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STORY: UN / GA COVID-19 FRANCE
TRT: 01:27
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 DECEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
03 DECEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, General Assembly dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
“France proposes a donation mechanism so that a portion of the first doses of vaccines available are used to vaccinate priority groups in developing countries. These doses, whether they come from Europe, China, Russia or the United States, whether they are the fruit of donations from States or 2 2 pharmaceutical companies, would thus be allocated effectively and fairly, on the basis of WHO recommendations.”
4. Med shot, French delegate
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Macron, President, France:
“Beyond health issues, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a major humanitarian impact. It has increased poverty and inequalities. According to the United Nations, 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance in 2021. The number of people in need of food aid has never been so high. In this respect, I commend the essential action of all the United Nations agencies and programmes and their staff who work every day alongside the most vulnerable people on the planet, at times risking their lives. I would also like to recall that it is more crucial than ever to ensure humanitarian workers’ access to the people they are seeking to help.”
6. Wide shot, GA
French President Emmanuel Macron today (3 Dec) proposed a donation mechanism so that “a portion of the first doses of vaccines available are used to vaccinate priority groups in developing countries.”
In a video message to a General Assembly high-level meeting on COVID-19, Macron said, these vaccines, “whether they come from Europe, China, Russia or the United States, whether they are the fruit of donations from States or pharmaceutical companies, would thus be allocated effectively and fairly, on the basis of WHO recommendations.”
The French President said the COVID-19 pandemic “has had a major humanitarian impact” as it has “increased poverty and inequalities.”
According to the United Nations, 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance in 2021.
The General Assembly is hosting the special session in response to the COVID‑19 pandemic at the level of Heads of State and Government on 3 and 4 December.
