KENYA: GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER VISITS THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN NAIROBI AND PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR THE UN

Record ID: 338261

  • Title: KENYA: GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER VISITS THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN NAIROBI AND PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR THE UN
  • Date: 21st January 2004
  • Summary: (W5) NAIROBI, KENYA (JANUARY 21, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF UNITED NATIONS BUILDING 0.03 2. CU UNITED NATIONS FLAG 0.08 3. SLV/SV OF FLAGS AT THE UNITED NATIONS (2 SHOTS) 0.17 4. SV CAR DRIVING GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER ARRIVING/ SCHROEDER GETTING OUT OF CAR AND BEING MET BY HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME (UNEP) KLAUS TOEPFER AND THE HABITAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANNA TIBAIJUKA 0.42 5. SV SCHROEDER SIGNING VISITORS BOOK 0.48 6. SLV UNITED NATIONS WORKERS ALONG CORRIDOR 0.57 7. SV KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER KALONZO MUSYOKA, KLAUS TOEPFER AND SCHROEDER WALKING 1.02 8. SV SCHROEDER ADMIRING PRESENT GIVEN TO HIM BY KLAUS TOEPFER 1.10 9. MCU/SV OF TOEPFER AND SCHROEDER CHATTING (3 SHOTS) 1.29 10. SLV SCHROEDER WALKING INTO CONFERENCE ROOM 1.38 11. LV CONFERENCE ROOM 1.44 12. MCU (ENGLISH/TRANSLATION - FEMALE VOICE): GERMAN CHANCELLOR, GERHARD SCHROEDER SAYING: "Of course personal intergrity, human experiences the life experience of Klaus Toepfer qualify him for any concievable office in the international or national frontline." 2.10 13. SV JOURNALISTS 2.15 14. MCU KLAUS TOEPFER 2.20 15. SV DELEGATION LEAVING CONFERENCE ROOM 2.28 16. SLV OF SCHROEDER PLANTING TREE (5 SHOTS) 3.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th February 2004 12:00
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  • Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
  • Country: Kenya
  • Reuters ID: LVA9PLMYN54MHCH8BD678BW9MLNU
  • Story Text: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder visits the
    United Nations office in Nairobi and pledges continued
    supoprt for the UN




    Schroeder who is on a tour of four African Nations
    was met by the head of the United Nations Environmental
    Programme, Klaus Toepfer and the Executive Director of
    Habitat, Anna Tibaijuka.

    His visit to the United Nations shows Germany's support
    for the Unep, with financial commitment stretching back to
    1974.

    Germany, at over $ 5.8 million, is now the second
    biggest contributor to UNEP's core funding, known as the
    Environment Fund, after the United Kingdom.

    Germany has, since 1998, provided over $1.75 million
    towards the UNEP-brokered Stockholm Convention on
    persistent organic pollutants (POPs) of which important
    amounts have helped developing countries address various
    threats to the environment.

    Speaking to the international media after a closed
    door meeting with Klaus Toepfer, Anna Tibaijuka and other
    United Nations officials, Schroeder praised Klaus Toepfer's
    efforts at the United Nations.

    "Of course personal intergrity, human experiences the
    life experience of Klaus Toepfer qualify him for any
    concievable office in the international or national
    frontline," said the German leader.

    Schroeder planted a tree at the United Nations grounds
    before he left.

    He will visit South Africa and then Ghana.




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