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UN / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FORUM
STORY: UN / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FORUM
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 JULY 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
06 JULY 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Munir Akram, President, Economic and Social Council, United Nations:
“It is quite evident that the pandemic has exposed the inequalities among and within nations, and that in the response and recovery efforts the global north and south are diverging even further.”
4. Med shot, photographers
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Munir Akram, President, Economic and Social Council, United Nations:
“We could turn this crisis around to an opportunity if the investments that can be generated - will have to be generated for economic recovery – if these investments can be directed towards sustainable development, towards a green global economy in the future, so that we could recover from the crises and at the same time address the climate and biodiversity objectives.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
7. Wide shot, Akram at the General Assembly rostrum
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Munir Akram, President, Economic and Social Council, United Nations:
“The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact everywhere, with health systems stretched and shattered, and lives and livelihoods devastated in so many countries. In addition to the millions of lives lost, the economic and social consequences have been severe, especially for the poorest countries and the poorest people.”
9. Med shot, Nepalese delegate
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Munir Akram, President, Economic and Social Council, United Nations:
“Deliberations at this 2021 HLPF can provide a basis for a concerted multilateral effort to recover, build, resume, and accelerate progress towards the SDGs, ultimately realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda.”
11. Wide shot, GA dais
After addressing the opening of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the President of the Economic and Social Council, Munir Akram, said the COVID-19 pandemic “has exposed the inequalities among and within nations,” and the global north and south “are diverging even further” in the response and recovery efforts.
Talking to reporters in New York today (6 Jul) Akram said, “we could turn this crisis around to an opportunity” if investments generated for economic recovery “can be directed towards sustainable development, towards a green global economy in the future, so that we could recover from the crises and at the same time address the climate and biodiversity objectives.”
Earlier in his address to the HPLF, he said “the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact everywhere, with health systems stretched and shattered, and lives and livelihoods devastated in so many countries. In addition to the millions of lives lost, the economic and social consequences have been severe, especially for the poorest countries and the poorest people.”
He expressed hope that deliberations at the 2021 HLPF “can provide a basis for a concerted multilateral effort to recover, build, resume, and accelerate progress towards the SDGs, ultimately realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda.”
The establishment of the HLPF was mandated in 2012 by the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), "The Future We Want".
The Forum meets annually under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council for eight days, including a three-day ministerial segment and every four years at the level of Heads of State and Government under the auspices of the General Assembly for two days.
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