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STORY: SEVILLA / FFD4 ADVANCER
TRT: 6:03
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICITONS: PLEASE CHECK THE SHOTLIST FOR DETAILS
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 JUNE 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – 10 TO 18 APRIL 2024, DOMINICA
1. Various shots, coastline
2. Close up, bird
3. Med shot, waterfall
FILE - PLEASE CREDIT IFAD ON SCREEN - 10 SEPTEMBER 2024, KYRGYZSTAN
4. Aerial shot, footage of Zhaichy cooperative land, Kyrgyzstan
5. Various drone shots of landscape of Issyk-Kul region
17 JUNE 2025, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief, Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch, UN Department of Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
“How do we make the world a better place? A better future is one where no one lives in poverty, every child can go to school, and every person can receive the healthcare they need. It is a future where all people are safe from conflict and climate disaster.”
FILE - WORLD BANK - MOZAMBIQUE
7. Various shots, groceries in the local market
FILE – PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN - 21-23 APRIL 2022, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA
8. Close up, female scientist, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
9. Med shot, female researcher, MARDI
FILE - PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN - 12 DECEMBER 2023, ORDU, TÜRKIYE
10. Wide shot, woman handling bee hives
11. Wide shot, woman selling fish
12. Med shot, woman selling vegetables
13. Med shot, woman selling dried fruits
14. Med shot, woman selling honey
17 JUNE 2025, NEW YORK CITY
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief, Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch, UN Department of Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
“How do we finance a better future? A better future takes effective financing. This includes funding for hospitals, medicine, clean water, schools, teachers, and the vital services and infrastructure needed to ensure a fair and dignified life for all. That’s why we need to leverage all sources of financing: public and private, national and international. To make the world a better place, invest in our future.”
[Spanish Transcription]
“¿Cómo financiamos un futuro mejor? Un futuro mejor requiere financiamiento efectivo. Esto incluye fondos para hospitales, medicinas, agua limpia, escuelas, maestros y los servicios e infraestructuras vitales para asegurar una vida justa y digna para todos. Por eso necesitamos aprovechar todas las fuentes de financiamiento: públicas y privadas, nacionales e internacionales. Para hacer del mundo un lugar mejor, invierte en nuestro futuro.”
PLEASE CREDIT UNFPA ON SCREEN - 07-09 APRIL 2025, OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE FACILITIES, SINNAR HOSPITAL, SINNAR, SUDAN
15. Various shots, solar panels installation
FILE - PLEASE CREDIT WMO ON SCREEN - QUELIMANE, ZAMBEZIA PROVINCE, MOZAMBIQUE
16. Various shots, a technical expert at the Quelimane office of Mozambique's National Meteorological Institute, the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INAM), performs routine data collection at a meteorological monitoring station
FILE – UNDRR - 14 JUNE 2024, DODOMA, TANZANIA
17. Various shots, weather early warning situation room in operational setup
17 JUNE 2025, NEW YORK CITY
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief, Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch, UN Department of Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
“Every $1 spent on girls' education gives around $3 return, driving billions in economic growth through a more educated labour force; Every $1 invested in water and sanitation returns 4 times that amount in reduced health care costs; Every $1 invested in disaster risk reduction can save $15 in post-disaster recovery.”
[Spanish Transcription]
“Cada $1 invertido en la educación de las niñas genera alrededor de $3 en retorno, impulsando miles de millones en crecimiento económico gracias a una fuerza laboral más educada. Cada $1 invertido en agua y saneamiento devuelve 4 veces esa cantidad en costos reducidos de atención médica. Cada $1 invertido en la reducción del riesgo de desastres puede ahorrar $15 en recuperación post desastre.”
FILE – PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN - KAPIT, SARAWAK STATE, MALAYSIA
21.Various shots, school children working on a technological project
FILE – PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN - SOUTH AFRICA
22. Wide shot, teacher using a projector linked to his laptop, the class answers a question
23. Wide shot, a group of children working on tablets
24. Close up, a child’s face as she works on a tablet
25. Med shot, a child with a disability is interacting with a screen
26. Close up, the screen that the child is interacting with
FILE – PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN - 6 NOVEMBER 2024, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
27. Various shots, 2nd grade schoolgirls learning the alphabet and counting
17 JUNE 2025, NEW YORK CITY
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief, Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch, UN Department of Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
“How do we pay for this? Boost public funding — by helping countries collect taxes fairly, reduce illicit financial flows and spend with impact. Make development banks stronger — because their ability to offer targeted and transformative finance is a powerful tool of development finance. Create incentives to attract private investment in sustainable development, fairly sharing risks and benefits.”
