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STORY: UNEP / US SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN VISIT
TRT: 03:04
SOURCE: UNEP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 NOVEMBER 2021, NAIROBI, KENYA
1. Wide shot, flags which line the entrance to the UN Compound
2. Close up, USA flag against a blue sky
3. Wide shot, UNEP sign built from plants
4. Wide shot, delegation arriving in various vehicles with country flags behind
5. Wide shot, US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, arriving, exiting his vehicle and greeting UN staff
6. Med shot, Blinken greeted by Un official
7. Wide shot, UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen greeting Blinken
8. Wide shot, Andersen and Blinken walking along corridor
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State, United States:
“Today, we are stepping up and stepping up our efforts to tackle another pollutant that threatens our planet. Plastic. By announcing the United States support from multilateral negotiations on a global agreement to combat ocean plastic pollution. By launching these negotiations at the UN Environmental Assembly in February 2022, our goal is to create a tool that we can use to protect our oceans and all the life that they sustain from growing global harms of plastic pollution.”
10. Wide shot, Blinken and Andersen next to UNEP sign
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
“Secretary Blinken, your presence here today is hugely important. Your being here demonstrates
that the United States wants to be part of multilateral solutions that will keep the environmental
action up and running. We at UNEP have long benefited from a strong partnership with the U.S. on
environmental law. On reducing pollution. On promoting green economy. On scientific leadership for
the environment. And most recently, of course, in Glasgow on methane emissions. On reducing
pollution. On promoting green economy. On scientific leadership for the environment. And most
recently, of course, in Glasgow on methane emissions.”
12. Med shot, Blinken and Andersen walk away
13. Various shots, Blinken and Andersen walking together
14. Med shot, Blinken and Andersen look at a sculpture made from recycled flip flops called “Abby the Albatross” and Inger Andersen explains the sculpture's connection to the FlipFlopi project
15. Close up, Abby the Albatross
16. Med shot, Blinken and Andersen look at impact of plastic pollution on birdlife, showing plastic fragments that had been ingested by an albatross
17. Close up, plastic fragments
18. Med shot, exhibiter Tayba Hatimy from Baus Taka leading interactive discussion of Baus Taka’s work
19. Close up, plastic fragments
20. Med shot, Nzambi Matee from Gjenge Makers and participates in discussion
21. Close up, plastic bricks Nzambi Matee’s company produces.
22. Various shots, Blinken and Andersen walking together
23. Med shot, Blinken and Andersen say farewell
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken today (18 Nov) visited the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi and announced the US will join talks on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution.
The Secretary of State toured the UN complex in Nairobi in the company of UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen.
Blinken said, “today, we are stepping up and stepping up our efforts to tackle another pollutant that threatens our planet. Plastic. By announcing the United States support from multilateral negotiations on a global agreement to combat ocean plastic pollution. By launching these negotiations at the UN Environmental Assembly in February 2022, our goal is to create a tool that we can use to protect our oceans and all the life that they sustain from growing global harms of plastic pollution.”
For her part, Andersen said, “Secretary Blinken, your presence here today is hugely important. Your being here demonstrates that the United States wants to be part of multilateral solutions that will keep the environmental action up and running. We at UNEP have long benefited from a strong partnership with the US on environmental law. On reducing pollution. On promoting green economy. On scientific leadership for the environment. And most recently, of course, in Glasgow on methane emissions. On reducing pollution. On promoting green economy. On scientific leadership for the environment. And most recently, of course, in Glasgow on methane emissions.”
Blinken and Andersen participated in interactive discussions with Kenyan entrepreneurs working on eliminating and recycling plastic waste.
The US is the world’s largest producer of plastic waste per capita and the only industrialized nation not a part of the 2018 Basel Convention on waste.
