UN / POC RESOLUTION 2664
24-May-2023
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According to the UN, 339 million people will require humanitarian aid this year just to survive. Almost one third of these people live in countries subject to UN sanctions. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / POC RESOLUTION 2664
TRT: 03:35
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
TRT: 03:35
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST
FILE- NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters
24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“We can help facilitate the work of humanitarian agencies around the world. And we can strengthen the effectiveness of UN sanctions. We know we can do this because we've done it. In passing UN Security Council Resolution 2664, we heeded the call of our humanitarian partners, who have been advocating for a safe pathway through UN sanction regimes for over a decade.”
3. Med shot, meeting room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Finally, I want to stress that sanctions remain an important tool in our collective arsenal. Sanctions can help us constrain bad actors, including terrorists and human rights abusers, without resorting to violence. We believe this resolution strengthens the effectiveness of sanctions. And the United States will continue to employ these tools to advance peace and security.”
6. Med shot, meeting room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ireland:
“We believe this resolution is playing its part, a very real part, in delivering tangible impacts for those who are working in some of the most challenging environments in the globe. And we already mentioned Haiti and other such locations. We are hearing over and over again and again, we heard yesterday, in Security Council, but these challenges are genuinely growing at an alarming rate.”
8. Med shot, meeting room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, International Committee of the Red Cross, (ICRC):
“So, lifting sanctions for six months, for humanitarian purposes is very good. And we commend that, but it's often not enough or long enough for our procurement processes to be able to deliver, especially if you speak about complicated technical equipment, broken supply chains nowadays. That still apply to a lot of medical equipment as well that we need to deliver to hospitals.”
10. Med shot, meeting room
11. SOUNDBITE (English), Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“UN sanctions have been an important part of Security Council's efforts to promote international peace and security and protect civilians. They have been used to stop the flow of arms into war zones and support governments and regions working towards peaceful transitions.”
12. Wide shot, meeting room
13. SOUNDBITE (English), Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“In many cases, over compliance has compounded the issue. We have seen the negative effects in numerous contexts from northwest Syria to Afghanistan, Nigeria and beyond. In the case of Somalia, in 2010, and more recently, in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover, sanctions contributed to bring in humanitarian operations almost to a standstill in the midst of rapidly unfolding crisis on the ground.”
FILE – 9 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. Pan left, Security Council vote adopting the resolution
1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters
24 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“We can help facilitate the work of humanitarian agencies around the world. And we can strengthen the effectiveness of UN sanctions. We know we can do this because we've done it. In passing UN Security Council Resolution 2664, we heeded the call of our humanitarian partners, who have been advocating for a safe pathway through UN sanction regimes for over a decade.”
3. Med shot, meeting room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Finally, I want to stress that sanctions remain an important tool in our collective arsenal. Sanctions can help us constrain bad actors, including terrorists and human rights abusers, without resorting to violence. We believe this resolution strengthens the effectiveness of sanctions. And the United States will continue to employ these tools to advance peace and security.”
6. Med shot, meeting room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ireland:
“We believe this resolution is playing its part, a very real part, in delivering tangible impacts for those who are working in some of the most challenging environments in the globe. And we already mentioned Haiti and other such locations. We are hearing over and over again and again, we heard yesterday, in Security Council, but these challenges are genuinely growing at an alarming rate.”
8. Med shot, meeting room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, International Committee of the Red Cross, (ICRC):
“So, lifting sanctions for six months, for humanitarian purposes is very good. And we commend that, but it's often not enough or long enough for our procurement processes to be able to deliver, especially if you speak about complicated technical equipment, broken supply chains nowadays. That still apply to a lot of medical equipment as well that we need to deliver to hospitals.”
10. Med shot, meeting room
11. SOUNDBITE (English), Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“UN sanctions have been an important part of Security Council's efforts to promote international peace and security and protect civilians. They have been used to stop the flow of arms into war zones and support governments and regions working towards peaceful transitions.”
12. Wide shot, meeting room
13. SOUNDBITE (English), Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“In many cases, over compliance has compounded the issue. We have seen the negative effects in numerous contexts from northwest Syria to Afghanistan, Nigeria and beyond. In the case of Somalia, in 2010, and more recently, in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover, sanctions contributed to bring in humanitarian operations almost to a standstill in the midst of rapidly unfolding crisis on the ground.”
FILE – 9 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. Pan left, Security Council vote adopting the resolution
STORYLINE
According to the UN, 339 million people will require humanitarian aid this year just to survive. Almost one third of these people live in countries subject to UN sanctions.
