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GA / HUMAN TRAFFICKING WRAP
STORY: GA / HUMAN TRAFFICKING WRAP
TRT: 3.31
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 12, 13 MAY 2009, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
13 MAY 2009, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Trusteeship Council
3. Zoom out, audience
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Some liken human trafficking to modern-day slavery, and call for a new abolitionist movement. In days of old, there was an underground railroad. Today, we want traffickers to see an oncoming train; strong laws; broad alliances; concerted action and zero tolerance.”
5. Med shot, audience
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“We will achieve nothing without uniting and speaking out. We will achieve nothing by offering fine rhetoric not matched by deeds. Moral outrage is all-too-easy. Real action takes real commitment. I do not doubt our commitment here today, but let us not be under any illusions. Our humanity and our effectiveness as an organization will be measured by results.”
7. Wide shot, conference dais
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC):
“We have done a lot of work in the past few months, and much, much more needs to be done. For example, I stated – and this is a remarkable fact – that one country out of three at the United Nations has not yet ratified the protocol to do something about human trafficking.”
9. Wide shot, conference dais
12 MAY 2009, NEW YORK CITY
10. Med shot, Welcome to Gulu books on display
11. Pan left, Welcome to Gulu books on display
12. Tracking shot, Nicolas Cage arrival
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicolas Cage, actor:
“The trafficking in human beings is a multi-billon-dollar-a-year business. Its profits are second only to drugs and arms, and most of its victims are women and children. Child soldiering and the abduction of girls, two of the most heinous forms of human trafficking should have no place in the twenty-first century, and I am among the group of artists supporting the United Nations efforts to bring an end to these and other forms of modern day slavery.”
14. Tilt down, paintings
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“It is vital that we shine a harsh light on the terrible trade in humans. I recently reported to the Security Council on the extent of this problem. I listed parties that are recruiting children to fight in conflict and abusing girls as sexual slaves. We called this, name and shame. I urged the Security Council to take action against those guilty of these atrocities.”
16. Zoom out, woman looking at paintings
17. Med shot, Antonio Maria Costa appointing Ross Bleckner as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
18. Wide shot, painting exhibition
19. Tilt down, cocktail reception on the terrace of the Secretariat Building
Addressing the General Assembly’s thematic debate on human trafficking, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today (13 May) that some “liken human trafficking to modern-day slavery, and call for a new abolitionist movement”.
The Secretary-General stated that “we want traffickers to see an oncoming train” and highlighted the need for “strong laws; broad alliances; concerted action and zero tolerance.”
Ban underscored the need for collective action to criminalize human trafficking, prevent victimization by teaching people about their rights, reduce demand, end impunity and protect the victims.
He said that nothing will be achieved “without uniting and speaking out” nor by “offering fine rhetoric not matched by deeds”, and stressed that “real action takes real commitment”.
At a press conference following the meeting, Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said that “much, much more needs to be done” and pointed to the fact that “one country out of three at the United Nations has not yet ratified the protocol to do something about human trafficking”.
At a star-studded event at UN Headquarters last night to mark the naming of American artist Ross Bleckner as a UN Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, Ban urged the Security Council to take action against perpetrators he has “named and shamed” for recruiting children to fight in conflicts and abducting girls as sex slaves.
Ban was introduced by Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Cage who called child soldiering and the abduction of girls” two of the most heinous forms of human trafficking” which should “have no place in the twenty-first century”.
200 paintings created by 25 former child soldiers and abducted girls were on display. The show entitled “Welcome to Gulu” was curated by Bleckner on behalf of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Criminal Court’s Trust Fund for Victims.
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