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STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 2.07
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /RUSSIAN /CHINESE /ARABIC /NATS
DATELINE: 19 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY - FILE
FILE – RECENT
1. Exterior shot, UN Secretariat
19 MARCH 2014
2. UPSOUND (French), Sylvie Lucas, Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UN and the President of the Security Council:
“Those in favor of the draft resolution contained in the document S/2014/200 please raise their hands.”
3. Pan left, delegates vote
4. Cutaway, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Petr Iliichev, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations:
“We agree that illegal export of Libyan oil risks undermining stability of the country even more – country that is already a prey to internal strife.”
6. Cutaway, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Petr Iliichev, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN:
“I just want to recall that the first delivery of oil from the eastern part of the country in contravention to the central government took place in April 2011. Even more in May of the same year the oil was obtained in this fashion from an American company. The State Department made a statement on 20 June 2011 supported these unlawful actions. The genie was let out of the bottle and certain Libyan groups seem to think “if it worked three years ago why not today”.
8. Cutaway, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (Chinese), Liu Jieyi, Ambassador of China to the UN:
“This resolution should not be considered as establishing a customary International Law and that measures adopted by the member states under the authorization of the resolution should not affect the exclusive jurisdiction of the flag state over its vessels on high seas. It further stipulates that when adopting inspection measures member states should first seek the consent of the flag state.”
10. Cutaway, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Ibrahim Dabbashi, Ambassador of Libya to the UN:
“This is the message to Libyan people that the Security Council will therefore going to help Libyan people whenever we need that help and we’d like to thank the Security Council for this help.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council Chamber
The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution condemning attempts to illicitly export crude oil from Libya and imposing sanctions on vessels involved in such efforts.
The resolution requested that Libya inform the Security Council committee overseeing the arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze imposed on the country by resolution 1970 – known as the 1970 committee – of any vessels transporting crude oil illicitly exported from Libya.
It also decided that the 1970 committee would designate those vessels for some or all measures authorized in the resolution on a case-by-case basis for a period of 90 days.
These include actions by Member States to prohibit the vessels from entering ports and requiring their nationals not to engage in any financial transactions with respect to crude oil from Libya aboard vessels designated by the committee.
The measures also require the flag State of the designated vessel to take the necessary measures “to direct the vessel not to load, transport or discharge such crude oil from Libya.”
Further, the resolution authorizes Member States to inspect on the high seas vessels designated by the committee, and to use all measures “commensurate to the specific circumstances” to carry out such inspections and direct the vessel to take appropriate actions to return the crude oil to Libya.
Earlier this month, the “Morning Glory,” a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)-flagged vessel, reportedly loaded crude oil belonging to a joint venture between the Libyan National Oil Company and some United States companies at the rebel-held port of Sidra in eastern Libya.
The vessel, reportedly carrying an estimated $20 million in cargo, was later seized by the US Navy in international waters off the coast of Cyprus at the request of both Libya and Cyprus.
