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VNR: World Food Day 2017
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6m12s
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International
Video Type
Video News Release (VNR)
Date
10/16/2017 4:34 PM
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450.48 MB
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UF2T5B
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UNFAO Source
FAO Video
Shotlist
LOCATIONS: Rome, Italy
SHOT: 16 October 2017
SOUND: Natural, Spanish, French
TRT:6 ’13”
SOURCE: FAO
ACCESS: ALL
SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Pope Francis walking into FAO accompanied by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva
2. Wide of Pope Francis standing in front of sculpture by Italian artist Luigi Prevedel in white Carrara marble and depicts Alan Kurdi, the 3-year old Syrian boy who drowned in September 2015 while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Sculpture donated by the Vatican.
3. Wide FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva giving a FAO publication on “Zero Hunger” to Pope Francis
4. Pan from Pope Francis to FAO Director-General
5. Photo-op of Pope Francis of high-level officials including the Ministers of Agriculture of the G7 Group
6. Wide Pope Francis walking onto stage at World Food Day ceremony
7. SOT Pope Francis (Spanish): The current situation demands greater responsibility on all levels, not only to guarantee the necessary production or equitable distribution of the fruits of the earth – this duty is taken for granted – but above all to guarantee the right of all human beings to be nourished according to their own needs, also participating in decisions that effect them and in the realisation of their own aspirations, without having to part from their loved ones.
8. Wide Pope Francis giving speech at ceremony
9. SOT Pope Francis (Spanish): It is therefore urgent to find new paths, to transform the possibilities available to us into a guarantee that permits each person to look to the future with well-founded trust and not only with desire.
10. Mid of Pope Francis talking
11. SOT Pope Francis (Spanish): The relationship between hunger and migration can only be tackled if we go to the root of problem. In this regard, studies conducted by the United Nations, as well as many other civil society organisations, agree that there are two main obstacles to overcome: conflicts and climate change.
12. Wide audience at ceremony
13. SOT Pope Francis (Spanish): Certainly wars and climate change cause hunger, so let us therefore avoid presenting it as if it were an incurable disease. The recent estimates provided by your experts foresee an increase in global production of cereals to levels that enable greater consistency to be given to global reserves. This gives hope, and demonstrates that if we work paying attention to needs and countering speculation, results will not be lacking.
14. Wide audience at ceremony
15. SOT Pope Francis (Spanish): is it too much to think of introducing into the language of international cooperation the category of love, understood as gratuitousness, parity in negotiation, solidarity, the culture of giving, fraternity, mercy?
16. Wide audience at ceremony
17. SOT Pope Francis (Spanish): the management of human mobility requires coordinated and systematic intergovernmental action in accordance with existing international norms, and permeated with love and intelligence.
18. Mid FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva giving speech at ceremony
19. SOT José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General (Spanish): Migration has always been an essential process for the development of humanity, a source of multiple economic and cultural benefits for the countries of origin, transit and destination. However, unfortunately, more and more people migrate because they do not have the option to remain in their homes and lands. That is why FAO has dedicated World Food Day 2017 to the linkages between migration, agriculture and rural development.
20. Wide of FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva talking
21. SOT José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General (Spanish): It is our intention to address the root causes of migration, such as poverty, food insecurity, inequality, unemployment and lack of social protection. To save lives, we need to rebuild the environment in which people live, reinforcing their resilience and ensuring their livelihoods to offer them the possibility of a dignified life.
22. Wide of attendees sitting behind desk ( from camera left to right) Gilbert Houngbo, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD) , Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of Madagascar, Maurizio Martina, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policy of the Republic of Italy, David Beasley, Executive Director of World Food Programme ( WFP)
23. SOT Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina, Madagascar President ( French): This is an emergency according to the figures previously mentioned by the DG…Young and women are the most concerned by these massive population displacements. If we want to change the paradigm of migrations, we need to find solutions in the countries of origin.
24. Various of Pope Francis leaving FAO
ENDS
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STORYLINE:
Pope Francis called for governments around the world to collaborate to make migration a safer and voluntary choice, arguing that assuring food security for all requires tackling climate change and ending conflicts. He made the call at the global ceremony to mark World Food Day, held at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters. This year's theme focuses on addressing migration through investing in food security and rural development.
"It is clear that wars and climatic change are a cause of hunger, so let's not present it as if hunger is an incurable disease," the pontiff said during his key note address.
He called for a total commitment to gradual and systematic disarmament, and urged a change to lifestyles, the use of resources and the production and consumption of food to protect the planet.
In reference to the development of the Global Pact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration - the first agreement of its kind negotiated by governments under the auspices of the UN - he said, "Managing human mobility requires a coordinated, systematic intergovernmental action in line with existing international norms, and full of love and intelligence".
"What is at stake is the credibility of the whole international system," he added.
He also said it was unfortunate that "some" countries are moving away from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Change the future of migration
Each year millions of people leave their homes to escape hunger, poverty and conflict.
"More and more people migrate because they do not have the option to remain in their homes and lands," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
"It is our intention to address the root causes of migration, such as poverty, food insecurity, inequality, unemployment and lack of social protection. To save lives, we need to rebuild the environment in which people live, reinforcing their resilience and ensuring their livelihoods to offer them the possibility of a dignified way of life," he said.
World Food Day is being marked this year as global hunger rises for the first time in over a decade, affecting 815 million people or 11 per cent of the global population. The increase is largely due to the proliferation of violent conflicts and climate-related shocks which are also major drivers of distress migration.
Madagascar President Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina, whose country is facing the impacts of climate change, also spoke at the event.
"Young men and women are the most affected by (climate change-related) population displacements. If we want to change the paradigm of migration, we need to find solutions in the countries of origin," he said.
Hunger fuels migration
FAO believes that migration should be a choice, not a necessity, and FAO is working with partners and communities around the world to give people back that choice.
Between 2008 and 2015, an average of 26.4 million people were displaced annually by climate or weather-related disasters alone. In total, there are currently an estimated 244 million international migrants, 40% more than in the year 2000. A large share of these migrants come from rural areas where more than three quarters of the world's poor depend on agriculture and natural resource-based livelihoods.
These large movements of people present complex challenges that require humanitarian and development solutions. Many of the triggers that cause people to migrate can be addressed by investing in rural development, supporting decent rural employment and ensuring social safety nets. This work also contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger by 2030.
Political will
Ministers of agriculture from several of the Group of Seven (G7) nations also attended the World Food Day ceremony - testament to the important links between food security, rural development and migration. G7 representatives were Canada's Lawrence MacAulay, France's Stéphane Travert, Germany's Peter Bleser, Italy's Maurizio Martina, the United Kingdom's Therese Coffrey and the United States' Sonny Perdue. Japan's Ken Saito sent a statement of support.
Other participants in the ceremony were European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gilbert F. Houngbo and the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley.
"Inequalities and lack of opportunities in rural areas are a leading cause for the loss by communities of one of their most precious assets: their young people," Houngbo said. "My plea on World Food Day 2017 is for continued investment in rural transformation so that millions of young people can build a better life for themselves."
"The biggest problem we have today is war, man-made conflict. Eighty percent of the expenditure of WFP - over 6 billion dollars - is in man-made conflict zones like Syria, like Iraq, like Somalia… We will never achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 until we end conflict," Beasley said.
World Food Day
FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Organization in 1945. Events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. These events promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.
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