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STORY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA / GUTERRES PRESSER
TRT: 2:05
SOURCE: UNITED NATIONS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 SEPTEMBER 2025, PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
1. Various shots, Prime Minister and UN Secretary-General giving their remarks
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I am honoured to be the first UN Secretary-General to visit Papua New Guinea — and to join you in celebrating fifty years of Papua New Guinean independence and democracy.”
3. Various shots, Guterres at the press encounter
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“As the UN Climate Conference approaches in Brazil, the world must move faster to keep the 1.5 degrees limit alive. This means an immediate turning point leading to a drastic reduction in emissions that can no longer wait. The countries of the G20 have a particular responsibility as they are responsible for 80 per cent of climate pollution. Simultaneously, developed countries must follow through on their commitments on climate finance, with a special emphasis on doubling adaptation finance to allow countries and communities to build resilience. The loss and damage fund must also mobilize a very meaningful volume of resources, including through innovative sources of finance.”
5. Wide shot, Prime Minister and Guterres giving their remarks
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I reiterate my strong appeal for the reform of the international financial architecture that must reflect the world of today with a much larger participation of developing countries in its institutions and their decision-making process. This is a basic condition for them to better serve countries like yours. This includes real action on debt relief; tripling the lending capacity of multilateral development banks; and the mobilization of private capital at scale to the service of developing countries.”
7. Various shots, press encounter
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters that Papua New Guinea has long led the charge for climate justice, as the UN Climate Conference approaches in Brazil, “the world must move faster to keep the 1.5 degrees limit alive” and also to produce a credible path to achieve the $1.3 trillion dollar objective decided in Baku during the last Climate Conference.
During a press conference today (02 Sep) with Prime Minister James Marape, the Secretary-General said he was honoured to be the first UN Secretary-General to visit Papua New Guinea and to join in celebrating fifty years of the country’s independence.
For the past five decades, he said, Papua New Guineans have taken on a profound task: to weave their breathtaking diversity into one people, and one country that leaves no one behind, Guterres noted.
He also reiterated his “strong appeal” for the reform of the international financial architecture that “must reflect the world of today with a much larger participation of developing countries in its institutions and their decision-making process.”
“This is a basic condition for them to better serve countries like yours. This includes real action on debt relief; tripling the lending capacity of multilateral development banks; and the mobilization of private capital at scale to the service of developing countries,” Guterres added.
Tomorrow, the Secretary-General will address a special session of the Parliament to mark the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence.
