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STORY: UN / BAN KI-MOON WRAP
TRT: 2.33
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 16 MARCH 2010, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior North Lawn UN building
16 MARCH 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, The Secretary-General at the dais
3. Wide shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Five years from the agreed target date of 2015, we stand at a crossroads. Many countries have achieved remarkable progress. But many others are struggling. The challenge is still immense. The financial and economic crisis, the food crisis, climate change and natural disasters threaten to reverse hard-won gains. The Summit is an opportunity to keep our promise to billions, yes, billions, of poor and vulnerable people.”
5. Wide shot, delegates
6. Wide shot, Secretary-General arrives at press conference
7. Med shot, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Our purpose is to move towards the MDG summit in September with a clear and simple message. We can do this. Despite hard economic times, despite lagging progress on any fronts, we can still achieve the Millennium Development Goals by our target date of 2015.”
9. Med shot, journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“We do not need new pledges if nations deliver on the financial commitments they have already made we can achieve the goals. That is why this morning I told member states that it is time to push the pace.”
11. Wide shot, dais
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“We are in a race against time. And now it’s the time for the international community to stand by Haiti. The last thing that Haitian people need is a second humanitarian crisis on top of all they have suffered already.”
13. Wide shot, audience
14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“We condemn the government of Israel’s plan for 1,600 new housing units in Jerusalem. As I have said before, I say again directly and without equivocation; settlements are illegal under international law.”
15. Wide shot, dais
With five years to go before the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today (16 March) that progress has been uneven and without an accelerated action plan several Goals are likely to be missed in many countries.
Speaking to the General Assembly, the Secretary-General said that “we stand at a crossroads”, and despite some remarkable gains, “the challenge is still immense.”
He added that the multiple crises of the past two years coupled with natural disasters “threaten to reverse hard-won gains.”
In September, a high-level summit will be held on the MDGs, just prior to the start of the General Assembly’s annual General Debate bringing world leaders together in New York.
Ban said that the summit will offer an opportunity “to keep our promise to billions, yes, billions of poor and vulnerable people.”
At a later press conference, he told reporters that “we can do this” by the target date, and stressed that “we do not need new pledges if nations deliver on the financial commitments they have already made” and noted that he told the General Assembly “it is time to push the pace.”
The eight MDGs – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
The Secretary-General launched a new report today, entitled "Keeping the Promise" in which he unveils a new plan of action and highlights a number of countries that have made significant progress on the goals.
Turning to other matters, Ban warned that with the upcoming rainy season, Haiti is facing a renewed humanitarian crisis. He said that “we are in a race against time” and called on the international community “to stand by Haiti” and mobilize resources towards providing safer shelter to internally displaced people (IDPs).
The Secretary-General had stern words towards Israel, condemning the government’s plan for 1,600 new housing units in Jerusalem. He said “directly and without equivocation” that “settlements are illegal under international law.”
The so-called Quartet on the Middle East – comprised of Russia, the UN, the United States and the European Union is meeting in Moscow on 17 March and will discuss the settlements issue.
