federation’s armed attack on Ukraine. The division between Ukraine’s Orthodox bodies is not new.”
Saad continued, “Last Sunday, we woke up to heartbreaking images of a severely damaged historic Cathedral, the largest Orthodox Church in Odesa. A Russian missile hit the Transfiguration Cathedral and other historical buildings that lie in the historic heritage center of Odesa. At the same time, it was heartening to see that hours later parishioners and volunteers donning hard hats, shovels and brooms began removing rubble and tried to salvage any artifacts.”
She added, “The Cathedral in Odesa was not the only religious site damaged throughout the war. According to a preliminary assessment undertaken by UNESCO, 116 religious sites have been damaged since 24 February 2022. The United Nations condemned the attack.”
The UN representative also said, “Authorities notably searched places of worship and other UOC facilities, issued notices of suspicions against clergymen, and placed several of them under house arrest, including one of the UOC’s main hierarchs based on little or no evidence. In addition the Ministry of Culture terminated early rental agreement with UOC of the state-owned Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.”
She continued, “Following UN advocacy, authorities refrained from taking actions that risked violence and did not forcibly evict the UOC from the Lavra on the stated deadline for leaving the premises of 29 March.”
According to her, “In territories occupied by the Russian Federation, there is grave concern over reports by HRMMU during the reporting period August 1 2022 – 1 January 2023. documenting enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture or other ill treatment and unlawful deportations perpetrated by Russian armed forces against clergy and members of Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Christian Evangelical communities.”
She added, “Moreover, the Russian occupation authorities raided, ransacked and closed three places of worship belonging to the Baptist community in Melitopol, reportedly on the grounds of the community’s purported links with foreign intelligence services with no or little evidence.”
Yan Taksyur, publicist, also briefed the Council, he said that in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine there is “an unprecedented legislation project to completely ban Ukrainian Orthodox Church”.
He continued, “And deputies announced their willingness to vote in favor of this.”
Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy for his part said, “No accusations against Russia and no fabrication about the Canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine give Kyiv carte blanche to destroy Canonical Orthodoxy or to imprison distinguished respected an elderly priests whose only fault is that they defend their faith.”
He also said, “If the Russian missile truly struck the Cathedral, as Zelenskyy regime claims, then there would be nothing left from the Cathedral.”
Ukraine’s Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya, in his address to the Council, quoted Metropolitan Agafangel. Kyslytsya said, “Whom do you want to liberate us from? Why do you commit a genocide of the Ukrainian people? When will your government stop paying lip service to God's law and doing evil and darkness?”
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