UNGA79 / MARSHALL ISLANDS

President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine said, “sea-level rise poses a threat to long term ability to remain in our islands.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:02:09
• Production Date: 25 September 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: HILDA C. HEINE
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GENERAL DEBATE; SPEAKERS
• Geographic Subject: MARSHALL ISLANDS
• MAMS Id: 3261557
• Parent Id: 3260302
• Alternate Title: unifeed240925p

Description

STORY: UNGA79 / MARSHALL ISLANDS
TRT: 02:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24, 25 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

24 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

1. Various shots, journalists, United Nations Headquarters with UNGA signage

25 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands:
“Sea-level rise poses a threat to long term ability to remain in our islands, and to our fundamental security as a nation and within our ocean-locked Pacific islands region. But for small island developing states - our stability and legal identity remains fixed, in the future, just as it is now. The Marshall Islands strongly supports the recent Declaration of the Heads of State and Government of the Alliance of Small Island States on Sea-Level Rise and Statehood, and we urge other nations to join us in support.”
4. Wide shot, GA Hall with Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands at the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands:
“As a nuclear-affected state, we seek to work with other affected nations and peoples including in Kiribati, French Polynesia, Australia, Algeria, Kazakhstan, North Korea, in the Xinjiang Province of mainland China, and within the United States. All should realize that the responsibility to fully address the harms resulting from the use, detonation, or testing of nuclear weapons lies, respectively, with the Member States that have done so.”
6. Wide shot, GA Hall with Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands at the podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands:
“This year’s Triennial Conference of Pacific Women, hosted in the Marshall Islands, demonstrated the region’s continued commitment to advancing gender equality with a focus on the health of women and girls, gender-responsive climate justice, and gender-based violence to strengthen and uplift women and girls across the Pacific. It is important in our work going forward that we progress national implementation at scale and builds intersections with UN Women and international system assistance, including as a full region, and with the UN North Pacific Multi-Country Office.”
8. Wide shot, delegates

Storyline

President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine said, “sea-level rise poses a threat to long term ability to remain in our islands.”

Addressing the General Assembly today (25 Sep) Heine said that sea-level rise threatens Marshall Islands’ “fundamental security as a nation and within our ocean-locked Pacific islands region.” She continued, “but for small island developing states - our stability and legal identity remains fixed, in the future, just as it is now. The Marshall Islands strongly supports the recent Declaration of the Heads of State and Government of the Alliance of Small Island States on Sea-Level Rise and Statehood, and we urge other nations to join us in support.”

Heine also said, “as a nuclear-affected state, we seek to work with other affected nations and peoples including in Kiribati, French Polynesia, Australia, Algeria, Kazakhstan, North Korea, in the Xinjiang Province of mainland China, and within the United States. All should realize that the responsibility to fully address the harms resulting from the use, detonation, or testing of nuclear weapons lies, respectively, with the Member States that have done so.”

She concluded, saying, “this year’s Triennial Conference of Pacific Women, hosted in the Marshall Islands, demonstrated the region’s continued commitment to advancing gender equality with a focus on the health of women and girls, gender-responsive climate justice, and gender-based violence to strengthen and uplift women and girls across the Pacific. It is important in our work going forward that we progress national implementation at scale and builds intersections with UN Women and international system assistance, including as a full region, and with the UN North Pacific Multi-Country Office.”