FILE – WORLD BANK - BOLIVIA
29. Ariel shot, electronic transmission
FILE - WORLD BANK - SENEGAL
30. Various shots, port
FILE – WORLD BANK - BRAZIL
31. Wide shot, Brazil street scene
FILE – WORLD BANK – CHINA
32. Various shots, urban development, and transport in China
17 JUNE 2025, NEW YORK CITY
33. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief, Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch, UN Department of Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
“How can we help countries that have excessive debt and can’t invest in their own futures? Three billion people live in countries where governments spend more on debt interest payments than on health and education combined. Lowering the cost of borrowing will reduce debt service and free up investment in the SDGs. And when countries need to restructure their debt, we need a debt architecture that enables timely, orderly, effective and fair restructurings for those that need it most."
[Spanish Translation]
“¿Cómo ayudar a países sobre endeudados que no pueden invertir en su propio futuro? 3 mil millones de personas viven en países donde los gobiernos pagan más en intereses de la deuda que en salud y educación. Reducir el costo de endeudamiento disminuirá el servicio de la deuda y liberará inversión para el desarrollo sostenible. Cuando países necesiten reestructurar su deuda, necesitamos una arquitectura de deuda que permita soluciones oportunas, ordenadas, efectivas y justas para quienes más lo necesitan.”
FILE – 14 APRIL 2024, NEAR ROSEAU DOMINICA
34. Various shots, sperm whale
FILE – 10 TO 18 APRIL 2024, DOMINICA
35. Various shots, natural shots
17 JUNE 2025, NEW YORK CITY
36. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, Chief, Strategic Engagement and Policy Integration Branch, UN Department of Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
“What is our common purpose? Healthier people, stronger communities, and economies that work for everyone. People living with dignity, empowered to have hope both in their present and their future. This conference in Sevilla is the start of our journey to better finance our future. Together we can deliver for people, planet and prosperity.”
[Spanish Translation]
“¿Cuál es nuestro propósito común? Personas más saludables, comunidades más fuertes y economías que funcionen para todos. Personas que viven con dignidad, empoderadas para tener esperanza tanto en su presente como en su futuro. Esta conferencia en Sevilla es el comienzo de nuestro camino para financiar mejor nuestro futuro. Juntos podemos entregar resultados para las personas, el planeta y la prosperidad común.”
FILE – 14 APRIL 2024, NEAR ROSEAU DOMINICA
37. Various shots, sperm whale
FILE – 10 TO 18 APRIL 2024, DOMINICA
38. Various shots, natural shots
39. Med shot, children on a boat
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), to take place in Sevilla, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025, will bring together world leaders to advance solutions to financing challenges threatening the achievement of sustainable development. Governments, international organizations, financial institutions, businesses and civil society will come together to commit to financing our future through a renewed global framework for financing for development.
Ahead of the Conference, Mariangela Parra-Lancourt, a UN Economist explained, “A better future takes effective financing. This includes funding for hospitals, medicine, clean water, schools, teachers, and the vital services and infrastructure needed to ensure a fair and dignified life for all.”
“That’s why we need to leverage all sources of financing: public and private, national and international. To make the world a better place, invest in our future,” Parra-Lancourt said.
Financing is the fuel for a better life for all, the UN Economist emphasized, highlighting that “every $1 spent on girls' education gives around $3 return, driving billions in economic growth through a more educated labour force; Every $1 invested in water and sanitation returns 4 times that amount in reduced health care costs; Every $1 invested in disaster risk reduction can save $15 in post-disaster recovery.”
Explaining the ways to pay it, Parra-Lancourt said, “Boost public funding — by helping countries collect taxes fairly, reduce illicit financial flows and spend with impact.”
“Make development banks stronger — because their ability to offer targeted and transformative finance is a powerful tool of development finance. Create incentives to attract private investment in sustainable development, fairly sharing risks and benefits,” she added.
On how to help countries that have excessive debt and can’t invest in their own futures, the UN Economist said, “three billion people live in countries where governments spend more on debt interest payments than on health and education combined. Lowering the cost of borrowing will reduce debt service and free up investment in the SDGs. And when countries need to restructure their debt, we need a debt architecture that enables timely, orderly, effective and fair restructurings for those that need it most.”
“Healthier people, stronger communities, and economies that work for everyone,” is our common purpose, Parra-Lancourt said, adding that it also means “people living with dignity, empowered to have hope both in their present and their future.”
“This conference in Sevilla is the start of our journey to better finance our future. Together we can deliver for people, planet and prosperity,” the UN Economist said.
The Conference in Sevilla is expected to adopt the Compromiso de Sevilla, an intergovernmentally negotiated outcome, which was approved for adoption by consensus at the Fourth Preparatory Committee Meeting for FFD4 on 17 June.
The Conference will mark the beginning of implementation of the outcome document, signaling a new phase of collective action on financing for development. Coalitions of countries and diverse stakeholders will announce ambitious commitments and concrete solutions under the Sevilla Platform for Action that will boost the renewed financing framework and setting out a turning point from dialogue to delivery.
