UN / SDG HALFTIME SHOW

STORY: UN / SDG HALFTIME SHOW
TRT: 2:10
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

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DATELINE: 18 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

SHOTLIST:

1. Various shots, performance by the marching band of the Brooklyn United Music and Arts Program

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohamed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“It is now that we have to step up. And we also have to bring the world with us. And you know, what else can I say? We can do it. And we're going to start today. So today is the first day the rest of our lives and we're gonna go deliver the promise on the 2030 Agenda.”
4. Wide shot, Mottley on stage
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates group:
“To reach out to everyone who hears my voice, to be able to say that you to have the power and the agency to help us win this match, and to make sure that we can eliminate poverty, to make sure that that basic need of feeding people daily can be dealt with.”
6. Various shots, Rocky Dawuni, a Ghanaian singer, performs
7. Wide shot, Bloom on stage
8.SOUNDBITE (English) Orlando Bloom, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador:
“We could face a generational catastrophe if we don't intensify our efforts to the end and learn about leaving this crisis behind us. Let's go into the second half of the 2023 Agenda with renewed energy, collaboration, determination. And let us never forget that children's rights, children's dreams, and children's futures are at the very heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. Let's use the goals to make the future fantastic for every child.”
9. Various shots, musician Yo-Yo Ma performs

STORYLINE:

The UN headquarters in New York hosted “Breaking out of the bubble. The Halftime Show”, a special event with musical guests and speakers to inspire audiences to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Halftime Show kicked off today (18 Sep) a week of programming at the SDG Pavilion during UNGA78.

The Halftime Show provided a platform for the UN to set a path forward to achieve the Goals and encourage decisive and transformative action.

The event was co-hosted by UN Secretary-General's SDG Advocate Co-Chair Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

Produced by UN Secretary-General SDG Advocate Richard Curtis, with key contributions from the worlds of entertainment, music and sports to world leaders and activists, The Halftime Show was designed to inspire SDG action and encourage new audiences to join the winning team.

One of the participants, the actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom, said, “We could face a generational catastrophe if we don't intensify our efforts to the end and learn about leaving this crisis behind us. Let's go into the second half of the 2023 Agenda with renewed energy, collaboration, determination. And let us never forget that children's rights, children's dreams, and children's futures are at the very heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. Let's use the goals to make the future fantastic for every child.”