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STORY: UN / HUMAN RIGHTS GOVERNANCE
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
25 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“Today’s crises have put a magnifying glass on the social and economic injustices that bedevil our societies. They are an enormous governance challenge for societies and for the global community. Overcoming them requires approaches driven by unity, solidarity and compassion. For that, we need governance models and structures that work for the common good, with an intergenerational perspective. We need to prioritize the rebuilding of trust between people, institutions and leaders.”
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3. Med shot, shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
25 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The discontent we are seeing today reflects impatience with the status quo, but also a strong desire to contribute to positive change. Participation in public affairs is a fundamental human right and an underutilized tool for better policy making. It deepens our understanding of issues and helps identify better solutions. It ensures that concerns are heard, reducing social tension and preventing violence. It leads to a greater sense of ownership, allowing effective implementation. It can be the difference between progress and disarray.”
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5. Wide shot, exterior, UN Headquarters
25 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The Call to Action for Human Rights commits the United Nations to strengthening its essential partnership with civil society, and ensuring the protection, promotion and participation of human rights defenders and community leaders in the work we do. It also prioritizes the use of Temporary Special Measures and quotas as a useful human rights tools to ensure the equal participation of women in all aspects of public life.”
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7. Aerial shot, Palais Wilson and Lake Geneva
25 SEPTEMBER 2020, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“From COVID-19 to climate change, our societies face an ultimatum: we must transform our economies and the provision of essential services. And successful transformation can only be achieved with the meaningful participation of the people whose lives will be affected.”
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9. Aerial shot, Palais Wilson and Lake Geneva
25 SEPTEMBER 2020, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“To be “meaningful and effective” participation must not be merely formal or tokenistic; it must have an actual impact on decisions; and be timely and sustained. And, crucially, participation must be inclusive, extending participation most especially to marginalized and vulnerable groups.”
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11. Aerial shot, Palais Wilson and Lake Geneva
Speaking at a high-level event on the sidelines of the 75th UN General Assembly, Guterres said “today’s crises have put a magnifying glass on the social and economic injustices that bedevil our societies. hey are an enormous governance challenge for societies and for the global community. Overcoming them requires approaches driven by unity, solidarity and compassion.”
“We need to prioritize the rebuilding of trust between people, institutions and leaders,” he added.
Like this year’s General Debate, the high-level side event called “Participation, Human Rights and the Governance Challenge Ahead” was held online due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
Opening the event, the UN chief said “the discontent we are seeing today reflects impatience with the status quo, but also a strong desire to contribute to positive change. Participation in public affairs is a fundamental human right and an underutilized tool for better policy making. It deepens our understanding of issues and helps identify better solutions. It ensures that concerns are heard, reducing social tension and preventing violence. It leads to a greater sense of ownership, allowing effective implementation. It can be the difference between progress and disarray.”
On the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the Secretary-General launched “The Call to Action for Human Rights” that commits the United Nations “to strengthening its essential partnership with civil society, and ensuring the protection, promotion and participation of human rights defenders and community leaders in the work we do. It also prioritizes the use of Temporary Special Measures and quotas as a useful human rights tools to ensure the equal participation of women in all aspects of public life.”
Speaking alongside the Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said “from COVID-19 to climate change, our societies face an ultimatum: we must transform our economies and the provision of essential services. And successful transformation can only be achieved with the meaningful participation of the people whose lives will be affected.”
Bachelet explained that to be “meaningful and effective” participation “must not be merely formal or tokenistic; it must have an actual impact on decisions; and be timely and sustained. And, crucially, participation must be inclusive, extending participation most especially to marginalized and vulnerable groups.”
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