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CHINA / BELT AND ROAD FORUM GUTERRES
STORY: CHINA / BELT AND ROAD FORUM GUTERRES
TRT: 1:31
SOURCE: BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE FORUM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 OCTOBER 2023, BEIJING, CHINA
1. Various shots, conference hall
2. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Together, with the contributions of the Belt and Road Initiative, we can turn the infrastructure emergency into an infrastructure opportunity, supercharge the implementation of the sustainable development goals, and deliver hope and progress for billions of people and the planet we share.”
3. Close up, flags
4. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The relevance of the Belt and Road Initiative is undeniable. It has included nearly $1 trillion in cumulative investments across more than 3,000 projects around the world.”
5. Wide shot, conference hall
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“But developing countries will need massive support for a fair, equitable and just energy transition towards renewables while providing affordable electricity to all. Belt and Road investments can help drive this progress, and support developing economies as they make the shift from planet-killing energy sources towards clean, renewable energy. We all agree that development cannot come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the biodiversity that defines our planet’s health.”
7. Various shots, conference hall
Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Together, with the contributions of the Belt and Road Initiative, we can turn the infrastructure emergency into an infrastructure opportunity, supercharge the implementation of the sustainable development goals, and deliver hope and progress for billions of people and the planet we share.”
The UN chief spoke at 3rd belt & road forum for international co-operation 2023 today (18 Oct) in Beijing.
He said that this third Belt and Road Forum recognizes a central truth. Without infrastructure –including “info-structure”– there can be no development. And without development support, many developing countries will be starved of the infrastructure they desperately need.
Guterres reiterated that the world must find and fund ways to generate economic growth, create decent jobs, transform energy systems, and advance sustainable solutions for the 21st century.
Infrastructure is a crucial pathway, he highlighted.
The UN chief listed two areas of action.
First is advancing economic sustainability in developing countries.
He said that many developing countries are confronting dramatic financial challenges, drowning in debt and without fiscal space to implement the sustainable development goals. It is time to make the global financial architecture truly global and fit for the 21st century.
Guterres said, “The relevance of the Belt and Road Initiative is undeniable. It has included nearly $1 trillion in cumulative investments across more than 3,000 projects around the world.”
The second key area for action is by advancing environmental sustainability.
Guterres reiterated, “developing countries will need massive support for a fair, equitable and just energy transition towards renewables while providing affordable electricity to all.”
He added, “Belt and Road investments can help drive this progress, and support developing economies as they make the shift from planet-killing energy sources towards clean, renewable energy.”
He concluded, “We all agree that development cannot come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the biodiversity that defines our planet’s health.”
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