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ROME / WFP POPE
STORY: ROME / WFP POPE
TRT: 02:47
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 JUNE 2016, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
1. Med shot, Pope Francis and WFP’s Executive Director Ertharin Cousin praying in front of memorial to fallen WFP staff
2. Close up, Pope walking
3. Med shot, looking at drawings by children of WFP staff
4. Med shot, Pope Francis and WFP Executive Director sitting
5. Tilt up, Pope
6. Wide shot, Executive Board staff in the WFP’s Auditorium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP):
“Your Holiness, Your call for the elimination of hunger and malnutrition for a different society; built on peace, stability and security speaks directly to the World Food Programme’s mission to enable and empower the world’s most vulnerable people, those living on the front lines of our planet’s most difficult challenges.”
8. Med shot, WFP’s Executive Board staff
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pope Francis:
“It would be so important that through the political will of member states, they decisively increase their commitment to cooperate with the World Food Program. In this way it will not only be able to respond to urgent needs, but also to carry out sound projects and promote long-term development.”
10. Wide shot, auditorium
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pope Francis:
“The WFP is an excellent example of how one can work throughout the world to eradicate hunger through a better allotment of human and material resources, strengthening the local community. In this sense, I encourage you to move forward. Do not grow weary or let problems dissuade you. Believe in what you are doing and pursue it enthusiastically. That is how the seed of generosity grows and bears abundant fruit.”
12. Med shot, Pope Francis greeting WFP staff and children
13. Pan left, Pope Francis greeting WFP staff
14. Med shot, Pope Francis embracing WFP’s Executive Director
In the first papal visit to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome, Pope Francis today (13 Jun) gave his full support to the goal of eradicating hunger and paid tribute to the organization’s staff, including those who had lost their lives at work.
Francis met with Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin and prayed at the Memorial Wall, the plaques, displayed in the lobby of WFP headquarters, honouring those killed in the pursuit of ending hunger.
The Executive Director welcomed the Pope and said “your call for the elimination of hunger and malnutrition for a different society; built on peace, stability and security speaks directly to the World Food Programme’s mission to enable and empower the world’s most vulnerable people, those living on the front lines of our planet’s most difficult challenges.”
Addressing the Executive Board, Francis called for member states of the United Nations to decisively increase their commitment to cooperate with WFP.
He said “it would be so important that through the political will of member states, they decisively increase their commitment to cooperate with the World Food Program. In this way it will not only be able to respond to urgent needs, but also to carry out sound projects and promote long-term development.”
The Pope said “the WFP is an excellent example of how one can work throughout the world to eradicate hunger through a better allotment of human and material resources, strengthening the local community.”
Hundreds of WFP employees turned out to hear the Pontiff throw his support behind the quest to achieve zero hunger.
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