UN / SALAME RESIGNATION

The UN Secretary-General received a message from Ghassan Salame expressing his intention to leave his post as Special Representative for Libya, according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:21
• Production Date: 2 March 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: GHASSAN SALAMÉ
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 2537225
• Parent Id: 2537225
• Alternate Title: unifeed200302c

Description

STORY: UN / SALAMÉ RESIGNATION
TRT: 01:21
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 02 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters
02 MARCH 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General has received a message from Mr. Salamé expressing his intention to leave his post as Special Representative for Libya. The Secretary-General has always had full confidence in Mr. Salamé’s work and the great efforts he has made to bring peace to Libya. The Secretary-General will be discussing with Mr. Salamé the way to ensure a smooth transition so as not lose any momentum on the gains that have been made.”
5. Wide shot, Press briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and recalls the recently adopted Security Council resolution 2510 (2020) and urges its implementation.”
7. Wide shot, Podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General told Mr. Salamé how much he appreciated all the work he has done at the helm of the mission in very difficult, difficult times. I think very appreciative of the work that has been done especially recently in bringing the parties together. And the most important thing now is to work on the transition to make sure that no momentum is lost.”
9. Wide shot, press room

Storyline

The UN Secretary-General received a message from Ghassan Salame expressing his intention to leave his post as Special Representative for Libya, according to a spokesperson.

Speaking to reporters in New York today (02 Mar), UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the Secretary-General “has always had full confidence in Mr. Salame’s work and the great efforts he has made to bring peace to Libya.” He said the two would be discussing “the way to ensure a smooth transition so as not lose any momentum on the gains that have been made.”

The UN spokesperson said Guterres told Salamé how much he appreciated all the work he has done at the helm of the mission “in very difficult, difficult times.”

Turning to the situation on the ground, Dujarric said UN chief Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the indiscriminate bombing of several parts of Tripoli over the weekend, including residential areas and the airport in Tripoli. He said, “The Secretary-General calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and recalls the recently adopted Security Council resolution 2510 (2020) and urges its implementation.”