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STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON PRESSER
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 DECEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT-NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
16 DECEMBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The year 2015 I believe will be recorded as one of the most important historic years, in the history of the United Nations, where we have laid out all good foundations.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The Paris Agreement on climate change is a sign of hope in troubled times. It is a triumph for multilateralism that shows the United Nations delivering results the world desperately needs.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is our overarching guide, crystallized in 17 goals to end poverty and build peaceful societies. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda, adopted in July is our blueprint for financing for development, investing in development early to avert crises down the road.”
8. Med shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“This year we have seen epic flows of refugees and internally displaced people. As we enter 2016, the world needs to aim for a new global compact on human mobility. Demonizing and scapegoating these people based on their religion, ethnicity, or country of origin, has no place in the 21st century.”
10. Med shot, photographer
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Syria is an open sore on the Middle East and the wider world. We are pressing for a nationwide ceasefire and for the start of negotiations in January on a political transition and we must not relent.”
12. Wide shot, journalists
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“It is important that we should have a nationwide ceasefire as soon as possible. Of course there are certain areas controlled more by ISIL, but as much as we can we should expand this area to be covered by a ceasefire as wide as possible.”
14. Zoom out, end of presser
As the year draws to a close, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon today (16 Dec) summed up 2015 as “one of the most important” in the history of the United Nations, in which the Organization marked its 70th anniversary by laying out “good foundations” for the future.
At his year-end press conference summarizing the activities of the UN system, the Secretary-General highlighted landmark steps taken to advance sustainable development, climate action, conflict resolution and provision of humanitarian assistance.
The Paris Agreement on climate change, he said, “is a sign of hope in troubled times” and “a triumph for multilateralism that shows the United Nations delivering results the world desperately needs.”
Turning to other milestones in 2015, the UN chief highlighted spotlighted the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its “crystallized” 17 Goals which stand as an “overarching guide” to end poverty and build peaceful societies.
He also highlighted the significance of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda adopted in July which he said provides a “blueprint for financing for development, investing in development early to avert crises down the road.”
At the same time, Mr. Ban reviewed the situation of the massive flow of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2015 and added that in the New Year “the world needs to aim for a new global compact on human mobility.”
He stressed that “demonizing and scapegoating people based on their religion, ethnicity or country of origin has no place in the 21st century.”
Ban noted that the international community has actively re-engaged in pushing for a political settlement in Syria, and added that the International Syria Support Group will meet in New York on Friday, followed by a meeting of the Security Council.
He said “Syria is an open sore on the Middle East and the wider world” and added that “we are pressing for a nationwide cease-fire and for the start of negotiations in January on a political transition – and we must not relent.”
He said it was “important that we should have a nationwide ceasefire as soon as possible,” noting that “of course there are certain areas controlled more by ISIL, but as much as we can we should expand this area to be covered by a ceasefire as wide as possible.”
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