UN / GAZA STARLINK HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the United Nations was “platform agnostic” when it comes to choosing communications equipment for its humanitarian operations in Gaza, stressing that the goal was “getting whatever equipment that works that doesn't rely on cell towers.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:00:58
• Production Date: 3 July 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; WAR
• Geographic Subject: GAZA; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 3231730
• Parent Id: 3231730
• Alternate Title: unifeed240703c

Description

STORY: UN / GAZA STARLINK HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
TRT: 00:58
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 03 JULY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

03 JULY 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We want to know where our staff is at all times and we want to be able to speak to the staff at all times, right? For that, we need communications equipment. For Gaza, what we've asking for is some sort of communications equipment that does not rely on cell towers, which is, you well know, not reliable in this particular context. So, we're platform agnostic. I mean, people, you know, Starlink gets a lot of headlines, but it's not about Starlink. It's about getting whatever equipment that works that doesn't rely on cell towers.”
7. Wide shot, end of briefing

Storyline

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (3 Jul) said the United Nations was “platform agnostic” when it comes to choosing communications equipment for its humanitarian operations in Gaza, stressing that the goal was “getting whatever equipment that works that doesn't rely on cell towers.”

Responding to a reporter’s question regarding rumours that the UN was in negotiations to obtain Starlink communications equipment, Dujarric said, “we want to know where our staff is at all times and we want to be able to speak to the staff at all times, right? For that, we need communications equipment. For Gaza, what we've asking for is some sort of communications equipment that does not rely on cell towers, which is, you well know, not reliable in this particular context.”

Starlink Services, LLC, a subsidiary of aerospace company SpaceX, provides communications technologies based on its over 6,000 satellites in orbit.