UN / LIBYA

The United Nations (UN) mission in Libya condemned the airstrikes in a residential neighbourhood of Derna during the night of 30 October that caused civilian casualties. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:00
• Production Date: 31 October 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA - UNSMIL
• Subject Topical: CIVILIAN PROTECTION; CONFLICT SITUATION; HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 2022527
• Parent Id: 2022527
• Alternate Title: unifeed171031d

Description

STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 01:00
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 OCTOBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Close up, UN flag outside United Nations headquarters

31 OCTOBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“Our colleagues at the UN mission in Libya today condemned the airstrikes in a residential neighbourhood of Derna during the night of 30 October that caused civilian casualties. According to information received by the mission, at least 12 children and women were killed and three adults and four children were wounded. Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that some medical supplies for Derna hospitals have reached the area last week. More items, including food and fuel, are pre-scheduled to enter but permission is still pending. The UN calls for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access and for the lifting of restrictions on movement, especially for those needing medical treatment.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) mission in Libya today (31 Oct) condemned the airstrikes in a residential neighbourhood of Derna during the night of 30 October that caused civilian casualties.

The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, told journalists in New York that “at least 12 children and women were killed and three adults and four children were wounded.”

Dujarric noted “some medical supplies for Derna hospitals have reached the area last week. More items, including food and fuel, are pre-scheduled to enter but permission is still pending.”

He said “the UN calls for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access and for the lifting of restrictions on movement, especially for those needing medical treatment.”