UNGA79 / SOUTH AFRICA

South African President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa said, “the violence the Palestinian people are being subjected to is a grim continuation of more than half a century of apartheid.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:02:07
• Production Date: 24 September 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MATAMELA C. RAMAPHOSA
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GENERAL DEBATE; SPEAKERS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 3259789
• Parent Id: 3258493
• Alternate Title: unifeed240924p

Description

STORY: UNGA79 / SOUTH AFRICA
TRT: 02:07
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

1. Various shots, journalists, United Nations Headquarters with UNGA signage
2. Wide shot, Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, President, Republic of South Africa walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, President, Republic of South Africa:
“The violence the Palestinian people are being subjected to is a grim continuation of more
than half a century of apartheid. We South Africans know what apartheid looks like.
We lived through apartheid. We suffered and died under it. We will not remain silent and watch as apartheid is perpetrated against others.”
4. Wide shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, President, Republic of South Africa:
“Our moral conscience further demands that we exert every effort to bring peace to the
Democratic Republic of Congo, to Sudan, to Yemen, to Ukraine and to the troubled Sahel
region. We must realize the aspirations of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination. Achieving and maintaining peace and security requires the collective will of the community of nations. It requires that the UN Security Council is representative and inclusive. Seventy--eight years since its formation, the structure of the UN Security Council remains largely unchanged. Africa and its 1,4 billion people remain excluded from its key decision-making structures.”
6. Wide shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English)
“In 2025 South Africa will assume the presidency of the G20. We will use this important role to advocate for the peoples of Africa and for all the global South.”
8. Various shots, delegates, Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, President, Republic of South Africa leaves the podium

Storyline

South African President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa said, “the violence the Palestinian people are being subjected to is a grim continuation of more than half a century of apartheid.”

Addressing General Assembly today (24 Sep) Ramaphosa said, “we South Africans know what apartheid looks like. We lived through it. We suffered and died under it. We will not remain silent and watch as apartheid is perpetrated against others. Through the United Nations and the instruments it wields, we must end this suffering.”

He also said, “Our moral conscience further demands that we exert every effort to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Sudan, to Yemen, to Ukraine and to the troubled Sahel region. We must realize the aspirations of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination. Achieving and maintaining peace and security requires the collective will of the community of nations. It requires that the UN Security Council is representative and inclusive. Seventy--eight years since its formation, the structure of the UN Security Council remains largely unchanged. Africa and its 1,4 billion people remain excluded from its key decision-making structures.”

He concluded, “In 2025 South Africa will assume the presidency of the G20. We will use this important role to advocate for the peoples of Africa and for all the global South.”