GENEVA / DISASTER RISK REDUCTION WRAP

Speaking at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Tuesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the international community must "risk proof" development because disasters are taking a heavy toll on rich and poor countries as well as outpacing their ability to respond. CH UNTV / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:37
• Production Date: 10 May 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF
• MAMS Id: U110510a

Description

STORY: GENEVA / DISASTER RISK REDUCTION WRAP
TRT: 2.37
SOURCE: CHUNTV / UNICEF / UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 10 MAY 2011, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, CICG
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The world's vulnerability to disaster risks is growing faster than our ability to increase resilience. As a result of global climate change, weather-related hazards are on the rise. Nuclear safety and the threat of multiple hazards add an even greater sense of urgency. I know that making the case for investments in risk reduction can be an uphill struggle, particularly in tough economic times. But we also know that solutions may be more a matter of spending wisely, not spending more.”
4. Wide shot, conference room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Building local capacities, effective early warning systems, proper land use planning, good building design, a focus on the needs of women; even small investments in building, planning and training can yield remarkable results.”
6. Pan left, delegates
7. Wide shot, Ban’s arrival to press room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Normally the United Nations tries to raise awareness of the importance of this and tries to encourage governments and government leaders make good policies, but it is after all local leaders, mayors and provisional governors, they have to carry out and implement all this nationally agreed safety codes and building designs and reassessing the safety standards all the time.”
9. Wide shot, press room

FILE - UNICEF - 18 JUNE 2010, TALCAHUANO, CHILE

10. Med shot, collapsed building
11. Zoom out, collapsed building
12. Various shots, collapsed building
13. Pan right, from highway to collapsed building

FILE – UNHCR - 10 AUGUST 2010, SUKKUR DISTRICT, SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN

14. Wide shot, aerial view from helicopter o bottles of water being dropped to stranded people
15. Zoom in, stranded people in house seen from helicopter
16. Wide shot, men walking through water
17. Wide shot, mosque in the flooded water

Storyline

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (10 May) called for accelerated efforts to strengthen the capacity to withstand disasters across the world, saying the destruction wrought by such events can be avoided or mitigated by enhancing resilience through technology and other measures aimed at boosting preparedness.

Ban told the Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, which opened today, that the world's vulnerability to disaster risks is “growing faster than our ability to increase resilience.”

He said that as a result of global climate change, "weather-related hazards are on the rise” and “nuclear safety and the threat of multiple hazards add an even greater sense of urgency.”

The Secretary-General called for the broadening of the coalition of national and local leaders promoting disaster risk reduction across the world.

He stressed the need to build local capacities, as well as effective early warning systems, proper land use planning, good building design and a focus on the needs of women, noting that “even small investments in building, planning and training can yield remarkable results.”

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was established in 2007 as a biennial forum for information exchange and partnership building across sectors to improve implementation of disasters risk reduction strategies through better communication and coordination among stakeholders.

At a later press conference, Ban told reporters that local leaders, “have to carry out and implement all this nationally agreed safety codes and building designs and reassessing the safety standards all the time.”

The theme of this year’s forum is “Invest today for a safer tomorrow: Increase investment in local action.” More than 2,500 representatives from governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society and the private sector are attending the forum.