UN / ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
21-Mar-2023
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The UN General Assembly marked today the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a ceremony with different personalities, including the Secretary-General and the Mayor of New York City. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
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DATELINE: 21 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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DATELINE: 21 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
21 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly:
“After 75 years since we adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the legacies of the racist systems of slavery, apartheid and segregation can still be felt in our communities, our institutions, and our minds. Like a virus, racism mutates and adapts itself to different times and contexts. It is said that “racism is like a Cadillac, there is a new model every year”.
4. Med shot, Kőrösi in the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly:
“Racism and hate speech are besieging our societies from many directions. Old falsehoods have taken on new forms, embedded in modern technologies. Online, this violence takes on new, covert, but no less toxic forms. Algorithms can perpetuate racial stereotypes and biases.”
6. Med shot, Kőrösi and Guterres in the podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“When Governments and other authorities use racism and discrimination for political ends, they are playing with fire. Official tolerance and a tacit green light for racial discrimination can fuel tensions and set light to a conflagration of violence and atrocity crimes. And this has played out catastrophically, throughout history. We should not need reminding that racism and racial discrimination can be steps on the way to genocide.”
8. Wide shot, audience members
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Xenophobia, prejudice and hate speech are rising. Political leaders scapegoat migrants, with devastating impact. White supremacist influencers profit from racism on social media platforms. Artificial intelligence algorithms amplify and digitize racial discrimination. And after a period of increased global awareness of racism, some countries are experiencing a vicious backlash against anti-racist policies and practices.”
10. Close up, Verene Shepherd, Ilze Brands Kehris and Eric Adams in the audience
11. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We need to resist and reverse these trends resolutely and condemn and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms. We must take action to address racism wherever and whenever it arises, including through legal channels.”
12. Med shot, audience members
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Adams, Mayor, New York City:
“As New York City second black mayor, I know what it feels like to be rejected, understand pain of so many who face daily obstacles to opportunities. Discrimination has no borders. We see it in education. We see it in healthcare. We see it in climate change. We see it in access to clean water and healthy food. I'm proud to say that since I took office, New York City is leading the way in the fight against racial discrimination.”
14. Med shot, Adams addresses the General Assembly
15. Med shot, Kehris walks to podium
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights:
“Why is racism still so prevalent 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration? The reasons range from a lack of political will to the denial or ignorance of structural discrimination in institutions and society. Racism persists because of fear including of losing dominance and power, and has taken contemporary expressions in the renewed rise of populism and xenophobia.”
17. Med shot, Shepherd walks to podium
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Verene Shepherd, Chairperson, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:
“And I encourage States to work towards a culture of tolerance and racial equality in societies that grow increasingly diverse. And to use education as a tool to trigger changes in mentalities.”
19. Wide shot, General Assembly
1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
21 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly:
“After 75 years since we adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the legacies of the racist systems of slavery, apartheid and segregation can still be felt in our communities, our institutions, and our minds. Like a virus, racism mutates and adapts itself to different times and contexts. It is said that “racism is like a Cadillac, there is a new model every year”.
4. Med shot, Kőrösi in the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly:
“Racism and hate speech are besieging our societies from many directions. Old falsehoods have taken on new forms, embedded in modern technologies. Online, this violence takes on new, covert, but no less toxic forms. Algorithms can perpetuate racial stereotypes and biases.”
6. Med shot, Kőrösi and Guterres in the podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“When Governments and other authorities use racism and discrimination for political ends, they are playing with fire. Official tolerance and a tacit green light for racial discrimination can fuel tensions and set light to a conflagration of violence and atrocity crimes. And this has played out catastrophically, throughout history. We should not need reminding that racism and racial discrimination can be steps on the way to genocide.”
8. Wide shot, audience members
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Xenophobia, prejudice and hate speech are rising. Political leaders scapegoat migrants, with devastating impact. White supremacist influencers profit from racism on social media platforms. Artificial intelligence algorithms amplify and digitize racial discrimination. And after a period of increased global awareness of racism, some countries are experiencing a vicious backlash against anti-racist policies and practices.”
10. Close up, Verene Shepherd, Ilze Brands Kehris and Eric Adams in the audience
11. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We need to resist and reverse these trends resolutely and condemn and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms. We must take action to address racism wherever and whenever it arises, including through legal channels.”
12. Med shot, audience members
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Adams, Mayor, New York City:
“As New York City second black mayor, I know what it feels like to be rejected, understand pain of so many who face daily obstacles to opportunities. Discrimination has no borders. We see it in education. We see it in healthcare. We see it in climate change. We see it in access to clean water and healthy food. I'm proud to say that since I took office, New York City is leading the way in the fight against racial discrimination.”
14. Med shot, Adams addresses the General Assembly
15. Med shot, Kehris walks to podium
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights:
“Why is racism still so prevalent 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration? The reasons range from a lack of political will to the denial or ignorance of structural discrimination in institutions and society. Racism persists because of fear including of losing dominance and power, and has taken contemporary expressions in the renewed rise of populism and xenophobia.”
17. Med shot, Shepherd walks to podium
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Verene Shepherd, Chairperson, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:
“And I encourage States to work towards a culture of tolerance and racial equality in societies that grow increasingly diverse. And to use education as a tool to trigger changes in mentalities.”
