UN / GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ELECT

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

09 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. Wide shot, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres walks up to General Assembly rostrum
4. Med shot, General Assembly President Philémon Yang
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The founders of this organization in 1945 recognized a fundamental fact. The strength of the United Nations depended on the commitment of countries to look beyond solely national interests — and to consider instead what we could achieve by standing as one. This truth is just as important today as it was eighty years ago. And just as effective. There is much to do, and the road ahead is uncertain. So, we mark our 80th anniversary, and let’s carry this spirit forward, and ensure we continue rebuilding trust and delivering results and peace for all people, everywhere.”
6. Various shots, General Assembly applause
7. Med shot, Yang walks up to the rostrum
8. Wide shot, Yang at the rostrum
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Philémon Yang, President, United Nations General Assembly, 79th Session:
“I extend my warmest congratulations to the President-elect of the eightieth session. Madame, may you take the General Assembly to new heights. You will be successful. The great statesman Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, once said, and I quote ‘Ambition never comes to an end.’ May our collective ambition endure. Our future needs that. Let us prove that multilateralism can deliver faster, and smarter, for everyone, everywhere.”
10. Pan left, GA applause
11. Wide shot, delegates standing up for a moment of silence
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Annalena Baerbock President, United Nations General Assembly, 80th Session:
“I solemnly declare that I shall truthfully perform my duties and exercise the functions entrusted to me as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.”
Wide shot, General Assembly President Philémon Yang walks up to the rostrum
13. Wide shot, GA applause
14. Various shots, Yang hands off GA gavel to GA President-elect Annalena Baerbock
15. Wide shot, GA
16. Wide shot, Baerbock walks up to media stakeout
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Annalena Baerbock President, United Nations General Assembly, 80TH Session:
“Being sworn in on the original UN charter reminds us what the world can achieve together. But looking from Gaza to Ukraine and to Sudan, Haiti, reminds us as well, how many times we have failed to deliver on its promises on peace and security, human rights and justice and sustainability. We currently stand at a crossroad. The UN is under pressure financially and politically. This is why the 80th session is no ordinary session. Our job, 80 years after the UN's creation - back then, also in a world with divide - is to keep all United Nations alive, to strengthen it and to make the UN fit for the 21st century. Our job in this 80th session is to show 8 billion people why this organization still matters.”
18. Wide shot, Baerbock listening
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Annalena Baerbock President, United Nations General Assembly, 80th Session:
“As required by our UN charter, the Sovereignty and territorial integrity of all member states must be respected and not violated by any member states. We do not need more tension in the region but intensified diplomatic efforts towards an immediate and permanent cease fire, an improvement of the humanitarian situations for the civilians in Gaza by the Israeli government, and the release of all hostages held by Hamas.”
20. Wide shot, Baerbock walks away