UN / UNIFIL IRELAND PEACEKEEPER DEATH
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STORY: UN / UNIFIL IRELAND PEACEKEEPER DEATH
TRT: 01:17
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Simon Coveney walking to the stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ireland:
“In the last twelve hours Ireland has lost a peacekeeper, has lost soldier, has lost somebody who has been working for this country and for the UN in an incident in Lebanon, were a 23-year-old young man Private Sean Rooney from Donegal, Ireland, has been killed.”
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
4. Close up, camera
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ireland:
“There are another three soldiers who were injured in that incident, one of them seriously. So, I want to say that we are thinking of them this afternoon and today.”
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
7. Med shot, cameraman
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ireland:
“It is a reminder to all of us of the sacrifices that UN peacekeepers make across the world. They are people who every week, put themselves in harm’s way to protect people that they have never met in many cases, vulnerable populations in parts of the world that are turned apart by conflict.”
9. Pan right, Simon Coveney walking away from the stakeout
STORYLINE:
Speaking to journalists on the death of an Irish peacekeeper, Foreign and Defense Minister Simon Coveney, said “it is a reminder to all of us of the sacrifices that UN peacekeepers make across the world”.
Simon Coveney told reporters that Ireland "has lost a peacekeeper, has lost a soldier, has lost somebody who has been working for this country and for the UN in an incident in Lebanon”. Private Sean Rooney was killed in an incident that took place Wednesday (14 Dec) in the area of Al-Aqbieh, outside of The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) area of operations in South Lebanon.
The Minister continued, “there are another three soldiers who were injured in that incident, one of them seriously.”
Convey underlined, “they are people who every week, put themselves in harm’s way to protect people that they have never met in many cases, vulnerable populations in parts of the world that are turned apart by conflict.”
Also today, in a written statement, the Secretary-General expressed his deepest condolences to the family of the peacekeeper who died and to the people and the Government of Ireland. He urged a swift investigation by relevant authorities to determine the facts related to the incident and the need for accountability.
STORY: UN / UNIFIL IRELAND PEACEKEEPER DEATH
TRT: 01:17
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Simon Coveney walking to the stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ireland:
“In the last twelve hours Ireland has lost a peacekeeper, has lost soldier, has lost somebody who has been working for this country and for the UN in an incident in Lebanon, were a 23-year-old young man Private Sean Rooney from Donegal, Ireland, has been killed.”
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
4. Close up, camera
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ireland:
“There are another three soldiers who were injured in that incident, one of them seriously. So, I want to say that we are thinking of them this afternoon and today.”
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
7. Med shot, cameraman
15 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ireland:
“It is a reminder to all of us of the sacrifices that UN peacekeepers make across the world. They are people who every week, put themselves in harm’s way to protect people that they have never met in many cases, vulnerable populations in parts of the world that are turned apart by conflict.”
9. Pan right, Simon Coveney walking away from the stakeout
STORYLINE:
Speaking to journalists on the death of an Irish peacekeeper, Foreign and Defense Minister Simon Coveney, said “it is a reminder to all of us of the sacrifices that UN peacekeepers make across the world”.
Simon Coveney told reporters that Ireland "has lost a peacekeeper, has lost a soldier, has lost somebody who has been working for this country and for the UN in an incident in Lebanon”. Private Sean Rooney was killed in an incident that took place Wednesday (14 Dec) in the area of Al-Aqbieh, outside of The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) area of operations in South Lebanon.
The Minister continued, “there are another three soldiers who were injured in that incident, one of them seriously.”
Convey underlined, “they are people who every week, put themselves in harm’s way to protect people that they have never met in many cases, vulnerable populations in parts of the world that are turned apart by conflict.”
Also today, in a written statement, the Secretary-General expressed his deepest condolences to the family of the peacekeeper who died and to the people and the Government of Ireland. He urged a swift investigation by relevant authorities to determine the facts related to the incident and the need for accountability.
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