2012 / YEAR IN REVIEW

STORY: 2012 / YEAR IN REVIEW
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / ARABIC / FARSI / INDONESIAN / NATS

DATELINE: FILE


SHOTLIST:

FILE – MINUSTAH – AUGUST 2012, HAITI

1. Wide shot, people pushing bikes through flood
2. Wide shot, palm trees in storm Isaac
3. Med shot, people cleaning up after storm Isaac

FILE – AP – 2012, SYRIA

4. Wide shot, shooting in street
5. Wide shot, masked gunmen

FILE – UNSMIS – JUNE-JULY 2012, SYRIA

6. Wide shot, UN observers in crowd of people
7. Wide shot, observers sifting through rubble
8. Med shot, observers on radio
10. Wide shot, UN observer lifting up small child
11. Wide shot, smoke over Damascus

FILE – AP – 2012, SYRIA

12. Med shot, man firing gun in street
13. Tracking shot, shots fired in street
14. Wide shot, plane on blue sky
15. Wide shot, man in street next to burning car, water being thrown down to put out flame
16. Wide shot, men walking through rubble
17. Wide shot, body being carried through street

FILE – UNHCR – 2012, JORDAN

18. Wide shot, refugee camp
19. Med shot, children behind fence in refugee camp

FILE – UNTV – 2012, NEW YORK CITY

20. Wide shot, General Assembly, Ban Ki-moon at podium
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
"We must stop the violence and the flow of arms to both sides and set in motion a Syrian led transition as soon as possible."
22. Various shots, UN Security Council
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“The international community should say with one voice – without hesitation or caveat – that the killing of innocent Syrians must stop and a political transition must begin.”
24. Wide shot, UN Security Council, delegates getting up to leave
25. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister, Russia:
“There is no doubt whatsoever that the Syrian authorities bear a huge share of the responsibility for the situation, but one shouldn’t ignore the fact that for a long time now they’ve been fighting not unarmed men but combat units such as the Syrian Free Army and extremist groups including Al-Qaeda.”
26. Various shots, UN Security Council
27. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar al Ja'afari, Syrian Permanent Representative to the UN:
"The same countries are undermining my country's sovereignty by encouraging terrorism and by supplying and providing all types of logistical and political support to armed groups in Syria.”

FILE – 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

28. Wide shot conference hall
29. Med shot, Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan in conference

FILE – UNSMIS – JUNE-JULY 2012, SYRIA

30. Med shot, two UN observers in car
31. Wide shot, UN observers in street
32. Med shot, UN observers in the street
33. Wide shot, inside house, blood stains on wall
34. Tilt up, from blood stained mattress to wall
35. Wide shot, observer looking through hole in the wall
36. Wide shot, UN observers and cars in the street
37. Wide shot, bridge with flag, heavy smoke

FILE – AP – 2012, SYRIA

38. Wide shot, burning building, people running in the street

FILE – AP – 2012, IRAN

39. Various shots, Joint Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi visiting Iran

FILE – UNHCR – 2012, JORDAN

40. Wide shot, refugee camp
41. Wide shot, family in tent
42. Med shot, mother holding baby
43. Close up, baby

FILE – WFP – 2012, JORDAN

44. Wide shot, World Food Programme base
45. Close up, food packages
46. Med shot, meal distribution

FILE – REUTERS – 2012, GAZA

47. Various shots, car on fire
48. Wide shot, Gaza city with big explosion
49. Wide shot, Secretary-General with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority

FILE – REUTERS – 2012, ISRAEL

50. Various shots, UN Secretary-General with Shimon Peres, President of Israel

FILE – UNTV – NOVEMBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY

51. Close up, voting board in General Assembly shows 138 yes 9 no and 41 abstention votes
52. Close up, hand of delegate near voting button
53. Med shot, Palestine delegation in General Assembly applauding and cheering

FILE – UNDP – JUNE 2012, LIBYA

54. Various shots, line outside polling station
55. Med shot, election poster
56. Med shot, women voting

FILE – UNMAS – FEBRUARY-MARCH 2012, LIBYA

57. Wide shot, truck drives by unexploded ordinances
58. Close up, mine warning sign
59. Pan, men picking up ordinance pieces
60. Pan, assortment of explosives

FILE – AP – 2012, MALI

61. Med shot, girls clapping
62. Various shots protests in the streets
63. Various shots, TIMBOUCTOU rebels in the street

FILE – 2012, NIGER

64. Various shots, refugees from Mali
65. Wide shot, blue refugee tents
66. Med shot, woman and children in her tent
67. Close up, two girls looking into camera

FILE – UNTV - 2012, NEW YORK CITY

68. Wide shot, UN Security Council, Security Council President Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala) leading into vote
69. Pan, Security Council vote
70. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Tete, Permanent Observer of African Union to the UN:
“Mali is at a crossroads. Time is of essence. We need to act fast and to send a clear and strong message on the resolve of international community and its support to the African-led efforts.”

