SHARM EL SHEIKH / COP27 GUTERRES PAKISTAN PRESSER

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Speaking to reporters, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated that COP27 needs to “define a clear road map” to deal with the lost and damage in Pakistan, an institutional framework which includes financing. UNIFEED

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DATELINE: 07 NOVEMBER 2022, SHARM EL SHEIK, EGYPT

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06 NOVEMBER 2022, SHARM EL SHEIK, EGYPT

1.Various shots, COP27 venue

07 NOVEMBER 2022, SHARM EL SHEIK, EGYPT

2.Wide shot, Guterres and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif walking to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“If there is any doubt about loss of damage, go to Pakistan. There is loss and there is damage. And this COP needs to recognize it, and needs to define a roadmap, a clear road map to deal with it and including the creation of an institutional framework, including financing in order to address the problems of lost and damage. And I hope that Pakistan will be able to benefit from these developments.”
5. Med shot, reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I appeal to the international financial institutions and to the G20 that will meeting soon in Bali is to create the conditions for mechanism debt relief in middle income countries that are impacted by natural disasters the size of the one Pakistan had, in order to allow resources to be devoted to the investments in resilience and in recovery and in reconstructions that are necessary.”
7.Med shot, reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Prime Minister:
“On a broader level, we seek to add loss and damage to the Climate Agenda and we hope that all countries come to the COP27 meetings in the spirit, you goal is to champion climate justice for all, my goal is the same as your Excellency to not let helplessness become a death sentence, in the race against time. Let us plan on working towards that ambition because what goes on in Pakistan will not stay in Pakistan.”
9.Wide shot, Guterres and Sharif leaving the podium

STORYLINE:

UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated that COP27 needs to “define a clear road map” to deal with the lost and damage in Pakistan, an institutional framework which includes financing.

Speaking to reporters today (07 Nov) at a press stakeout at COP27, Guterres appealed to the international financial institutions and to the G20 “to create the conditions for mechanism debt relief in middle income countries that are impacted by natural disasters the size of the one
Pakistan had, in order to allow resources to be devoted to the investments in resilience and in recovery and in reconstructions that are necessary.”

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif joined the UN chief at the press encounter. He said that his country is seeking to add loss and damage to the Climate Agenda, reiterating that his goal is “not let helplessness become a death sentence, in the race against time.”

Prime Minister Sharif concluded, “let us plan on working towards that ambition because what goes on in Pakistan will not stay in Pakistan.”
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