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STORY: UN / UNIFIL UPDATE
TRT: 01:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
12 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric walks up to press conference podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL, tells us that they are deeply concerned about the serious escalation of hostilities across the Blue Line. Just last night, our peacekeepers detected more than 120 projectiles launched from Lebanese territory towards Israel, and seven Israeli air attacks and over 120 incidents of artillery fire in response. UNIFIL stressed that all of these acts are serious violations of Security Council resolution 1701. Our peacekeepers remain on the ground, impartially monitoring and reporting developments, liaising between the parties and, where possible, facilitating humanitarian support and the protection of civilians.”
5. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“High risks to peacekeepers are continuing as the fighting continues. Yesterday an explosion occurred approximately 15 metres from a UN position in Sector East. Thankfully, no injuries were reported. Regarding the 6 March incident in which three Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured, our own investigation is underway and will take some time.”
7. Med shot, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We continue to stress the obligations of all sides to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and guarantee that civilians across the Blue Line and UN premises should never be targeted. We also continue to urge the parties to end hostilities and recommit to the full implementation of resolution 1701, for the safety and security of civilians on both sides of the Blue Line.”
9. Wide shot, end of presser
The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, today (12 Mar) told journalists in New York that the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL, is “deeply concerned about the serious escalation of hostilities across the Blue Line,” noting that peacekeepers have detected “more than 120 projectiles launched from Lebanese territory towards Israel, and seven Israeli air attacks and over 120 incidents of artillery fire in response.”
Dujarric said UNIFIL has stressed that “all of these acts are serious violations of Security Council resolution 1701.”
Peacekeepers, he said, “remain on the ground, impartially monitoring and reporting developments, liaising between the parties and, where possible, facilitating humanitarian support and the protection of civilians.”
Dujarric noted that yesterday, “an explosion occurred approximately 15 metres from a UN position in Sector East,” adding that “thankfully, no injuries were reported.”
He said a UN investigation is underway regarding the 6 March incident in which three Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured, “and will take some time.”
The spokesperson said, “we continue to stress the obligations of all sides to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and guarantee that civilians across the Blue Line and UN premises should never be targeted. We also continue to urge the parties to end hostilities and recommit to the full implementation of resolution 1701, for the safety and security of civilians on both sides of the Blue Line.”
