RIO +20 / CLINTON

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates today at Rio +20 that this was a time to be "pragmatic but also optimistic" and that the future was "not guaranteed" because of the depletion of our natural resources. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:23
• Production Date: 22 June 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION; WATER; LAND; PLANTS; SOIL RESOURCES; WILDLIFE
• MAMS Id: U120622d

Description

STORY: RIO+ 20 / CLINTON
TRT:2.23
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 JUNE 2012, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Rio+20 venue
2. Wide shot, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton walks to podium
3. Med shot, conference officials
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
"This is a time for us to be pragmatic but also optimistic. A more prosperous future is within our reach. A future where all people benefit from sustainable development no matter who they are or where they live. But let's be honest, we know what is possible, we know what we could do but we also know the that future is not guaranteed. Because the resources that we all depend upon, fresh water, thriving oceans, arable land, a stable climate are under increasing pressure."
5. Cutaway, Angolan delegation
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
"In the 21st century the only viable development is sustainable development. The only way to deliver lasting progress for everyone is by preserving our resources and protecting our common environment."
7. Cutaway, plenary meeting
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States:
"And while I am very pleased that this years outcome document endorses sexual end reproductive health and universal access to family planning to reach our goals and sustainable development, we also have to ensure women's reproductive rights. Women must be empowered to make decisions about whether and when to have children and the United States will continue (long applause) to work to ensure that those rights are respected in international agreements."
9. Cutaway, conference officials
10. Wide shot, Clinton leaving room

Storyline

United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates at Rio +20 that this was a time to be "pragmatic but also optimistic."

Addressing delegates on the final day (22 June) of the conference on sustainable development in Brazil, she said the future was not gauranteed because all of our natural resources were under increasing pressure.

Clinton said the only viable development in the 21st century was sustainable development and that lasting progress would only be achieved by “protecting our common environment."

She noted that she was "very pleased" that this year's outcome document endorsed sexual and reproductive health and universal access to family planning.

But stressed the importance of women’s empowerment make their own decision about "whether and when" to have children and emphasized that US would continue to work to ensure that those rights were respected in international agreements.

More than 40,000 people – including heads of State and government, parliamentarians, mayors, UN officials, business and civil society leaders – are attending Rio+20, which ends on Friday. It seeks to shape new policies to promote global prosperity, reduce poverty and advance social equity and environmental protection.