UN / CERF PLEADGING EVENT
09-Dec-2022
00:02:11
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a United Nations “success story,” he called on donors to deliver on a $1 billion CERF “that is even more effective and successful.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / CERF PLEADGING EVENT
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
TRT: 2:11
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
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RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General:
“CERF is a United Nations success story. The funds are flexible and give our partners in the field the freedom to provide the kind of assistance that is most needed. And CERF prioritizes those most likely to be marginalized and left behind, including people with disabilities, older people, women and girls.”
4.Wide shot, conference room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General:
“In 2022, CERF provided more than $700 million for life-saving assistance to people in 40 countries. These funds were allocated in record speed, responding to the most urgent requests in a matter of hours.When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, CERF allocated $20 million that same day. Less than a month later, CERF allocated another $40 million to Ukraine to support a further expansion, reaching almost 1 million people.”
6.Wide shot, conference room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General:
“This is why we need a $1 billion CERF, as the General Assembly has acknowledged. Yet the resources received have reached nowhere near that level. We all face difficult economic times. But the most vulnerable people are hit hardest. CERF is the tried and tested way to help them. This year, let’s deliver on a $1 billion CERF that is even more effective and successful.”
8. Wide shot, conference room
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“All who have seen CERF in action know it is not only a UN success story, it’s a collective success story. And today we are gathered because this success story needs you. It needs you to continue making a difference in the life of that malnourished child, that pregnant mother, that person with a disability, that community needing early warning. It needs you to renew your commitment to those who cannot afford to wait.”
10. Wide shot, conference room
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
09 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General:
“CERF is a United Nations success story. The funds are flexible and give our partners in the field the freedom to provide the kind of assistance that is most needed. And CERF prioritizes those most likely to be marginalized and left behind, including people with disabilities, older people, women and girls.”
4.Wide shot, conference room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General:
“In 2022, CERF provided more than $700 million for life-saving assistance to people in 40 countries. These funds were allocated in record speed, responding to the most urgent requests in a matter of hours.When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, CERF allocated $20 million that same day. Less than a month later, CERF allocated another $40 million to Ukraine to support a further expansion, reaching almost 1 million people.”
6.Wide shot, conference room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General:
“This is why we need a $1 billion CERF, as the General Assembly has acknowledged. Yet the resources received have reached nowhere near that level. We all face difficult economic times. But the most vulnerable people are hit hardest. CERF is the tried and tested way to help them. This year, let’s deliver on a $1 billion CERF that is even more effective and successful.”
8. Wide shot, conference room
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“All who have seen CERF in action know it is not only a UN success story, it’s a collective success story. And today we are gathered because this success story needs you. It needs you to continue making a difference in the life of that malnourished child, that pregnant mother, that person with a disability, that community needing early warning. It needs you to renew your commitment to those who cannot afford to wait.”
10. Wide shot, conference room
STORYLINE
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a United Nations “success story,” he called on donors to deliver on a $1 billion CERF “that is even more effective and successful.”
At a High-level Pledging Event on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for 2023 today (09 Dec) in New York, Guterres highlighted that since CERF was set up sixteen years ago, it has proved to be one of the fastest and most effective ways to finance global humanitarian action. CERF enables UN agencies and their partners to swiftly launch and scale up our responses to evolving crises and underfunded emergencies.
He said it is “flexible and give our partners in the field the freedom to provide the kind of assistance that is most needed.”
Guterres reiterated that CERF “prioritizes those most likely to be marginalized and left behind, including people with disabilities, older people, women and girls.”
The UN chief also said that humanitarian needs have risen to record levels in recent years, as outlined in the Global Humanitarian Overview. The need for principled, effective humanitarian funding has never been greater. In crises around the world, CERF gives people a lifeline of hope.
He said, “In 2022, CERF provided more than $700 million for life-saving assistance to people in 40 countries. These funds were allocated in record speed, responding to the most urgent requests in a matter of hours.”
