GENEVA / UKRAINE HRC VOTE
04-Mar-2022
00:06:30
The UN Human Rights Council voted on Friday to set up a top-level probe into rights violations in Ukraine as Russia’s military offensive continued. UNTV CH
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STORY: GENEVA / UKRAINE HRC VOTE
TRT: 6:31
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 MARCH 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
TRT: 6:31
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 MARCH 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST
04 MARCH 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
2. Wide shot, Human Rights Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in Geneva:
“Most importantly, the initiative envisages the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry which will investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and related crimes in the context of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, including their root causes.”
4. Wide shot, Human Rights Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in Geneva:
“It is our common duty to ensure accountability by mandating the documentation and verification of Russia's crimes and identification of those responsible. This is the only way to ensure that such blatant dereliction of human rights values, which we deeply share cherish, will never repeat itself in any place of the world. Therefore, Ukraine looks forward to the adoption of this important action and counts on your active and strong support. And now I would like to observe the moment of silence for all victims in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression and invite my colleagues to join me.”
6. Pan left, delegates standing for moment of silence
7. Med shot, dais speakers standing and observing moment of silence
8. Pan right, from dais speakers and participants to ceiling
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Evgeny Ustinov, First Counsellor, Russian delegation to the United Nations in Geneva:
“Therefore, the creation of a new mechanism is a mere waste of resources, which could better be used to help civilians in Ukraine. However, this will unlikely be a concern of the co-sponsors of the resolution, which will use any means in order to blame Russia for the events.”
10. Pan left, delegates seated and masked
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Evgeny Ustinov, First Counsellor, Russian delegation to the United Nations in Geneva:
“We just held a minute of silence, and we do not oppose such a minute of silence, but we hope that all those present here, including the diplomats and UN representatives, will finally recall those thousands of people who have been killed and maimed by the authorities in Ukraine. And these are the people in Donbass.”
12. Med shot, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Council President
13. Wide shot, standing and seated delegates during a pause in proceedings
14. UPSOUND (Spanish) Federico Villegas, President, United Nations Human Rights Council:
“And I ask all the delegations to vote.”
15. Med shot, showing results being displayed on screen.
16. UPSOUND (Spanish) Federico Villegas, President, United Nations Human Rights Council:
“If so, I ask the Secretariat to close the voting machine. The voting machine is closed.”
17. Pan right, results displayed on screen
18. UPSOUND (Spanish) Federico Villegas, President, United Nations Human Rights Council:
“The results of recorded vote are as follows: 32 votes in favour, two votes against and 13 abstentions.”
19. Wide shot, Human Rights Council, floor shot
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the United Nations in Geneva:
“Our collective conscience is not only tested but provoked. The fact that the global community is dealing with this very unfortunate situation and more importantly, loss of human lives and rights is indeed disheartening. The Gambia is disturbed with the far-reaching implications of such acts to the global community. Multilateralism, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and our collective humanity is provoked in bounds that we have never experienced for a very long time. The Gambia stands for upholding international law and the UN Charter and protection of humanity and sovereignty of nations. We encourage all of us to sit back for a moment and draw to our humanity and encourage courage and conviction and diplomatic solutions for the bloodshed to stop. We're losing children. We're losing women. We are losing elderly. Rhetoric is not going to restore our humanity.”
21. Med shot, Finnish delegation
22. Med shot, Russian delegation
23. Med shot, Polish delegation
24. Med shot, United States delegation
25. Tilt down, Ceiling to delegates at Human Rights Council
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
2. Wide shot, Human Rights Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in Geneva:
“Most importantly, the initiative envisages the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry which will investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and related crimes in the context of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, including their root causes.”
4. Wide shot, Human Rights Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in Geneva:
“It is our common duty to ensure accountability by mandating the documentation and verification of Russia's crimes and identification of those responsible. This is the only way to ensure that such blatant dereliction of human rights values, which we deeply share cherish, will never repeat itself in any place of the world. Therefore, Ukraine looks forward to the adoption of this important action and counts on your active and strong support. And now I would like to observe the moment of silence for all victims in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression and invite my colleagues to join me.”
