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STORY: GA / GENERAL DEBATE OPENING
TRT: 7:29
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
2. Wide shot, Guterres walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our world is becoming unhinged. Geopolitical tensions are rising. Global challenges are mounting. And we seem incapable of coming together to respond. We confront a host of existential threats – from the climate crisis to disruptive technologies – and we do so at a time of chaotic transition.”
3. Med shot, Member States
4. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are inching ever closer to a Great Fracture in economic and financial systems and trade relations; one that threatens a single, open internet; with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence; and potentially clashing security frameworks. It is high time to renew multilateral institutions based on 21st century economic and political realities – rooted in equity, solidarity and universality – anchored in the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.”
5. Med shot, Member States
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I have no illusions. Reforms are a question of power. I know there are many competing interests and agendas. But the alternative to reform is not the status quo. The alternative to reform is further fragmentation. It’s reform or rupture.”
7. Wide shot, Guterres in the podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the face of all these challenges and more, compromise has become a dirty word. Our world needs statesmanship, not gamesmanship and gridlock. As I told in the G20, it is time for a global compromise. Politics is compromise. Diplomacy is compromise. Effective leadership is compromise.”
9. Close up, Member States
10. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Exhibit A: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, in violation of the United Nations Charter and international law, has unleashed a nexus of horror: lives destroyed; human rights abused; families torn apart; children traumatized; hopes and dreams shattered. Beyond Ukraine, the war has serious implications for us all. Nuclear threats put us all at risk. Ignoring global treaties and conventions makes us all less safe. And the poisoning of global diplomacy obstructs progress across the board.”
11. Wide shot, audience applause
12. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have just survived the hottest days, hottest months, and hottest summer on the books. Behind every broken record are broken economies, broken lives and whole nations at the breaking point. Every continent, every region and every country is feeling the heat. But I’m not sure all leaders are feeling that heat. Actions are falling abysmally short. There is still time to keep rising temperatures within the 1.5 degree limits of the Paris Climate Agreement. But that requires drastic steps now.”
13. Wide shot, audience applause
14. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Climate chaos is breaking new records, but we cannot afford the same old broken record of scapegoating and waiting for others to move first. And to all those working, marching and championing real climate action, I want you to know that you are on the right side of history and that I am with you. I won’t give up this fight of our lives.”
15. Wide shot, Guterres in the podium
16. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Just four women signed our founding document. One look around this room shows not enough has changed. “We, the Peoples” does not mean “'We, the men.'”
17. Close up, Guterres addresses the audience
18. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In some countries, women and girls are punished for wearing too many clothes; in others, for wearing too few. Thanks to generations of women’s rights activists, times are changing. From sports fields to schools and public squares, girls and women are challenging the patriarchy -- and winning. I stand with them.”
19. Wide shot, General Assembly
20. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“When I mentioned Artificial Intelligence in my General Assembly speech in 2017, only two other leaders even uttered the term. Now AI is on everyone’s lips – a subject of both awe, and fear. Even some of those who developed generative AI are calling for greater regulation. But many of the dangers of digital technology are not looming. They are here.”
21. Wide shot, Guterres walks away from the podium
22. Wide shot, General Assembly
23. Wide shot, Francis walks to the podium
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dennis Francis, President, General Assembly, United Nations:
“War. Climate change. Debt. Energy and food crises. Poverty and famine. These crises are directly impacting the lives and well-being of billions of people around the world. They are rolling back decades of hard-won development gains, and thus condemning millions to lifelong intergenerational poverty and hardship. It is at times like these that we must search deep within to find our better selves and our common humanity that impels us to meet the moment.”
25. Wide shot, Francis walks in the podium
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Dennis Francis, President, General Assembly, United Nations:
“Despite the many and complex challenges we face, we do have the capacity to effect change, consequential change. We CAN make a meaningful difference to the lives of billions of people, if we so choose. We do not lack capacity. What we lack is the will to act. By putting aside our differences and bridging divides we can deliver, we must deliver.”
27. Wide shot, audience applauds
STORYLINE:
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, opened the High-level week of the General Assembly warning that the world “is becoming unhinged” and that is happening “at a time of chaotic transition.”
Addressing Member States today (19 Sep), Guterres made a call to renew multilateral institutions, saying that “geopolitical tensions are rising”, “global challenges are mounting” and “we seem incapable of coming together to respond”.
Guterres added, “We are inching ever closer to a Great Fracture in economic and financial systems and trade relations; one that threatens a single, open internet; with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence; and potentially clashing security frameworks. It is high time to renew institutions based on 21st century economic and political realities – rooted in equity, solidarity and universality – anchored in the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.”
The Secretary-General recognized the obstacles, saying “I have no illusions. Reforms are a question of power. I know there are many competing interests and agendas. But the alternative to reform is not the status quo. The alternative to reform is further fragmentation. It’s reform or rupture.”
