UN / DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS ENCOUNTER
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Over fifty countries called on all Member States to join in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and international peace and security, and to “hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS ENCOUNTER
TRT: 2:51
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LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
17 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, ambassadors at the stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“We now call on all Member States to join us in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the DPRK and international peace and security, and to hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.”
4. Wide shot, ambassadors at the stakeout
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“The DPRK government's violations and abuses have been well documented by credible accounts including numerous UN experts and have been condemned through many General Assembly Resolutions adopted by consensus over the past years. They include arbitrary killings, harsh and life-threatening prison sentences. The punishment of family members for offenses allegedly committed by an individual and near total state control of expression through censorship and repression. The DPRK government commits acts of cruelty and repression in its own territory, while also perpetrating similar acts in other countries targeting both citizens of the DPRK and others. These include executions, assassinations, abductions, including from Japan and the Republic of Korea intimidations and forced repatriation.”
“Alone, these human rights violations and abuses demand the Council's attention. But they're also inextricably linked with the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile advancement in violation of Security Council resolutions, the DPRK government engages in domestic and overseas forced labor and labor exploitation to generate revenue for its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. And the DPRK’s repressive political climate allows the government to divert resources to weapons development at the expense of the welfare of the people in the DPRK who suffer from severe economic hardship and malnutrition. None of this is acceptable, and there continues to be a lack of accountability.”
6. Wide shot, ambassadors leaving the stakeout
STORYLINE:
Over fifty countries called on all Member States to join in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and international peace and security, and to “hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.”
The Security Council today (17 Aug) met to discuss the link between the DPRK’s human rights violations and abuses and international peace and security. This was the first open briefing on this issue since 2017.
After the meeting, US Ambassador Greenfield delivered a statement in her national capacity on behalf of 52 Member States.
She said, “The DPRK government's violations and abuses have been well documented by credible accounts including numerous UN experts and have been condemned through many General Assembly Resolutions adopted by consensus over the past years. They include arbitrary killings, harsh and life-threatening prison sentences. The punishment of family members for offenses allegedly committed by an individual and near total state control of expression through censorship and repression.”
Ambassador Greenfield continued, “The DPRK government commits acts of cruelty and repression in its own territory, while also perpetrating similar acts in other countries targeting both citizens of the DPRK and others. These include executions, assassinations, abductions, including from Japan and the Republic of Korea intimidations and forced repatriation.”
She added, “Alone, these human rights violations and abuses demand the Council's attention. But they're also inextricably linked with the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile advancement in violation of Security Council resolutions.”
The US Ambassador further explained, “the DPRK government engages in domestic and overseas forced labor and labor exploitation to generate revenue for its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. And the DPRK’s repressive political climate allows the government to divert resources to weapons development at the expense of the welfare of the people in the DPRK who suffer from severe economic hardship and malnutrition.”
"None of this is acceptable, and there continues to be a lack of accountability,” she reiterated.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 30th anniversary of the Vienna declaration and programme of action and the 10th anniversary of the creation of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK.
The 52 countries that joined the statement are: the United States, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union.
TRT: 2:51
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
17 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, ambassadors at the stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“We now call on all Member States to join us in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the DPRK and international peace and security, and to hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.”
4. Wide shot, ambassadors at the stakeout
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“The DPRK government's violations and abuses have been well documented by credible accounts including numerous UN experts and have been condemned through many General Assembly Resolutions adopted by consensus over the past years. They include arbitrary killings, harsh and life-threatening prison sentences. The punishment of family members for offenses allegedly committed by an individual and near total state control of expression through censorship and repression. The DPRK government commits acts of cruelty and repression in its own territory, while also perpetrating similar acts in other countries targeting both citizens of the DPRK and others. These include executions, assassinations, abductions, including from Japan and the Republic of Korea intimidations and forced repatriation.”
“Alone, these human rights violations and abuses demand the Council's attention. But they're also inextricably linked with the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile advancement in violation of Security Council resolutions, the DPRK government engages in domestic and overseas forced labor and labor exploitation to generate revenue for its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. And the DPRK’s repressive political climate allows the government to divert resources to weapons development at the expense of the welfare of the people in the DPRK who suffer from severe economic hardship and malnutrition. None of this is acceptable, and there continues to be a lack of accountability.”
6. Wide shot, ambassadors leaving the stakeout
STORYLINE:
Over fifty countries called on all Member States to join in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and international peace and security, and to “hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.”
The Security Council today (17 Aug) met to discuss the link between the DPRK’s human rights violations and abuses and international peace and security. This was the first open briefing on this issue since 2017.
After the meeting, US Ambassador Greenfield delivered a statement in her national capacity on behalf of 52 Member States.
She said, “The DPRK government's violations and abuses have been well documented by credible accounts including numerous UN experts and have been condemned through many General Assembly Resolutions adopted by consensus over the past years. They include arbitrary killings, harsh and life-threatening prison sentences. The punishment of family members for offenses allegedly committed by an individual and near total state control of expression through censorship and repression.”
Ambassador Greenfield continued, “The DPRK government commits acts of cruelty and repression in its own territory, while also perpetrating similar acts in other countries targeting both citizens of the DPRK and others. These include executions, assassinations, abductions, including from Japan and the Republic of Korea intimidations and forced repatriation.”
She added, “Alone, these human rights violations and abuses demand the Council's attention. But they're also inextricably linked with the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile advancement in violation of Security Council resolutions.”
The US Ambassador further explained, “the DPRK government engages in domestic and overseas forced labor and labor exploitation to generate revenue for its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. And the DPRK’s repressive political climate allows the government to divert resources to weapons development at the expense of the welfare of the people in the DPRK who suffer from severe economic hardship and malnutrition.”
"None of this is acceptable, and there continues to be a lack of accountability,” she reiterated.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 30th anniversary of the Vienna declaration and programme of action and the 10th anniversary of the creation of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK.
The 52 countries that joined the statement are: the United States, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union.
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