VARIOUS: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN TELLS GLOBAL FORUM ON CHILDREN THAT ADULTS HAVE FAILED THE WORLD'S CHILDREN

Record ID: 970158

  • Title: VARIOUS: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN TELLS GLOBAL FORUM ON CHILDREN THAT ADULTS HAVE FAILED THE WORLD'S CHILDREN
  • Date: 9th May 2002
  • Summary: (W5) NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (MAY 8, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS; SLV SECURITY BARRICADES OUTSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS; SLV SECURITY (4 SHOTS) 0.18 (W5) UNITED NATIONS (MAY 8, 2002) (UNTV) 2. MV FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AND WIFE GRACA MACHEL ARRIVING, BEING GREETED BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN (3 SHOTS) 0.44 (U5) UNITED NATIONS (MAY 8, 2002) (UNTV) 3. HAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL; HAS ANNAN ARRIVING AT PODIUM; MV MANDELA IN AUDIENCE; SCU CHILD LISTENING (6 SHOTS) 1.17 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SAYING "To all the adults in this room I say let us not make children pay for our failures anymore, who among us has not looked into the eyes of a disappointed child and been humbled, the children in this room are witnesses to our words, they and their peers in every land have a right to expect of us, expect us to turn our words into action, and I repeat, they expect us to turn our words into action and to build a world fit for children." 1.59 5. SCU CHILDREN LISTENING; SCU DELEGATES LISTENING (3 SHOTS) 2.12 6. SLV GABRIELA AZURDUY ARRIETA, CHILD SPEAKER FROM BOLIVIA WALK TO STAGE; SLV AUDIENCE CLAPPING (2 SHOTS) 2.26 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GABRIELA AZURDUY ARRIETA, CHILD SPEAKER FROM BOLIVIA SAYING "It is time we are taken into account, we want a world fit for children, because a world fit for us, is a world fit for everyone. In this world we see respect for the rights of the child." 2.51 8. HAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL AND APPLAUSE (3 SHOTS) 3.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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