4 Mar 2011

GENEVA / NAPALITANO LIBYA

The President of Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano addressed the Human Rights Council today, fully supporting the decision by the Security Council to suspend Libya from the Human Rights Council. UNTV

Posted at: March 4, 2011 6:21 pm

Duration: 02:15

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STORY: GENEVA / NAPOLITIANO 
TRT: 2.15
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 4 MARCH 2011, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

SHOTLIST:

1. Arrival of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Human Rights Council
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy: 
"Today my thoughts go especially to the sufferings of the Libyan people.  We stand for freedom and democracy. We want the world to know the truth, was the message that an Italian national just heard in Libya and brought back after being rescued from Misurata. Italy is fully behind the UN Security Council unanimous call for a swift end to the Libyan crisis. By consensus, the General Assembly has sent Tripoli a powerful message by suspending Libya from the Body.  We look forward to Libya resuming its place on the Council as soon as its people and government will be able to establish the necessary standards and conditions."
3. Cutaway, Brazil delegation
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy:  
"Violence against the Libyan people cannot be tolerated. Colonel Gaddafi must stop any military action against his own people.  People's discontent, everywhere it occurs, must be dealt with through dialogue and political goodwill."
5. Cutaway, Navi Pillay listening
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy: 
"The recent sad events in the Mediterranean demonstrate that the EU has to complete the unfinished job of setting up a common space of freedom, security and justice by, inter alia, defining rules on asylum seekers and refugees protection.  The more effective management of the EU border cannot be left to individual member States, it is not the border of one country, it is the border of Europe."
7. Cutaway, delegations,

STORYLINE:

The President of Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano addressed the Human Rights Council at the United Nations Head Quarters in Geneva this Morning fully supporting the decision by the Security Council to suspend Libya from the Human Rights Council the President hoped it wouldn't be too long before Libya resumed its place on the body.

Napolitano said that the violence against the Libyan people could not be tolerated and that "Colonel Gaddafi must stop any military action against his own people."

The President also addressed the growing humanitarian crisis and called for a one European solution to the issue of asylum seekers.  "The more effective management of the EU border cannot be left to individual member States, it is not the border of one country, it is the border of Europe."