UN / LIBYA

UN Special Envoy for Libya Abdul Ilah al-Khatib said today said that there were "significant" protection concerns in Libya like landmines, gender based violence and human rights violations adding that overall, humanitarian conditions, especially in areas where there is fighting "remain grave." UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:01
• Production Date: 4 April 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: U110404b

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STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 2.01
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE’
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 4 APRIL 2011, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

RECENT 2011, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

4 APRIL 2011, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Cutaway, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, Special Envoy to Libya, United Nations:
“The initial priority is to restore constitutional legitimacy through a referendum. It outlines their principals and obligations of political democracy, calling for economic prosperity and development; use of science and technology to enhance society; and condemning intolerance, extremism and violence.”
5. Cutaway, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, Special Envoy to Libya, United Nations:
“It is feared that there are significant protection concerns such as landmines and gender based violence and human rights violations. Overall humanitarian conditions, especially in and around areas where fighting is taking place remain grave, particularly regarding medical and protection needs.”
7. Cutaway, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, Special Envoy to Libya, United Nations:
“While initially a population movement consisting of male migrant workers, the number of women and children arriving at border crossings areas has increased slightly over the past week. Some of the small but increasing numbers of migrant families with women and children crossing the borders are reporting experiencing intimidation, harassment and violence within Libya.”
9. Cutaway, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, Special Envoy to Libya, United Nations:
“It is still very difficult to know how long it will take for the Libyan conflict to be resolved. However, responsibility of finding a solution lies with the Libyan people themselves. Furthermore, it is also clear that the international community must continue to come together and do all it can to support this quest for a solution.”
11. Cutaway, delegates
12. Wide shot, Abdul Ilah al-Khatib approaches the microphone
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, Special Envoy to Libya, United Nations:
“They have announced that they have singed an agreement in order to facilitate their efforts to sell oil in order to meet the pressing financial and economic needs and they have also indicated their willingness to fully cooperate with the committee established under 1973 by the Security Council.”
14. Cutaway, journalists

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Libya, Abdul Ilah al-Khatib today (4 April) in New York briefed the Security Council on the situation in Libya since the latest briefing by the Secretary-General and his second mission to that country.

Al-Khatib said that in his latest mission to the country (31 March) he met with the Libyan interim Transitional National Council (1 April). He added that they had provided him with their “vision of a democratic Libya,” which included the priority to “restore constitutional legitimacy through a referendum.”

He also said it outlined their principals and obligations of political democracy and called for economic prosperity and development and condemned intolerance, extremism and violence.

Information about the humanitarian situation in Libya still remains limited due to lack of access to different parts of the country. Al-Khatib said that it is feared that there were significant protection concerns such as landmines and gender based violence and human rights abuses.

Al Khatib told the Council that, “overall humanitarian conditions, especially in and around areas where fighting is taking place remain grave, particularly regarding medical and protection needs.”

As of 4 April, over 400,000 people had fled Libya and more than 12,000 remained stranded along Libya’s borders with Tunisia and Egypt, and as of 29 March, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have provided evacuation assistance for more than 88,000 people who had left Libya.

While initially a population movement consisting of male migrant workers, al-Khatib said that the number of women and children arriving at border crossing areas had increased slightly over the past week.

He also noted that some of the small but increasing numbers of migrant families with women and children crossing the borders were reporting “experiencing intimidation, harassment and violence within Libya.”

The UN started its security needs assessments to areas in the east of Libya and as of 3 April the flash humanitarian appeal for Libya was currently funded at 70 percent, at (USD) $113 million with (USD) $1.4 million dollars in pledges.

Al-Khatib ended his briefing to the Council stating that it is difficult to know how long it will take for the Libyan conflict to be resolved. However, he added that “the responsibility for finding a solution lied with the Libyan people themselves.”

Following the meeting he briefed journalists and commenting on the interim Transitional National Council’s concern over the lack of funds as well as issues surrounding the marketing and sale of oil, Al-Khatib said that the Council had announced that they had signed an agreement in order to facilitate their efforts to sell oil in order to meet the pressing financial and economic needs.