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UN / WATER CONFERENCE CLOSING PRESSER
STORY: UN / WATER CONFERENCE CLOSING PRESSER
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
1. Close up, United Nations logo, UN Headquarters entrance
2. Wide shot, speakers, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations:
There are two key outcomes of the conference. First is the Water Action Agenda, which is a collection of new and ambitious commitments, initiatives, and actions by governments, the UN system, and stakeholders in support of our world’s lifeblood.”
4. Med shot, speakers, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations:
“The other outcome will be the summary of the proceedings by the PGA, the president of the General Assembly, to capture the many ideas, recommendations, and solutions that have emerged from the conference. The Water Action Agenda has grown in both size and scope since the conference opened.”
6. Wide shot, speakers, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations:
“The commitments covered a wide range of actions, from the capacity building to data and the monitoring systems, to improving the resilience of the infrastructures. There are now about 700 commitments in the agenda, in the action agenda. And this is only the beginning.”
8. Wide shot, speakers, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands:
“This is not a conference on the negotiation of declaration. This is a conference to really forge the coalitions to ensure that action is taken.”
10. Wide shot, speakers, briefing room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands:
“We see a pact for the future of water is core and central. This conference did not give us the mandate to do so, but we brought the world together to ensure that there is a follow-up.”
12. Wide shot, speakers, briefing room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands:
“We've been working very hard on getting this conference right. After the conference, the world has to continue working hard to get water right.”
14. Wide shot, journalists, briefing room
Briefing reporters today (24 Mar) on the UN 2023 Water Conference closing, Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said, “We've been working very hard on getting this conference right. After the conference, the world has to continue working hard to get water right.”
He stated, “This is not a conference on the negotiation of declaration. This is a conference to really forge the coalitions to ensure that action is taken.”
Ovink also said, “We see a pact for the future of water is core and central. This conference did not give us the mandate to do so, but we brought the world together to ensure that there is a follow-up.”
Also addressing the press conference today, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Li Junhua, mentioned the two key outcomes of the conference.
He said, “First is the Water Action Agenda, which is a collection of new and ambitious commitments, initiatives, and actions by governments, the UN system, and stakeholders in support of our world’s lifeblood.”
He continued, “The other outcome will be the summary of the proceedings by the PGA, the president of the General Assembly, to capture the many ideas, recommendations, and solutions that have emerged from the conference. The Water Action Agenda has grown in both size and scope since the conference opened.”
Commitments have been shared throughout both official sessions and side events, with several commitments mobilizing millions, and in a few cases billions, of dollars for water action.
Li noted, “The commitments covered a wide range of actions, from the capacity building to data and the monitoring systems, to improving the resilience of the infrastructures. There are now about 700 commitments in the agenda, in the action agenda. And this is only the beginning.”
The online platform hosting the Water Action Agenda will remain open for submissions and available for all to view through the Conference website.
The UN 2023 Water Conference will conclude this afternoon.
Thousands of participants from around the world have taken part in over 200 sessions held inside the UN, as well as the many more that have been held across New York City and virtually.
20 Heads of State and Government, Vice-Presidents and Vice Prime Ministers; over 120 Ministers; and thousands of other representatives of governments, the UN system, and stakeholders, including young people, civil society, private sector leaders, scientists, and many more, joined the conversations.
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