UN / SYRIA UPDATE

A United Nations (UN) spokesperson said that according to unconfirmed reports, a “high number of civilians” were killed by airstrikes in Raqqa city, Syria, over the last 24 hours. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:19
• Production Date: 22 August 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CIVILIANS; CONFLICT SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1953855
• Parent Id: 1953855
• Alternate Title: unifeed170822d

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STORY: UN / SYRIA UPDATE
TRT: 01:19
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 AUGUST 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Close up, UN flag outside United Nations headquarters

2 AUGUST 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English), Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“On Syria, our humanitarian colleagues tell us they are deeply disturbed by unconfirmed reports of a high number of civilians killed by airstrikes in Raqqa city over the last 24 hours. Yesterday, unconfirmed reports indicated that over 30 people were reportedly killed in the Al-Sakhani neighbourhood, while eight internally displaced people from the same family were killed in a separate attack in another part of the city. These attacks, if confirmed, are a shocking reminder that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in many parts of Syria.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“In recent days and weeks, scores of civilians have reportedly been killed and injured in Raqqa city due to airstrikes and shelling, and up to 25,000 people remain trapped in the city. The UN condemns any attack that is directed against civilians and civilian infrastructure. We urge all parties fighting in Raqqa and across Syria to take every possible measure to spare and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure as in line with their obligations under international humanitarian law.”
6. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

Storyline

A United Nations (UN) spokesperson today (22 Aug) said that according to unconfirmed reports, a “high number of civilians” were killed by airstrikes in Raqqa city, Syria, over the last 24 hours.

The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, said these reports indicate that “over 30 people were reportedly killed in the Al-Sakhani neighbourhood, while eight internally displaced people from the same family were killed in a separate attack in another part of the city.”

These attacks, he said, “if confirmed, are a shocking reminder that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in many parts of Syria.”

In recent days and weeks, Dujarric noted, “scores of civilians have reportedly been killed and injured in Raqqa city due to airstrikes and shelling, and up to 25,000 people remain trapped in the city.”

He said “the UN condemns any attack that is directed against civilians and civilian infrastructure” and it urges “all parties fighting in Raqqa and across Syria to take every possible measure to spare and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure as in line with their obligations under international humanitarian law.”