GA / BAN RE-APPOINMENT

The UN General Assembly today agreed to appoint Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:14
• Production Date: 21 June 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; ELECTIONS
• MAMS Id: U110621a

Description

STORY: GA / BAN APPOINMENT
TRT: 3:14
SOURCE: UNESCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 21 JUNE 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT - UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters

21 JUNE 2011, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY

2. Pan left, General Assembly Hall
3. Cutaway, Mrs Ban Soon-taek
4. Med shot, General Assembly President Joseph Deiss prompting the vote
5. Various shots, General Assembly voting by acclamation
6. Various shots, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arriving at podium
7. Cutaway, UN senior officials
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Joseph Deiss, President, General Assembly:
“Since your assumption of office, you have been active in many areas. In a complex, difficult international environment, you have strengthened the role and visibility of the United Nations by adopting reform measures; launching exciting, innovative initiatives; and calling faithfully and constantly for respect for human rights, the rule of law and other values rooted in our Charter.”
9. Cutaway, Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro and other senior UN officials
10. Wide shot, US Ambassador Susan Rice approaches podium
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations:
“No one understands the burdens of this role better than he and my Government is grateful that he is willing to continue to take them on. For the past four and half years, the Secretary-General has navigated turbulent waters with a steady hand. We have all benefited from the wisdom and experience he has amassed over the course of a long, distinguished and selfless career of public service.”
12. Cutaway, delegation from the Republic of Korea
13. Various shots, Secretary-General taking oath
14. Cutaway, audience clapping
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
As never before, the UN is on the front lines protecting people and helping build the peace in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia; in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. We have stood firm for democracy, justice and human rights in Cote d’Ivoire, North Africa and beyond.”
16. Wide shot, Secretary-General talking
17. SOUNDBITE (French) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“As in the past, I count on your support and even deeper partnership. By acting decisively to renew my mandate, you have given the gift of time, time to carry on the important work that, together, we have begun.”
18. Various shots, end of speech

Storyline

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly today (21 June) agreed to appoint Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization.

Under the resolution, which was adopted by acclamation, Ban’s second term will run from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Following the re-appointment, General Assembly President Joseph Deiss praised Ban for leadership of the world body.

“In a complex, difficult international environment, you have strengthened the role and the visibility of the United Nations by adopting reform measures; launching exciting, innovative initiatives; and calling faithfully and constantly for respect for human rights, the rule of law and the other values rooted in our Charter,” Deiss told the Assembly.

Also addressing the General Assembly and representing the host country, Ambassador Susan Rice of the United States said “we have all benefited from the wisdom and experience he has amassed over the course of a long, distinguished and selfless career of public service.”

Ban took the oath of office, placing his hand on the original UN Charter and promising to discharge his functions in the interests of the entire UN and to not seek or accept instructions from any government.

He told the Assembly that he counts on the Member States’ “support and even deeper partnership.”

The Secretary-General also cited the UN’s peacekeeping efforts in conflicts and crises around the world, the creation of the agency known as UN Women, and the UN’s response to major humanitarian disasters in Haiti, Pakistan and Myanmar.

Today’s decision follows a recommendation last week by members of the Security Council that Ban, the eighth person to serve as UN chief, be re-appointed. He has been in office since January 2007.