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ITALY / J8

Fourteen young people from the Junior 8 group meet with the heads of their respective countries at the G8 in L'Aquila, Italy. UNICEF

Duration:01:58Date:10 July 2009

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United Nations Children's Fund, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS,12.01.00, ENVIRONMENT

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STORY: ITALY / J8 
TRT: 1.58 
SOURCE: UNICEF 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE 
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE:  9 JULY 2009, L'AQUILA, ROME, ITALY

SHOTLIST:

1. Med shot, bus full of UNICEF Junior 8 participants on their way to meet world leaders 
2. Close up, girl in bus looking out window 
3. Med shot, view out front of bus – police car escort can be seen 
4. Wide shot, row of flags at G8 site in L'Aquila 
5. Close up, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 
6. Wide shot, world leaders standing with young people from Junior 8 
7. Med shot, group of children sitting at table, girl is pointing to computer 
8. Med shot, boy talks with group of children sitting around table 
9. Med shot, J8 participants standing on stage, inside, at press conference 
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Moeko Fuji, age 16: 
"What I told my prime minister is that we, the J8 community, address many problems, – climate change, African development, the financial crisis – and what we said is, "It's good to say we need to address these problems, but what we really need is actions!"
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Woodrich, age 16: 
"I told him that we need to treat Africa as equal partners on the world stage so that they will be no longer dependent on foreign aid." 
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Richmond Sajini, age15: 
"He thanked me that I was able to come here and lift the name of our country high. And I had to explain to him that there are no borders here. We are all one community and we don't bound each other by our countries." 
13. SOUNDBITE (English), Emmanuella Louidsor, age 17: 
"And when I met President Obama, I told him that the J8 community has worked really hard to find solutions to issues on climate change, child rights, education, and poverty and development in Africa." 
14. Med shot, female J8 participant being interviewed by television reporter

ROME, ITALY 
 
15. Wide shot, exterior, UNICEF Junior 8 summit  
16. Close up, flags 
17. Med shot, children walking into room where there is a surprise party 
18. Med shot, young people discuss the meetings with J8 leaders 
19. Med shot, boy from South Africa (Richmond Sajini) tells his fellow participants "I touched Obama with this hand!" 
20. Med shot, boy from Canada (Nigel Woodrich) stands against barrier and talks about the meeting with world leaders 
21. Close up, French girl (Pauline Bossavie) sits in chair telling two other girls about the meeting 
22. Close up, girl (Emmanuella Louidsor) tells two boys about the meeting

STORYLINE:

Fourteen young people, from fourteen countries, driving with a police escort from Rome to the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, for a face-to-face meeting with the head of their respective countries.  They were selected by their peers at the UNICEF Junior 8 Summit to meet with the various presidents and prime ministers – and chancellor – to urge immediate action on such topics as guaranteeing a quality education for all children, as well access to safe drinking water for the 1.2 billion people who lack it.

They met with the leaders for half an hour, then spoke with the media afterward.   Each young person talked about their individual conversations.   They also took questions from journalists.

Upon their return to the J8 Summit in Rome, where they've been working all week on their recommendations, the 14 young people were greeted with a surprise party from the other 40 young J8 participants, who wanted to hear all about their meeting.  For these young leaders, the J8 summit has given them a unique opportunity to speak up and be heard.

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