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STORY: G7 / GUTERRES PRESSER
TRT: 3:54
SOURCE: COURTESY OF UK GOVERNMENT
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 11 JUNE 2021, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
1.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
2.SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“It is in the interest of everybody that everybody gets vaccinated, sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, until now, it has been very unequal and very unfair the way the vaccination is taking place in the world, but I'm encouraged by the announcements that were made in the run up for these G7 meeting.”
3.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
4.SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“We need to recognize that we are at war with a virus, a virus that is very dangerous that is causing tremendous suffering and destroying many of the perspectives of progress in the global economy. And to defeat the virus and to be able to boost our weapons against the virus and the most important of those weapons is vaccination. And to boost those weapons we need to act with the logic, with the sense of urgency and with the priorities of a war economy. And we are still far from getting there.”
5.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
6.SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“This global vaccination plan would of course have to deal with questions of intellectual property, questions of licensing, but also with the supply chain to make sure that there's no disruption in the supply chain. Let's not forget that for each vaccine, there are probably more than 100 components, produced in different parts of the world. So, we need really those who hold the power to come together and to organize an effective response to the COVID and the only way to be effective in response to the COVID is guarantee that everybody will be vaccinated, sooner rather than later.”
7.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
8.SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“We are in a situation in the world where the average temperature rise in relation to pre industrial levels is already 1.2 degrees, very close to 1.5 degrees that international scientific community tells us is the limit to avoid the catastrophic developments in the world. So, to a certain extent we are on the verge of the abyss, and when we are on the verge of the abuse, we need to make sure that the next step is on the right direction.”
9.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
10.SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The truth is that developed countries have not yet delivered in relation to the promises that were made in Paris and namely in relation to the mobilisation of 100 billion US dollars of support every year to developing countries. And so one of the things that I believe is very important from the point of view of the G7 and the G7 countries, is to clarify how these 100 billion will materialize. In 2020, it did not happen. It must happen in 2021 and onwards, and this is a very important element to make sure that we have a successful COP 26. And we really need to mobilize the entire world without excuses and without pretext for a true net zero coalition before the middle of the century.”
11.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
12.SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“In the developing world, with droughts and storms, with all kinds of negative impacts people are already suffering in a way that really deserves and needs a strong impact and strong emphasis in supporting them to build resilience of their communities and their societies and it's important that developed countries show a stronger commitment in that regard.”
13.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
14.SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“Net Zero coalition, global coalition for 2050. Response to the requirements of the developing world in relation to finance in line with the commitments made in the Paris Agreement, and a stronger emphasis on adaptation are the three priorities in which I'd like to see the G7 countries fully committed.”
15.Wide shot, reporters seated in press room
“We need to recognize that we are at war with a virus,” the UN chief said on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in UK, calling on "those who hold the power to come together and to organize an effective response to the COVID.”
“The only way to be effective in response to the COVID is guarantee that everybody will be vaccinated, sooner rather than later,” Antonio Guterres said at a virtual press conference on Friday (11 Jun).
“It is in the interest of everybody that everybody gets vaccinated, sooner rather than later,” the Secretary-General said. “Unfortunately, until now, it has been very unequal and very unfair the way the vaccination is taking place in the world, but I'm encouraged by the announcements that were made in the run up for these G7 meeting.”
The announcements include the IMFs USD 50 billion proposal to end the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 as well as the US 500 million vaccines donation pledge.
“We need to recognize that we are at war with a virus, a virus that is very dangerous that is causing tremendous suffering and destroying many of the perspectives of progress in the global economy,” Guterres said. “And to defeat the virus and to be able to boost our weapons against the virus and the most important of those weapons is vaccination. And to boost those weapons we need to act with the logic, with the sense of urgency and with the priorities of a war economy. And we are still far from getting there.”
Apart from COVID-19, another important subject on the G7 Summit agenda is climate change. The Secretary-General said that the average temperature rise in relation to pre industrial levels is already 1.2 degrees, very close to 1.5 degrees that scientists agree is the threshold which would push the world in the irreversible catastrophic plunge.
“To a certain extent we are on the verge of the abyss, and when we are on the verge of the abuse, we need to make sure that the next step is on the right direction,” Guterres said.
He added: “the truth is that developed countries have not yet delivered in relation to the promises that were made in Paris and namely in relation to the mobilisation of 100 billion US dollars of support every year to developing countries. And so, one of the things that I believe is very important from the point of view of the G7 and the G7 countries, is to clarify how these 100 billion will materialize. In 2020, it did not happen. It must happen in 2021 and onwards, and this is a very important element to make sure that we have a successful COP 26. And we really need to mobilize the entire world without excuses and without pretext for a true net zero coalition before the middle of the century.”
Secretary-General summed up his message to the G7: “Net Zero coalition, global coalition for 2050. Response to the requirements of the developing world in relation to finance in line with the commitments made in the Paris Agreement, and a stronger emphasis on adaptation are the three priorities in which I'd like to see the G7 countries fully committed,” Guterres said.
