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STORY: G7 / GUTERRES PRESSER
TRT: 2:37
SOURCE: UNIC TOKYO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 MAY 2023, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
1. Med shot, G7 presser room
2. Wide shot, Guterres in the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“My message to G7 leaders is clear: while the economic picture is uncertain everywhere, rich countries cannot ignore the fact that more than half the world – the vast majority of countries – are suffering through a deep financial crisis.”
4. Wide shot, Guterres in the podium
5. Close up, journalist takes notes
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“There is a systemic and unjust bias in global economic and financial frameworks in favour of rich countries, which is naturally generating great frustration in the developing world. Access to COVID-19 vaccines was deeply unfair. The recovery has been extremely unbalanced.”
7. Wide shot, Guterres in the podium
8. Med shot, journalists filming the presser
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“It’s time to reform both the Security Council and the Bretton Woods institutions. This is essentially a question of redistributing power in line with the realities of today’s world.”
10. Med shot, journalists raising their hands to ask questions
11. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Climate action is working but not enough and we are clearly off track to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. The Acceleration Agenda I proposed aims to make up for lost time. It calls for all G7 countries to reach net-zero as close as possible to 2040, and for emerging economies to do so as close as possible to 2050.”
12. Close up, G7 2023 logo
13. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Hiroshima is a global symbol of the tragic consequences when nations fail to work together and settle their differences peacefully. In our multipolar world, as geopolitical divisions grow, no country or group of countries can stand by as billions of people struggle with the basics of food, water, education, healthcare, and jobs. Here in Hiroshima, it’s time to demonstrate global leadership and global solidarity.”
14. Pan right, Guterres leaves the room
At the end of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, the UN Secretary-General said his message to world leaders is “clear”, noting that “while the economic picture is uncertain everywhere, rich countries cannot ignore the fact that more than half the world – the vast majority of countries – are suffering through a deep financial crisis.”
The G7, which consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, together with the European Union, is meeting in the city where the first atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, a place which Secretary-General António Guterres described, as a “testament to the human spirit”.
Speaking to journalists on Sunday (21 May), Guterres said that “there is a systemic and unjust bias in global economic and financial frameworks in favour of rich countries, which is naturally generating great frustration in the developing world.”
The UN Chief also argued that “access to COVID-19 vaccines was deeply unfair” and “the recovery has been extremely unbalanced.”
Guterres added, “It’s time to reform both the Security Council and the Bretton Woods institutions. This is essentially a question of redistributing power in line with the realities of today’s world.”
The Secretary-General also spoke about climate change, saying that “climate action is working but not enough and we are clearly off track to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.”
“The Acceleration Agenda I proposed aims to make up for lost time. It calls for all G7 countries to reach net-zero as close as possible to 2040, and for emerging economies to do so as close as possible to 2050,” added Guterres.
Addressing the history of the city that hosted the meeting, the UN chief called Hiroshima “a global symbol of the tragic consequences when nations fail to work together and settle their differences peacefully.”
The Secretary-General concluded, “In our multipolar world, as geopolitical divisions grow, no country or group of countries can stand by as billions of people struggle with the basics of food, water, education, healthcare, and jobs. Here in Hiroshima, it’s time to demonstrate global leadership and global solidarity.”
