UN / LEBANON UPDATE

Briefing journalists on the situation in Lebanon, a UN spokesperson said, “we are indeed very concerned by reports of renewed explosions in UNIFIL’s Area of Operations, the Mission is also receiving very distressing reports about one journalist being killed and others being wounded, including severely wounded.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:45
• Production Date: 13 October 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON - UNIFIL
• Subject Topical: JOURNALISTS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: LEBANON
• MAMS Id: 3113755
• Parent Id: 3113755
• Alternate Title: unifeed231013z

Description

STORY: UN / LEBANON UPDATE
TRT: 01:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

13 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I can tell you, I have spoken to our colleagues just a few minutes ago and we are indeed very concerned by reports of renewed explosions in UNIFIL’s Area of Operations. The Mission is also receiving very distressing reports about one journalist being killed and others being wounded, including severely wounded.”
4. Wide shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“UNIFIL leadership is actively engaging with authorities on both sides of the Blue Line to try to de-escalate the situation and avoid any serious miscalculations. Peacekeepers are continuing their essential work and remain on task, in order to avoid any spillover in that particular area.”
6. Med shot, journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Extend all our deepest condolences to you and all of your colleagues at Reuters and all your family and of course wishes speedy recovery to all the other journalists that were injured, we understand one was severely injured. This is yet another example of the daily dangerous journalists face in covering conflict throughout the world and we do hope that there is an investigation as to exactly what happened.”
8. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

Storyline

Briefing journalists on the situation in Lebanon, a UN spokesperson said, “we are indeed very concerned by reports of renewed explosions in UNIFIL’s Area of Operations, the Mission is also receiving very distressing reports about one journalist being killed and others being wounded, including severely wounded.”

Speaking today (13 Oct) in New York, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric, said, “UNIFIL leadership is actively engaging with authorities on both sides of the Blue Line to try to de-escalate the situation and avoid any serious miscalculations.”

He added, “Peacekeepers are continuing their essential work and remain on task, in order to avoid any spillover in that particular area.”

Asked about reports of journalist being killed in Southern Lebanon, he said, “extend all our deepest condolences to you and all of your colleagues at Reuters and all your family and of course wishes speedy recovery to all the other journalists that were injured, we understand one was severely injured.”

He said, “this is yet another example of the daily dangerous journalists face in covering conflict throughout the world and we do hope that there is an investigation as to exactly what happened.”