FILE – REUTERS – 2012, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

71. Various shots, soldiers in street

FILE – 2012, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

72. Wide shot, refugees in the street
73. Med shot, group of refugees
74. Various shots, child carrying suitcase on his head

FILE – REUTERS – 2012, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

75. Various shots, rebels advancing towards Goma

FILE – 2012, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

76. Med shot, people fleeing
77. Med shot, UN peacekeeper in street
78. Wide shot, attack helicopter in air
79. Wide shot, woman protecting her son

FILE – 2012, SOUTH SUDAN

80. Close up, drum
81. Med shot, man waving in street
82. Wide shot, parade in street
83. Wide shot, UN Peacekeepers teaching South Sudanese soldiers sustainable agriculture
84. Various shots, Chinese UN peacekeepers instructing South Sudanese soldiers

FILE – UNTV - OCTOBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY

85. Various shots, Security Council Stakeout
86. SOUNDBITE (English), Susan Rice, US Permanent Representative to the UN:
"The agreements that were signed last week in Addis on security, oil, finances, nationality and trade issues were very important and potentially historic.”

FILE – UNTV – DATE UNKNOWN, IRAN

87. Wide shot, nuclear reactor

FILE – UNTV – SEPTEMBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY

88. Various shots, UN General Assembly
89. SOUNDBITE, (English) Benyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Israel:
“A red line should be drawn right here, (PAUSE) before Iran completes a second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb.”
90. Med shot, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waving from his chair on General Assembly podium
91. Wide shot, President Ahmadinejad getting up and walking to podium
92. SOUNDBITE (Farsi), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Iran:
“The United Nations - which were created with the purpose of expanding justice and re-instituting universal rights - have in practice been engulfed by discrimination, preparing a supportive ground for the domination of a few powerful countries."

FILE – ILO – JUNE 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

93. Various shots, Aung Sun Suu Kyi being welcomed at ILO

FILE – UNTV – SEPTEMBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY

94. Various shots, Aung Sun Suu Kyi being welcomed at UN Headquarters, with Ban Ki-moon
95. SOUNDBITE (English) Aung Sun Suu Kyi, Nobel Laureate and democracy activist, Myanmar:
“If we all want to achieve genuine democracy for Burma, we have to learn to work together.”

FILE – MINUSTAH – AUGUST 2012, HAITI

96. Various shots, damage and flood after storm Isaac

FILE – AP – 2012, NEW YORK CITY

97. Various shots, damage and floods after hurricane Sandy

FILE – UNTV – JUNE 2012, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

98. Wide shot, entrance hall RIO+20 Conference
99. Wide shot, RIO+20 Press Conference
100. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
“My message to world leaders is clear: Sustainable Development is an idea whose time has come.”
101. Wide shot, group photo of World Leaders at Rio+20

FILE – UNTV – 2012, INDONESIA

102. Various shots, teenagers recycling garbage
103. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Claudia van Nasution, Journalism student:
“We have to work on changing our mindset… If teenagers get to know the issues then we can keep the commitment to the environment going in the future.”

FILE – AP – 2012, PAKISTAN

104. Various shots, candle light vigil
105. Med shot, photo of Malala Yousafzai

FILE – AP – 2012, UNITED KINGDOM

106. Various shots, Malala Yousafzai recovering from attack in hospital

FILE – AP – 2012, PAKISTAN

107. Med shot, ambulance driving by
108. Med shot, Malala being carried on stretcher to ambulance

FILE - 2012

109. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
“The terrorists showed what frightens them most: A girl with a book.”

FILE – 2012, NIGER

110. Wide shot, line of women in refugee camp
111. Pan, two women in orange and yellow headscarves

FILE – AP – 2012, SYRIA

112. Wide shot, tank shooting

FILE – 2012, AFRICA

113. Med shot, woman in poor hut

FILE – 2012, HAITI

114. Wide shot, rising flood waters
115. Wide shot, man running over bridge

FILE – 2012, SYRIA

116. Wide shot, smoking debris in front of burned out house

FILE – 2012, JORDAN

117. Med shot, boy in refugee camp
118. Med shot, mother calming crying baby

FILE – UNTV - JULY 2012, UNITED KINDDOM

119. Various shots, Ban Ki-moon carrying Olympic Torch


STORYLINE:

In 2012, climate change made headlines. Countries struggled between turmoil and transition, putting the United Nations to the test to negotiate peace and define “A Future we Want” for all.

In SYRIA, violence spiralled out of control. Fighting and human rights abuses by government and opposition groups left, according to some estimates, over 40.000 people dead and forced hundreds of thousands to flee.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
"We must stop the violence and the flow of arms to both sides and set in motion a Syrian led transition as soon as possible."

The UN Security Council could not agree on action to stop the bloodshed.

SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
“The international community should say with one voice – without hesitation or caveat – that the killing of innocent Syrians must stop and a political transition must begin.”

