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STORY: UN / CAR PEACEKEEPER DEATH
TRT: 1:00
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
13 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations
“The Secretary-General strongly condemned the killing of a Tunisian peacekeeper of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) during the night of 11 February by an unidentified armed person near the village of Zobassinda. The Secretary-General recalls that attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law. He calls on the Central African authorities to spare no effort in identifying the perpetrators of this tragedy so that they can be brought to justice swiftly. The full statement is online. We have an update regarding the peacekeeper who was tragically killed in the Central African Republic on Tuesday. His name is Seifeddine Hamrita from Tunisia, at age of 28. Once again, we extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and all members of the peacekeeping mission.”
4. Wide shot, reporters
The Secretary-General “strongly condemned” the killing of a Tunisian peacekeeper of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) during the night of 11 February by an unidentified armed person near the village of Zobassinda, a UN Spokesperson said.
Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters today (13 Feb) that in a statement issued on Wednesday (12 Feb), the Secretary-General recalled that “attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law.”
The Secretary-General called on the Central African authorities to “spare no effort in identifying the perpetrators of this tragedy so that they can be brought to justice swiftly,” Haq said.
Seifeddine Hamrita, a peacekeeper from Tunisia was tragically killed in the Central African Republic on Tuesday (11 Feb). He was 28.
Once again, the UN extended it deepest condolences to his family, friends, and all members of the peacekeeping mission, the Deputy Spokesperson concluded.