According to Guterres, “in the face of all these challenges and more, compromise has become a dirty word.”
“Our world needs statesmanship, not gamesmanship and gridlock. As I told the G20, it is time for a global compromise. Politics is compromise. Diplomacy is compromise. Effective leadership is compromise,” said the UN chief.
The Secretary-General also mentioned climate change, saying, “We have just survived the hottest days, hottest months, and hottest summer on the books. Behind every broken record are broken economies, broken lives and whole nations at the breaking point. Every continent, every region and every country is feeling the heat. But I’m not sure all leaders are feeling that heat. Actions are falling abysmally short.”
For Guterres, “climate chaos is breaking new records, but we cannot afford the same old broken record of scapegoating and waiting for others to move first.”
“And to all those working, marching and championing real climate action, I want you to know: You are on the right side of history. I’m with you. I won’t give up this fight of our lives,” added the UN chief.
On gender equality, the Secretary-General said, “Just four women signed our founding document. One look around this room shows not enough has changed. “We, the Peoples” does not mean “'We, the men.'”
He added, “In some countries, women and girls are punished for wearing too many clothes; in others, for wearing too few. Thanks to generations of women’s rights activists, times are changing. From sports fields to schools and public squares, girls and women are challenging the patriarchy -- and winning. I stand with them.”
Guterres also mentioned the dangers of Artificial Intelligence, noting that when he referred to the issue in his General Assembly speech in 2017, only two other leaders even uttered the term.
“Now AI is on everyone’s lips – a subject of both awe, and fear. Even some of those who developed generative AI are calling for greater regulation. But many of the dangers of digital technology are not looming. They are here,” the UN chief concluded.
The President of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis, also addressed Member States.
Francis said, “War. Climate change. Debt. Energy and food crises. Poverty and famine. These crises are directly impacting the lives and well-being of billions of people around the world. They are rolling back decades of hard-won development gains, and thus condemning millions to lifelong intergenerational poverty and hardship. It is at times like these that we must search deep within to find our better selves and our common humanity that impels us to meet the moment.
I therefore implore you, let us use this forum for that which it was intended.”
Despite these many and complex challenges, continued Francis, the world has “the capacity to effect change, consequential change.”
The President added, “We can make a meaningful difference to the lives of billions of people, if we so choose. We do not lack capacity. What we lack is the will to act. By putting aside our differences and bridging divides we can deliver Peace, Progress, Prosperity, and Sustainability to everyone, everywhere. So let us step up and take action now.”
TRT: 7:29
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
2. Wide shot, Guterres walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our world is becoming unhinged. Geopolitical tensions are rising. Global challenges are mounting. And we seem incapable of coming together to respond. We confront a host of existential threats – from the climate crisis to disruptive technologies – and we do so at a time of chaotic transition.”
3. Med shot, Member States
4. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are inching ever closer to a Great Fracture in economic and financial systems and trade relations; one that threatens a single, open internet; with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence; and potentially clashing security frameworks. It is high time to renew multilateral institutions based on 21st century economic and political realities – rooted in equity, solidarity and universality – anchored in the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.”
5. Med shot, Member States
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I have no illusions. Reforms are a question of power. I know there are many competing interests and agendas. But the alternative to reform is not the status quo. The alternative to reform is further fragmentation. It’s reform or rupture.”
7. Wide shot, Guterres in the podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the face of all these challenges and more, compromise has become a dirty word. Our world needs statesmanship, not gamesmanship and gridlock. As I told in the G20, it is time for a global compromise. Politics is compromise. Diplomacy is compromise. Effective leadership is compromise.”
9. Close up, Member States
10. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Exhibit A: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, in violation of the United Nations Charter and international law, has unleashed a nexus of horror: lives destroyed; human rights abused; families torn apart; children traumatized; hopes and dreams shattered. Beyond Ukraine, the war has serious implications for us all. Nuclear threats put us all at risk. Ignoring global treaties and conventions makes us all less safe. And the poisoning of global diplomacy obstructs progress across the board.”
11. Wide shot, audience applause
12. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have just survived the hottest days, hottest months, and hottest summer on the books. Behind every broken record are broken economies, broken lives and whole nations at the breaking point. Every continent, every region and every country is feeling the heat. But I’m not sure all leaders are feeling that heat. Actions are falling abysmally short. There is still time to keep rising temperatures within the 1.5 degree limits of the Paris Climate Agreement. But that requires drastic steps now.”
13. Wide shot, audience applause
14. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Climate chaos is breaking new records, but we cannot afford the same old broken record of scapegoating and waiting for others to move first. And to all those working, marching and championing real climate action, I want you to know that you are on the right side of history and that I am with you. I won’t give up this fight of our lives.”
15. Wide shot, Guterres in the podium
16. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Just four women signed our founding document. One look around this room shows not enough has changed. “We, the Peoples” does not mean “'We, the men.'”
