TRT: 03:18
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
31 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar:
“Nearly half of Myanmar’s population is now living below the poverty line. 17,6 million people are expected to be in need of humanitarian aid in 2023. 17,6 million people that is in contrast to a total of 1 million people who were in need of humanitarian aid before the coup.”
4. Med shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar:
“Three are three things that the junta needs to sustain himself and it needs money, it needs weapons. And it needs legitimacy. Junta does not have legitimacy and in the eyes of the people in Myanmar, so what they’re seeking to do is to create a veneer of legitimacy and the international community and then project that veneer through their media sources to the population to say, look, we are being accepted by the international community, our power is inevitable. Opposition is futile. It’s very, very important that they can convey that message. It is why it is extremely important for the international community for member states to be extremely cautious.”
6. Med shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar:
“The first and foremost recommendation is to renounce the so called election that the hunter is planning to orchestrate in the middle part of this year, given the fact that they have failed, in large part to secure legitimacy by the international community, given the resolution of the General Assembly, and shortly after the coup, given what the Security Council resolution the Security Council of December, given the actions of most states, member states of the United Nations, they have been unsuccessful in securing legitimacy.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar:
“I’m hopeful, that at this two years mark that we as an international community are going to examine very closely the role that we have played over the last two years. The things that we have done that has that has not been in the interest of the people in Myanmar, the things that we as an international community have failed to do to support the people of Myanmar and their aspirations for human rights and democracy.”
10. Close up, journalist speaking
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar:
“We have episodic sanctions on this or that entity, this or that individual. We’ve had some progress. Believe me, I greatly appreciate the fact that countries have been moving forward with respect to sanctions and pressure. But it’s simply not enough. And it’s not strategic and it’s not coordinated. And that is precisely what the people of Myanmar need. And really the playbook is Ukraine.”
12. Wide shot, briefing room
STORYLINE:
Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said, “Nearly half of Myanmar’s population is now living below the poverty line. 17,6 million people are expected to be in need of humanitarian aid in 2023.” UNIFEED
He added, “17,6 million people that is in contrast to a total of 1 million people who were in need of humanitarian aid before the coup.”
Speaking to reporters today (31 Jan) in New York, the Special Rapporteur said, “Three are three things that the junta needs to sustain himself and it needs money, it needs weapons. And it needs legitimacy.”
Andrews continued, “Junta does not have legitimacy and in the eyes of the people in Myanmar, so what they’re seeking to do is to create a veneer of legitimacy and the international community and then project that veneer through their media sources to the population to say, look, we are being accepted by the international community, our power is inevitable. Opposition is futile.”
Andrews stressed that “it is extremely important for the international community for member states to be extremely cautious.”
The Special Rapporteur also said, “The first and foremost recommendation is to renounce the so-called election that the hunter is planning to orchestrate in the middle part of this year, given the fact that they have failed, in large part to secure legitimacy by the international community.”
He continued, “I’m hopeful, that at this two years mark that we as an international community are going to examine very closely the role that we have played over the last two years.”
Andrews explained, “The things that we have done that has that has not been in the interest of the people in Myanmar, the things that we as an international community have failed to do to support the people of Myanmar and their aspirations for human rights and democracy
Regarding sanctions, Andrews said, “We have episodic sanctions on this or that entity, this or that individual. We’ve had some progress. Believe me, I greatly appreciate the fact that countries have been moving forward with respect to sanctions and pressure. But it’s simply not enough.”
He continued, “And it’s not strategic and it’s not coordinated. And that is precisely what the people of Myanmar need. And really the playbook is Ukraine.”
