UN / SYRIA
29-Jun-2023
00:03:47
The Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Najat Rochdi, called for a “nationwide ceasefire” in Syria in line with Security Council resolution 2254, as “Syrians face an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis.” UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 29 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
TRT: 03:47
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 29 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
29 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Syrian Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Najat Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“We need the nationwide ceasefire, in line with Security Council resolution 2254. Syrians face an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis, as I stressed to the humanitarian task force this week in Geneva, Syrians needs must be at the centre of our approach and humanitarian action must be depoliticized.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Najat Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“Even moderate steps to improve the lives of Syrians and move on the political track will require action from many different sides, each of whom has easy means to spoil, if excluded. This is why the Special Envoy has welcomed to enhance attention to Syria and seeks to maximize coherence, coordination, and complementarity of the diplomatic efforts underway and to see to engage directly the Syrian parties and all key players as the facilitator of the political process.”
7. Wide shot, Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffith speaking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffith, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The Council's cross border resolution, as we know, will expire in 11 days, on July the 10th. As we've heard, the Secretary General just be very clear about his views of the need to see it renewed, to cover 12 months and to include all and any cross-border points in order to facilitate humanitarian assistance into the Northwest.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffith, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“A 12-month authorization, Madam President, enables us and our partners to deliver better humanitarian outcomes in the months ahead. It is as simple as that. Operational planning, staff recruitment, fundraising, can be undertaken in a more deliberate fashion. An authorization through a year until next July, will ensure aid flows in the desperate winter season, which will be at risk with a shorter period. And as I've mentioned, and I think perhaps this is the most important point I want to emphasize in this regard, it is conducive for early recovery programs, which do not function on six months cycles, and barely do indeed on 12 months. We need to look longer.”
11. Med shot, Sabbagh addressing the Council
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
“The brutal attacks and the criminal practices of the Israeli occupying forces against the Syrian Arab Republic have exacerbated recently, including in the occupied Syrian Golan. On 20th of June, the occupying forces accompanied by bulldozers penetrated the Al-Hafair area, east of the village of Mas’ade in the occupied Syrian Golan. They razed agricultural lands in order to prepare for the implementation of their colonization project to instill wind turbines. Given the seriousness of this plan and its harmful effects, defenseless citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan opposed the occupation forces in order to reject this colonization plans. The occupying forces responded with a barrage of bullets and smoke bombs that led to 50 Syrian casualties, some of them very serious. Others were detained.”
13. Wide shot, end of Council session
14. Various shots, Council vote
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
29 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Syrian Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Najat Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“We need the nationwide ceasefire, in line with Security Council resolution 2254. Syrians face an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis, as I stressed to the humanitarian task force this week in Geneva, Syrians needs must be at the centre of our approach and humanitarian action must be depoliticized.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Najat Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“Even moderate steps to improve the lives of Syrians and move on the political track will require action from many different sides, each of whom has easy means to spoil, if excluded. This is why the Special Envoy has welcomed to enhance attention to Syria and seeks to maximize coherence, coordination, and complementarity of the diplomatic efforts underway and to see to engage directly the Syrian parties and all key players as the facilitator of the political process.”
7. Wide shot, Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffith speaking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffith, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“The Council's cross border resolution, as we know, will expire in 11 days, on July the 10th. As we've heard, the Secretary General just be very clear about his views of the need to see it renewed, to cover 12 months and to include all and any cross-border points in order to facilitate humanitarian assistance into the Northwest.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffith, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“A 12-month authorization, Madam President, enables us and our partners to deliver better humanitarian outcomes in the months ahead. It is as simple as that. Operational planning, staff recruitment, fundraising, can be undertaken in a more deliberate fashion. An authorization through a year until next July, will ensure aid flows in the desperate winter season, which will be at risk with a shorter period. And as I've mentioned, and I think perhaps this is the most important point I want to emphasize in this regard, it is conducive for early recovery programs, which do not function on six months cycles, and barely do indeed on 12 months. We need to look longer.”
11. Med shot, Sabbagh addressing the Council
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
“The brutal attacks and the criminal practices of the Israeli occupying forces against the Syrian Arab Republic have exacerbated recently, including in the occupied Syrian Golan. On 20th of June, the occupying forces accompanied by bulldozers penetrated the Al-Hafair area, east of the village of Mas’ade in the occupied Syrian Golan. They razed agricultural lands in order to prepare for the implementation of their colonization project to instill wind turbines. Given the seriousness of this plan and its harmful effects, defenseless citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan opposed the occupation forces in order to reject this colonization plans. The occupying forces responded with a barrage of bullets and smoke bombs that led to 50 Syrian casualties, some of them very serious. Others were detained.”
13. Wide shot, end of Council session
14. Various shots, Council vote
STORYLINE
The Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Najat Rochdi, today (29 Jun) called for a “nationwide ceasefire” in Syria in line with Security Council resolution 2254, as “Syrians face an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis.”