17. Close up, Guterres addresses the audience
18. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In some countries, women and girls are punished for wearing too many clothes; in others, for wearing too few. Thanks to generations of women’s rights activists, times are changing. From sports fields to schools and public squares, girls and women are challenging the patriarchy -- and winning. I stand with them.”
19. Wide shot, General Assembly
20. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“When I mentioned Artificial Intelligence in my General Assembly speech in 2017, only two other leaders even uttered the term. Now AI is on everyone’s lips – a subject of both awe, and fear. Even some of those who developed generative AI are calling for greater regulation. But many of the dangers of digital technology are not looming. They are here.”
21. Wide shot, Guterres walks away from the podium
22. Wide shot, General Assembly
23. Wide shot, Francis walks to the podium
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dennis Francis, President, General Assembly, United Nations:
“War. Climate change. Debt. Energy and food crises. Poverty and famine. These crises are directly impacting the lives and well-being of billions of people around the world. They are rolling back decades of hard-won development gains, and thus condemning millions to lifelong intergenerational poverty and hardship. It is at times like these that we must search deep within to find our better selves and our common humanity that impels us to meet the moment.”
25. Wide shot, Francis walks in the podium
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Dennis Francis, President, General Assembly, United Nations:
“Despite the many and complex challenges we face, we do have the capacity to effect change, consequential change. We CAN make a meaningful difference to the lives of billions of people, if we so choose. We do not lack capacity. What we lack is the will to act. By putting aside our differences and bridging divides we can deliver, we must deliver.”
27. Wide shot, audience applauds
STORYLINE:
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, opened the High-level week of the General Assembly warning that the world “is becoming unhinged” and that is happening “at a time of chaotic transition.”
Addressing Member States today (19 Sep), Guterres made a call to renew multilateral institutions, saying that “geopolitical tensions are rising”, “global challenges are mounting” and “we seem incapable of coming together to respond”.
Guterres added, “We are inching ever closer to a Great Fracture in economic and financial systems and trade relations; one that threatens a single, open internet; with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence; and potentially clashing security frameworks. It is high time to renew institutions based on 21st century economic and political realities – rooted in equity, solidarity and universality – anchored in the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.”
The Secretary-General recognized the obstacles, saying “I have no illusions. Reforms are a question of power. I know there are many competing interests and agendas. But the alternative to reform is not the status quo. The alternative to reform is further fragmentation. It’s reform or rupture.”
According to Guterres, “in the face of all these challenges and more, compromise has become a dirty word.”
“Our world needs statesmanship, not gamesmanship and gridlock. As I told the G20, it is time for a global compromise. Politics is compromise. Diplomacy is compromise. Effective leadership is compromise,” said the UN chief.
The Secretary-General also mentioned climate change, saying, “We have just survived the hottest days, hottest months, and hottest summer on the books. Behind every broken record are broken economies, broken lives and whole nations at the breaking point. Every continent, every region and every country is feeling the heat. But I’m not sure all leaders are feeling that heat. Actions are falling abysmally short.”
For Guterres, “climate chaos is breaking new records, but we cannot afford the same old broken record of scapegoating and waiting for others to move first.”
“And to all those working, marching and championing real climate action, I want you to know: You are on the right side of history. I’m with you. I won’t give up this fight of our lives,” added the UN chief.
On gender equality, the Secretary-General said, “Just four women signed our founding document. One look around this room shows not enough has changed. “We, the Peoples” does not mean “'We, the men.'”
He added, “In some countries, women and girls are punished for wearing too many clothes; in others, for wearing too few. Thanks to generations of women’s rights activists, times are changing. From sports fields to schools and public squares, girls and women are challenging the patriarchy -- and winning. I stand with them.”
Guterres also mentioned the dangers of Artificial Intelligence, noting that when he referred to the issue in his General Assembly speech in 2017, only two other leaders even uttered the term.
“Now AI is on everyone’s lips – a subject of both awe, and fear. Even some of those who developed generative AI are calling for greater regulation. But many of the dangers of digital technology are not looming. They are here,” the UN chief concluded.
The President of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis, also addressed Member States.
Francis said, “War. Climate change. Debt. Energy and food crises. Poverty and famine. These crises are directly impacting the lives and well-being of billions of people around the world. They are rolling back decades of hard-won development gains, and thus condemning millions to lifelong intergenerational poverty and hardship. It is at times like these that we must search deep within to find our better selves and our common humanity that impels us to meet the moment.
I therefore implore you, let us use this forum for that which it was intended.”
Despite these many and complex challenges, continued Francis, the world has “the capacity to effect change, consequential change.”
The President added, “We can make a meaningful difference to the lives of billions of people, if we so choose. We do not lack capacity. What we lack is the will to act. By putting aside our differences and bridging divides we can deliver Peace, Progress, Prosperity, and Sustainability to everyone, everywhere. So let us step up and take action now.”
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