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STORY: GA / SG CANDIDATES LUKSIC
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 APRIL 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
12 APRIL 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Trusteeship Council
3. Wide shot, dais
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mogens Lykketoft, President of the General Assembly:
“It’s a historic moment. Much of what we are embarking on today is without precedent at the UN. For the first time since this organization started 70 years ago, the process for selecting and appointing the next Secretary-General is being generally guided by the principles of transparency and inclusivity at the dialogues that are beginning today are at very core of this change.”
5. Med shot, Algerian delegate
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Igor Luksic, Montenegro’s Candidate for Secretary-General:
“The 21st century the United Nations must have a results oriented, modern, efficient, and truly global Secretariat; thus the next Secretary-General should appoint deputy Secretary-General seeking to meet equality principle, as well as northern-southern hemisphere equality principle. Additionally, I firmly believe Nairobi should be discussed as the seat of the deputy Secretary-General. This includes the efforts to make the senior management team reflect gender equality and regional participation.”
7. Wide shot, Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Igor Luksic, Montenegro’s Candidate for Secretary-General:
“If I am going to ask deputy Secretary-General to have more essential role when it comes to dealing with regional arrangements, then what better to place him and charge him with Nairobi? Because there is a great need in expanding communication with African Union; strengthening partnership with African countries, but also other parts of the world.”
9. Various shots, applause
10. Wide shot, Luksic at the podium
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Igor Luksic, Montenegro’s Candidate for Secretary-General:
“If there was an agreement that, you know, woman should be selected, then I wouldn’t be standing here, and that’s it. But I don’t think that the problem of gender equality is going to be resolved by simply appointing a woman Secretary-General.”
Wide shot, Luksic walks away from the podium
Kicking off what he called “a historic moment,” General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft today (12 Apr) opened informal dialogues with candidates for the next United Nations Secretary-General.
Lykketoft said that “for the first time since this organization started 70 years ago, the process for selecting and appointing the next Secretary-General is being generally guided by the principles of transparency and inclusivity at the dialogues that are beginning today are at very core of this change.”
Over the course of the next three days, the official candidates – currently eight of them – will answer questions related to promoting sustainable development, how to improve efforts to create peace, how to protect human rights, how to deal with huge humanitarian catastrophes, and how to resolve challenges defined by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Igor Luksic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro, was the first candidate to go through this process.
Presenting his proposals, Luksic said “the 21st century the United Nations must have a results oriented, modern, efficient, and truly global Secretariat.”
He said “the next Secretary-General should appoint deputy Secretary-General seeking to meet equality principle, as well as northern-southern hemisphere equality principle.”
Additionally, he said “Nairobi should be discussed as the seat of the deputy Secretary-General.”
In the Q & A with member states, Luksic explained, “if I am going to ask deputy Secretary-General to have more essential role when it comes to dealing with regional arrangements, then what better to place him and charge him with Nairobi? Because there is a great need in expanding communication with African Union; strengthening partnership with African countries, but also other parts of the world.”
After the meeting, he was asked about the contention that the next Secretary-General should be a woman.
He said “if there was an agreement that, you know, woman should be selected, then I wouldn’t be standing here, and that’s it. But I don’t think that the problem of gender equality is going to be resolved by simply appointing a woman Secretary-General.”
As part of the informal dialogues, each candidate will have a televised and webcast two-hour timeslot, starting with a short oral presentation. Representatives from Member States will then ask questions, followed by the President of the General Assembly, who will ask a few of the more than 1,000 questions submitted by the general public on social media under the hashtag #UNSGcandidates.
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