UN regional headquarters inaugurated in Senegal

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UN regional headquarters inaugurated in Senegal

STORY: UN regional headquarters inaugurated in Senegal SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking during the ceremony 3. Senegalese President Macky Sall speaking during the ceremony STORYLINE: Senegalese President Macky Sall on Thursday inaugurated a United Nations regional headquarters, called the United Nations House, in Diamniadio, a city about 30 km from capital Dakar. The United Nations House is intended to house the 34 UN agencies based in Senegal. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, who is on an official visit to Senegal, were present at the ceremony. "This inauguration ceremony of the United Nations House once again marks the renewed attention of our country to the United Nations, which embodies the ideal of peace and the aspiration of peoples to collaborate for a better world," Sall said during

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