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Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, told the Security Council that “some estimates put the total number of killed, civilians and military personnel of both sides, at half a million.” UNIFEED

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DATELINE: 24 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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1. Med shot, exterior UN Headquarters, UN flag

24 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Ukraine Ambassador
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“The numbers alone tell a horrific story: OHCHR has confirmed at least 9,444 civilians, including 545 children, killed. Nearly 17,000 others, among them 1,156 children, have been injured. The real figures are likely much higher. Some estimates put the total number of killed, civilians and military personnel of both sides, at half a million.”
5. Wide shot, Security Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“As we warned during the Security Council meetings on 21 and 26 July, attacks targeting grain facilities may have far-reaching global consequences. They threaten to reverse the progress made in bolstering food security over the past year. This could be catastrophic for the 345 million people already acutely food insecure around the world.”
7. Close up, Ukraine Ambassador
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“Another recent UN assessment on the impact of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam concluded that the breach caused a far-reaching environmental disaster, the scale of which might not be clear for decades to come.”
9. Wide shot, Security Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“To date, the United Nations has verified 173 cases of conflict related sexual violence against 112 men, 57 women, and four girls. 7 The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has said that such incidents of sexual violence may amount to war crimes.”
11. Med shot, Russian Federation Ambassador
12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Nebenzia Vassily, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“However, the tragedy of this country began long before when the West chose Ukraine as a pawn to fight against and to weaken Russia.”
13. Wide shot, Security Council
14. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Nebenzia Vassily, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“They are live on air, reading military training manuals, written before their eyes, and gain experience in modern day methods of engaging in conduct of hostilities, risking nothing other than the weapons provided to Kyiv. Otherwise, they would have allowed Zelenskyy and his team to conclude peace that was nearly reached in March of last year, with highly beneficial conditions for Ukraine.”
15. Med shot, Ukraine Ambassador
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“It is our moral and legal duty to state that the actions of the Moscow regime are not compatible either with the status of a permanent member or with its presence in the UN in general.”
17. Med shot, delegates
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“All your lies and your complicity in the crime of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity are on record in this Chamber. One day, they will be used for materials of another trial – where some of you will join other representatives of Putin’s criminal regime in the dock.”
19. Wide shot, Security Council
20. SOUNBITE (English) Silvio Gonzato, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to the United Nations:
“First, the need for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine; second, the need to hold Russia and its political and military leadership accountable; and third, the importance of addressing the global consequences of Russia’s aggression.”
21. Zoom out, meeting ends
22. Pan left, ambassadors at the stakeout
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Today I want to send a clear message to President Putin. Cease your attacks on Ukraine, on Ukraine's children and on the world's hunger. Release Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, American citizens who have been wrongfully detained, and end in your senseless war of aggression, once and for all. The Ukrainian people will continue to stand strong, and we will continue to stand strongly behind them.”
24. Pan right, ambassadors leaving the stakeout


STORYLINE:

Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, today (24 Aug) told the Security Council that “some estimates put the total number of killed, civilians and military personnel of both sides, at half a million.”

Briefing the Council during a meeting on the Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine, DiCarlo said, “the numbers alone tell a horrific story: OHCHR has confirmed at least 9,444 civilians, including 545 children, killed. Nearly 17,000 others, among them 1,156 children, have been injured. The real figures are likely much higher.”

The Under Secretary-General reiterated, “as we warned during the Security Council meetings on 21 and 26 July, attacks targeting grain facilities may have far-reaching global consequences. They threaten to reverse the progress made in bolstering food security over the past year.”

DiCarlo stressed, “this could be catastrophic for the 345 million people already acutely food insecure around the world.”

She also noted, “another recent UN assessment on the impact of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam concluded that the breach caused a far-reaching environmental disaster, the scale of which might not be clear for decades to come.”

According to DiCarlo’s statement, the United Nations has verified 173 cases of conflict-related sexual violence against 112 men, 57 women, and four girls.

She said, “the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has said that such incidents of sexual violence may amount to war crimes.”

Russian Ambassador Nebenzia Vassily said that “the tragedy of this country began long before when the West chose Ukraine as a pawn to fight against and to weaken Russia.”

Nebenzia said to Council members, "they are live on air, reading military training manuals, written before their eyes, and gain experience in modern day methods of engaging in conduct of hostilities, risking nothing other than the weapons provided to Kyiv.”

He continued, “otherwise, they would have allowed Zelenskyy and his team to conclude peace that was nearly reached in March of last year, with highly beneficial conditions for Ukraine.”

For his part, Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said, “it is our moral and legal duty to state that the actions of the Moscow regime are not compatible either with the status of a permanent member or with its presence in the UN in general.”

He added, “all your lies and your complicity in the crime of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity are on record in this Chamber. One day, they will be used for materials of another trial – where some of you will join other representatives of Putin’s criminal regime in the dock.”

Silvio Gonzato, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to the United Nations, delivered a statement on behalf of the European Union and its members as well as North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino.

He emphasized three points, "first, the need for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine; second, the need to hold Russia and its political and military leadership accountable; and third, the importance of addressing the global consequences of Russia’s aggression."

After the meeting, representatives of Albania, Ukraine and the US spoke to reporters. The US Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield in her national capacity said, “today I want to send a clear message to President Putin.”

She continued, “cease your attacks on Ukraine, on Ukraine's children and on the world's hunger; release Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, American citizens who have been wrongfully detained; and end your senseless war of aggression, once and for all.”

Thomas-Greenfield concluded, “The Ukrainian people will continue to stand strong, and we will continue to stand strongly behind them.”
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