GENEVA / WORLD INVESTMENT FORUM
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STORY: GENEVA / WORLD INVESTMENT FORUM
TRT: 2:15
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 OCTOBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
22 OCTOBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
2. Wide shot, Assembly Hall
3. Close up, Kituyi, with James Zhan, Director of Investment and Enterprise at UNCTAD
4. Various shots, officials on stage
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“Today, just ten years after the global financial crisis began to alter the global economic landscape, and three years into the most ambitious development agenda ever, the demand for tangible actions to channel investment in sustainable development for progress is greater than ever before.”
6. Wide shot, side-event meeting room
7. Close up, World Investment Report
8. Various shots, participants in side event
9. UPSOUND (English) Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“This year’s WIF must achieve more than just talk. The stakes today are just too high”
10. UPSOUND (English) Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“We seek new solution for driving more and better investments into the countries and sectors that need it most.”
11. Wide shot, audience
12. Wide shot, officials on stage
13. Tilt up, Espinosa speaking
14. Wide shot, Espinosa addressing Forum
15. SOUNDBITE (English) María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“We stress the importance of promoting quality investments for sustainable development, with a clear balance of rights and obligations for all parties. Productive investments should not in any way hinder states’ regulatory capacity to generate public policy for development and inclusion.”
16. Wide shot, Espinosa addressing Forum
17. SOUNDBITE (English) María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“Inclusion and equality are preconditions for stable and thriving societies.”
18. Zoom out, audience
19. Wide shot, officials on stage
20. Close up, robot Sofia/Hansen Technologies
21. Wide shot, Kituyi speaking with robot Sofia
STORYLINE:
The World Investment Forum 2018 (WIF) opened today (22 Oct) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, amid mounting disquiet about declining investment flows and their impact on efforts to meet the ambition of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Global flows of foreign direct investment fell by 23 percent in 2017. A negative trend is a long-term concern for policymakers worldwide, but especially for developing countries.
Attended by high-level players from across the world’s investment-development community, the Forum aims to provide an opportunity to hold an open dialogue, brainstorm solution-oriented initiatives and foster global alliances to advance prosperity for all.
Speaking at opening ceremony Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said, “Today, just ten years after the global financial crisis began to alter the global economic landscape, and three years into the most ambitious development agenda ever, the demand for tangible actions to channel investment in sustainable development for progress is greater than ever before.”
Private sector investment in developing countries totalling 3.9 trillion USD a year is needed to generate economic activity to meet the Sustainable Development Goals according to UNCTAD research. Current levels leave an investment gap of some 2.5 trillion USD.
Kituyi said this year’s WIF must achieve “more than just talk.” He added, “We seek new solution for driving more and better investments into the countries and sectors that need it most.”
Speakers from the business sector and special guests for the WIF include more than 30 top executives of multinationals, among them Aviva, De Beers, Coca Cola, ContourGlobal, Jumia, Lavazza, PwC, Siemens Financial Services, and UBS, and the heads of the Bombay, Johannesburg, Luxembourg, Nasdaq Nordic, SIX and Shenzen stock exchanges, as well as the leaders of sovereign wealth and pension funds.
Fourteen heads of state and government are in attendance -- including those from Armenia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, the Central African Republic, Kenya, Lesotho, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Switzerland – in addition to the President of the UN General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés.
Espinosa stressed the importance of promoting “quality investments for sustainable development, with a clear balance of rights and obligations for all parties.” She said productive investments should not in “any way hinder states’ regulatory capacity to generate public policy for development for development and inclusion.”
The President of the General Assembly stressed that inclusions and equality are “preconditions for stable and thriving societies.”
In addition to United Nations entities, 50 other organizations are attending the event, including the Commonwealth, the International Labour Organization, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Olympic Committee, the International Organization of Securities Commissions, the International Telecommunication Union, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Economic Forum, the World Trade Organization and the World Bank Group.
These partnerships have generated exciting new content for this year’s participants, including an in-depth look at the relationship between sports and development, co-hosted with the International Olympic Committee and, on the annual United Nations Day, 24 October, a session on the role of investment in peace and security.
Previous World Investment Forums have taken place in Accra, Ghana (2008), Xiamen, China (2010), Doha, Qatar (2012), Geneva, Switzerland (2014) and Nairobi, Kenya (2016). This year’s edition of the biennial forum, marks the 10th anniversary of WIF, and comprises some 60 events including three summits, five ministerial round tables, private-sector led sessions and several award ceremonies.
