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DATELINE: 20 AUGUST 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
20 AUGUST 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Libyan representative
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Koury, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Acting Head, United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“Over the past two months, the situation in Libya has deteriorated quite rapidly in terms of political, economic, and security stability. Unilateral acts by Libyan political, military, and security actors have increased tension, further entrenched institutional and political divisions and complicated efforts for a negotiated solution.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Koury, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Acting Head, United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“The status quo is not sustainable. In the absence of renewed political talks leading to a unified government and elections – you see where this is heading - greater political, financial and security instability, entrenched political and territorial divisions, and greater domestic and regional instability. Libyans are frustrated with the status quo and the toll it is taking on their lives. People struggle to withdraw money from the banks and to meet their daily needs. They express fear about war once again erupting or about clashes between heavily armed groups.”
7. Wide shot, Security Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Koury, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Acting Head, United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“UNSMIL is now focusing its good offices on, one, helping de-escalate tensions, two, preserving stability and fostering confidence building measures among key stakeholders, and three, in preparation for convening Libyan led political talks. Advancing the political process, while maintaining stability, is a key priority for UNSMIL.”
9. Wide shot, Libyan Ambassador Taher Al-Sunni addressing Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Taher Al-Sunni, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Libya:
“The solution, the only possible solution for Libya involves putting an end to divisions and to remedy the precarity of institutions through free, transparent and inclusive elections.”
12. Wide shot, end of Council session
The United Nations top official in Libya today (20 Aug) warned that over the past two months, the situation in the country “has deteriorated quite rapidly in terms of political, economic and security stability,” and stressed that “unilateral acts by Libyan political, military and security actors have increased tensions, have further entrenched institutional and political divisions and have complicated efforts for a negotiated political solution.”
Koury, who is the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Acting Head, United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said, “the status quo is not sustainable.”
She said, “in the absence of renewed political talks leading to a unified government and elections – you see where this is heading - greater political, financial and security instability, entrenched political and territorial divisions, and greater domestic and regional instability.”
The UN official said, “Libyans are frustrated with the status quo and the toll it is taking on their lives. People struggle to withdraw money from the banks and to meet their daily needs. They express fear about war once again erupting or about clashes between heavily armed groups.”
She said that the UN Mission is “focusing its good offices on, one, helping de-escalate tensions, two, preserving stability and fostering confidence building measures among key stakeholders, and three, in preparation for convening Libyan led political talks.”
“Advancing the political process, while maintaining stability,” Koury said, “is a key priority for UNSMIL.”
Libyan Ambassador Taher Al-Sunni for his part told the Council that “the solution, the only possible solution for Libya involves putting an end to divisions and to remedy the precarity of institutions through free, transparent and inclusive elections.”
The chair of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Kazuyuki Yamazaki of Japan, also briefed the Council on the committee’s activities.
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