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STORY: UN / LEBANON
TRT: 1.47
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 18 NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
18 NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Zoom in, Williams walks to the stakeout position
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Williams, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon:
“The IDF withdrawal from Northern Ghajar would be an important step towards the full implementation of 1701. The United Nations would then seek to continue to work closely with the parties in a process to resolve the permanent status of Ghajar as soon as the withdrawal is complete.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
4. Med shot, cameras
18 NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Williams, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon:
“In recent months we’ve seen a number of incidents of considerable concern, and in particular I refer to the incident in the village of Adaisseh on August the 3rd, when for the first time since the war of 2006 there were fatalities on both sides. In my concluding remarks to the Council, just now, I stated strongly that we could not afford, we could not afford, to see any repetition of that sort of incidents.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
6. Close up, reporter’s notepad
18 NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Williams, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon:
“I, like others, expect to see indictments from the Special Tribunal in the coming months. I don’t know whether that’s next week, or next year, and that’s obviously a matter for the Tribunal and above all its prosecutor and President. The Secretary-General has been very, very clear in his remarks of his full support for the Tribunal.”
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
8. Close up, camera
18 NOVEMBER 2010, NEW YORK CITY
9. Pan right, Williams walks away from the stakeout position
Michael Williams, the United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for Lebanon, briefed Security Council members in closed consultations today (18 November) on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the implementation of resolution 1701.
Outside the Council Williams told reporters that he welcomed the Government of Israel’s decision to accept, in principle, the UN proposal for a withdrawal of the Israel Defence Forces from the northern part of Ghajar and its redeployment south of the Blue Line.
He said that the withdrawal “would be an important step” towards the full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701.
He added that “as soon as the withdrawal is complete,” the UN would work closely with the parties in order to resolve the permanent status of Ghajar.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the Israeli Government’s decision to withdraw from Ghajar, a village that straddles the so-called Blue Line separating Israel and Lebanon.
Resolution 1701 brought to an end the conflict that took place between Israel and the Lebanese group Hizbollah four years ago. It also calls for respect for the Blue Line, the disarming of all militias operating in Lebanon and an end to arms smuggling in the area.
Williams stressed that Israel and Lebanon have obligations to meet under resolution 1701. He expressed concern about “a number of incidents” that have taken place in recent months, in particular the 3 August incident “when for the first time since the war of 2006 there were fatalities on both sides.”
Regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Williams said that he expects to see indictments “in the coming months,” sharing the Secretary-General “full support for the Tribunal.”
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon was formed at the request of the Government of Lebanon in order to try all those who are alleged responsible for the attack of 14 February 2005 in Beirut that killed the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others.
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