(13 Mar 1995) T/I 10:34:25
STORY: CONFERENCE
LOCATION: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
DATE: 10 MARCH 1995
DURATION: 1.16
Mandela, Castro arrive; ovation for exiled Nasri
Delegates to the United Nations social summit on Friday (10/3)
finally agreed on a plan to end worldwide poverty and social
injustice but warned that results would not come quickly or
easily. The first of the heads of state and government also began
arriving on Friday. South African President Nelson Mandela and
Cuba's Fidel Castro expressed cautious hope despite the likelihood
of the summit adopting no firm programme to ease world poverty.
"I expect that the summit will go into the problems of hunger and
poverty," Mandela said upon arrival. "All are issues undermining
the effort of making human life better." Castro arrived a few
hours later, wearing his trademark army fatigues and cap. Asked
what he expected from the meeting, the Cuban leader said: "Let's
wait." Castro and Mandela were among 120 leaders planning to
attend the closing stages of the summit. Also there was exiled
Bangladeshi authoress Taslima Nasri. She reported the case history
of a 17-year-old schoolgirl who received 110 lashes after giving
birth, and who was then forced into marriage -- the latest in a
long list of acts of aggression against women in Bangladesh.
SHOWS:
(COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 10/3) Fidel Castro and entourage down steps of plane. Castro walking. Shouted question about his summit expectations. Castro replying (translator's voice) "Let's wait and see." WS Nelson Mandela addressing conference. SOT Mandela: "The dimensions and the effects of poverty are all too familiar: hunger, unemployment, homelessness, disintegration of the social fabric, ill health, illiteracy. Tackling these deep-rooted and inter-related problems requires comprehensive and coordinated policies." Standing ovation for arrival of Taslima Nasri. Nasri speaking. Delegates listening. CU face of woman delegate. WS applause.
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