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UN / PARIS AGREEMENT CLOSER
STORY: UN / PARIS AGREEMENT CLOSER
TRT: 02:16
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 22 APRIL 2016, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, podium at the GA Hall
3. Med shot, delegates
4. UPSOUND (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I am proud to announce that 175 parties have signed Paris agreement.”
5. Zoom out, delegates applauding
6. Wide shot, podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Today’s signing is a vote of confidence in a new approach to climate change. It is imperative this strong political momentum continues to grow. If all the countries that have signed here today join the Agreement at the national level, the world will have met the legal requirement for the Paris Agreement to enter into force - 55 countries accounting for 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.”
8. Cutaway, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I urge world leaders to continue to provide direct political oversight and guidance. And I will look to civil society and the world’s young people to hold Governments to account for the promises they made today. This covenant with the future is a covenant with you. Hold them to it.”
10. Cutaway, delegates
11. Zoom out, end meeting
SOUNDBITE:
Closing the special session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly where 175 countries signed a historic climate change agreement, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he will “look to civil society and the world’s young people to hold Governments to account for the promises they made today.”
On an exceptional Earth Day in New York, 175 countries officially signed the Paris Agreement on climate change to keep the global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius.
The agreement, reached last year in Paris, sets outs a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous global warming.
After 175 countries’ leaders and representatives signed the agreement, Secretary-General said “it is imperative this strong political momentum continues to grow.”
For the Paris Agreement to enter into force 55 countries accounting for 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions must ratify the agreement.
Ban also said “I urge world leaders to continue to provide direct political oversight and guidance. And I will look to civil society and the world’s young people to hold Governments to account for the promises they made today. This covenant with the future is a covenant with you. Hold them to it.”
All of the world's largest economies, and the largest greenhouse gas emitters, have indicated that they will sign the Agreement. The signing is the first step towards ensuring that the agreement enters into force as soon as possible. After signing, countries must take the further national (or domestic) step of accepting or ratifying the agreement.
During the 2016 Opening for Signature of the Paris Agreement, 175 States signed the Agreement, and 15 States deposited instruments of ratification. Of the 175 States which participated in the Ceremony, 31 participated at the level of Head of State, 2 participated at the level of Vice President; 24 participated at the level of Head of Government; 9 participated at the level of Deputy Prime Minister; 29 participated at the level of Minister for Foreign Affairs; 59 participated at the ministerial level; one participated at the level of former President; and 20 participated at the level of Permanent Representative.
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