UN / WATER CONFERENCE PRESSER
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STORY: UN / WATER CONFERENCE PRESSER
TRT: 1:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
13 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and Secretary-General of the UN-2023 Water Conference:
“The UN 2023 Water conference aims to generate concrete actions and commitments to advance the Global Water Agenda and to secure, transformative change in all levels.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
SOUNDBITE (English) Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Water
“This is the moment to show the world together that water deserves high level political attention and needs concerted action across sectors. Water serves as an enabler for sustainable development, solving issues relating to water can make a substantial contribution towards achieving all SDGs.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6.SOUNDBITE (English) Sulton Rahimzoda, Special Envoy of the President of Tajikistan for Water
“We therefore do not need a conference with bold statements. We need a conference with bold commitments and the boldness to put these commitments into action. We need commitments from governments civil society and the private sector and even individuals from all over the world.”
7. Wide shot, press briefing room
STORYLINE:
The United Nations General Assembly, with support from the Governments of the Netherlands and Tajikistan, will convene the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023.
Speaking to reports today (13 Jan) in New York, Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) who serves as the Secretary-General of the Conference said the Conference aims to “generate concrete actions and commitments to advance the Global Water Agenda and to secure, transformative change in all levels.”
Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Water said, “this is the moment to show the world together that water deserves high level political attention and needs concerted action across sectors.”
He reiterated, “Water serves as an enabler for sustainable development, solving issues relating to water can make a substantial contribution towards achieving all SDGs.”
Sulton Rahimzoda, Special Envoy of the President of Tajikistan for Water told reporters that the world does not need a conference with bold statements, instead, “we need a conference with bold commitments and the boldness to put these commitments into action.”
He added, “We need commitments from governments civil society and the private sector and even individuals from all over the world.”
Billions of people worldwide still live without safely managed drinking water and sanitation, even though access to both services has long been defined as a human right. Many water sources are becoming more polluted, and ecosystems that provide water are disappearing. Climate change is disrupting the water cycle, causing droughts and floods. Water is everyone’s business, and the Conference is inclusive and cross-sectoral.
The Conference – formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028) – is the most important water event in a generation. It aims to raise awareness of the global water crisis and decide on concerted action to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
With many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) off track, progress in implementation of Goal 6 (water and sanitation) is key to the achievement of other SDGs, particularly on health, food, gender equity, education, livelihoods, industry, climate and the environment.
The Conference will launch the Water Action Agenda as a main outcome, which represents the voluntary commitments at all levels, including by governments, institutions, and local communities. The Agenda will help mobilize action by governments, sectors and stakeholders to meet the global water-related goals and targets.
TRT: 1:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
13 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and Secretary-General of the UN-2023 Water Conference:
“The UN 2023 Water conference aims to generate concrete actions and commitments to advance the Global Water Agenda and to secure, transformative change in all levels.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
SOUNDBITE (English) Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Water
“This is the moment to show the world together that water deserves high level political attention and needs concerted action across sectors. Water serves as an enabler for sustainable development, solving issues relating to water can make a substantial contribution towards achieving all SDGs.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6.SOUNDBITE (English) Sulton Rahimzoda, Special Envoy of the President of Tajikistan for Water
“We therefore do not need a conference with bold statements. We need a conference with bold commitments and the boldness to put these commitments into action. We need commitments from governments civil society and the private sector and even individuals from all over the world.”
7. Wide shot, press briefing room
STORYLINE:
The United Nations General Assembly, with support from the Governments of the Netherlands and Tajikistan, will convene the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023.
Speaking to reports today (13 Jan) in New York, Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) who serves as the Secretary-General of the Conference said the Conference aims to “generate concrete actions and commitments to advance the Global Water Agenda and to secure, transformative change in all levels.”
Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Water said, “this is the moment to show the world together that water deserves high level political attention and needs concerted action across sectors.”
He reiterated, “Water serves as an enabler for sustainable development, solving issues relating to water can make a substantial contribution towards achieving all SDGs.”
Sulton Rahimzoda, Special Envoy of the President of Tajikistan for Water told reporters that the world does not need a conference with bold statements, instead, “we need a conference with bold commitments and the boldness to put these commitments into action.”
He added, “We need commitments from governments civil society and the private sector and even individuals from all over the world.”
Billions of people worldwide still live without safely managed drinking water and sanitation, even though access to both services has long been defined as a human right. Many water sources are becoming more polluted, and ecosystems that provide water are disappearing. Climate change is disrupting the water cycle, causing droughts and floods. Water is everyone’s business, and the Conference is inclusive and cross-sectoral.
The Conference – formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028) – is the most important water event in a generation. It aims to raise awareness of the global water crisis and decide on concerted action to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
With many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) off track, progress in implementation of Goal 6 (water and sanitation) is key to the achievement of other SDGs, particularly on health, food, gender equity, education, livelihoods, industry, climate and the environment.
The Conference will launch the Water Action Agenda as a main outcome, which represents the voluntary commitments at all levels, including by governments, institutions, and local communities. The Agenda will help mobilize action by governments, sectors and stakeholders to meet the global water-related goals and targets.
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