UN / LIBYA UPDATE

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed “grave concern" about ongoing armed clashes, including the alleged use of indirect fire, in Salaheddine, a densely populated area in the capital Tripoli. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:47
• Production Date: 3 September 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA - UNSMIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 2650719
• Parent Id: 2650719
• Alternate Title: unifeed210903d

Description

STORY: UN / LIBYA UPDATE
TRT: 00:47
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 03 SEPTEMBER 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN headquarters exterior

03 SEPTEMBER 2021, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the dais
3. Med shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our colleagues at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya today have been expressing their grave concern about ongoing armed clashes, including the alleged use of indirect fire, in Salaheddine, a densely populated area in the capital Tripoli.
The mission calls for the immediate cessation of hostilities and calls on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and reminds all parties to this conflict of their obligations under international humanitarian law to support the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. Zoom out, end of presser

Storyline

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed “grave concern about ongoing armed clashes, including the alleged use of indirect fire, in Salaheddine, a densely populated area in the capital Tripoli,” a United Nations spokesperson said today (3 Sep).

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York that UNSMIL called for the immediate cessation of hostilities and called on all parties “to exercise maximum restraint and reminds all parties to this conflict of their obligations under international humanitarian law to support the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure.”

The Mission has also called on all relevant authorities to assume their responsibilities in ensuring the protection of civilians and in exercising control over their respective units in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions and in particular UN Security Council Resolution 2570, including through the initiation of an elaborated comprehensive Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR) process to bring all the arms under the control of the State.