Friday, October 16, 2015

UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session on Jerusalem Violence

The United Nations Security Council has been holding an emergency meeting about the ongoing violence in Jerusalem.

The session has been convened at the request of Jordan, currently a Security Council member, and comes after a wave of stabbings and shootings in the city over the past two weeks.

Lorna Shaddick reports from UN Headquarters in New York.

IN: Before the start...
OUT: SOC
DUR: 44 seconds
POT: 29 seconds

[ALT] The UN's Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
Taye-Brook Zerihoun, urged calm amid the violence.

IN: "We call..."
OUT: "....the region."
DUR: 33 seconds

CLIP 1: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1016UNSC-Zerihoun1.mp3

Israel's Deputy Ambassador to the UN, David Roet, accused the
Palestinians of terrorism.

IN: "As we..."
OUT: "....this Council."
DUR: 26 seconds

CLIP 2: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1016UNSC-Roet1.mp3