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STORY: UN / BRAMMERTZ
TRT: 1.33
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 MARCH 2007, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations
2. Wide shot, Security Council meeting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Serge Brammertz, Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri:
"The Commission has made significant progress in several areas by further developing crimes scene leads and expanding the forms of evidence relating to the perpetrators and building the linkage and conteext aspects of the case."
4. Cutaway, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Serge Brammertz, Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri:
"The Commission has conducted a detailed ballistic analysis on the cartridge cases and bullets found at the crimes scene. It can now conclude that a minimum of five different weapons were used by the perpetrators. Sketches of the alleged assassins provided by the Commission to the Lebanese authorities were recently publicized, and they will form part of a broader sketch database to be deceveloped during the next reporting period."
6. Wide shot, security council meeting
7. Wide shot, Serge brammertz approaching journalists
8. Cutaway, journalists hands
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Serge Brammertz, Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri:
"The cooperation with Syria as you have seen in the report has been generally satisfactory, several mission shave taken place, several persons have been interviewed and we are satisfied with the cooperation."
10. Cutaway, cameramen
11. Wide shot, Brammertz leaves journalists.
The head of the United Nations probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri reported today to the Security Council members that his team expected to develop a "unifying factual theory" behind the crime in the next three months or so, and points to Mr. Hariri's likely 2005 election victory as a possible motive behind the killing.
Presenting the seventh report of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) to the Security Council, Serge Brammertz also said it unlikely that the Commission will complete its work before its mandate expires in June.
The report acknowledges the full support of the Lebanese Prosecutor General in the investigation, which is also looking into the deaths of 22 other people at the time of the Prime Minister's assassination, as well as helping probe other attacks in Lebanon since October 2004, including the murder last year of Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel.
It notes that other requests for assistance made to Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and other States have "received mostly positive and timely responses," while stressing that such help remains essential to allow the Commission to carry out its investigative work effectively. The 20-page report of the IIIC, set up in April, 2005, also highlights the effect of the "volatile political and security environment" in Lebanon on the Commission's ability to work.
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