UN / LIBYA

The Security Council held consultations again to consider a resolution tabled by the representative of Lebanon on behalf of the Arab League, aiming to establish a no-fly zone over Libya and protecting civilians. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:23
• Production Date: 15 March 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: U110315j

Description

STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 1.23
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN building

14 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY

2. Zoom in, Nawaf Salam walks up to the microphone

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

3. Close up, cameras

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nawaf Salam, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations:
“The Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations has, in coordination and cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya prepared elements related to this measure in the draft resolution circulated this afternoon to members of the Security Council as a working paper in order to move the consultations forward.”

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

5. Zoom out, reporter’s notepad

14 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nawaf Salam, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations:
“You know that the Arab League is not asking, it has already asked, I mean, for a no-fly zone, and at the same time stressed that it was against foreign intervention. As to no-fly zone, first of all, the question was raised by the Libyan themselves, one, two, this was endorsed by the Arab League and the Arab League now is requesting the United Nations Security Council to authorize it.”

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

7. Close up, reporter’s notepad

14 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY

8. Pan right, Salam walks away from the microphone

Storyline

The Security Council held consultations again today (15 March) to consider a resolution tabled by the representative of Lebanon on behalf of the Arab League, aiming to establish a no-fly zone over Libya and protecting civilians.

Ambassador Nawaf Salam met reporters outside the Council and read a statement indicating that his country, together with the Permanent Mission of Libya, had “prepared elements” related to the draft resolution being considered by the Council “as a working paper in order to move the consultations forward.”

The draft resolution, he said, in addition to the no-fly zone also called for strengthening and widening sanctions included in the recently approved resolution 1970 and for measures designed for ensuring safe passage for civilians.

Salam explained that the request for a no-fly zone came from the Arab League, which “at the same time stressed that it was against foreign intervention.”

He further clarified that “the question was raised by the Libyan themselves”, was then “endorsed by the Arab League and the Arab League now is requesting the United Nations Security Council to authorize it.”

Thousands of people have been displaced by the fighting inside Libya and are in need of help, while an estimated 260,000 people, mostly foreigners, have left Libya for neighbouring countries, including Tunisia and Egypt.