UN / 2030 AGENDA GUTERRES

UN chief António Guterres said finance is “pivotal’ to achieving the 2030 Agenda which he described as a “a blueprint for building an inclusive, sustainable fair globalization.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:32
• Production Date: 18 September 2017
• Asset Language: English; Spanish
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES
• Subject Topical: 2030 AGENDA; FINANCING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• MAMS Id: 1970410
• Parent Id: 1970410
• Alternate Title: unifeed170918a

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STORY: UN / 2030 AGENDA GUTERRES
TRT: 02:32
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS

DATELINE: 18 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

18 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
2. Wide shot, meeting room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Many people around the world are mired in extreme poverty. Unacceptable inequalities persist. We see the gap between globalisation’s potential and unequal gains reflected in peoples’ fears, anxieties and outright anger. The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals are a blueprint for building an inclusive, sustainable fair globalization and overcoming the resistance that still exists in so many parts of the world, and finance is pivotal to success.”
4. Wide shot, dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I am convinced that today, there is more money leaving a continent like Africa due to money laundering and tax evasion and illicit financial flows than the money that goes in through official development aid; and this is a common responsibility of the international community.”
6. Wide shot, delegates in attendance
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Set against the imperatives underlying the 2030 Agenda, today’s global financial system, which manages some US$300 trillion in financial assets on our collective behalf, is simply not fit for purpose.”
8. Wide shot, delegates in attendance
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The choices we make on finance will be critical. We can choose to bemoan the lack of financing for the 2030 Agenda in a world awash with so much unproductive and unrewarding finance. Or we can grasp the opportunity to reshape finance according to our urgent, collective needs. The choice is clear. Let us invest in the 2030 Agenda and finance a better world for all.”
10. Wide shot, delegates in attendance clapping
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gabriela Michetti, Vice President, Argentina:
“That is why it is crucial, especially in the current context for the G20, to continue inspired by the goal of an integrated world, a world in which countries cooperate, where economies are linked in a context of equity and international matters are addressed and tackled multilaterally.”
12. Zoom out, Secretary-General and Vice President leaving meeting

Storyline

UN chief António Guterres said finance is “pivotal’ to achieving the 2030 Agenda which he described as a “a blueprint for building an inclusive, sustainable fair globalization.”

Speaking today (18 Sep) at a high-level meeting on financing the 2030 Agenda, Guterres said globalization has brought extraordinary benefits to the world but remains fundamentally unequal and ultimately unsustainable. He added that the Addis Ababa Action Agenda highlights the importance of being innovative when it comes to leveraging resources and financing for development, including tax reform by developing countries and international efforts to fight tax evasion, money laundering and the illicit financial flows. He said he is convinced that there is “more money leaving a continent like Africa due to money laundering and tax evasion and illicit financial flows than the money that goes in through official development aid.”

Guterres noted that almost 50 trillion USD of citizens’ savings are earning low or negative financial returns, instead of flowing to finance the 2030 Agenda that will generate inclusive, sustainable growth. He stressed that today’s global financial system, “is simply not fit for purpose.” He assured that the world has the financial resources to deliver the 2030 Agenda adding that the UN is taking forward a three-part strategy in this regard. The plan includes enhancing the work of the UN system with key inter-governmental platforms such as the G20, including shared efforts to address illicit financial flows. It also includes reforming the UN development system to strengthen UN country teams and key international initiatives that can harness large-scale changes in financing and financial system development, such as in the fields of digitalization and climate finance and in cooperating with major investment initiatives.

Guterres noted that the world could choose to “bemoan the lack of financing for the 2030 Agenda in a world awash with so much unproductive and unrewarding finance” or grasp the opportunity to reshape finance.

Argentinian Vice President Gabriela Michetti said the 2030 Agenda is a global goal to eradicate poverty and is only possible through sustainable economic growth and quality employment for all. She said the link between the work of the G20, over which her country will preside next year, and the Sustainable Development Agenda is vital. Michetti stressed it is crucial “especially in the current context for the G20”, to continue inspired by the goal of an integrated world “where economies are linked in a context of equity and international and international matters are addressed and tackled multilaterally.”