UN / BOLIVIA PERSONAL ENVOY

STORY: UN / BOLIVIA PERSONAL ENVOY
TRT: 01:13
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 NOVEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters

14 NOVEMBER 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Stephane Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General has asked Mr. Jean Arnault to engage as his Personal Envoy with all Bolivian actors and offer United Nations support in efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the crisis, including through transparent, inclusive and credible elections. Mr. Arnault will be travelling to Bolivia today.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
"The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about developments in Bolivia. He reiterates his appeal to all Bolivians to refrain from violence and exercise maximum restraint.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“Mr. Arnault as you know, is the former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia. He’s also served as his Special Representative in Georgia, Afghanistan, Burundi and Guatemala.”
8. Wide shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“He will speak to, engage with all relevant actors in Bolivia to offer the UN’s support and to find a peaceful solution to this ongoing crisis.”
10. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away from the podium

STORYLINE:

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Jean Arnault as his personal envoy to Bolivia to engage “with all Bolivian actors and offer United Nations support in efforts to find a peaceful resolution” to the Andean nation’s political crisis, “including through transparent, inclusive and credible elections.”

Arnault will be travelling to Bolivia today (14 Nov).

The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters in New York that “the Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about developments in Bolivia” and “reiterates his appeal to all Bolivians to refrain from violence and exercise maximum restraint.”

Arnault is the former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and has also served as his Special Representative in Georgia, Afghanistan, Burundi and Guatemala.

Dujarric said that he will speak to “all relevant actors in Bolivia to offer the UN’s support and to find a peaceful solution to this ongoing crisis.”