UNESCO / PALESTINE FLAG

The Palestinian flag was raised at UNESCO's Headquarters today to mark the admission of Palestine to the Organization. UNESCO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:19
• Production Date: 13 December 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; FINE ARTS; LITERATURE; MUSIC
• MAMS Id: U111213a

Description

STORY: UNESCO / PALESTINE FLAG
TRT: 2.19
SOURCE: UNESCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13 DECEMBER 2011, PARIS, FRANCE

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
2. Med shot, arrival of the Palestinian Delegation
3. Wide shot, Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority Photo-op
4. Various shots, Palestinian flag raising ceremony
5. Wide shot, Bokova and Abbas walking in hallway at UNESCO HQ
6. Various shots, President Abbas signs the Official Guest Book
7. Various shots, Bokova and Abbas walk into auditorium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Irina Bokova, Director-General, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
“Culture, education, the sciences and communication must be bridges not pretext for division. This is what I would call the promise of multilaeralism, collective action is more powerful when it crosses borders. This is why I dream of joint protection of world heritage by Israel and Palestine. I dream of joint educational text books on teh history of shared ties to the land where Israel is and Palestinians live.”
9.Wide shot, applaud
10. Various shots, Abbas approaches microphone
11.Cutaway, appaluse
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority:
“Today we are new members of UNESCO and we sinceraly hope that we will be able have in the future one independent state in which we will be able to live side by side with Israel in a spirit of peace.”
13. Wide shot, applause
14. Wide shot, Bokova and Abbas on stage

Storyline

The Palestinian flag was raised for the first time at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today (13 Dec) as the UN agency marked Palestine’s admission as a full member.

Senior UNESCO officials and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attended the ceremony, which followed the decision of the agency’s General Conference on 31 October to admit Palestine as UNESCO 195th member.

In remarks welcoming Palestine to the agency, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova noted that culture, education, the sciences and communication must be bridges and “not pretext for division”.

Bokova said she dreamnt of joint protection of world heritage by Israel and Palestine. In his address Mahmoud Abbas said “I hope that we will be able have in the future one independent state in which we will be able to live side by side with Israel in a spirit of peace.”

Palestinian membership took effect on 23 November after Palestine signed and accepted the agency’s constitution in London. UNESCO thus became the first UN agency to admit Palestine as a full member.