UN / KING CARL XVI GUSTAF

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mrs. Ban today and toured UN headquarters which is currently undergoing renovations. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:31
• Production Date: 21 October 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
• Geographic Subject: SWEDEN
• MAMS Id: U111021e

Description

STORY: UN / KING CARL XVI GUSTAF
TRT: 1.31
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS

DATELINE: 21 OCTOBER 2011, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

RECENT

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations headquarters
2. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Mrs. Ban Soon-tek, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden
3. Zoom out, Ban and Gustaf to the two couples
4. SOUND UP (English) Michael Adlerstein, Assistant-Secretary-General and Executive-Director, Captial Master Plan, United Nations:
“We’re going toward the chambers now.”
5. Zoom out, Adlerstein explaining ongoing renovations at headquarters
6. Pan left, gutted Security Council
7. Med shot, Ban and Gustaf walking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“All Scandanavian donations, such generous support, the UN might not even exist.”
9. Pan left, New York city skyline through window to group
10. Various shots, King Gustaf and Queen Silvia meeting GA president Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

Storyline

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mrs. Ban today and toured United Nations (UN) headquarters which is currently undergoing renovations.

While touring the various chambers, the Secretary-General thanked Their Majesties and the Swedish government for their “generous support.”

The UN headquarters complex in New York was constructed from 1949-1952. The landmark building is seen all over the world as a symbol of the United Nations itself, and it is a rare example of the international style architecture of the 1950s.

The Capital Master Plan (CMP) is a five-year, (USD)$1.87 billion renovation project to bring the UN compound into the 21st century and should result in a safer, more modern, and more energy-efficient complex.