But some argued for caution.

SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister, Russia:
“There is no doubt whatsoever that the Syrian authorities bear a huge share of the responsibility for the situation, but one shouldn’t ignore the fact that for a long time now they’ve been fighting not unarmed men but combat units such as the Syrian Free Army and extremist groups including Al-Qaeda.”

Syria's UN ambassador Bashar al-Ja'afari accused some council members of actually fuelling the flames.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar al Ja'afari, Syrian Permanent Representative to the UN:
"The same countries are undermining my country's sovereignty by encouraging terrorism and by supplying and providing all types of logistical and political support to armed groups in Syria.”

The Joint Special Envoy of the UN and Arab League, Kofi Annan presented a plan to end the violence and start dialogue, but the various Syrian parties failed to reach an agreement to end the conflict.

The Security Council sent 300 unarmed observers to investigate alleged massacres and other human rights violations and monitor a ceasefire that never really took hold.

Lakhdar Brahimi, who took over as envoy after Annan resigned in frustration, continued to shuttle between various stakeholders and tried to engage regional actors.

While the violence continues, the humanitarian needs are escalating in Syria and beyond. The World Food Programme is scaling up to feed 1.5 million people in the country.

In GAZA, a new cycle of violence erupted after months of standstill in negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to personally appeal for a ceasefire.

In late November a great majority of countries approved a UN General Assembly resolution to elevate Palestine to a non-member observer state at the UN.

LIBYA saw its first free and transparent elections in half a century. The UN Development Programme assisted in setting up voting booths and ballot boxes, while the UN Mine Action Programme removed 180 thousand explosives all over the country to help create stability and prevent arms smuggling across the region.

Instability and turmoil in nearby MALI. After a military coup toppled the government, Islamic Jihadists used the power vacuum to occupy the country’s north. Refugees have flooded the Sahel region, which is suffering from drought and pervasive poverty.

The African Union urged the UN Security Council to endorse military intervention to free Northern Mali from the extremists.

SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Tete, Permanent Observer of African Union to the UN:
“Mali is at a crossroads. Time is of essence. We need to act fast and to send a clear and strong message on the resolve of international community and its support to the African-led efforts.”

In the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, renewed fighting between government forces and rebel troops left two million people displaced and a million vulnerable children at even greater risk. As rebel soldiers advanced on the city of Goma in late November, the UN peacekeeping mission deployed attack helicopters to help the national army protect civilians amid the violence.

A first Birthday for SOUTH SUDAN – as the UN Security Council made diplomatic efforts to ease tensions with neighbouring Sudan over unresolved issues such as its borders and oil production.

SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, US Permanent Representative to the UN:
"The agreements that were signed last week in Addis on security, oil, finances, nationality and trade issues were very important and potentially historic.”

Nuclear worries about IRAN, as questions remained on the country’s uranium enrichment programme.

SOUNDBITE (English) Benyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Israel:
“A red line should be drawn right here, (PAUSE) before Iran completes a second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb.”

Iran insisted on the peacefulness of its nuclear programme – and President Ahmadinejad accused the General Assembly of applying double standards.

SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Iran:
“The United Nations - which were created with the purpose of expanding justice and re-instituting universal rights - have in practice been engulfed by discrimination, preparing a supportive ground for the domination of a few powerful countries."

MYANMAR’s Nobel laureate and pro-democracy activist Aung Sun Suu Kyi received a hero’s welcome at the UN in Geneva and New York. Elected to parliament after years of house arrest, she invited international aid to build a better future for her country.

SOUNDBITE (English) Aung Sun Suu Kyi, Nobel Laureate and democracy activist, Myanmar:
“If we all want to achieve genuine democracy for Burma, we have to learn to work together.”

In 2012 storms and severe weather left countries ravaged across the globe – a stark reminder that the threat of climate change is real.

Action on climate change was a major topic at the UN’s Rio+20 summit in Brazil, where 40 thousand people gathered to discuss strategies for sustainable development in the 21st century.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
“My message to world leaders is clear: Sustainable development is an idea whose time has come.”

At the summit 191 countries agreed on an outcome document, called “A Future we Want”...

... A future that has already started in Indonesia, where the UN inspired project “Teens go Green” motivates students from all over the country to make environmental protection a priority.

SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Claudia van Nasution, Journalism student:
“We have to work on changing our mindset… If teenagers get to know the issues then we can keep the commitment to the environment going in the future.”

One teenager whose courage impressed the world was Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year old girl from Pakistan. She survived an assassination attempt by Taliban gunmen, who accused her of promoting education for girls.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
“The terrorists showed what frightens them most: A girl with a book.”

2012 will be remembered as complex and challenging year. Conflict, poverty, natural disasters, terrorism, climate change and human rights violations continue to plague humankind.

Carrying the torch against all these issues, Ban Ki-moon, at the Olympics in London, implored the world to keep the fire burning for tolerance, peace and harmony, for a “Future we Want”.