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The United Nations is “concerned over reports of Russian Federation holding so-called elections in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian military control. These so-called elections in the occupied areas of Ukraine have no legal grounds,” a UN senior official said. UNIFEED
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TRT: 3:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
08 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Security Council
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“We are concerned over reports of Russian Federation holding so-called elections in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian military control. These so-called elections in the occupied areas of Ukraine have no legal grounds.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“We also recall that, as the occupying Power, the Russian Federation is obligated under international humanitarian law to respect, unless absolutely prevented, the laws of Ukraine in force in the areas that it occupies.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“We continue to condemn any actions that could further escalate or deteriorate the situation. We remain concerned about the humanitarian needs and the human rights situation in, and the lack of access to, the areas of Ukraine currently under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Robert A. Wood, Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations:
“The United States will never recognize Russia's claims to any of Ukraine's territory. We condemn Russia's continued occupation unequivocally. And we will continue to work with allies and partners to provide Ukraine with the military equipment it needs to defend itself. We urge all UN Member States to refrain from actions that serve to lend credibility to Russia's sham elections on Ukraine sovereign territory. We must all call out Russia's egregious violations of international law for what they are - a stain on our collective history as a body founded on maintaining world peace and an assault on our rules based international order.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“Dear colleagues, it is the inhumane crimes of the Kyiv regime of its maniacal and hopeless desire to deprive the Russian people of their Russian identity. That became the main reason due to which the residents of Donbass, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia are actively and consciously voting for their future together with Russia. Kyiv lost them, in the same way as it lost Crimea, having drawn no conclusions from its obvious mistakes, we see that it is unable to draw those conclusions even now bringing its inglorious and inevitable end closer.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“The desperate Russia's attempt to legitimize its illegal occupation of the Ukrainian territories by organizing an outright election farce just serve as a proof that Russia realizes the inevitability of its defeat.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“We firmly reject and strongly condemn the illegal actions of the Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied parts of the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and the city of Sevastopol. We do not and will never recognize these illegal actions and emphasize that these results will be null and void and cannot produce legal effects on the international law.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
The United Nations is “concerned over reports of Russian Federation holding so-called elections in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian military control. These so-called elections in the occupied areas of Ukraine have no legal grounds,” a UN senior official said.
Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas today (08 Sep) briefed the Council on the situation in Ukraine.
The UN senior official reiterated that the United Nations remains fully committed to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, extending to its territorial waters.
He also recalled that, “as the occupying Power, the Russian Federation is obligated under international humanitarian law to respect, unless absolutely prevented, the laws of Ukraine in force in the areas that it occupies.”
Jenča added, “We continue to condemn any actions that could further escalate or deteriorate the situation, adding that the UN remains concerned about “the humanitarian needs and the human rights situation in, and the lack of access to, the areas of Ukraine currently under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation.”
US diplomat Robert A. Wood also spoke at the Council. He reiterated, “The United States will never recognize Russia's claims to any of Ukraine's territory. We condemn Russia's continued occupation unequivocally.”
Wood continued, “We will continue to work with allies and partners to provide Ukraine with the military equipment it needs to defend itself.”
The US diplomat urged all UN Member States to “refrain from actions that serve to lend credibility to Russia's sham elections on Ukraine sovereign territory,” adding that “we must all call out Russia's egregious violations of international law for what they are - a stain on our collective history as a body founded on maintaining world peace and an assault on our rules based international order.”
Russia Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya underscored that “it is the inhumane crimes of the Kyiv regime of its maniacal and hopeless desire to deprive the Russian people of their Russian identity.”
He further explained, “That became the main reason due to which the residents of Donbass, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia are actively and consciously voting for their future together with Russia.”
Ambassador Nebenzya said, “Kyiv lost them, in the same way as it lost Crimea, having drawn no conclusions from its obvious mistakes, we see that it is unable to draw those conclusions even now bringing its inglorious and inevitable end closer.”
Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told Council members that “the desperate Russia's attempt to legitimize its illegal occupation of the Ukrainian territories by organizing an outright election farce just serve as a proof that Russia realizes the inevitability of its defeat.”
He reiterated, “We firmly reject and strongly condemn the illegal actions of the Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied parts of the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and the city of Sevastopol.”
