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STORY: GA / PLEANRY WRAP 2
TRT: 5.16
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY
FILE – 201, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
25 SEPTEMBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. Cutaway, delegates
4. Wide shot, Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda walks to podium
5. Cutaway, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda:
“deep analysis of the specific political and cultural context of any given conflict is key to lasting solutions. Too often the inclination is to parachute into a situation with ready made answers based on superficial examination of the conflicts dynamics, doing considerably more harm than good.”
7.Cutaway, Sudanese delegation
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda:
“The interlinkages between conflict and development are often overlooked. If we are looking for peaceful ways to resolve and prevent conflict than promoting development tops the list. The stakes are high. A civil conflict cost the average developing country about 30 years of GDP growth and violence can spill over borders threatening hard won progress.”
9. Wide shot, delegates applaud
10. Wide shot, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina walks to the podium
11. Cutaway, Argentinean delegation
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina:
“I just want to say to the head of that organization (IMF), this is not a soccer match, this is the most serious political and economic crisis in memory since the 1930's first. Second I need to say that my country is not a soccer team, its a sovereign nation which makes its decisions on a sovereign basis and it will not be subject to any pressures brought to bare from the outside nor any threats of red cards being applied to it. And finally if we are going to continue with this analogy between soccer and the economy, I should say that the role of the President of FIFA was carried out in a much more satisfactory way than the Head of the IMF.”
13. Cutaway, giant monitor with Kirchner talking
14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina:
“The International Monetary fund is in charge of organizing economies and has been doing so since the 1980's and yet its unable to carry that out efficiently and yet it seems that its us the countries who should be criticizing ourselves, I don't hear any self criticism from the IMF with regard to the statistics for Spain, what were the statistics for Greece, or Portugal, Ireland, Italy, what were the figures that made them be able to go more into debt without any kind of control on it without any oversight what is the oversight, who are they overseeing and why some yes and some not.”
15. Cutaway, Argentinean delegation
16. Wide shot, Pakistani President approaches podium
17. Cutaway, delegates
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Asif Ali Zardari, President, Pakistan:
“Drone strikes and civilian casualties on our teritory add to the complexity of our battle for hearts and minds through this epic struggle. To those who say we have not done enough I say in all humility, 'please do not insult the memory of our dead and the pain of our living.”
19. Wide shot, delegates applaud
20. Wide shot, Joseph Kabila, President of the democratic republic of the congo approaches podium
21. Cutaway, delegates
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Kabila, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
“children are deprived of going to school and are forced to carry and to use firearms to kill other children that is their own brothers and sisters. This situation is unaceptable, it deserves to be condmeend and it should give rise to sanctions. We expect that the community of nations will shoulder its r esponsibilities in this respect and that the Security Council will ensure compliance with its resolutions. This is a condition for those resolutions to be effective and to remain credible.”
21. Cutaway, delegates
22. Wideshot, Joseph Kabila leaves podium behind
Noting that durable solutions could only come from an inclusive approach to both politics, and development, Rwanda’s President said that “deep analysis of the specific political and cultural context of any given conflict was key to lasting solutions”.
Addressing the plenary meeting of the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations today (25 September) in New York Paul Kagame said that “too often the inclination is to parachute into a situation with ready made answers based on superficial examination of the conflicts dynamics, doing considerably more harm than good.”
Kagame said that “if we are looking for peaceful ways to resolve and prevent conflict than promoting development tops the list.”
He also said that the stakes were too high, adding that, “a civil conflict cost the average developing country about 30 years of GDP growth and violence can spill over borders threatening hard won progress”.
Responding to a warning issued yesterday (24 September) by the Managing Director of the IMF where it warned that the Fund would be forced to “pull a red card” if the country didn’t improve its statistics, Argentina’s President said that her country was “not a soccer team”, adding that, “it will not be subject to any pressures brought to bare from the outside nor any threats of red cards being applied to it”.
Continuing with the soccer analogy, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said the role of the President of FIFA (the International Soccer Association) was carried out in a much more satisfactory way than the Head or Heads of the IMF.”
Kirchner continued saying that the IMF was in charge of organizing economies since the 1980's, yet she said that it was “unable to carry that out efficiently”.
She questioned the IMF’s self reflection, “I don't hear any self criticism from the IMF with regard to the statistics for Spain, what were the statistics for Greece, or Portugal, Ireland, Italy, what were the figures that made them be able to go more into debt without any kind of control on it without any oversight.”
Underscoring his country’s commitment to peace and democracy, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari told the plenary meeting that his country had undergone “unprecedented reforms,” while also recalling the country’s many difficulties in achieving them.
Talking about Pakistan’s struggle with terrorism Zardari said that Drone strikes and civilian casualties in Pakistan added to the complexity “of our battle for hearts and minds through this epic struggle”.
He stressed to those “who say we have not done enough I say in all humility, 'please do not insult the memory of our dead and the pain of our living.”
Talking about the crisis in the Kivus, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) while describing how children there were deprived of going to school and forced to carry weapons, he described the situation as “unacceptable”, and deserving to be condemned “and subjected to sanctions.
Kabila said he expected the international community to “shoulder its responsibilities in this respect and that the Security Council will ensure compliance with its resolutions”.
