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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (8 July) emphasized that the international community must tackle social and economic inequalities between regions and within countries in order to achieve sustainability and avert future crises. UNTV
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STORY: GA / INEQUALITY
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 8 JULY 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

8 JULY 2013, NEW YORK CITY

2. Pan right, Trusteeship Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon United Nations, Secretary-General:
“Tackling inequality, eradicating poverty and promoting shared prosperity must be at the heart of the UN sustainable development agenda. Let us work to insure equality of opportunities for all.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon United Nations, Secretary-General:
“Social justice is a key ingredient of a peaceful, sustainable world for all human kind. Societies where hope and opportunities are scarce are vulnerable to upheaval and conflict. Social and economic inequalities can tear the social fabric, undermine social cohesion, and prevent nations from thriving. Inequality can breed crime, disease and environmental degradation, and hamper economic growth. If inequality continues to widen, development may not be sustainable.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon United Nations, Secretary-General:
“We live in a time of profound change and considerable uncertainty. Successive global crises have shocked economies and brought severe distress to the poor and vulnerable in all regions. We have yet to se a full global economic recovery. The impacts of climate change are growing. Environmental degradation caused by unsustainable consumption and production threatens future development objectives. This is the context in which we are considering the post-2015 development agenda.”
8. Wide shot, Trusteeship Council

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (8 July) emphasized that the international community must tackle social and economic inequalities between regions and within countries in order to achieve sustainability and avert future crises.

Ban told a General Assembly’s thematic debate on inequality that “tackling inequality, eradicating poverty and promoting shared prosperity must be at the heart of the UN sustainable development agenda.”

The Secretary-General stressed the importance of reducing inequalities at a time when the world is being affected by a series of significant changes, including economic instability, the impact of climate change, and political unrest in many regions.

He said “social justice is a key ingredient of a peaceful, sustainable world for all human kind.”

Ban pointed out that “societies where hope and opportunities are scarce are vulnerable to upheaval and conflict.” He said “social and economic inequalities can tear the social fabric, undermine social cohesion, and prevent nations from thriving” as well as “breed crime, disease and environmental degradation, and hamper economic growth.”

He added that “if inequality continues to widen, development may not be sustainable.”

Ban noted that the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been successful, but added that progress has been uneven, and underlined the importance of the post-development 2015 agenda addressing these inequalities and promoting shared prosperity.

He said “successive global crises have shocked economies and brought severe distress to the poor and vulnerable in all regions” and “we have yet to se a full global economic recovery.”

The Secretary-General also noted that “the impacts of climate change are growing” and “environmental degradation caused by unsustainable consumption and production threatens future development objectives.”

He stressed that this was “the context in which we are considering the post-2015 development agenda.”

Agreed upon by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000, the MDGs set specific targets on poverty alleviation, education, gender equality, child and maternal health, environmental stability, HIV/AIDS and malaria reduction, and a global partnership for development. The post-2015 development agenda is expected to build on the progress achieved by the MDGs.

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