UN / ERADICATION OF POVERTY

STORY: UN / ERADICATION OF POVERTY
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

17 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
3. Med shot, participants in the event commemorating the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
4. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we face a harsh truth: the world is moving backwards. COVID-19 plunged millions into poverty, setting back more than four years of hard-won progress. Inequalities are widening. National and household economies are battered by job losses, skyrocketing food and energy prices, and the gathering shadows of a global recession.”
5. Wide shot, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is a wake-up call to the world. This year’s theme — “Dignity for all in practice” — must be a rallying cry for urgent global action. Action to invest in people-centred solutions — from health and decent work, to gender equality, social protection, and transformed food and education systems. Action to transform a morally bankrupt global financial system, and ensure access to financing and debt relief for all countries.”
7. Med shot, participants in the event commemorating the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the General Assembly:
“The war in Ukraine is only one of the many armed conflicts globally, none of each should have been ignited in the first place. But compounded with the pandemic, this war has had a devastating impact in the poorest in the world. It has been hindering food production, disrupting food fertilizer and energy supply chains and triggering inflation.”
9. Wide shot, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)



STORYLINE:

Marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the UN Secretary-General said the international community faces a “harsh truth”: “The world is moving backwards.”

On an event in the UN headquarters on Monday (17 Oct), António Guterres noted that “COVID-19 plunged millions into poverty, setting back more than four years of hard-won progress.”

According to the UN chief, “inequalities are widening” and “national and household economies are battered by job losses, skyrocketing food and energy prices, and the gathering shadows of a global recession.”


For Guterres, the International Day is “a wake-up call to the world” and this year’s theme — “Dignity for all in practice” — “must be a rallying cry for urgent global action.”

“Action to invest in people-centred solutions — from health and decent work, to gender equality, social protection, and transformed food and education systems. Action to transform a morally bankrupt global financial system, and ensure access to financing and debt relief for all countries,” explained the UN chief.

The President of the 77th session of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, also participated in the event, saying “the war in Ukraine is only one of the many armed conflicts globally, none of each should have been ignited in the first place.”

Compounded with the COVID-19 pandemic, Kőrösi said “this war has had a devastating impact in the poorest in the world”, by “hindering food production, disrupting food fertilizer and energy supply chains and triggering inflation.”