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STORY: KENYA / BAN CUB
TRT: 2:47
SOURCE: UNEP
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 JUNE 2014, NAIROBI, KENYA / FILE
1. Wide shot, Journalist wait for SG Ban Ki-moon to arrive outside Animal Orphanage
2. Wide shot/Med shot, Arrival of SG Ban Ki-moon with dignitaries
3. Med shot, Lion cub plays with toy
5. Med shot, Lion cub lays down in its cage looking
6. Med shot, GS Ban Ki-moon with Kenya Environment Minister H.E. Judi W. Wakhungu show off adopted lion’s photo and UN donation cheque to KWS ( Kenya Wildlife Service).
7. SOUNDBITE (English) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
“This morning as you are already aware, I have adopted a young six month old lion cub. Her name is Tumaini, you know this Kiswahili, means ‘hope”. I have adopted this lion club with the hope that all human beings and wildlife , animals, can leave in peace and harmony. A human being should know how to live harmoniously with our mother nature.”
7. Various shots of lion cub in compound
8. SOUNDBITE (English) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
“I hope that many countries in the world will emulate and learn the lessons from Kenya, at the same time Kenya should also go ahead and advance leading by example.”
9. Wide shot, View over Nairobi National Park
10. Med shot, UNEP Ed Achim Steiner shows and GS Ban Ki-moon look through binoculars over Nairobi National Park
11. SOUNDBITE (English) UNEP Deputy Executive Director Ibrahim Thiaw
“Climate change is a fundamental issue that the world is facing right now. Every country has to make steps to reduce the impact of climate change and Kenya is investing in renewable energy.”
12. Close up, Ban looking through binoculars
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, concluding his visit to Kenya in the wake of the first United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), looked forward to the swift agreement on the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals and a new climate deal.
The inaugural UNEA concluded its five-day deliberations at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi on Friday. The meeting agreed 16 decisions and resolutions that encourage international action on major environmental issues ranging from air pollution and the illegal trade in wildlife, to plastic debris in the oceans, chemicals and waste.
The international community participated in the Assembly in record numbers, with high-level delegations from 160 UN Member and Observer States and stakeholders from multiple sectors present.
The Secretary-General, who at the close of UNEA on Friday said we are "poised for the crucial next stage of human development", on Saturday adopted a six-month-old lioness at the Kenya Wildlife Service's animal orphanage.
He named the lioness "Tumaini", the Kiswahili word for "hope", to symbolize his hope for a sustainable future in which "people live harmoniously with nature".
"It is my hope that the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda will be shaped as soon as possible, and also my sincere hope that a new climate change agreement will be adopted by the end of next year," he said following the adoption of the lion.
The Secretary-General this September is hosting a Climate Summit in New York, aimed at catalyzing action by governments, business, finance, industry, and civil society in areas for new commitments and contributions that will help the world shift toward a low-carbon economy.
The summit is aimed at building a solid foundation upon which to anchor negotiations for a new climate deal, to be agreed in Paris at the end of 2015.
At a lunch organized by UNEP in Nairobi's National Park, the Secretary-General met local business leaders - such as the heads of telecommunications company Safaricom and the Lake Turkana Windpower Project -to discuss how to boost the renewable energy market share, and combat climate change, as part of his Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
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