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STORY: GENEVA / DISASTER RISK REDUCTION NUCLEAR
TRT: 2:12
SOURCE: UNTV GENEVA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE 10 MAY 2011, GENEVA SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, arrival of Ban Ki-moon at Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
2. Med shot, Ban approaches podium, shaking hands
3. Tilt up, name plate to Ban Ki-moon
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The tragedy at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has raised disturbing questions about the future of nuclear energy and fuelled public fears. Men and women around the world are asking: Are we really doing all well and what we can to safeguard the world’s people in the case of nuclear accidents? Recent events suggest that there are large gaps in how societies and the international system think and act about breaches to nuclear safety.”
5. Cut a way, delegate on ipad
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“I’m going to convene a high level meeting at ministerial level and above, summit level will be welcome, on September 22nd in New York at the General Assembly on nuclear safety and security. I will present a UN system-wide study on the implications of the accident at Fukushima and build on my five point plan. This study will look at the emerging nexus between natural disasters and nuclear safety.”
7. Cut a way, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Nuclear technology has enormous potential to improve human well-being, enhance medical services, improve agricultural production and promote sustainable economic development. But we must develop a framework that balances the benefits with risk-management strategies.”
9. Zoom out, to wide of room at Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Nuclear technology has enormous potential to “improve human well-being” but must be that balanced with risk-management strategies the United Nations Secretary General told a conference on nuclear preparedness in Geneva Tuesday.
Speaking at the third Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Ban Ki-moon announced he was convening a meeting of world leaders in New York on 22 September to discuss nuclear safety and security which will look into the implications of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
