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KENYA / SOUTH SOUTH COOPERATION

The UN meeting on South South cooperation gets underway in Nairobi as countries from the south assume leading roles in decisions on hot global issues ranging from economic recovery to food security and climate change. UNTV

Duration:02:38Date:01 December 2009

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United Nations Television, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS,12.01.00, SPECIAL ECONOMIC AREAS

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STORY: KENYA/ SOUTH SOUTH COOPERATION 
TRT: 2.38 
SOURCE: UNTV 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE 
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 1 DECEMBER 2009, NAIROBI, KENYA

SHOTLIST:

1.Wide shot, exterior UNON 
2.Med shot, attendees arriving 
3.Pan left, conference room 
4.Med shot, musical performance 
5.Tracking shot, VIPs arrival 
6.Pan left, dais 
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): 
“This is a time of major challenges to development. The twenty-first century has been characterized to date by multiple crises, including the current global recession, food and fuel price volatility, climate related disasters, and now by an influenza pandemic. The nations of the south need ready access to the  most relevant knowledge and best practices for devising their own responses to these challenges.” 
8.Close up, delegate 
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations: 
“South and north alike face multiple crises. Hunger afflicts one billion people, an unprecedented number. Unemployment is up and trade is down as a result of the economic crisis. Catastrophic climate change looms. Solutions to these and other ills require stronger cooperation, starting with one's immediate neighbors.” 
10.Close up, delegate 
11.SOUNDBITE (English) Raila Amollo Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya: 
“Countries of the south are beginning to exchange and transfer technology among themselves. We have said that this cannot be to the exclusion of cooperation with the countries of the north, because this globe is one and therefore triangular cooperation is what we are now calling for.” 
12.Pan left, musical performance 
13.Wide shot, audience

STORYLINE:

The most important United Nations (UN) meeting on South South Cooperation in decades got underway today (1 December) at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, highlighting growing political and economic ties within the developing world.

As countries from the South assume leading roles in decisions on hot global issues ranging from economic recovery to food security and climate change, the conference seeks to promote and sharpen the benefits of mutual support among developing and transition economies, as well as maintain support for the process from the developed world through, “triangular” cooperation.

UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark said that this was a time of, "major challenges" to development and amid the global recession, food, fuel crises, climate change, and the influenza pandemic, “the nations of the south need ready access to the  most relevant knowledge and best practices for devising their own responses to these challenges.”

UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro agreed that “solutions to these and other ills require stronger cooperation”, which should start “with one's immediate neighbors.”

The Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Amollo Odinga, noted that countries of the south are beginning to exchange and transfer technology among themselves but said that “this cannot be to the exclusion of cooperation with the countries of the north, because this globe is one and therefore triangular cooperation is what we are now calling for.”

The Conference, held on the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among developing countries (TCDC), consists of plenary meetings and interactive multi-sector stakeholder round tables  and will produce an outcome document on Thursday.

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