GA / KERRY PALESTINIAN AID

US Secretary of State John Kerry told a special meeting on the sidelines of the general debate, that if Israel makes peace with Palestine, “it and the countries around it that take part in that will be the richest countries in the region and the world” as “there will be an enormous economic benefit that will flow from peace with 19 Arab countries that haven’t made peace and 35 Muslim countries.” UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:12
• Production Date: 25 September 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; PALESTINE; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: U130925a

Description

STORY: GA / KERRY PALESTINIAN AID
TRT: 3.12
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

23 SEPTEMBER 2013 – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Tilt down, exterior United Nations headquarters

25 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, conference room
3. Wide shot, dais
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“I welcome the government of Israel’s decision to allow 350 trucks per week of construction materials into Gaza for private sector use. A sustainable recovery also depends on restoring the Gaza Strip’s ability to trade externally. Ultimately real and lasting progress can only be realized through the implementation of Security Council resolution 1860 in all its elements, building on a full calm and the lifting of the remaining closures.”
5. Zoom in, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States:
“If the economy begins to move, if people begin to invest, if people demonstrate an investment in the future, we begin to send a message of change and a message of possibilities and of hope. Foreign Minister Abdullah of the Emirates said the other day at the Arab League meeting in Paris, he said, if Israel makes peace, it and the countries around it that take part in that will be the richest countries in the region and the world, because there will be an enormous economic benefit that will flow from peace with 19 Arab countries that haven’t made peace and 35 Muslim countries. That’s what’s at stake here.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States:
“If we can galvanize private sector investment, experts say that we can dramatically grow the Palestinian GDP, we can cut unemployment from somewhere in the range of 21 percent down to maybe 8 or so percent over a short period of time. And we can increase the median wages within three years. The team is focused on eight sectors of the Palestinian economy, whether construction, light manufacturing, energy, telecom, and we have found enormous opportunities.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States:
“There is no question on my mind that we can make peace, none, but it will require everybody to support both leaders and the courageous decisions they are going to have to make. And not just to be there for that launch, but to be there everyday afterwards in order to deliver to both peoples the full measure of their expectations and hopes and their aspirations for making peace. 72 percent of the people in Israel support a two-state solution. Are there people who don’t? obviously, if they are only 72 percent. Are there people who want to stop this? On both sides, but the world has an enormous investment in this process.”
11. Wide shot, conference room

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a special meeting held today (25 September) on the sidelines of the general debate that he welcomed Israel’s decision to allow an increase in the flow of construction materials into Gaza for private sector use.

The Secretary-General, addressing a meeting of Palestinian donors at the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee said a sustainable recovery in Gaza depends on restoring its ability to trade externally.”

US Secretary of State John Kerry, at the same meeting, said that if Israel makes peace with Palestine, “it and the countries around it that take part in that will be the richest countries in the region and the world” as “there will be an enormous economic benefit that will flow from peace with 19 Arab countries that haven’t made peace and 35 Muslim countries.”

Kerry said that “if we can galvanize private sector investment, experts say that we can dramatically grow the Palestinian GDP, we can cut unemployment from somewhere in the range of 21 percent down to maybe 8 or so percent over a short period of time.”

He said median wages can increase within three years and highlighted opportunities on eight sectors of the Palestinian economy, including construction, light manufacturing, energy, telecom, and tourism.

The Secretary of State said there was no question on his mind that peace can be achieved, “but it will require everybody to support both leaders and the courageous decisions they are going to have to make.”

He noted that 72 percent of the people in Israel support a two-state solution, and although there is opposition on both sides, “the world has an enormous investment in this process.”

The meeting centred on helping revive Palestine's economy within the context of the recently restarted peace process.

Other participants included the High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, Israel’s Minister of Strategic Planning, Yuval Steinitz, and Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.