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STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 03:58
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
15 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, United Nations / Head, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“In two days, Libya will mark the anniversary of the 17 February 2011 revolution. Thirteen years on, Libyans are still waiting to realize their aspirations for sustainable peace and democracy.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, United Nations / Head, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“Libyan institutional stakeholders appear unwilling to resolve the outstanding politically contested issues that would clear the path to the long-awaited elections in Libya.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, United Nations / Head, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“To avoid Libya sliding into disintegration as foreseen through numerous alarming signs, a political agreement is urgently needed among the major stakeholders to form a unified government that will lead the country to elections.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, United Nations / Head, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“Security actors had arbitrarily detained at least 60 individuals, including children, for their actual or perceived political affiliations. These practices cast serious doubt on the willingness of some Libyan actors to support a transparent and inclusive political process. Those arbitrarily detained and political prisoners must be released.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, United Nations / Head, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“The human rights, humanitarian and protection situation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya is of increasing concern. UNHCR and IOM report significantly increased numbers of Sudanese refugees entering Libya in recent weeks. UN agencies continue to have limited access to Sudanese refugees at Libya’s border with Sudan.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, United Nations / Head, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“I remain alarmed at continued collective expulsions of migrants and refugees across the borders between Libya and neighboring countries. I reiterate my call on the authorities of all countries concerned to end forced expulsions, which are violations of international law. I also reiterate my calls full access and independent investigations into all alleged violations and abuses in Libyan detention facilities.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taher M. El-Sonni, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Libya:
“The Libyans are tired of waiting, and the alternating roles, and the foreign intervention that has not ended throughout the years. The Libyans are bored of the analysis, and the diagnosis, and the briefings, and the statements without any results. Therefore, I do not have much more to say.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, told the Security Council today (15 Feb) that thirteen years after the 2011 revolution in the country, “Libyans are still waiting to realize their aspirations for sustainable peace and democracy.”
He also said, “Libyan institutional stakeholders appear unwilling to resolve the outstanding politically contested issues that would clear the path to the long-awaited elections in Libya.”
He stressed, “To avoid Libya sliding into disintegration as foreseen through numerous alarming signs, a political agreement is urgently needed among the major stakeholders to form a unified government that will lead the country to elections.”
He mentioned that in his last briefing to the Security Council, he highlighted that over the previous nine months, “Security actors had arbitrarily detained at least 60 individuals, including children, for their actual or perceived political affiliations. These practices cast serious doubt on the willingness of some Libyan actors to support a transparent and inclusive political process. Those arbitrarily detained and political prisoners must be released.”
Bathily also said, “The human rights, humanitarian and protection situation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya is of increasing concern. UNHCR and IOM report significantly increased numbers of Sudanese refugees entering Libya in recent weeks. UN agencies continue to have limited access to Sudanese refugees at Libya’s border with Sudan.”
He added, “I remain alarmed at continued collective expulsions of migrants and refugees across the borders between Libya and neighboring countries. I reiterate my call on the authorities of all countries concerned to end forced expulsions, which are violations of international law. I also reiterate my calls full access and independent investigations into all alleged violations and abuses in Libyan detention facilities.”
Also addressing the Security Council, Taher M. El-Sonni, Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations said, “The Libyans are tired of waiting, and the alternating roles, and the foreign intervention that has not ended throughout the years. The Libyans are bored of the analysis, and the diagnosis, and the briefings, and the statements without any results. Therefore, I do not have much more to say.”
