UGANDA / SG SOLIDARITY SUMMIT

Held in Uganda’s capital Kampala, the Solidarity Summit on Refugees raised more than $350 million in pledges to support more than 1.2 million refugees hosted, for the most part, in local communities. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:01
• Production Date: 23 June 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; REFUGEES; SECRETARY-GENERAL
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN; UGANDA
• MAMS Id: 1917193
• Parent Id: 1917193
• Alternate Title: unifeed170623d

Description

STORY: UGANDA / REFUGEES PLEDGE CONFERENCE
TRT: 2:31
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 23 JUNE 2017, KAMPALA, UGANDA

Shotlist

1. Wide shots, tents, conference venue
2. Various shots, welcome dancers
3. Wide shot, VIPs including Guterres passing by dancers
4. Wide shot, tent inside
5. Wide shot, Guterres and Museveni shaking hands on the podium
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“It is necessary for the international community to recognize that Uganda has had an exemplary refugee policy in the past and, even today faced with the largest refugee in-flow of the past year, Uganda remains a symbol of the integrity of the refugee protection regime that unfortunately is not being respected everywhere in the world.”
8. Wide shot, audience applauding
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In this moment, it is absolutely essential to recognize this enormous effort and it is essential not to let Ugandan people down.”
10. Wide shot, conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Your solidarity today is a must because without that solidarity this effort is not sustainable and, if this effort is not sustainable, the impact on the stability of the region will be absolutely dramatic. It’s time for us all to assume our responsibilities and I count on your commitment and your solidarity.”
12. Wide shot, delegates
13. Various shots, delegate making a pledge
14. Wide shot, screen above delegates
15. Close up, pledges on screen
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I think it is a very good start. But we can stop. We need to go on and several countries today said they were not able to pledge now but there will be announcing in the next weeks additional amounts.”
17. Wide shot, Guterres, Musevini and Grandi at the press conference

Storyline

Held today (23 Jun) in Uganda’s capital Kampala, the Solidarity Summit on Refugees raised more than $350 million in pledges to support more than 1.2 million refugees hosted, for the most part, in local communities.

The event was co-chaired by the President of Uganda Yoweri Musevini and the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

During the opening session, the Secretary-General praised Uganda’s Government and people for the way they had opened the country’s borders and their homes to refugees.

He said “it is necessary for the international community to recognize that Uganda has had an exemplary refugee policy in the past and, even today faced with the largest refugee in-flow of the past year, Uganda remains a symbol of the integrity of the refugee protection regime that unfortunately is not being respected everywhere in the world.”

Guterres called upon the international community show its solidarity with the refugees and Ugandan people and its authorities, because, he said “without that solidarity this effort is not sustainable and, if this effort is not sustainable, the impact on the stability of the region will be absolutely dramatic. It’s time for us all to assume our responsibilities and I count on your commitment and your solidarity.”

In remarks to the press after the event, the Secretary-General congratulated the Ugandan Government for the conference.

He said what has been pledged “is a good start, he said, but we cannot stop.”