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STORY: SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE / ACTION DAY YOUTH CLOSING
TRT: 3:00
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
1. Various shots, United Nations Headquarters
2. Wide shot, Economic and Social Council Chamber
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“So when we look at the financial architecture that was designed, and I'm going to underscore it here by a few men a few years ago, today, we're redesigning it with a few more women, and it has to be inclusive, responsive and fit for purpose, and that's what we need in order to have the fuel for the SDGs, for the technology, for everything that you've agreed to this afternoon.”
4. Med shot, Mohammed talking to youth rapporteurs
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We need to give equal respect and space to indigenous solutions in the lives that we have today, they will not be sustainable if we don't.”
6. Various shots, Economic and Social Council Chamber
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Youth Rapporteurs from Chile:
“First of all, let's seek to establish consultative mechanisms working with young people, so allowing all of us to participate in equal conditions, in particular persons with disabilities and women with disabilities. We need to be seen. We shouldn't go unnoticed. We shouldn't be left behind. Let's also try and establish good practices like Generation Equality, the UN Trust Fund for Ending Violence Against Women and Girls. And lastly, we need to establish mechanisms that bolster accountability for gender, because when we come to these spaces, our speeches sound great, but when it comes to putting things into practice, we need to be the leaders of the future. So why not give us the tools so that we can become those leaders?”
8. Wide shot, Economic and Social Council Chamber
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Youth Rapporteurs from Saudi Arabia:
“Long term thinking is essential. By leveraging science, data, statistics and strategic foresight, Member States can ensure governance structures that are both adaptable and forward looking in line with Article 35. These tools provide a roadmap for creating policies that are resilient to the uncertainties of the future. Finally, we must urgently reform the international financial architecture. This includes establishing a sovereign debt workout mechanism and embracing metrics beyond GDP. Financial Systems should prioritize the people, not just the profit, and pave the way for equitable global development.”
10. Various shots, Economic and Social Council Chamber
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Aryan Sanghrajka, Youth Rapporteurs:
“We must ensure that young refugees move beyond education and into decent work, access to quality education, training, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities through programs like the Youth on the Move fellowship has the potential to change lives. By supporting young refugees out of education and into work and ensuring they have the means to access them, We can also rescue our current trajectory to achieve the SDGs by 2030.”
12. Wide shot, Economic and Social Council Chamber
Closing the first day of the Action Day, youth rapporteurs discussed the main recommendations and actions with the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Sharing her recommendations, a youth rapporteur from Chile said, “let's seek to establish consultative mechanisms working with young people, so allowing all of us to participate in equal conditions, in particular persons with disabilities and women with disabilities.”
She continued, “We need to be seen. We shouldn't go unnoticed. We shouldn't be left behind.”
The Chilian youth rapporteur also said, “we need to establish mechanisms that bolster accountability for gender, because when we come to these spaces, our speeches sound great, but when it comes to putting things into practice, we need to be the leaders of the future. So why not give us the tools so that we can become those leaders?”
For her part, a youth rapporteur from Saudi Arabia said, “Long term thinking is essential,” adding that “by leveraging science, data, statistics and strategic foresight, Member States can ensure governance structures that are both adaptable and forward looking in line with Article 35.”
She continued, “These tools provide a roadmap for creating policies that are resilient to the uncertainties of the future.”
“We must urgently reform the international financial architecture,” the Saudi Arabian youth rapporteur added, “this includes establishing a sovereign debt workout mechanism and embracing metrics beyond GDP. Financial Systems should prioritize the people, not just the profit, and pave the way for equitable global development.”
Aryan Sanghrajka is a youth rapporteur focusing on humanitarian actors. He said, “We must ensure that young refugees move beyond education and into decent work, access to quality education, training, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities through programs like the Youth on the Move fellowship has the potential to change lives.”
He added, “By supporting young refugees out of education and into work and ensuring they have the means to access them, We can also rescue our current trajectory to achieve the SDGs by 2030.”
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed welcomed all the recommendations from the youth rapporteurs.
On the financial, she said, “today, we're redesigning it with a few more women, and it has to be inclusive, responsive and fit for purpose, and that's what we need in order to have the fuel for the SDGs, for the technology, for everything that you've agreed to this afternoon.”
The Deputy Secretary-General also highlighted the need to “give equal respect and space to indigenous solutions in the lives that we have today.”
“They will not be sustainable if we don't,” she said.
The Actions Days will continue on Saturday (21 Sep), the Days will focus on multistakeholder partnership and action – paving a way towards a next chapter of multilateralism that is more inclusive and networked.
The Summit of the Future will kick off on Sunday (22 Sep) in the United Nations General Assembly Hall.
