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GA / RACISM
STORY: GA / RACISM
TRT: 2:24
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 MARCH 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
18 MARCH 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly dais and podium
3. Wide shot, dais
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I am deeply alarmed by a surge of intolerance, racist views and hate-driven violence around the world. Racial profiling and violence against certain communities is on the rise. Economic hardship and political opportunism are triggering increased hostility towards minorities. This is being manifested most directly in anti-refugee, anti-migrant and, in particular, anti-Muslim bigotry, attacks and violence. Extreme right-wing political parties are fomenting divisiveness and dangerous myths.”
5. Wide shot, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights walking to podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“Migrants are becoming scapegoats for deeper problems. Violence targets foreigners and others based on their real or perceived race, colour, ethnic origin or religion. The archaic injustice of prejudice still stalks through modem life, generating daily humiliations and oppressions for individuals, deepening divisions between communities, and holding back millions of people from realising their rights.”
7. Wide shot, High Commissioner speaking at podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations:
“Now more than ever, States must focus their attention on fulfilling their obligation to protect the most vulnerable sectors in society. We must be vigilant, to ensure that the stress of factors such as rising unemployment is not displaced into racist harassment, abuse, discrimination and attacks. We must not condone the manipulation of such sentiments for political gain, or their manifestation in official policies.”
7. Wide shot, High Commissioner leaving and General Assembly dais
United Nations Secretary-General told member States he was “deeply alarmed” by a surge of intolerance, racist views and hate-driven violence around the world.
During a UN General-Assembly meeting to mark the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Ban said “racial profiling and violence against certain communities is on the rise. Economic hardship and political opportunism are triggering increased hostility towards minorities.”
He added that this was, being manifested most directly in anti-refugee, anti-migrant and, in particular, anti-Muslim bigotry, attacks and violence. Extreme right-wing political parties are fomenting divisiveness and dangerous myths.”
Ban recalled that this year we are commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by consensus to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that,“migrants are becoming scapegoats for deeper problems. Violence targets foreigners and others based on their real or perceived race, colour, ethnic origin or religion.”
He noted that the “archaic injustice of prejudice” still stalks through modem life, generating daily humiliations and oppressions for individuals, deepening divisions between communities, and holding back millions of people from realising their rights.
Zeid stressed that States must focus their attention on fulfilling their obligation to protect the most vulnerable sectors in society.
He also said, “We must be vigilant, to ensure that the stress of factors such as rising unemployment is not displaced into racist harassment, abuse, discrimination and attacks. We must not condone the manipulation of such sentiments for political gain, or their manifestation in official policies.”
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