Guterres further explained, “when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, CERF allocated $20 million that same day. Less than a month later, CERF allocated another $40 million to Ukraine to support a further expansion, reaching almost 1 million people.”
He also said that when Hurricane Ian hit Cuba, CERF announced funding within days to bring health supplies, food, shelter, sanitation supplies and education kits to people whose homes and farms were destroyed. CERF also stepped up in response to the global food crisis, providing $200 million to fight hunger in 19 countries. And at a time of tough tests for the humanitarian sector, CERF’s focus on under-funded crises was more important than ever. CERF allocated $250 million to humanitarian operations in 23 underfunded countries, including Burkina Faso and Mali.
In the past sixteen years, 140 Member States, regional local authorities, observers, NGOs and private donors have donated generously to CERF, but during those sixteen years, the number of people in need has risen tenfold, the UN chief added.
Guterres said, “this is why we need a $1 billion CERF, as the General Assembly has acknowledged. Yet the resources received have reached nowhere near that level.”
He continued, “we all face difficult economic times. But the most vulnerable people are hit hardest. CERF is the tried and tested way to help them. This year, let’s deliver on a $1 billion CERF that is even more effective and successful.”
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths also spoke at the event.
Addressing directly to international donors, Griffiths said, “all who have seen CERF in action know it is not only a UN success story, it’s a collective success story.”
He reiterated, “today we are gathered because this success story needs you. It needs you to continue making a difference in the life of that malnourished child, that pregnant mother, that person with a disability, that community needing early warning. It needs you to renew your commitment to those who cannot afford to wait.”
At a High-level Pledging Event on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for 2023 today (09 Dec) in New York, Guterres highlighted that since CERF was set up sixteen years ago, it has proved to be one of the fastest and most effective ways to finance global humanitarian action. CERF enables UN agencies and their partners to swiftly launch and scale up our responses to evolving crises and underfunded emergencies.
He said it is “flexible and give our partners in the field the freedom to provide the kind of assistance that is most needed.”
Guterres reiterated that CERF “prioritizes those most likely to be marginalized and left behind, including people with disabilities, older people, women and girls.”
The UN chief also said that humanitarian needs have risen to record levels in recent years, as outlined in the Global Humanitarian Overview. The need for principled, effective humanitarian funding has never been greater. In crises around the world, CERF gives people a lifeline of hope.
He said, “In 2022, CERF provided more than $700 million for life-saving assistance to people in 40 countries. These funds were allocated in record speed, responding to the most urgent requests in a matter of hours.”
Guterres further explained, “when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, CERF allocated $20 million that same day. Less than a month later, CERF allocated another $40 million to Ukraine to support a further expansion, reaching almost 1 million people.”
He also said that when Hurricane Ian hit Cuba, CERF announced funding within days to bring health supplies, food, shelter, sanitation supplies and education kits to people whose homes and farms were destroyed. CERF also stepped up in response to the global food crisis, providing $200 million to fight hunger in 19 countries. And at a time of tough tests for the humanitarian sector, CERF’s focus on under-funded crises was more important than ever. CERF allocated $250 million to humanitarian operations in 23 underfunded countries, including Burkina Faso and Mali.
In the past sixteen years, 140 Member States, regional local authorities, observers, NGOs and private donors have donated generously to CERF, but during those sixteen years, the number of people in need has risen tenfold, the UN chief added.
Guterres said, “this is why we need a $1 billion CERF, as the General Assembly has acknowledged. Yet the resources received have reached nowhere near that level.”
He continued, “we all face difficult economic times. But the most vulnerable people are hit hardest. CERF is the tried and tested way to help them. This year, let’s deliver on a $1 billion CERF that is even more effective and successful.”
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths also spoke at the event.
Addressing directly to international donors, Griffiths said, “all who have seen CERF in action know it is not only a UN success story, it’s a collective success story.”
He reiterated, “today we are gathered because this success story needs you. It needs you to continue making a difference in the life of that malnourished child, that pregnant mother, that person with a disability, that community needing early warning. It needs you to renew your commitment to those who cannot afford to wait.”
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