The impact and implementation of “humanitarian carve-out” resolution for UN sanctions regimes was discussed today (24 May) in New York. The resolution 2664 (2022), a “landmark” resolution establishing a humanitarian exemption to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes, co-sponsored by Ireland and the United States, was adopted in December 2022.
Addressing the meeting, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “We can help facilitate the work of humanitarian agencies around the world. And we can strengthen the effectiveness of UN sanctions.”
She continued, “We know we can do this because we've done it.”
Thomas-Greenfield noted, “In passing UN Security Council Resolution 2664, we heeded the call of our humanitarian partners, who have been advocating for a safe pathway through UN sanction regimes for over a decade.”
She stressed that sanctions remain “an important tool in our collective arsenal.”
According to her, “Sanctions can help us constrain bad actors, including terrorists and human rights abusers, without resorting to violence. We believe this resolution strengthens the effectiveness of sanctions.”
Ireland’s Ambassador Fergal Mythen said, “We believe this resolution is playing its part, a very real part, in delivering tangible impacts for those who are working in some of the most challenging environments in the globe.”
He continued, “We are hearing over and over again and again, we heard yesterday, in Security Council, but these challenges are genuinely growing.”
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, told the participants that lifting sanctions for six months for humanitarian purposes was very good.
She said, “We commend that, but it's often not enough or long enough for our procurement processes to be able to deliver, especially if you speak about complicated technical equipment, broken supply chains nowadays. That still apply to a lot of medical equipment as well that we need to deliver to hospitals.”
Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator noted that “UN sanctions have been an important part of Security Council's efforts to promote international peace and security and protect civilians.”
She said, “They have been used to stop the flow of arms into war zones and support governments and regions working towards peaceful transitions.”
She continued, “We have seen the negative effects in numerous contexts from northwest Syria to Afghanistan, Nigeria and beyond. In the case of Somalia, in 2010, and more recently, in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover, sanctions contributed to bring in humanitarian operations almost to a standstill in the midst of rapidly unfolding crisis on the ground.”
The UN sanctions are an important tool the UN Security Council employs to maintain peace and security. While UN sanctions do not in most cases impede the delivery of humanitarian assistance, the Council has a responsibility to mitigate any inadvertent impacts that might occur.
The impact and implementation of “humanitarian carve-out” resolution for UN sanctions regimes was discussed today (24 May) in New York. The resolution 2664 (2022), a “landmark” resolution establishing a humanitarian exemption to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes, co-sponsored by Ireland and the United States, was adopted in December 2022.
Addressing the meeting, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “We can help facilitate the work of humanitarian agencies around the world. And we can strengthen the effectiveness of UN sanctions.”
She continued, “We know we can do this because we've done it.”
Thomas-Greenfield noted, “In passing UN Security Council Resolution 2664, we heeded the call of our humanitarian partners, who have been advocating for a safe pathway through UN sanction regimes for over a decade.”
She stressed that sanctions remain “an important tool in our collective arsenal.”
According to her, “Sanctions can help us constrain bad actors, including terrorists and human rights abusers, without resorting to violence. We believe this resolution strengthens the effectiveness of sanctions.”
Ireland’s Ambassador Fergal Mythen said, “We believe this resolution is playing its part, a very real part, in delivering tangible impacts for those who are working in some of the most challenging environments in the globe.”
He continued, “We are hearing over and over again and again, we heard yesterday, in Security Council, but these challenges are genuinely growing.”
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, told the participants that lifting sanctions for six months for humanitarian purposes was very good.
She said, “We commend that, but it's often not enough or long enough for our procurement processes to be able to deliver, especially if you speak about complicated technical equipment, broken supply chains nowadays. That still apply to a lot of medical equipment as well that we need to deliver to hospitals.”
Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator noted that “UN sanctions have been an important part of Security Council's efforts to promote international peace and security and protect civilians.”
She said, “They have been used to stop the flow of arms into war zones and support governments and regions working towards peaceful transitions.”
She continued, “We have seen the negative effects in numerous contexts from northwest Syria to Afghanistan, Nigeria and beyond. In the case of Somalia, in 2010, and more recently, in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover, sanctions contributed to bring in humanitarian operations almost to a standstill in the midst of rapidly unfolding crisis on the ground.”
The UN sanctions are an important tool the UN Security Council employs to maintain peace and security. While UN sanctions do not in most cases impede the delivery of humanitarian assistance, the Council has a responsibility to mitigate any inadvertent impacts that might occur.
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