UN / GA IN-PERSON SESSION

Welcoming delegates back to the General Assembly Hall for the first in-person plenary meeting since March of this year, General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said efforts made by member states "are critical as we begin the Decade of Action and Delivery to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, or as it is likely to become, the decade of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic." UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:11
• Production Date: 3 September 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: TIJJANI MUHAMMAD-BANDE
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: DISEASE PREVENTION; GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• MAMS Id: 2555416
• Parent Id: 2555416
• Alternate Title: unifeed200903d

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STORY: UN / GA IN-PERSON SESSION
TRT: 01:11
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 03 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Tilt up, United Nations Headquarters

03 SEPTEMBER 2020

2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, General Assembly:
“The sixty-second preliminary meeting of the General Assembly is called to order.”
4. Med shot, Lichtenstein delegate
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, General Assembly:
“Today’s meeting takes place as many people suffer and bear great losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I applaud the World Health Organization for leading the response from the outset.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, General Assembly:
“The entire UN system has rallied to address the needs of the people we serve. I pay particular thanks to our humanitarian workers in the field and our Peacekeepers, who continue to protect communities in the most complex environments around the world. These efforts are critical as we begin the Decade of Action and Delivery to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, or as it is likely to become, the decade of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
8.Wide shot, General Assembly

Storyline

Welcoming delegates back to the General Assembly Hall for the first in-person plenary meeting since March of this year, General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande today (3 Sep) said efforts made by member states "are critical as we begin the Decade of Action and Delivery to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, or as it is likely to become, the decade of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic."

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande told the downsized delegations from Member States that “today’s meeting takes place as many people suffer and bear great losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

The Assembly president applauded the World Health Organization (WHO) “for leading the response from the outset.”

“The entire UN system has rallied to address the needs of the people we serve”, he said, with particular praise for “our humanitarian workers in the field and our Peacekeepers”, who continue to protect communities in the most complex environments globally.

Although the GA had not convened in the GA Hall since March, New York-based delegations have continued to work and meet remotely in the past months.