GA / TRUDEAU WRAP

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the United Nations General Assembly “there is no country on this planet that can walk away from the reality of climate change” and he promised Canadian “unwavering commitment” to combatting the effects of the climate change on the national and international level. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:09
• Production Date: 21 September 2017
• Asset Language: English; French
• Personal Subject: JUSTIN TRUDEAU
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL DEBATE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
• Geographic Subject: CANADA
• MAMS Id: 1975728
• Parent Id: 1975728
• Alternate Title: unifeed170921e

Description

STORY: GA / TRUDEAU WRAP
TRT:3:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 21 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, Trudeau at the podium
3. Med shot, Canada delegation
4. Wide shot, Trudeau at the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada:
“Inability of successive Canadian government to respect the rights of indigenous people of Canada is a great shame. And for too many indigenous people this lack of respect still persists today.”
6. Wide shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada:
“The time has come to get off the beaten path, to move away from old, outdated colonial structures and to establish new ones which will respect inherent rights of indigenous people for self-governance and self-determination.”
8. Med shot, Trudeau at the podium
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada:
“Indigenous Peoples will decide how they wish to represent and organize themselves. Some may choose to engage with our government based on historic nations and treaties, others will use different shared experiences as the basis for coming together. The choice is theirs.”
10. Zoom out, delegates to Trudeau
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada:
“In Canada’s western Arctic, the permafrost is melting and huge pieces of tundra are eroding into the ocean. And around Baffin Island, Inuit elders are finding it difficult to forecast the weather like they used to. So difficult that many are now reluctant even to try. At home, we are working hard to help these communities adapt and prepare for the future. At the international level, our commitment is unwavering. There is no country on this planet that can walk away from the reality of climate change.”
12. Various shots, applause
13. Wide shot, Trudeau entering press room
14. Zoom in, Trudeau speaking
15. Wide shot, reporters
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada:
“In my speech today, I wanted to highlight a strong issues that demonstrates that we take seriously our responsibilities of living up to the 2030 goals both internally and around the world and hope to spur a real action by everyone. As we take care of rebuilding our relationships and improving the situation for the most vulnerable and marginalized people in Canada even as we stand up for vulnerable, marginalized, disenfranchised people around the world.”
17. Wide shot, press room

Storyline

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the United Nations General Assembly “there is no country on this planet that can walk away from the reality of climate change” and he promised Canadian “unwavering commitment” to combatting the effects of the climate change on the national and international level.

Addressing the general debate at the United Nations headquarters today (21 Sep) in New York, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada said “inability of successive Canadian government to respect the rights of indigenous people of Canada is a great shame. And for too many indigenous people this lack of respect still persists today.”

Trudeau said “the time has come to get off the beaten path, to move away from old, outdated colonial structures and to establish new ones which will respect inherent rights of indigenous people for self-governance and self-determination” and promised that “Indigenous Peoples will decide how they wish to represent and organize themselves.”

On climate change, the Prime Minister said “there is no country on this planet that can walk away from the reality of climate change.”

He said his government is working hard to help affected Canadian communities to “adapt and prepare for the future” while” at the international level, our commitment is unwavering.”

Talking to the press following his speech at the General Assembly, the Canadian leader said the aim of his speech was to “highlight a strong issues that demonstrates that we take seriously our responsibilities of living up to the 2030 goals both internally and around the world and hope to spur a real action by everyone.”

Trudeau also told reporters “as we take care of rebuilding our relationships and improving the situation for the most vulnerable and marginalized people in Canada even as we stand up for vulnerable, marginalized, disenfranchised people around the world.”