22 Jan 2013

UN / BAN KI-MOON

Stressing that now is not the time for "business as usual"; Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (22 January) called for innovative action to tackle the numerous challenges facing the world and to meet shared goals such as sustainable development, disarmament and conflict resolution. UNTV

Posted at: January 22, 2013 4:47 pm

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STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON
TRT: 2.43
SOURCE: UNTV 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 JANUARY 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1.	Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

22 JANUARY 2013, NEW YORK CITY

2.	Wide shot, dais  
3.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"This is no time for business as usual. To shape the future we want, we will have to think and act innovatively and differently. We will have to throw off another brake on our common progress: the tyranny of the status quo."
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5.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"My fervent hope, and our common urgent need, is that we can stop moving from crisis to crisis, from symptom to symptom, and instead address the underlying causes and inter-relationships, and recognize the flaws in many of our approaches."
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7.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"We are, of course, committed to budget discipline. At the same time, as demands continue to grow, it is unrealistic to think that substantial budget reductions will have no impact. It is unsustainable for Member States to add and add while the Secretariat is asked to cut and cut."
8.	Wide shot, audience applause
9.	Wide shot, press conference dais
10.	Wide shot, audience
11.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"The political environment remains polarized in Syria and in the region. The Security Council must find the unity the people of Syria need. Yet a deadly military momentum has taken hold. I call again for all states to cease sending arms to either side in Syria."
12.	Close up, photographer
13.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"As the international community responds to the security threat, let us remember that Mali is also a political challenge.  It was the coup and the collapse of Mali's democracy that opened the way for extremists.  Military gains must be matched by efforts to restore full constitutional order and legitimacy in Bamako, while leaving the door open to negotiations with those groups that renounce terrorism."
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15.	SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"In 2013, we need to stay on track for 2015.That is the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. That is the year in which Member States have committed to reach a robust, legally binding agreement on climate change."
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STORYLINE:

Ban underscored that "to shape the future we want, will have to think and act innovatively and differently" and "will have to throw off another brake on our common progress: the tyranny of the status quo."

The Secretary-General, in his address to the General Assembly, expressed hope that the world "can stop moving from crisis to crisis, from symptom to symptom, and instead address the underlying causes and inter-relationships, and recognize the flaws in many of our approaches."

In his first meeting of the year with the United Nations membership, the Secretary-General noted that too often, governments and the international machinery operate on auto-pilot.

He said this was particularly true given the tremendous turmoil and uncertainty in today's world.

Stressing the Organization's commitment to budget discipline, he noted that "as demands continue to grow, it is unrealistic to think that substantial budget reductions will have no impact" and "it is unsustainable for Member States to add and add while the Secretariat is asked to cut and cut."

At a press conference immediately following his address to the General Assembly, Ban outlined the UN's priorities for the year.

He called on the Security Council "to find the unity the people of Syria need" and repeated his call "for all states to cease sending arms to either side in Syria."

The crisis in Syria, which began in early 2011, has led to the deaths of more than 60,000 people, left four million people in the country in need of assistance, half of whom have been displaced internally. In addition, there are 650,000 displaced people displaced in neighbouring countries, in North Africa and in Europe, according to UN reports.

Other large-scale displacements are taking place in the Africa's Sahel region and Mali, which is under threat from terrorists, with regional and global repercussions, the UN chief added.

He said that as the international community responds to the security threat, it was important to remember the political challenges in Mali.

He said, "It was the coup and the collapse of Mali's democracy that opened the way for extremists" and "military gains must be matched by efforts to restore full constitutional order and legitimacy in Bamako, while leaving the door open to negotiations with those groups that renounce terrorism."

The renewed clashes in northern Mali, as well as the proliferation of armed groups in the region, drought and political instability in the wake of a military coup d'état last March have uprooted hundreds of thousands of civilians over the course of 2012.

This year will also see continued action on the challenge of sustainable development, he said, noting that 2015 is the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, "the year in which Member States have committed to reach a robust, legally binding agreement on climate change."

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