6. Pan left, delegates standing for moment of silence
7. Med shot, dais speakers standing and observing moment of silence
8. Pan right, from dais speakers and participants to ceiling
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Evgeny Ustinov, First Counsellor, Russian delegation to the United Nations in Geneva:
“Therefore, the creation of a new mechanism is a mere waste of resources, which could better be used to help civilians in Ukraine. However, this will unlikely be a concern of the co-sponsors of the resolution, which will use any means in order to blame Russia for the events.”
10. Pan left, delegates seated and masked
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Evgeny Ustinov, First Counsellor, Russian delegation to the United Nations in Geneva:
“We just held a minute of silence, and we do not oppose such a minute of silence, but we hope that all those present here, including the diplomats and UN representatives, will finally recall those thousands of people who have been killed and maimed by the authorities in Ukraine. And these are the people in Donbass.”
12. Med shot, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Council President
13. Wide shot, standing and seated delegates during a pause in proceedings
14. UPSOUND (Spanish) Federico Villegas, President, United Nations Human Rights Council:
“And I ask all the delegations to vote.”
15. Med shot, showing results being displayed on screen.
16. UPSOUND (Spanish) Federico Villegas, President, United Nations Human Rights Council:
“If so, I ask the Secretariat to close the voting machine. The voting machine is closed.”
17. Pan right, results displayed on screen
18. UPSOUND (Spanish) Federico Villegas, President, United Nations Human Rights Council:
“The results of recorded vote are as follows: 32 votes in favour, two votes against and 13 abstentions.”
19. Wide shot, Human Rights Council, floor shot
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the United Nations in Geneva:
“Our collective conscience is not only tested but provoked. The fact that the global community is dealing with this very unfortunate situation and more importantly, loss of human lives and rights is indeed disheartening. The Gambia is disturbed with the far-reaching implications of such acts to the global community. Multilateralism, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and our collective humanity is provoked in bounds that we have never experienced for a very long time. The Gambia stands for upholding international law and the UN Charter and protection of humanity and sovereignty of nations. We encourage all of us to sit back for a moment and draw to our humanity and encourage courage and conviction and diplomatic solutions for the bloodshed to stop. We're losing children. We're losing women. We are losing elderly. Rhetoric is not going to restore our humanity.”
21. Med shot, Finnish delegation
22. Med shot, Russian delegation
23. Med shot, Polish delegation
24. Med shot, United States delegation
25. Tilt down, Ceiling to delegates at Human Rights Council
STORYLINE
The UN Human Rights Council voted on Friday (04 Mar) to set up a top-level probe into rights violations in Ukraine as Russia’s military offensive continued.
Capping discussions spanning two days at the Geneva forum, the vote on a resolution on the ‘Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression’ by all 47 Council Members returned a result of “32 votes in favour, two votes against and 13 abstentions”, announced Federico Villegas, President of the Human Rights Council.
Representing Ukraine at the Council, Yevheniia Filipenko explained the serious motive behind the urgent debate that her country had called, to discuss the “Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression.”
“Most importantly, the initiative envisages the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry which will investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and related crimes in the context of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, including their root causes,” she said.
“It is our common duty to ensure accountability by mandating the documentation and verification of Russia's crimes and identification of those responsible,” Filipenko continued, in reference to the anticipated work of the Commission of Inquiry. “This is the only way to ensure that such blatant dereliction of human rights values, which we deeply share cherish, will never repeat itself in any place of the world. Therefore, Ukraine looks forward to the adoption of this important action and counts on your active and strong support.”
Speaking ahead of the vote, the Ukrainian delegate called on those present to observe the moment of silence for all victims in Ukraine “stemming from the Russian aggression”, at which point the work of the Council paused, as Members stood to show their respect.