TRT: 2:15
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 OCTOBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
22 OCTOBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
2. Wide shot, Assembly Hall
3. Close up, Kituyi, with James Zhan, Director of Investment and Enterprise at UNCTAD
4. Various shots, officials on stage
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“Today, just ten years after the global financial crisis began to alter the global economic landscape, and three years into the most ambitious development agenda ever, the demand for tangible actions to channel investment in sustainable development for progress is greater than ever before.”
6. Wide shot, side-event meeting room
7. Close up, World Investment Report
8. Various shots, participants in side event
9. UPSOUND (English) Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“This year’s WIF must achieve more than just talk. The stakes today are just too high”
10. UPSOUND (English) Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
“We seek new solution for driving more and better investments into the countries and sectors that need it most.”
11. Wide shot, audience
12. Wide shot, officials on stage
13. Tilt up, Espinosa speaking
14. Wide shot, Espinosa addressing Forum
15. SOUNDBITE (English) María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“We stress the importance of promoting quality investments for sustainable development, with a clear balance of rights and obligations for all parties. Productive investments should not in any way hinder states’ regulatory capacity to generate public policy for development and inclusion.”
16. Wide shot, Espinosa addressing Forum
17. SOUNDBITE (English) María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“Inclusion and equality are preconditions for stable and thriving societies.”
18. Zoom out, audience
19. Wide shot, officials on stage
20. Close up, robot Sofia/Hansen Technologies
21. Wide shot, Kituyi speaking with robot Sofia
STORYLINE:
The World Investment Forum 2018 (WIF) opened today (22 Oct) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, amid mounting disquiet about declining investment flows and their impact on efforts to meet the ambition of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Global flows of foreign direct investment fell by 23 percent in 2017. A negative trend is a long-term concern for policymakers worldwide, but especially for developing countries.
Attended by high-level players from across the world’s investment-development community, the Forum aims to provide an opportunity to hold an open dialogue, brainstorm solution-oriented initiatives and foster global alliances to advance prosperity for all.
Speaking at opening ceremony Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said, “Today, just ten years after the global financial crisis began to alter the global economic landscape, and three years into the most ambitious development agenda ever, the demand for tangible actions to channel investment in sustainable development for progress is greater than ever before.”
Private sector investment in developing countries totalling 3.9 trillion USD a year is needed to generate economic activity to meet the Sustainable Development Goals according to UNCTAD research. Current levels leave an investment gap of some 2.5 trillion USD.
Kituyi said this year’s WIF must achieve “more than just talk.” He added, “We seek new solution for driving more and better investments into the countries and sectors that need it most.”
Speakers from the business sector and special guests for the WIF include more than 30 top executives of multinationals, among them Aviva, De Beers, Coca Cola, ContourGlobal, Jumia, Lavazza, PwC, Siemens Financial Services, and UBS, and the heads of the Bombay, Johannesburg, Luxembourg, Nasdaq Nordic, SIX and Shenzen stock exchanges, as well as the leaders of sovereign wealth and pension funds.
Fourteen heads of state and government are in attendance -- including those from Armenia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, the Central African Republic, Kenya, Lesotho, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Switzerland – in addition to the President of the UN General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés.
Espinosa stressed the importance of promoting “quality investments for sustainable development, with a clear balance of rights and obligations for all parties.” She said productive investments should not in “any way hinder states’ regulatory capacity to generate public policy for development for development and inclusion.”
The President of the General Assembly stressed that inclusions and equality are “preconditions for stable and thriving societies.”
In addition to United Nations entities, 50 other organizations are attending the event, including the Commonwealth, the International Labour Organization, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Olympic Committee, the International Organization of Securities Commissions, the International Telecommunication Union, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Economic Forum, the World Trade Organization and the World Bank Group.
These partnerships have generated exciting new content for this year’s participants, including an in-depth look at the relationship between sports and development, co-hosted with the International Olympic Committee and, on the annual United Nations Day, 24 October, a session on the role of investment in peace and security.
Previous World Investment Forums have taken place in Accra, Ghana (2008), Xiamen, China (2010), Doha, Qatar (2012), Geneva, Switzerland (2014) and Nairobi, Kenya (2016). This year’s edition of the biennial forum, marks the 10th anniversary of WIF, and comprises some 60 events including three summits, five ministerial round tables, private-sector led sessions and several award ceremonies.
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