UN / LIBYA

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Libya, Martin Kobler, told the Security Council that a Libyan led effort to find durable peace must be supported. He said “without progress in politics, the symptoms of conflict will only worsen.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:13
• Production Date: 7 June 2017
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Personal Subject: MARTIN KOBLER
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA - UNSMIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; SANCTIONS
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 1902968
• Parent Id: 1902968
• Alternate Title: unifeed170607c

Description

STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 02:13
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 07 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, UN headquarters
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Kobler, Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“We must move forward in supporting Libyan-led effort to find a durable solution. Without progress in politics, the symptoms of conflict will only worsen. Migrants continue to die as they seek a better life. Women and men in detention facilities and prisons live a nightmare. Basic humanitarian principles and humanitarian space are under threat. Five hospitals have been bombed this year and humanitarian supplies cannot reach many regions in Libya due to insecurity.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Kobler, Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“The human rights situation remains of deep concern. Since March, 65 civilians were killed during armed conflict, some by indiscriminate bombing. We cannot become numb to the suffering this conflict is causing. We cannot compromise the basic principles that unite us, that make us human; nor can we afford to abandon our hopes and our desire for a better, more united Libya.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Kobler, Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“Concluding an agreement is one thing, implementing an accord is another. In Libya, the transition process has not been fully implemented. Parallel institutions continue to exist. The House of Representatives did not recognize the Government of National Accord nor did it adopt the Constitutional amendment.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elmahdi S. Elmajerbi, Deputy Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations:
“The Libyan authorities are not calling for the lifting of the freeze on any assets, instead we ask for Security Council resolution that includes an article allowing openly to move the money deposited in frozen accounts, allowing investment of those monies as well as opening and closing accounts so that we can protect the value of such assets and increase the returns while under freeze.”
11. Zoom out, Council

Storyline

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Libya, Martin Kobler, today (7 Jun) told the Security Council that a Libyan led effort to find durable peace must be supported.

He said “without progress in politics, the symptoms of conflict will only worsen.”

Kobler said “migrants continue to die as they seek a better life. Women and men in detention facilities and prisons live a nightmare. Basic humanitarian principles and humanitarian space are under threat. Five hospitals have been bombed this year and humanitarian supplies cannot reach many regions in Libya due to insecurity.”

The Special Representative continued “the human rights situation remains of deep concern. Since March, 65 civilians were killed during armed conflict, some by indiscriminate bombing. We cannot become numb to the suffering this conflict is causing. We cannot compromise the basic principles that unite us, that make us human; nor can we afford to abandon our hopes and our desire for a better, more united Libya.”

With regard to the Libian Political Agreement, Kobler said “concluding an agreement is one thing, implementing an accord is another” and stressed the transition process has not been fully implemented, while “parallel institutions continue to exist” and the House of Representatives “did not recognize the Government of National Accord nor did it adopt the Constitutional amendment.”

Also addressing the Council, Libyan Ambassador Elmahdi S. Elmajerbi requested that the Council allow the Libyan government to have some control over frozen assets.

He said “the Libyan authorities are not calling for the lifting of the freeze on any assets, instead we ask for Security Council resolution that includes an article allowing openly to move the money deposited in frozen accounts, allowing investment of those monies as well as opening and closing accounts so that we can protect the value of such assets and increase the returns while under freeze.”