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STORY: UN / OUR COMMON AGENDA
TRT: 04:27
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
13 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In the eighteen months since the report on Our Common Agenda, we have made important progress. You have been fundamental to that progress. The breakthrough on loss and damage; the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; the Transforming Education Summit, the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection; and the establishment of a UN Youth Office are all significant steps towards the transformations we need. But they are clearly only a beginning. We need to go further and deeper. On climate, on conflict, on inequality, on food insecurity, on nuclear weapons – we are closer to the edge than ever.”
4. Med shot, Guterres
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The present forms of multilateral governance, designed in and for a bygone era, are clearly not adequate to today’s complex, interconnected, rapidly changing and dangerous world. The fragmentation of our global response and the fragmentation of our world are feeding off each other.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“At the outset, I want to stress that Our Common Agenda is aimed at turbocharging the 2030 Agenda and making the Sustainable Development Goals real in the lives of people everywhere.
Because halfway to 2030, we are far off track. We will only make up lost ground by addressing the gaps and challenges that have emerged since 2015 – including gaps in intergovernmental cooperation. The SDG Summit in September will be the centrepiece of our work this year and must mark significant progress. Member States must come with a clear commitment to rescue the SDGs – setting out their national vision for transformation, grounded in concrete plans, benchmarks and commitments.”
8. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“A policy brief on improving the international response to complex global shocks will include proposals to convene and coordinate key players quickly in the event of an emergency, with access to the right data, expertise, resources and capacities. There is no intention to set up new institutions or to infringe on the mandates of existing bodies.”
10. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
11. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Delivering a new social contract means restoring trust in each other and in the facts underpinning our decisions. We need an information ecosystem that is inclusive and safe for all. This brief will further strengthen our focus on how mis- and disinformation are impacting progress on global issues – including the climate crisis.”
12. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
13. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Ce Sommet sera une occasion générationnelle de donner un nouvel élan à l’action mondiale, de réaffirmer nos principes fondamentaux et d’élaborer des cadres multilatéraux adaptés au monde d’aujourd’hui et qui nous permettent d’avancer vers l’avenir que nous voulons.”
[English translation]: “The Summit of the Future will be a generational opportunity to reinvigorate global action, recommit to our fundamental principles, and develop multilateral frameworks that work for today’s world and move us in to the future we want.”
14. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
15. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Des processus et initiatives de négociation, nombreux et complexes, sont en cours cette année. Les processus intergouvernementaux sont exigeants et prennent du temps – mais ils sont essentiels si nous voulons avancer ensemble, unis autour de nos objectifs communs. Cette année doit être celle où nous jetterons les bases d’une coopération mondiale plus efficace, adaptée aux défis d’aujourd’hui ainsi qu’aux nouveaux risques et menaces qui se profilent.»
[English translation]: “There are many complex negotiating processes and initiatives underway this year. Intergovernmental processes are demanding and time-consuming – but they are essential if we are to move forward together, united around our common goals. This must be the year when we lay the foundations for more effective global cooperation that can deal with today’s challenges as well as new risks and threats down the line.”
17. Various shots, General Assembly Hall
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “On climate, on conflict, on inequality, on food insecurity, on nuclear weapons – we are closer to the edge than ever.”
Guterres briefed the General Assembly today (13 Feb) in New York, on “Our Common Agenda” report.
The UN chief said, “In the eighteen months since the report on Our Common Agenda, we have made important progress. You have been fundamental to that progress. The breakthrough on loss and damage; the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; the Transforming Education Summit, the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection; and the establishment of a UN Youth Office are all significant steps towards the transformations we need. But they are clearly only a beginning. We need to go further and deeper.”
Guterres noted, “Today, we are here to start the job of moving the recommendations in Our Common Agenda from ideas to action – from abstract to concrete.”
The Secretary-General continued, “At the outset, I want to stress that Our Common Agenda is aimed at turbocharging the 2030 Agenda and making the Sustainable Development Goals real in the lives of people everywhere.”
He added, “Because halfway to 2030, we are far off track. We will only make up lost ground by addressing the gaps and challenges that have emerged since 2015 – including gaps in intergovernmental cooperation.”
Guterres said that the SDG Summit in September will be “the centrepiece of our work this year” and must mark “significant progress”.
He continued, “Member States must come with a clear commitment to rescue the SDGs – setting out their national vision for transformation, grounded in concrete plans, benchmarks and commitments.”
The Secretary-General said that this year the Secretariat will issue a series of eleven policy briefs. He discussed the Policy Briefs that will be issued in preparation for the “Summit of the Future”.
Guterres said, “A policy brief on improving the international response to complex global shocks will include proposals to convene and coordinate key players quickly in the event of an emergency, with access to the right data, expertise, resources and capacities.”
He explained that there is no intention to set up new institutions or “to infringe on the mandates of existing bodies”.
Guterres continued, “This brief will propose guidelines to mobilize a coherent global response through an Emergency Platform.”
The UN chief also announced a brief on information integrity, “Delivering a new social contract means restoring trust in each other and in the facts underpinning our decisions. We need an information ecosystem that is inclusive and safe for all. This brief will further strengthen our focus on how mis- and disinformation are impacting progress on global issues – including the climate crisis.”
He highlighted that the Summit of the Future will be “a generational opportunity to reinvigorate global action, recommit to our fundamental principles, and develop multilateral frameworks that work for today’s world and move us in to the future we want.”
Guterres said, “There are many complex negotiating processes and initiatives underway this year. Intergovernmental processes are demanding and time-consuming – but they are essential if we are to move forward together, united around our common goals.”
“This must be the year when we lay the foundations for more effective global cooperation that can deal with today’s challenges as well as new risks and threats down the line,” concluded the UN chief.
His report “Our Common Agenda” was launched on 10 September 2021, responding to a request from the General Assembly in its UN75 declaration.