“We just held a minute of silence, and we do not oppose such a minute of silence,” said Counsellor Evgeny Ustinov from the Russian delegation, “But we hope that all those present here, including the diplomats and UN representatives, will finally recall those thousands of people who have been killed and maimed by the authorities in Ukraine. And these are the people in Donbass.”
Rejecting the creation of a Commission of Inquiry, Ustinov insisted that it was “a mere waste of resources, which could better be used to help civilians in Ukraine. However, this will unlikely be a concern of the co-sponsors of the resolution, which will use any means in order to blame Russia for the event.”
Reflecting the shockwaves and anger felt across the world at situation in Ukraine, the intervention by the Gambia’s Muhammadou M.O. Kah echoed many recent high-level appeals for the violence to stop, not least from the UN Secretary-General.
“Our collective conscience is not only tested but provoked,” he said. “The fact that the global community is dealing with this very unfortunate situation and more importantly, loss of human lives and rights is indeed disheartening. The Gambia is disturbed with the far-reaching implications of such acts to the global community. Multilateralism, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and our collective humanity is provoked in bounds that we have never experienced for a very long time. The Gambia stands for upholding international law and the UN Charter and protection of humanity and sovereignty of nations. We encourage all of us to sit back for a moment and draw to our humanity and encourage courage and conviction and diplomatic solutions for the bloodshed to stop. We're losing children. We're losing women. We are losing elderly. Rhetoric is not going to restore our humanity.”
Capping discussions spanning two days at the Geneva forum, the vote on a resolution on the ‘Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression’ by all 47 Council Members returned a result of “32 votes in favour, two votes against and 13 abstentions”, announced Federico Villegas, President of the Human Rights Council.
Representing Ukraine at the Council, Yevheniia Filipenko explained the serious motive behind the urgent debate that her country had called, to discuss the “Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression.”
“Most importantly, the initiative envisages the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry which will investigate all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and related crimes in the context of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, including their root causes,” she said.
“It is our common duty to ensure accountability by mandating the documentation and verification of Russia's crimes and identification of those responsible,” Filipenko continued, in reference to the anticipated work of the Commission of Inquiry. “This is the only way to ensure that such blatant dereliction of human rights values, which we deeply share cherish, will never repeat itself in any place of the world. Therefore, Ukraine looks forward to the adoption of this important action and counts on your active and strong support.”
Speaking ahead of the vote, the Ukrainian delegate called on those present to observe the moment of silence for all victims in Ukraine “stemming from the Russian aggression”, at which point the work of the Council paused, as Members stood to show their respect.
“We just held a minute of silence, and we do not oppose such a minute of silence,” said Counsellor Evgeny Ustinov from the Russian delegation, “But we hope that all those present here, including the diplomats and UN representatives, will finally recall those thousands of people who have been killed and maimed by the authorities in Ukraine. And these are the people in Donbass.”
Rejecting the creation of a Commission of Inquiry, Ustinov insisted that it was “a mere waste of resources, which could better be used to help civilians in Ukraine. However, this will unlikely be a concern of the co-sponsors of the resolution, which will use any means in order to blame Russia for the event.”
Reflecting the shockwaves and anger felt across the world at situation in Ukraine, the intervention by the Gambia’s Muhammadou M.O. Kah echoed many recent high-level appeals for the violence to stop, not least from the UN Secretary-General.
“Our collective conscience is not only tested but provoked,” he said. “The fact that the global community is dealing with this very unfortunate situation and more importantly, loss of human lives and rights is indeed disheartening. The Gambia is disturbed with the far-reaching implications of such acts to the global community. Multilateralism, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and our collective humanity is provoked in bounds that we have never experienced for a very long time. The Gambia stands for upholding international law and the UN Charter and protection of humanity and sovereignty of nations. We encourage all of us to sit back for a moment and draw to our humanity and encourage courage and conviction and diplomatic solutions for the bloodshed to stop. We're losing children. We're losing women. We are losing elderly. Rhetoric is not going to restore our humanity.”
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