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STORY: BUSAN / INC-5 PLASTIC POLLUTION OPENING
TRT: 2:06
SOURCE: UNEP/ INC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / KOREAN
DATELINE: 25 NOVEMBER 2024, BUSAN CITY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1. Arial shot, Busan city
2. Arial shot, Busan Exhibition and Convention Center exterior
3. Various shots, Busan Exhibition and Convention Center exterior
4. Wide shot, interior, people going through security, entering the conference center.
5. Wide shot, pan left, opening plenary
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“An agreement that addresses the life cycle of plastics – tackling single-use and short-lived plastics, waste management and measures to phase out plastic and promote alternative materials; That provides concrete solutions for all countries to access technologies and improve land and marine environments; And that leaves no one behind – including some of the most vulnerable people, such as waste pickers.”
7. Various shots, opening plenary
8. Wide shot, panel includes (from left to right) UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen; Cho Hong-sik, Ambassador for Climate and the Environment Republic of Korea; INC Chair, Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso; INC Executive Secretary, Jyoti Mathur-Filipp
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Vayas Valdivieso, INC Chair:
“This conference is about far more than drafting a treaty. It’s about humanity racing to meet an existential challenge.”
10. Various shots, opening Plenary
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme:
“Not a single person wants chemical-laced plastic particles in their bloodstreams, organs or their unborn babies.”
12. Wide shot, opening plenary
13. SOUNDBITE (Korean with English subtitles) Yoon Suk-Yeol, President, Republic of Korea:
“The waste we have accumulated in our oceans and rivers now jeopardizes the lives of future generations.”
14. Wide shot, opening plenary
15. SOUNDBITE (English) - Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, INC Executive Secretary.
“The success of these negotiations will directly shape the world we live in, now and in the future.”
16. Various shots, Anti-plastic protest outside of the convention center.
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on plastic pollution has commenced today (25 Nov) in Busan, Republic of Korea. This pivotal meeting aims to finalize an international legally binding instrument addressing plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
Speaking at the open plenary, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “An agreement that addresses the life cycle of plastics – tackling single-use and short-lived plastics, waste management and measures to phase out plastic and promote alternative materials; That provides concrete solutions for all countries to access technologies and improve land and marine environments; And that leaves no one behind – including some of the most vulnerable people, such as waste pickers.”
Luis Vayas Valdivieso, INC Chair said, “This conference is about far more than drafting a treaty. It’s about humanity racing to meet an existential challenge.”
For her part, Inger Andersen, Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said, “Not a single person wants chemical-laced plastic particles in their bloodstreams, organs or their unborn babies.”
Host country President Yoon Suk-Yeol said, “The waste we have accumulated in our oceans and rivers now jeopardizes the lives of future generations.”
For her part, Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, INC Executive Secretary, said, “The success of these negotiations will directly shape the world we live in, now and in the future.”