Addressing the Security Council’s monthly briefing on Syria, Rochdi stressed that “Syrians needs must be at the centre of our approach and humanitarian action must be depoliticized.”
She said, “even moderate steps to improve the lives of Syrians and move on the political track will require action from many different sides, each of whom has easy means to spoil, if excluded.”
For this reason, Rochdi said, Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen “has welcomed to enhance attention to Syria and seeks to maximize coherence, coordination, and complementarity of the diplomatic efforts underway and to see to engage directly the Syrian parties and all key players as the facilitator of the political process.”
As the Council's cross border resolution on Syria is set to expire on 10 July, Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffith spoke of “the need to see it renewed, to cover 12 months and to include all and any cross-border points in order to facilitate humanitarian assistance into the Northwest.”
A 12-month authorization, Griffith said, “enables us and our partners to deliver better humanitarian outcomes in the months ahead.”
He said, “it is as simple as that. Operational planning, staff recruitment, fundraising, can be undertaken in a more deliberate fashion. An authorization through a year until next July, will ensure aid flows in the desperate winter season, which will be at risk with a shorter period. And as I've mentioned, and I think perhaps this is the most important point I want to emphasize in this regard, it is conducive for early recovery programs, which do not function on six months cycles, and barely do indeed on 12 months. We need to look longer.”
Resolution 2672 of 9 January extended the authorisation for the Syria cross-border aid mechanism until 10 July. Through this mechanism, humanitarian assistance is delivered to Syria from Türkiye via the Bab al-Hawa crossing without requiring the consent of the Syrian government.
For his part, Syrian Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh described the recent “brutal attacks and the criminal practices of the Israeli occupying forces against the Syrian Arab Republic.”
Sabbagh said, “on 20th of June, the occupying forces accompanied by bulldozers penetrated the Al-Hafair area, east of the village of Mas’ade in the occupied Syrian Golan. They razed agricultural lands in order to prepare for the implementation of their colonization project to instill wind turbines. Given the seriousness of this plan and its harmful effects, defenseless citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan opposed the occupation forces in order to reject this colonization plans. The occupying forces responded with a barrage of bullets and smoke bombs that led to 50 Syrian casualties, some of them very serious. Others were detained.”
Before the meeting, the Council voted unanimously for a six-month renewal of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force on the Golan Heights (UNDOF), which serves as a buffer between Syrian and Israeli armies.
Addressing the Security Council’s monthly briefing on Syria, Rochdi stressed that “Syrians needs must be at the centre of our approach and humanitarian action must be depoliticized.”
She said, “even moderate steps to improve the lives of Syrians and move on the political track will require action from many different sides, each of whom has easy means to spoil, if excluded.”
For this reason, Rochdi said, Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen “has welcomed to enhance attention to Syria and seeks to maximize coherence, coordination, and complementarity of the diplomatic efforts underway and to see to engage directly the Syrian parties and all key players as the facilitator of the political process.”
As the Council's cross border resolution on Syria is set to expire on 10 July, Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffith spoke of “the need to see it renewed, to cover 12 months and to include all and any cross-border points in order to facilitate humanitarian assistance into the Northwest.”
A 12-month authorization, Griffith said, “enables us and our partners to deliver better humanitarian outcomes in the months ahead.”
He said, “it is as simple as that. Operational planning, staff recruitment, fundraising, can be undertaken in a more deliberate fashion. An authorization through a year until next July, will ensure aid flows in the desperate winter season, which will be at risk with a shorter period. And as I've mentioned, and I think perhaps this is the most important point I want to emphasize in this regard, it is conducive for early recovery programs, which do not function on six months cycles, and barely do indeed on 12 months. We need to look longer.”
Resolution 2672 of 9 January extended the authorisation for the Syria cross-border aid mechanism until 10 July. Through this mechanism, humanitarian assistance is delivered to Syria from Türkiye via the Bab al-Hawa crossing without requiring the consent of the Syrian government.
For his part, Syrian Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh described the recent “brutal attacks and the criminal practices of the Israeli occupying forces against the Syrian Arab Republic.”
Sabbagh said, “on 20th of June, the occupying forces accompanied by bulldozers penetrated the Al-Hafair area, east of the village of Mas’ade in the occupied Syrian Golan. They razed agricultural lands in order to prepare for the implementation of their colonization project to instill wind turbines. Given the seriousness of this plan and its harmful effects, defenseless citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan opposed the occupation forces in order to reject this colonization plans. The occupying forces responded with a barrage of bullets and smoke bombs that led to 50 Syrian casualties, some of them very serious. Others were detained.”
Before the meeting, the Council voted unanimously for a six-month renewal of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force on the Golan Heights (UNDOF), which serves as a buffer between Syrian and Israeli armies.
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