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STORY: GA / HUNGARY NOVAK
TRT: 01:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
1. Med shot, exterior, General Assembly sign, UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, Katalin Éva Novák walking to podium, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Katalin Éva Novák, President, Hungary:
“A large part of the world is facing, in addition to war, a difficulty that is oppressing it from within. In Europe and in many of your countries, the demographic winter has turned into an ice age.”
4. Wide shot, Hungarian president at podium,General Assembly Hall
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Katalin Éva Novák, President, Hungary:
“Elon Musk may be right when he says that demographic decline is a more serious problem than the climate crisis. Little attention is paid to the real and irreversible change of the world. If there is no child, there will be no future. What is the point of looking after the Earth if we don't have children and grandchildren to pass it on to?”
6. Med shot, Hungarian delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Katalin Éva Novák, President, Hungary:
“We emphasize that there are one hundred and fifty thousand Hungarians living in Ukraine, in Transcarpathia, who share every hardship and struggle, sacrifice and success. This war also directly affects us Hungarians. It is not just in our neighborhood. Hungarian fathers and sons living in Ukraine are also giving their lives in the trenches. Thus, we want peace. In our country, in Ukraine, in Europe, in the world. Peace and the security that comes with it.”
8. Med shot, Hungarian delegates
Katalin Éva Novák, President of Hungary, said, “A large part of the world is facing, in addition to war, a difficulty that is oppressing it from within. In Europe and in many of your countries, the demographic winter has turned into an ice age.”
Addressing the General Assembly today (19 Sep), Novák said that if unaddressed, the worldwide decline in birthrates will have an immeasurable impact on our economies, societies, and security in the near future.
She continued, “Elon Musk may be right when he says that demographic decline is a more serious problem than the climate crisis. Little attention is paid to the real and irreversible change of the world. If there is no child, there will be no future. What is the point of looking after the Earth if we don't have children and grandchildren to pass it on to?”
According to Novák, Hungarians see the solution to the demographic crisis in strengthening and supporting families.
Regarding the war in Ukraine, she emphasized that there are 150,000 Hungarians living in Transcarpathia.
She concluded, “This war also directly affects us Hungarians. It is not just in our neighborhood. Hungarian fathers and sons living in Ukraine are also giving their lives in the trenches. Thus, we want peace. In our country, in Ukraine, in Europe, in the world. Peace and the security that comes with it.”
