UN / PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT

STORY: UN / PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
TRT: 1:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 01 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / FILE

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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations

01 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine S. Namakula, Chairperson, UN Working Group of Experts on People Of African Descent:
“We particularly called for the development of a racial justice index, reflecting the lived realities of people of African descent, to measure the performance of States in this regard.”
4. Med shot, journalists listening
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine S. Namakula, Chairperson, UN Working Group of Experts on People Of African Descent:
“We, as a working group, are particularly concerned about the treatment of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers of African descent and we call upon States to guarantee their access to safety, involvement and justice. We commend the steps taken by some States, of course, at the international, national and regional level to ensure the advancement of the discourse on racial justice, but also decry the situation of children of African descent that have not been treated as children at all.”
6. Close up, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine S. Namakula, Chairperson, UN Working Group of Experts on People Of African Descent:
“We call for the use of education to be revised in its use as an instrument of racial discrimination to now becoming an instrument against racial discrimination. We are calling upon all countries to reeducate themselves about African history, where the dignity of people of African descent has been, of course, brutalized, to be restored in that regard.”
8. Wide shot, press briefing room

STORYLINE:

The UN Working Group of Experts on People Of African Descent called on all Member States to develop a racial justice index, reflecting the lived realities of people of African descent across the world.

Briefing journalists on Tuesday (01 Nov), the Chairperson of the group, Catherine S. Namakula, said the goal is “to measure the performance of States in this regard.”

Namakula also said the Group is “particularly concerned about the treatment of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers of African descent” and called “upon States to guarantee their access to safety, involvement and justice.”

The Chairperson said the experts commend the steps taken “at the international, national and regional level to ensure the advancement of the discourse on racial justice”, but also “decry the situation of children of African descent that have not been treated as children at all.”

According to the expert, the Working Group is calling “for the use of education to be revised in its use as an instrument of racial discrimination to now becoming an instrument against racial discrimination.”

Finally, said Namakula, the experts “are calling upon all countries to reeducate themselves about African history, where the dignity of people of African descent has been, of course, brutalized, to be restored in that regard.”