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STORY: UN / SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE GLOBAL CALL
TRT: 02:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Member states are now in the final stages of negotiating the three agreements to be adopted at the Summit of the Future. The Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations. My appeal is for you to push hard for the deepest reforms and most meaningful actions possible. We need maximum ambition during these final days of negotiation because the challenges we face are moving much faster than our ability to solve them.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
3. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our institutions cannot keep up because they are designed for another era and another world. The Security Council is stuck in a time warp. The international financial architecture is outdated and ineffective, and we are simply not equipped to take on a wide range of emerging issues. 21st century challenges require 21st century problem solving institutions.”
5. Multiple screens, President of Namibia Nangolo Mbumba speaking
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nangolo Mbumba, President, Namibia:
“Today we stand at a crossroads in history. The challenges we face, from climate change to global inequality, from geopolitical tensions to the need for urgent implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development require rigorous collective commitment. The future of the United Nations hinges on our ability to act as a more inclusive, effective and innovative platform. And readjust our strategy and strengthen our global institutions for addressing the pressing challenges of our time.”
7. Multiple screens, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor, Germany:
“Any effective international order needs to reflect the world's multipolarity. Countries in Asia, Africa and the Americas have growing populations and economies. Hundreds of millions of people globally have lifted themselves out of poverty and joined the global middle class. They have every right to the same level of prosperity, participation, and global influence that citizens in Europe and North America enjoy. So, I deeply believe there is no global order without fair representation and participation.”
9. Multiple screens, Germany speaking
Days before world leaders gather in New York for the Summit of the Future, Secretary-General António Guterres today (12 Sep) urged countries to “push hard for the deepest reforms and most meaningful actions possible” as “the challenges we face are moving much faster than our ability to solve them.”
Member States are in the final negotiations for the three agreements to be adopted at the Summit - the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations.
Guterres said, “our institutions cannot keep up because they are designed for another era and another world. The Security Council is stuck in a time warp. The international financial architecture is outdated and ineffective, and we are simply not equipped to take on a wide range of emerging issues. 21st century challenges require 21st century problem solving institutions.”
The Secretary-General added that the Summit of the Future is an opportunity for far-reaching agreements on international collaboration for a safer, more sustainable, and more equitable world.
Aso speaking during the opening segment of the Global call on the Summit of the Future, the President of Namibia Nangolo Mbumba, said, “today we stand at a crossroads in history. The challenges we face, from climate change to global inequality, from geopolitical tensions to the need for urgent implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development require rigorous collective commitment. The future of the United Nations hinges on our ability to act as a more inclusive, effective and innovative platform. And readjust our strategy and strengthen our global institutions for addressing the pressing challenges of our time.”
For his part, Germany’s Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said, “any effective international order needs to reflect the world's multipolarity. Countries in Asia, Africa and the Americas have growing populations and economies. Hundreds of millions of people globally have lifted themselves out of poverty and joined the global middle class. They have every right to the same level of prosperity, participation, and global influence that citizens in Europe and North America enjoy. So, I deeply believe there is no global order without fair representation and participation.”
The Global call on the Summit of the Future was organized by Namibia and by Germany, who are the co-facilitators of the inter-governmental negotiations on the Pact for the Future.
