GA / US BIDEN

STORY: GA / US BIDEN
TRT: 5:31
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

SHOTLIST:

1. Various shots, US delegation motorcade arrival
2. Various shots, US delegation entering via delegate entrance
3. Various shots, US President Joseph Biden at the podium
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“Folks, cooperation, partnership, these are the keys to progress and the challenges that affected us all, and the baseline for responsible global leadership.”
5. Wide shot, US President Joseph Biden at the podium
6. Med shot, US delegations
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“As President of the United States, I understand the duty my country has to lead this critical moment, to work with countries in every region, linking them in common cause, to join together with partners who share a common vision of the future of the world, where our children do not go hungry and everyone has access to quality health care; where workers are empowered and our environment is protected; where entrepreneurs and innovators everywhere can access opportunity everywhere; where conflicts are resolved peacefully, and countries can chart their own course.”
8. Wide shot, General Assembly
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“United States seeks a more secure, more prosperous, more equitable world for all people. Because we know our future is bound to yours. Let me repeat that again. We know our future is bound to yours.”
10. Wide shot, US President Joseph Biden at the podium
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“We strongly support Ukraine in its efforts to bring about diplomatic resolution that delivers just and lasting peace. Russia alone, Russia alone bears responsibility for this war. Russia alone has the power to end this war immediately. And Russia alone stands in the way of peace because the Russia's price for peace is Ukraine's capitulation, Ukraine's territory and Ukraine's children.”
12. Close up, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
13. Close up, Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“We have to stand up to this naked aggression today and deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow. That's why the United States together with our allies and partners around the world will continue to stand with the brave people Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity and their freedom.”
15. Close up, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
16. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“When it comes to China, I want to be clear and consistent. We seek to responsibly manage the competition between our countries, so it does not tip into conflict. I've said we are for de-risking, not decoupling with China. We will push back on aggression and intimidation to defend the rules of the road from freedom of navigation to overflight, to level economic plain field that helps safeguard security and prosperity for decades. But we also stand ready to work together with China on issues or progress hinges on our common efforts.”
18. Close up, China delegation
19. Wide shot, General Assembly
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“We stand with the African Union and ECOWAS and other regional bodies to support constitutional role. We will not retreat from the values that make us strong. We will defend democracy - our best tool to meet the challenges that we face around the world.”
21. Wide shot, General Assembly
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“Together, these snapshots tell the urgent story of what awaits us if we fail to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and began to climate proof the world.”
23. Wide shot, General Assembly
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Biden, President, United States:
“Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, hold both enormous potential and enormous peril. We need to be sure to use these tools of opportunity, not as weapons of oppression. Together with leaders around the world, the United States is working to strengthen rules and policies so AI technologies are safe before they're released to the public, to make sure we govern this technology, not the other way around having it govern us.”
25. Various shots, Biden leaving the podium

STORYLINE:

US President Joseph Biden told the General Assembly that Russia alone bears responsibility for the war in Ukraine, reiterating “we have to stand up to this naked aggression today and deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow.”

Addressing the General Assembly’s General Debate today (19 Sep), President Biden reaffirmed that his country together with allies and partners around the world will continue to “stand with the brave people Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity and their freedom.”

The US President also highlighted, cooperation, partnership are the keys to progress and the challenges that affected all, and “the baseline for responsible global leadership.”

“As President of the United States,” Biden said, “I understand the duty my country has to lead this critical moment, to work with countries in every region, linking them in common cause, to join together with partners who share a common vision of the future of the world, where our children do not go hungry and everyone has access to quality health care; where workers are empowered and our environment is protected; where entrepreneurs and innovators everywhere can access opportunity everywhere; where conflicts are resolved peacefully, and countries can chart their own course.”

He stated, “United States seeks a more secure, more prosperous, more equitable world for all people,” reiterating that “we know our future is bound to yours.”

On China, President Biden said, “I want to be clear and consistent. We seek to responsibly manage the competition between our countries, so it does not tip into conflict.”

He further explained, “I've said we are for de-risking, not decoupling with China. We will push back on aggression and intimidation to defend the rules of the road from freedom of navigation to overflight, to level economic plain field that helps safeguard security and prosperity for decades.”

President Biden said his administration stands ready to “work together with China on issues or progress hinges on our common efforts.”

“We stand with the African Union and ECOWAS and other regional bodies to support constitutional role,” the US President stated.

He said, “we will not retreat from the values that make us strong. We will defend democracy - our best tool to meet the challenges that we face around the world.”

Referring to recent floods and heatwaves around the world, President Biden said, “Together, these snapshots tell the urgent story of what awaits us if we fail to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and began to climate proof the world.”

On artificial intelligence, the US President said, “Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, hold both enormous potential and enormous peril.”

He said, “We need to be sure to use these tools of opportunity, not as weapons of oppression.”

President Biden concluded, “Together with leaders around the world, the United States is working to strengthen rules and policies so AI technologies are safe before they're released to the public, to make sure we govern this technology, not the other way around having it govern us.”