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STORY: UN / LIBYA ATTACKS REPORT
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 JANUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters
27 JANUARY 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Stephane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The UN Human Rights Office, in a new report today on the airstrikes last July on the Tajoura detention centre in Libya, renewed its call on all parties to the conflict in that country to conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations to ensure accountability for the violations of international law. The report concurs with previous UN findings that the airstrikes were likely conducted by aircraft belonging to a foreign state, noting that, “it remains unclear whether these air assets were under the command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) or were operated under the command of that foreign state in support of the LNA.” The report calls on all parties, as well as any States supporting either party, to conduct investigations in the airstrikes with a view to ensuring the swift prosecution of those responsible.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“Over the weekend, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) deeply regretted the continued blatant violations of the arms embargo in Libya, even after the commitments made in this regard by concerned countries during the Berlin Conference. The UN Mission said that over the last ten days, numerous cargo and other flights have been observed landing in Libyan airports in the western and eastern parts of the country, providing the parties with advanced weapons, armoured vehicles, advisers and fighters. The UN mission condemns these ongoing violations, with a risk of plunging the country into a renewed and intensified round of fighting.”
7. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away from the podium
The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) released a report today (27 Jan) on the July airstrikes on the Tajoura detention centre in Libya, renewing its call on all parties to the conflict in that country to conduct “independent, impartial and thorough investigations to ensure accountability for the violations of international law.”
Briefing reporters in New York, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “the report concurs with previous UN findings that the airstrikes were likely conducted by aircraft belonging to a foreign state,” and it noted that, “it remains unclear whether these air assets were under the command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) or were operated under the command of that foreign state in support of the LNA.”
Dujarric said, “the report calls on all parties, as well as any States supporting either party, to conduct investigations in the airstrikes with a view to ensuring the swift prosecution of those responsible.”
The spokesperson noted the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) “deeply regretted the continued blatant violations of the arms embargo in Libya, even after the commitments made in this regard by concerned countries during the Berlin Conference.”
Dujarric said that according to UNSMIL, “over the last ten days, numerous cargo and other flights have been observed landing in Libyan airports in the western and eastern parts of the country, providing the parties with advanced weapons, armoured vehicles, advisers and fighters.”
He said, “the UN mission condemns these ongoing violations, with a risk of plunging the country into a renewed and intensified round of fighting.”