19. Wide shot, General Assembly
STORYLINE
The UN General Assembly marked today (21 Mar) the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a ceremony with different personalities, including the Secretary-General and the Mayor of New York City.
The UN chief, António Guterres, said that “when Governments and other authorities use racism and discrimination for political ends, they are playing with fire.”
Guterres added, “Official tolerance and a tacit green light for racial discrimination can fuel tensions and set light to a conflagration of violence and atrocity crimes. And this has played out catastrophically, throughout history. We should not need reminding that racism and racial discrimination can be steps on the way to genocide.”
According to the Secretary-General, “xenophobia, prejudice and hate speech are rising”, “political leaders scapegoat migrants, with devastating impact” and “white supremacist influencers profit from racism on social media platforms.”
Guterres also noted that “artificial intelligence algorithms amplify and digitize racial discrimination” and “after a period of increased global awareness of racism, some countries are experiencing a vicious backlash against anti-racist policies and practices.”
“We need to resist and reverse these trends resolutely and condemn and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms. We must take action to address racism wherever and whenever it arises, including through legal channels,” concluded the Secretary-General.
Opening the event, the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, noted that “after 75 years since we adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the legacies of the racist systems of slavery, apartheid and segregation can still be felt in our communities, our institutions, and our minds.”
Kőrösi added, “Like a virus, racism mutates and adapts itself to different times and contexts. It is said that “racism is like a Cadillac, there is a new model every year”.
The President of the General Assembly believes that “racism and hate speech are besieging our societies from many directions” and “old falsehoods have taken on new forms, embedded in modern technologies.”
“Online, this violence takes on new, covert, but no less toxic forms. Algorithms can perpetuate racial stereotypes and biases,” added Kőrösi.
The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, said, “As New York City second black mayor, I know what it feels like to be rejected, understand the pain of so many who face daily obstacles to opportunities.”
According to Adams, “discrimination has no borders.”
“We see it in education. We see it in healthcare. We see it in climate change. We see it in access to clean water and healthy food. I'm proud to say that since I took office, New York City is leading the way in the fight against racial discrimination,” said the mayor.
The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ilze Brands Kehris, also addressed Member States, asking why is racism still so prevalent 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration.
“The reasons range from a lack of political will to the denial or ignorance of structural discrimination in institutions and society. Racism persists because of fear including of losing dominance and power, and has taken contemporary expressions in the renewed rise of populism and xenophobia,” Kehris answered.
The Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Verene Shepherd, encouraged Member States “to work towards a culture of tolerance and racial equality in societies that grow increasingly diverse.”
Shepherd also asked them to “use education as a tool to trigger changes in mentalities.”
The UN chief, António Guterres, said that “when Governments and other authorities use racism and discrimination for political ends, they are playing with fire.”
Guterres added, “Official tolerance and a tacit green light for racial discrimination can fuel tensions and set light to a conflagration of violence and atrocity crimes. And this has played out catastrophically, throughout history. We should not need reminding that racism and racial discrimination can be steps on the way to genocide.”
According to the Secretary-General, “xenophobia, prejudice and hate speech are rising”, “political leaders scapegoat migrants, with devastating impact” and “white supremacist influencers profit from racism on social media platforms.”
Guterres also noted that “artificial intelligence algorithms amplify and digitize racial discrimination” and “after a period of increased global awareness of racism, some countries are experiencing a vicious backlash against anti-racist policies and practices.”
“We need to resist and reverse these trends resolutely and condemn and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms. We must take action to address racism wherever and whenever it arises, including through legal channels,” concluded the Secretary-General.
Opening the event, the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, noted that “after 75 years since we adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the legacies of the racist systems of slavery, apartheid and segregation can still be felt in our communities, our institutions, and our minds.”
Kőrösi added, “Like a virus, racism mutates and adapts itself to different times and contexts. It is said that “racism is like a Cadillac, there is a new model every year”.
The President of the General Assembly believes that “racism and hate speech are besieging our societies from many directions” and “old falsehoods have taken on new forms, embedded in modern technologies.”
“Online, this violence takes on new, covert, but no less toxic forms. Algorithms can perpetuate racial stereotypes and biases,” added Kőrösi.
The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, said, “As New York City second black mayor, I know what it feels like to be rejected, understand the pain of so many who face daily obstacles to opportunities.”
According to Adams, “discrimination has no borders.”
“We see it in education. We see it in healthcare. We see it in climate change. We see it in access to clean water and healthy food. I'm proud to say that since I took office, New York City is leading the way in the fight against racial discrimination,” said the mayor.
The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ilze Brands Kehris, also addressed Member States, asking why is racism still so prevalent 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration.
“The reasons range from a lack of political will to the denial or ignorance of structural discrimination in institutions and society. Racism persists because of fear including of losing dominance and power, and has taken contemporary expressions in the renewed rise of populism and xenophobia,” Kehris answered.
The Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Verene Shepherd, encouraged Member States “to work towards a culture of tolerance and racial equality in societies that grow increasingly diverse.”
Shepherd also asked them to “use education as a tool to trigger changes in mentalities.”
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