UN / SYRIA
27-Sep-2023
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The UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pedersen said that there is a path forward for the Syrian conflict, but if it is not taken, “it goes against the common interests of the international community for stability and progress in Syria.” UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
27 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
There is a path forward, and I appeal to all to engage. But let me issue a stark warning. If this path is not taken, the alternative is not a grim but containable status quo. It is not a miraculous change for the better from the perspective of this or that Syrian party. It is, rather, a future of deterioration across humanitarian, security, and institutional fronts, with significant implications for all. That is a recipe for disaster for the Syrian people and the region. And it goes against the common interests of the international community for stability and progress in Syria.”
4.Wide shot, Security Council
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“The Syrian parties and all key international actors need to entertain compromise in a more fundamental way than many have to date. If they do, it would be possible to act in parallel and urgently to reverse negative economic, security, and political trends, and to relaunch a Syrian-led and -owned political process as called for in resolution 2254.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“The Syrian parties could be in a process of Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political dialogue facilitated by the United Nations, working seriously in the Constitutional Committee. They would be tabling and reacting to concrete proposals, working through the Constitution chapter-by-chapter, and identifying the makings of a future social contract for all the citizens of a deeply divided country.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“Last week saw the resumption of United Nations humanitarian deliveries from Türkiye into north-west Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing. Since then, 65 trucks have crossed, carrying health and nutrition items and other vital relief supplies for more than two million people. We expect many more trucks to cross into the north-west in the coming days and weeks.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“The cross-border response extends beyond the movement of trucks. It means better functioning schools, health facilities and sanitation systems, and improved access to safe drinking water and life-saving protection services. It also includes the delivery of cash-based assistance. Our commitment to providing humanitarian aid by all means possible, whether crossline or cross-border, remains unchanged.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“Women and girls are paying a steep price. Their fundamental rights, including access to services that are critical for their health and well-being, have become a casualty of the conflict. Women and girls struggle to access healthcare, including reproductive services because of widespread damage to health facilities, shortages of health workers, limited transportation options, lack of documentation, overcrowding and long wait times.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Su’ad Jarbawi, Middle East and North Africa Regional Vice President at the International Rescue Committee (IRC)
“The substantial funding gap will simply mean even higher needs in 2024, creating a downward spiral and forcing us to make the terrible choice of which vulnerable family we should serve. The burden of that choice falls on the shoulders of humanitarian agencies.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
The Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms, all these Israeli crimes and attacks. We equally condemn the continued silence of some States who declare themselves protectors of international humanitarian law and human rights law. This silence makes these States complicit with the perpetrators of these crimes. And it shows to what extent they apply double standards.”
18. Wide shot, Security Council
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
“At the same time, the United States and its European allies continue to impose unilateral, coercive measures on all vital sectors, which impoverished the Syrian people, these measures have affected food health, energy, transportation, agricultural production, which caused a significant and unprecedented economic and humanitarian suffering.”
20. Wide shot, Security Council
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
27 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
There is a path forward, and I appeal to all to engage. But let me issue a stark warning. If this path is not taken, the alternative is not a grim but containable status quo. It is not a miraculous change for the better from the perspective of this or that Syrian party. It is, rather, a future of deterioration across humanitarian, security, and institutional fronts, with significant implications for all. That is a recipe for disaster for the Syrian people and the region. And it goes against the common interests of the international community for stability and progress in Syria.”
4.Wide shot, Security Council
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“The Syrian parties and all key international actors need to entertain compromise in a more fundamental way than many have to date. If they do, it would be possible to act in parallel and urgently to reverse negative economic, security, and political trends, and to relaunch a Syrian-led and -owned political process as called for in resolution 2254.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria:
“The Syrian parties could be in a process of Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political dialogue facilitated by the United Nations, working seriously in the Constitutional Committee. They would be tabling and reacting to concrete proposals, working through the Constitution chapter-by-chapter, and identifying the makings of a future social contract for all the citizens of a deeply divided country.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“Last week saw the resumption of United Nations humanitarian deliveries from Türkiye into north-west Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing. Since then, 65 trucks have crossed, carrying health and nutrition items and other vital relief supplies for more than two million people. We expect many more trucks to cross into the north-west in the coming days and weeks.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“The cross-border response extends beyond the movement of trucks. It means better functioning schools, health facilities and sanitation systems, and improved access to safe drinking water and life-saving protection services. It also includes the delivery of cash-based assistance. Our commitment to providing humanitarian aid by all means possible, whether crossline or cross-border, remains unchanged.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“Women and girls are paying a steep price. Their fundamental rights, including access to services that are critical for their health and well-being, have become a casualty of the conflict. Women and girls struggle to access healthcare, including reproductive services because of widespread damage to health facilities, shortages of health workers, limited transportation options, lack of documentation, overcrowding and long wait times.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Su’ad Jarbawi, Middle East and North Africa Regional Vice President at the International Rescue Committee (IRC)
“The substantial funding gap will simply mean even higher needs in 2024, creating a downward spiral and forcing us to make the terrible choice of which vulnerable family we should serve. The burden of that choice falls on the shoulders of humanitarian agencies.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
The Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms, all these Israeli crimes and attacks. We equally condemn the continued silence of some States who declare themselves protectors of international humanitarian law and human rights law. This silence makes these States complicit with the perpetrators of these crimes. And it shows to what extent they apply double standards.”
18. Wide shot, Security Council
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syrian Arab Republic:
“At the same time, the United States and its European allies continue to impose unilateral, coercive measures on all vital sectors, which impoverished the Syrian people, these measures have affected food health, energy, transportation, agricultural production, which caused a significant and unprecedented economic and humanitarian suffering.”
20. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE
The UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pedersen said that there is a path forward for the Syrian conflict, but if it is not taken, “it goes against the common interests of the international community for stability and progress in Syria.”
Pedersen today (27 Sep) briefed the Security Council on the situation in Syria. He said, “the Syrian parties and all key international actors need to entertain compromise in a more fundamental way than many have to date.”
He continued, “If they do, it would be possible to act in parallel and urgently to reverse negative economic, security, and political trends, and to relaunch a Syrian-led and -owned political process as called for in resolution 2254.”
The Special Envoy also underscored, “the Syrian parties could be in a process of Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political dialogue facilitated by the United Nations, working seriously in the Constitutional Committee.”
He continued, “They would be tabling and reacting to concrete proposals, working through the Constitution chapter-by-chapter, and identifying the makings of a future social contract for all the citizens of a deeply divided country.”
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy from the UN humanitarian affairs office spoke on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths.
She started with a positive news that last week saw the resumption of United Nations humanitarian deliveries from Türkiye into north-west Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing.
“Since then, 65 trucks have crossed, carrying health and nutrition items and other vital relief supplies for more than two million people. We expect many more trucks to cross into the north-west in the coming days and weeks,” Wosornu informed the Council.
She also said, “The cross-border response extends beyond the movement of trucks,” explaining that it means “better functioning schools, health facilities and sanitation systems, and improved access to safe drinking water and life-saving protection services. It also includes the delivery of cash-based assistance.” Wosornu reaffirmed OCHA’s commitment to providing humanitarian aid “by all means possible, whether crossline or cross-border, remains unchanged.”
She also underscored that “Women and girls are paying a steep price,” adding that “Their fundamental rights, including access to services that are critical for their health and well-being, have become a casualty of the conflict.”
Wosornu explained, “Women and girls struggle to access healthcare, including reproductive services because of widespread damage to health facilities, shortages of health workers, limited transportation options, lack of documentation, overcrowding and long wait times.”
Su’ad Jarbawi, Middle East and North Africa Regional Vice President at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) spoke to the Council via a video link.
She said the substantial humanitarian funding gap “will simply mean even higher needs in 2024, creating a downward spiral and forcing us to make the terrible choice of which vulnerable family we should serve. The burden of that choice falls on the shoulders of humanitarian agencies.”
Syrian Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh condemned “in the strongest terms” of all “Israeli crimes and attacks,” in his country.
He added, “We equally condemn the continued silence of some States who declare themselves protectors of international humanitarian law and human rights law. This silence makes these States complicit with the perpetrators of these crimes. And it shows to what extent they apply double standards.”
Ambassador Sabbagh also said, “the United States and its European allies continue to impose unilateral, coercive measures on all vital sectors, which impoverished the Syrian people, these measures have affected food health, energy, transportation, agricultural production, which caused a significant and unprecedented economic and humanitarian suffering.”
Pedersen today (27 Sep) briefed the Security Council on the situation in Syria. He said, “the Syrian parties and all key international actors need to entertain compromise in a more fundamental way than many have to date.”
He continued, “If they do, it would be possible to act in parallel and urgently to reverse negative economic, security, and political trends, and to relaunch a Syrian-led and -owned political process as called for in resolution 2254.”
The Special Envoy also underscored, “the Syrian parties could be in a process of Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political dialogue facilitated by the United Nations, working seriously in the Constitutional Committee.”
He continued, “They would be tabling and reacting to concrete proposals, working through the Constitution chapter-by-chapter, and identifying the makings of a future social contract for all the citizens of a deeply divided country.”
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy from the UN humanitarian affairs office spoke on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths.
She started with a positive news that last week saw the resumption of United Nations humanitarian deliveries from Türkiye into north-west Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing.
“Since then, 65 trucks have crossed, carrying health and nutrition items and other vital relief supplies for more than two million people. We expect many more trucks to cross into the north-west in the coming days and weeks,” Wosornu informed the Council.
She also said, “The cross-border response extends beyond the movement of trucks,” explaining that it means “better functioning schools, health facilities and sanitation systems, and improved access to safe drinking water and life-saving protection services. It also includes the delivery of cash-based assistance.” Wosornu reaffirmed OCHA’s commitment to providing humanitarian aid “by all means possible, whether crossline or cross-border, remains unchanged.”
She also underscored that “Women and girls are paying a steep price,” adding that “Their fundamental rights, including access to services that are critical for their health and well-being, have become a casualty of the conflict.”
Wosornu explained, “Women and girls struggle to access healthcare, including reproductive services because of widespread damage to health facilities, shortages of health workers, limited transportation options, lack of documentation, overcrowding and long wait times.”
Su’ad Jarbawi, Middle East and North Africa Regional Vice President at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) spoke to the Council via a video link.
She said the substantial humanitarian funding gap “will simply mean even higher needs in 2024, creating a downward spiral and forcing us to make the terrible choice of which vulnerable family we should serve. The burden of that choice falls on the shoulders of humanitarian agencies.”
Syrian Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh condemned “in the strongest terms” of all “Israeli crimes and attacks,” in his country.
He added, “We equally condemn the continued silence of some States who declare themselves protectors of international humanitarian law and human rights law. This silence makes these States complicit with the perpetrators of these crimes. And it shows to what extent they apply double standards.”
Ambassador Sabbagh also said, “the United States and its European allies continue to impose unilateral, coercive measures on all vital sectors, which impoverished the Syrian people, these measures have affected food health, energy, transportation, agricultural production, which caused a significant and unprecedented economic and humanitarian suffering.”
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