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STORY: NICE / UNOC3 GUTERRES PRESSER
TRT: 04:21
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09- 10 JUNE 2025, NICE, FRANCE
10 JUNE 2025, NICE, FRANCE
1. Wide shot, conference venue
2. Various shots, UN Secretary-General, journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“When we poison the ocean, we poison ourselves.”
4. Wide shot, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“There’s a tipping point approaching – beyond which recovery may become impossible. And let us be clear: Powerful interests are pushing us towards that brink. We are facing a hard battle against a clear enemy. Its name is greed. Greed that sows doubt, denies science, distorts truth, rewards corruption, and destroys life for profit. We cannot let greed dictate the fate of our planet.”
6. Zoom in, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We must transform how we harvest the ocean’s bounty. It is not about fishing, but about how we fish. Sustainable fishing is not a choice – it is our only option.”
8. Med shot, journalist filming
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have a moral duty to ensure future generations inherit oceans swarming with life.”
10. Wide shot, press room
11.SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The fight against climate change must extend to the seas. For decades, the ocean has been absorbing carbon emissions and taking the heat of a warming planet. That comes at great cost. As we prepare for COP30 in Brazil, countries must present ambitious national climate action plans.”
12. Zoom in, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We must implement the recent Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. This Agreement is a historic step towards protecting vast areas of our ocean. I congratulate the 134 countries that have signed and the 49 that have ratified the Agreement – including 18 new signatures and 18 ratifications yesterday alone. The entry into force is within our sight and I call on all remaining nations to join them swiftly.”
14. Med shot, journalist
15. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
" The ocean has given us so much. It is time we returned the favor.”
16. Wide shot, press room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We are two years from the BBNJ, and we have already, as of today, 49 ratifications, with 15 commitments to do it soon, which believes that we'll, in the next few months, we'll reach the entry into force. That is a record, to a little bit more than two years.”
18. Wide shot, press room
19. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I see a momentum and an enthusiasm that it was difficult to find in the past. And the way this meeting was attended, not only by countries, but by the civil society, by the business community, by indigenous communities, represented more than the double than what came to the Lisbon conference that I attended two years ago. The very strong commitment made by countries in relation to enlarge the protection areas. All these show a momentum that to be honest I had never witnessed in conferences of this type. "
18. Wide shot, press room
09 JUNE 2025, NICE, FRANCE
19. Wide shot, BBNJ family photos before Special Treaty Event
UN chief said, “The ocean has given us so much. It is time we returned the favor.”
Addressing the press today (10 Jun) at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. “When we poison the ocean, we poison ourselves.”
He also stated, “There’s a tipping point approaching – beyond which recovery may become impossible. And let us be clear: Powerful interests are pushing us towards that brink. We are facing a hard battle against a clear enemy. Its name is greed. Greed that sows doubt, denies science, distorts truth, rewards corruption, and destroys life for profit. We cannot let greed dictate the fate of our planet.”
He said, “We must transform how we harvest the ocean’s bounty. It is not about fishing, but about how we fish. Sustainable fishing is not a choice – it is our only option.”
He stated, “We have a moral duty to ensure future generations inherit oceans swarming with life.”
He added, “The fight against climate change must extend to the seas. For decades, the ocean has been absorbing carbon emissions and taking the heat of a warming planet. That comes at great cost. As we prepare for COP30 in Brazil, countries must present ambitious national climate action plans.”
He also said, “We must implement the recent Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. This Agreement is a historic step towards protecting vast areas of our ocean. I congratulate the 134 countries that have signed and the 49 that have ratified the Agreement – including 18 new signatures and 18 ratifications yesterday alone. The entry into force is within our sight and I call on all remaining nations to join them swiftly.”
Answering a question, he said, “We are two years from the BBNJ, and we have already, as of today, 49 ratifications, with 15 commitments to do it soon, which believes that we'll, in the next few months, we'll reach the entry into force. That is a record, to a little bit more than two years.”
He continued, “I see a momentum and an enthusiasm that it was difficult to find in the past. And the way this meeting was attended, not only by countries, but by the civil society, by the business community, by indigenous communities, represented more than the double than what came to the Lisbon conference that I attended two years ago. The very strong commitment made by countries in relation to enlarge the protection areas. All these show a momentum that to be honest I had never witnessed in conferences of this type. "
