UNGA79 / SWEDEN

Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden said, “Sweden's NATO membership gives us a new crucial platform to defend the fundamental values of our foreign and security policy.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:39
• Production Date: 26 September 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GENERAL DEBATE; SPEAKERS
• Geographic Subject: SWEDEN
• MAMS Id: 3262747
• Parent Id: 3261486
• Alternate Title: unifeed240926r

Description

STORY: UNGA79 / SWEDEN
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
2. Wide shot, Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden:
"We are gathered while we are witnessing an unprecedented number of armed conflicts, from Ukraine to Sudan, the Eastern bureaucratic Republic of Congo and Gaza. We are gathered while we are failing at our collective goal of maintaining international peace and security, of saving future generations from the horrors of war and from the disastrous consequences of underdevelopment and climate change.”
4. Wide shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden:
“Sweden's NATO membership gives us a new crucial platform to defend the fundamental values of our foreign and security policy. We will apply the same principal approach in NATO as we do in the UN, the EU, the OC and the Council of Europe. In other words, we will continue to defend international law, democracy, individual freedoms, human rights and gender equality.”
6. Wide shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden:
“More than 10 million people have been displaced, which roughly corresponds to the entire population of my own country, Safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and all agencies, fire, and negotiations, showing return to civilians, their first job is among the countries, receiving the most humanitarian support from Sweden this year.”
8. Wide shot, Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden leaves the podium

Storyline

Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden said, “Sweden's NATO membership gives us a new crucial platform to defend the fundamental values of our foreign and security policy.”

Addressing the General Assembly High-Level Debate in New York today (26 Sep) Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden said, “we are gathered while we are witnessing an unprecedented number of armed conflicts, from Ukraine to Sudan, the Eastern bureaucratic Republic of Congo and Gaza. We are gathered while we are failing at our collective goal of maintaining international peace and security, of saving future generations from the horrors of war and from the disastrous consequences of underdevelopment and climate change.”

She also said, “we will apply the same principal approach in NATO as we do in the UN, the EU, the OC and the Council of Europe. In other words, we will continue to defend international law, democracy, individual freedoms, human rights and gender equality.”

Addressing the situation in Sudan, Stenergard said, “More than 10 million people have been displaced, which roughly corresponds to the entire population of my own country, Safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and all agencies, fire, and negotiations, showing return to civilians, their first job is among the countries, receiving the most humanitarian support from Sweden this year.”