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STORY: UN / LIBYA SALAMEH
TRT: 2:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 6 JANUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
6 JANUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Salameh going to stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Salameh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya:
“The situation is bleak right now – I am the first to confess it – but let me also emphasize our determination as UN, to try to find a way out of this bleak situation.”
4. Med shot, Salameh at stakeout
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Salameh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya:
“There is no military solution in Libya, that the Libyans should come together and stop this prima donna behavior and come together and accept concessions, mutual concessions to divide power which is the basic part of a political settlement.”
6. Cutaway, reporter asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Salameh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya:
“What I asked the Security Council and what I asked these countries is very clear: keep out of Libya. There is enough weapons in Libya they don’t need extra weapons. There are enough mercenaries in Libya, so stop sending mercenaries as is the case now, with hundreds, probably thousands coming into the country of late.”
8. Wide shot, Salameh at stakeout
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Salameh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya:
“I am really angry to see that everybody wants to talk about Libya and very few people want to talk about the Libyans! What happens to the Libyans? What happens to a million migrant workers in Libya? What happens to these guys? Why don’t we ask about them? Libya is not only an oil story. Libya is not only a gas story. Libya is not only a geopolitical story. It is also a human story. And people are suffering. And for no other reason but for the fact that there is no international clear message that enough is enough.”
10. Pan left, from reporters to Salameh
Ghassan Salameh, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, briefed the Security Council in closed consultations on Monday (06 Jan). Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Salameh said “the situation is bleak right now – I am the first to confess it – but let me also emphasize our determination as UN, to try to find a way out of this bleak situation.”
He also emphasized that “there is no military solution in Libya,” and called upon the Libyan parties to “stop this prima donna behavior and come together and accept concessions, mutual concessions to divide power which is the basic part of a political settlement.”
Asked by a reporter about different countries announcing to send troops and military assistance into Libya, the Special-Representative said his message was clear: “keep out of Libya.”
He also said: “there is enough weapons in Libya they don’t need extra weapons. There are enough mercenaries in Libya, so stop sending more mercenaries as is the case now, with hundreds, probably thousands coming into the country of late.”
Salameh said “I am really angry to see that everybody wants to talk about Libya and very few people want to talk about the Libyans! What happens to the Libyans? What happens to a million migrant workers in Libya? What happens to these guys? Why don’t we ask about them? Libya is not only an oil story. Libya is not only a gas story. Libya is not only a geopolitical story. It is also a human story. And people are suffering. And for no other reason but for the fact that there is no international clear message that enough is enough.”
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