UN / FALLEN STAFF MEMORIAL

STORY: UN / FALLEN STAFF MEMORIAL
TRT: 03:05
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 19 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

19 JULY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Trusteeship Council
3. Various shots, Secretary-General, GA President, SC President lightening candle representing the eternal flame
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“I would like to start by asking all of us to join in a minute of silence for all our dear, dear colleagues that are given their lives for others to be able to live.”
5. Various shots, minute of silence
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“We come together to honour the memory of the United Nations personnel who lost their lives over the last year, serving our organization. We are here to mourn together, to remember together, and to pay our respects together. And we are privileged to do so with the family members joining us today – whether in person or online. Please know that our hearts are with you.”
7. Med shot, Secretary-General speaking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The 77 women and men who lost their lives last year were our colleagues and our friends. They were military, police and civilian personnel. And they came from across the globe: representing 36 nationalities in all. Their service embodied the principle and the promise of the United Nations: The principle of our common humanity and the promise to act on it – to work together to solve shared challenges, and build a world of peace, prosperity and human rights for all.”
9. Close up, candle
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“In a divided and dangerous world, the vision and values that our blue flag represents are more important than ever. In the name of those we have lost, we resolve to continue our essential mission. We pledge to keep supporting families; We commit to continually review and improve the safety, care and wellbeing of our staff. And we vow to keep the memories of our fallen colleagues alive: In our thoughts, in our hearts, and in our work to build a life of dignity and hope for all.”
11. Various shots, reading the names of the fallen



STORYLINE:

Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday (19 July) paid tribute to 77 UN personnel who lost their lives the past year. António Guterres said, “We are here to mourn together, to remember together, and to pay our respects together.”

After a moment of silence, the UN chief said, “we are privileged to do so with the family members joining us today – whether in person or online. Please know that our hearts are with you.”

77 staff lost their lives from 1 January to 31 December 2022.

The Secretary-General said, “They were military, police and civilian personnel. And they came from across the globe: representing 36 nationalities in all.”

Guterres also said, “Their service embodied the principle and the promise of the United Nations: The principle of our common humanity and the promise to act on it – to work together to solve shared challenges, and build a world of peace, prosperity and human rights for all.”

The Secretary-General concluded, “In the name of those we have lost, we resolve to continue our essential mission. We pledge to keep supporting families; We commit to continually review and improve the safety, care and wellbeing of our staff. And we vow to keep the memories of our fallen colleagues alive: In our thoughts, in our hearts, and in our work to build a life of dignity and hope for all.”

Since 2011, the UN Secretariat has held an annual memorial service to honour fallen colleagues.