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STORY: GA / MDGs
TRT: 2.39
SOURCE: UNTV / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
23 SEPTEMBER 2013 – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Tilt down, exterior United Nations headquarters
25 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the dais
3. Wide shot, audience
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The transition to sustainable development must be based on a commitment to eradicate poverty. This is an indispensable requirement, a matter of basic justice and human rights. In a world of great wealth and technological advances no person anywhere should be left behind.”
5. Wide shot, Secretary of State John Kerry walks up to the podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States:
“Our efforts to improve people’s lives around the world mean little if we let the planet itself fall into disrepair. That is why we must strive for a development agenda that recognizes that fighting poverty, combating discrimination and safeguarding our environment are absolutely linked together, they are not separate endeavours. Protecting people from poverty, hunger and disease and protecting our planet from the threats that make all of these menaces even worse; dirty water, dangerous air, disappearing resources, this are challenges to all of us.”
7. Wide shot, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa walks up to the podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa:
“While Africa has made significant improvements and aims to foster sustainable development growth, the mixed results recorded with the MDGs warrant intensified development efforts at national level, but also, more significantly, supported at the international level through collaborative efforts and arrangements based on collective efforts.”
FILE – UNICEF - 31 AUGUST 2013, OKURA, ETHIOPIA
9. Close up, baby at health post Okura village
10. Wide shot, women at health post Okura village
11. Wide shot, Health Extension Worker talking to patient
12. Wide shot, Health Extension Worker talking to patient
13. Wide shot, Health Extension Workers putting at mosquito net community demonstration
14. Wide shot, Health Extension Workers putting at mosquito net community demonstration
15. Med shot, Health Extension Workers putting at mosquito net community demonstration
FILE – UNICEF - KUJE, NIGERIA, APRIL 2013
16. Various shots, woman preparing food
17. Close up, food being stilled
18. Close up, spoon
19. Close up, baby
World leaders meeting at United Nations Headquarters today (25 September) agreed to take bolder action against extreme poverty, hunger and disease, and called for a summit to take place in 2015 to adopt the next set of anti-poverty goals, which will heavily focus on achieving sustainable development.
During a special event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), countries adopted an outcome document which acknowledges the progress made since the eight global targets were set in 2000, while also committing to do more to tackle many remaining challenges and accelerate progress.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the meeting that “the transition to sustainable development must be based on a commitment to eradicate poverty”
Ban said this is “an indispensable requirement” and “a matter of basic justice and human rights.”
He added that “in a world of great wealth and technological advances no person anywhere should be left behind.”
Countries agreed to hold a high-level summit in September 2015 to adopt a new set of goals that will balance the three elements of sustainable development: providing economic transformation and opportunity to lift people out of poverty, advancing social justice and protecting the environment.
Secretary of State John Kerry of the United States told the meeting that “efforts to improve people’s lives around the world mean little if we let the planet itself fall into disrepair.”
Kerry said “we must strive for a development agenda that recognizes that fighting poverty, combating discrimination and safeguarding our environment are absolutely linked together, they are not separate endeavours.”
He stressed protecting people from poverty, hunger and disease and protecting our planet from the threats that make all of these menaces even worse; dirty water, dangerous air, disappearing resources, “are challenges to all of us.”
Agreed by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000, the MDGs set specific goals on poverty alleviation, education, gender equality, child and maternal health, environmental stability, HIV/AIDS reduction, and a global partnership for development.
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, in his intervention said that “while Africa has made significant improvements and aims to foster sustainable development growth, the mixed results recorded with the MDGs warrant intensified development efforts at national level, but also, more significantly, supported at the international level through collaborative efforts and arrangements based on collective efforts.”
The targets that have already been met include halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and providing more than 2 billion people with access to improved sources of drinking water. Countries have also made great strides on health targets, and are within close reach of achieving them by 2015 deadline. These include reducing the mortality rates from malaria and tuberculosis and stopping HIV infections.