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STORY: UNGA80 / LEBANON
TRT: 2:58
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Various shots, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
23 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Joseph Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic:
“While advancing on all these fronts, our country simultaneously shoulders numerous burdens. Most pressing among them are the persistent instabilities along our southern border. In response, we call for the immediate cessation of Israeli aggression, the full withdrawal of its occupying forces from all Lebanese territory, and the release of our hostages, that we shall not forget nor leave behind, and insist on the comprehensive implementation of United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1701. This will be achieved with the help of the mandate given to United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) working in coordination with the Lebanese Army, over a transitional period, to impose peace and stability.”
4. Various shots, General Assembly Hall
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Joseph Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic:
“However, the deep underlying causes of our crisis extend beyond our immediate borders. This is why our moral, human and political obligation is to put an immediate end to the devastation taking place in Gaza. We also urge the revival of a new political track, aimed at finding a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, based on the decisions of the international community and the principle of a two-state solution, ensuring the right of both states to a secure and dignified existence, as voted by your General Assembly with a majority of 142 states out of 164 states, in the New York Declaration.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Joseph Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic:
“The second major burden Lebanon is carrying now is the unprecedented displacement situation taking place on its soil, which measured by capita stands as the largest in history. Lebanon looks to the United Nations and its specialized agencies as well as to the Syrian authorities to address this critical issue. Through direct negotiations and with the support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we aim to reach comprehensive understandings and agreements across different aspects of our bilateral relations. The goal being the dignified and safe return of the displaced Syrian citizens, as well as the restoration of the special relations between Lebanon and Syria in good neighborliness and close cooperation in various fields, overcoming the misunderstandings of the past.”
8. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called for an “immediate cessation of Israeli aggression, the full withdrawal of its occupying forces from all Lebanese territory.”
President Aoun addressed the General Assembly today (23 Sep) stressing that the most pressing issue for his country is “the persistent instabilities” along its southern border.
He insisted on the comprehensive implementation of United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1701. “This will be achieved with the help of the mandate given to United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) working in coordination with the Lebanese Army, over a transitional period, to impose peace and stability,” the Lebanese President explained.
President Aoun also highlighted that the deep underlying causes of the country’s crisis extend beyond its immediate borders. “This is why our moral, human and political obligation is to put an immediate end to the devastation taking place in Gaza,” he said.
The Lebanese President urged “the revival of a new political track, aimed at finding a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, based on the decisions of the international community and the principle of a two-state solution, ensuring the right of both states to a secure and dignified existence, as voted by your General Assembly with a majority of 142 states out of 164 states, in the New York Declaration.”
On the displacement situation taking place on its soil, “which measured by capita stands as the largest in history,” President Aoun looked to the United Nations and its specialized agencies as well as to the Syrian authorities to address this critical issue.
He noted that through direct negotiations and with the support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, “we aim to reach comprehensive understandings and agreements across different aspects of our bilateral relations.”
The Lebanese President explained, “The goal being the dignified and safe return of the displaced Syrian citizens, as well as the restoration of the special relations between Lebanon and Syria in good neighborliness and close cooperation in various fields, overcoming the misunderstandings of the past.”
