8 Feb 2012

KENYA / UNEP 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Kenya’s top runners will join the public later this month for a half-marathon that will celebrate the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) four decades of working for the environment and raise public awareness of what needs to be done to ensure the sustainable future of the planet. UNEP

Posted at: February 8, 2012 12:58 pm

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STORY: KENYA / UNEP 40th ANNIVERSARY
TRT: 1.40
SOURCE: UNEP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
 
DATELINE: 7 FEBRUARY 2012, NAIROBI, KENYA

SHOTLIST:
 
1. Wide shot, press conference 
2. Med shot press conference speakers from left to right: Patrick Makau, world marathon record holder, Nick Nuttall UNEP Spokesperson, Paul Tergat , Founder Paul Tergat Foundation
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Tergat, Founder Paul Tergat Foundation:
"Globally, the relationship between sports and environment has been growing steadily so much so that the environment is now a key consideration in almost all sports planning activities. Most importantly, every athlete requires a clean environment for optimum performance in his or her career."
4. Med shot, camera
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Tergat, Founder Paul Tergat Foundation:
"Our athletes have always used sport to bring positive change in society by using their iconic status to endorse community values and aspirations such as the environment.  By identifying with events such as the upcoming marathon, athletes will lend their hand to efforts towards building sustainable environment for generations to come."
7. Med shot, press conference 
8. Med shot, speakers 
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Makau , world marathon record holder:
"For someone to run well, very well, he has to run in a very clean environment."

STORYLINE:

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) held a press conference on Tuesday in Nairobi with Kenya's top marathon runners, Paul Tergat and Patrick Makau to announce a half-marathon (21 km) run that will take place in Nairobi on 19 February in commemoration of UNEP's upcoming 40th anniversary celebrations.

Organized by UNEP in partnership with the Paul Tergat Foundation and the Athletics Kenya, the 21-kilometre celebratory run on 19 February will start at the Kenya Technical Teachers College in Gigiri, Nairobi.

Champion runners Paul Tergat and Patrick Makau will lend their support to the event. Mr. Tergat held the world marathon record from 2003-2007, while Mr. Makau set the new world marathon record at last year's Berlin Marathon.

The event will coincide with the convening of the 12th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF). Dignitaries and officials from 150 countries attending the meeting are being invited to participate in a shorter five-kilometre run. The two events are expected to attract 1,000 registered participants.

Since 1994, UNEP has been integrating its work on the environment with sport and its initiatives in the world of sport have grown considerably. Today, it advises countries and sports federations on incorporating environmental considerations into all major sporting events.