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STORY: UN / PGA ELECTION CAMEROON
TRT: 03:30
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 JUNE 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Tilt up, UN Headquarters
06 JUNE 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. Med shot, General Assembly President Elect Philémon Yang
4. Wide shot, Cameroon delegation
5. UPSOUND (English) Dennis Francis, President, General Assembly:
“Taking into account the provisions of paragraph 16 of decision 34/401, I therefore declare His Excellency Philémon Yang of Cameroon, elected by acclamation as President of the General Assembly at its 79th session.”
6. Wide shot, Cameroon delegation applauding
7. Wide shot, Yang at the GA rostrum
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Philémon Yang, President Elect, General Assembly:
“Our era is characterized, unfortunately, by blatant inequalities, selfishness, competition for power and diverse interests alongside powerful centrifugal forces which threaten the cohesion and solidarity of humanity. Geopolitical and geostrategic tensions continue to fuel distrust among states. And I intensify an unstoppable arms race - including in space, an exponential increase in military budgets, the sophistication of military doctrines and rules of engagement on the ground, including the possibility of threat of the use of nuclear weapons, are the frightening realities of the world in which we live today.”
9. Wide shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Philémon Yang, President Elect, General Assembly:
“The General Assembly is the most appropriate forum where Member States and all their diversity are called upon to express in freedom, their concerns, their proposals, their opportunities; in other words, the challenges and the hopes of the various nations of the world. And thus, the General Assembly is the highest Chamber of representation for deliberations where all states can debate, not fight.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Philémon Yang, President Elect, General Assembly:
“Beyond our differences and our diversity, we should act together to promote peace, ensure that there's no war, preventing disasters in a spirit of unity. Let's act for sustainable development, shared prosperity, harmony with nature, an environment where abundant resources could be ensured be consumed with moderation and wisdom.”
13. Med shot, delegates
14. Wide shot, Cameroon delegation applauding
15. Wide shot, Yang walks up to microphone
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Philémon Yang, President Elect, General Assembly:
“I am convinced that through dialogue through consensus talking together and looking to the future all together, we can solve problems.”
17. Wide shot, Yang walks away
The General Assembly today (6 Jun) elected by acclamation Philemon Yang, former Prime Minister of Cameroon, President for its seventy-ninth session which gets underway in September.
President-elect Yang also served as the Chairperson of the Panel of Eminent Africans of the African Union (AU).
In his acceptance speech, Yang said, “our era is characterized, unfortunately, by blatant inequalities, selfishness, competition for power and diverse interests alongside powerful centrifugal forces which threaten the cohesion and solidarity of humanity. Geopolitical and geostrategic tensions continue to fuel distrust among states. And I intensify an unstoppable arms race - including in space, an exponential increase in military budgets, the sophistication of military doctrines and rules of engagement on the ground, including the possibility of threat of the use of nuclear weapons, are the frightening realities of the world in which we live today.”
Yang remarked that the General Assembly “is the most appropriate forum where Member States and all their diversity are called upon to express in freedom, their concerns, their proposals, their opportunities.”
In other words, he said, “the challenges and the hopes of the various nations of the world. And thus, the General Assembly is the highest Chamber of representation for deliberations where all states can debate, not fight.”
The President Elect said, “beyond our differences and our diversity, we should act together to promote peace, ensure that there's no war, preventing disasters in a spirit of unity. Let's act for sustainable development, shared prosperity, harmony with nature, an environment where abundant resources could be ensured be consumed with moderation and wisdom.”
At an informal dialogue with Assembly members in May, then candidate Yang, highlighted his theme for the 79th session as “unity in diversity.”
Speaking to journalists following the elections, he said, “I am convinced that through dialogue, through consensus, talking together and looking to the future together, we can solve problems.”
The 79th session of the General Assembly will convene on 10 September, with the body’s high-level general debate starting on 24 September 2024.