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STORY: UN / NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 24 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
24 MARCH 2011, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, participants including Actor Michael Douglas, GA President Joseph Deiss, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and High Representative for Disarmament Sergio Duarte
3. Tilt down, tower of 1, 024,820 petitions for the elimination of nuclear weapons
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“As Japan and Japanese people continue to grapple with the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the international community must take stock of its nuclear emergency response framework. I am consulting with all my senior advisors on the implications of this unfolding event. I am also looking forward to the summit meeting on nuclear safety in Kiev next month.”
5. Med shot, Michael Douglas
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Together we can rid the world of nuclear weapons and answer the call of these Hibakushas who survived a nuclear attack and dedicated themselves to making sure no one else would ever suffer the same fate.”
7. Tilt up, statue of Saint Agnes, found near the site of the nuclear explosion in Nagasaki
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Douglas, Actor and United Nations Messenger of Peace:
“The Japanese people have a history of rebuilding their country from both natural and man-made disasters. Another tragedy befell the citizenry of Japan, occurred in August 1945 when two atomic bombs, one devastating Hiroshima, the other Nagasaki, killed hundreds of thousands instantly and has left a lifetime of scars for those who survived the blasts.”
9. Tilt down, petition book
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Douglas, Actor and United Nations Messenger of Peace:
“The people that signed these petitions are sending a clear and unambiguous message that cities do not accept being held hostage by nuclear weapons.”
11. Zoom out, Secretary-General signs petition book and shakes hands with Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors
A one-million signature petition from cities around the world demanding the abolition of nuclear weapons went on exhibition at United Nations Headquarters in New York today during a ceremony attended by Japanese survivors of the first and only use of the devastating bombs.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told those present that as Japan confronted the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, “the international community must take stock of its nuclear emergency response framework”, and said that he was looking forward to a summit meeting on nuclear safety to take place in Kiev next month.
Addressing three ‘hibakusha,’ as atomic bomb survivors are called, including one he met on a visit to Hiroshima last year, he said that “together we can rid the world of nuclear weapons” and make sure “no one else would ever suffer the same fate.”
Award-winning actor and UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas drew a parallel between the current crisis in Japan and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki tragedy sixty-five years ago, and said that the Japanese people “have a history of rebuilding their country from both natural and man-made disasters.”
He stressed that “the people that signed these petitions are sending a clear and unambiguous message that cities do not accept being held hostage by nuclear weapons.”
Organized by Mayors for Peace, which was founded in 1982 by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities laid waste by atomic bombs in 1945, and now counts 4,540 cities in 150 countries, the exhibition underscores the goal of transcending national borders to fight for nuclear disarmament.
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