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STORY: UN / LEBANON UNIFIL UPDATE
TRT: 1:21
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY / NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
01 FEBRUARY 2024
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Peacekeepers are informing us that they continue to carry out their tasks, including patrols and other activities, amid daily exchanges of fire along that Blue Line. The UN Peacekeeping Force Force in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL, also remains actively engaged with authorities on both sides to de-escalate tensions.”
4. Wide shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Yesterday, the Head of Mission and Force Commander, Lt. General Aroldo Lázaro, held a meeting with Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati and Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun in Beirut. The head of the peacepkeeping mission General Lázaro, underscored the significance of de-escalating tension in southern Lebanon and the region and the imperative of fully implementing Security Council Resolution 1701, as well as working towards a political and diplomatic solution that is crucial for restoring stability.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
Briefing reporters today (01 Feb) in New York, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said that the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) “remains actively engaged with authorities on both sides to de-escalate tensions.”
Dujarric noted, "peacekeepers are informing us that they continue to carry out their tasks, including patrols and other activities, amid daily exchanges of fire along that Blue Line."
He said, “Yesterday, the Head of Mission and Force Commander, Lt. General Aroldo Lázaro, held a meeting with Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati and Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun in Beirut.”
Dujarric continued, “The head of the peacepkeeping mission General Lázaro, underscored the significance of de-escalating tension in southern Lebanon and the region and the imperative of fully implementing Security Council Resolution 1701, as well as working towards a political and diplomatic solution that is crucial for restoring stability.”