Ambassador Kyslytsya concluded, “We do not and will never recognize these illegal actions and emphasize that these results will be null and void and cannot produce legal effects on the international law.”
TRT: 3:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
08 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, Security Council
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“We are concerned over reports of Russian Federation holding so-called elections in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian military control. These so-called elections in the occupied areas of Ukraine have no legal grounds.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“We also recall that, as the occupying Power, the Russian Federation is obligated under international humanitarian law to respect, unless absolutely prevented, the laws of Ukraine in force in the areas that it occupies.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations:
“We continue to condemn any actions that could further escalate or deteriorate the situation. We remain concerned about the humanitarian needs and the human rights situation in, and the lack of access to, the areas of Ukraine currently under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Robert A. Wood, Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations:
“The United States will never recognize Russia's claims to any of Ukraine's territory. We condemn Russia's continued occupation unequivocally. And we will continue to work with allies and partners to provide Ukraine with the military equipment it needs to defend itself. We urge all UN Member States to refrain from actions that serve to lend credibility to Russia's sham elections on Ukraine sovereign territory. We must all call out Russia's egregious violations of international law for what they are - a stain on our collective history as a body founded on maintaining world peace and an assault on our rules based international order.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“Dear colleagues, it is the inhumane crimes of the Kyiv regime of its maniacal and hopeless desire to deprive the Russian people of their Russian identity. That became the main reason due to which the residents of Donbass, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia are actively and consciously voting for their future together with Russia. Kyiv lost them, in the same way as it lost Crimea, having drawn no conclusions from its obvious mistakes, we see that it is unable to draw those conclusions even now bringing its inglorious and inevitable end closer.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“The desperate Russia's attempt to legitimize its illegal occupation of the Ukrainian territories by organizing an outright election farce just serve as a proof that Russia realizes the inevitability of its defeat.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ukraine:
“We firmly reject and strongly condemn the illegal actions of the Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied parts of the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and the city of Sevastopol. We do not and will never recognize these illegal actions and emphasize that these results will be null and void and cannot produce legal effects on the international law.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
The United Nations is “concerned over reports of Russian Federation holding so-called elections in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian military control. These so-called elections in the occupied areas of Ukraine have no legal grounds,” a UN senior official said.
Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas today (08 Sep) briefed the Council on the situation in Ukraine.
The UN senior official reiterated that the United Nations remains fully committed to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, extending to its territorial waters.
He also recalled that, “as the occupying Power, the Russian Federation is obligated under international humanitarian law to respect, unless absolutely prevented, the laws of Ukraine in force in the areas that it occupies.”
Jenča added, “We continue to condemn any actions that could further escalate or deteriorate the situation, adding that the UN remains concerned about “the humanitarian needs and the human rights situation in, and the lack of access to, the areas of Ukraine currently under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation.”
US diplomat Robert A. Wood also spoke at the Council. He reiterated, “The United States will never recognize Russia's claims to any of Ukraine's territory. We condemn Russia's continued occupation unequivocally.”
Wood continued, “We will continue to work with allies and partners to provide Ukraine with the military equipment it needs to defend itself.”
The US diplomat urged all UN Member States to “refrain from actions that serve to lend credibility to Russia's sham elections on Ukraine sovereign territory,” adding that “we must all call out Russia's egregious violations of international law for what they are - a stain on our collective history as a body founded on maintaining world peace and an assault on our rules based international order.”
Russia Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya underscored that “it is the inhumane crimes of the Kyiv regime of its maniacal and hopeless desire to deprive the Russian people of their Russian identity.”
He further explained, “That became the main reason due to which the residents of Donbass, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia are actively and consciously voting for their future together with Russia.”
Ambassador Nebenzya said, “Kyiv lost them, in the same way as it lost Crimea, having drawn no conclusions from its obvious mistakes, we see that it is unable to draw those conclusions even now bringing its inglorious and inevitable end closer.”
Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told Council members that “the desperate Russia's attempt to legitimize its illegal occupation of the Ukrainian territories by organizing an outright election farce just serve as a proof that Russia realizes the inevitability of its defeat.”
He reiterated, “We firmly reject and strongly condemn the illegal actions of the Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied parts of the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and the city of Sevastopol.”
Ambassador Kyslytsya concluded, “We do not and will never recognize these illegal actions and emphasize that these results will be null and void and cannot produce legal effects on the international law.”
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