Ramallah - Palestine - 16th May 2005
Betuniya checkpoint, near Ramallah, West Bank
1. 00:00 - UN trucks accompany Ronaldo through checkpoint
2. 00:20 - Ronaldo stepping out of car, crowds cheering and chanting his name
Ramallah, West Bank
3. 00:45 - Ronaldo arriving, surrounded by fans and crowds
4. 00:49 - Ronaldo makes his way through the door
5. 01:05 - Meeting Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia
6. 01:12 - Ronaldo signing ball with a placard in yellow with his number "9" on it
7. 01:15 - Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia
8. 01:24 - Ronaldo waves as he leaves
9. 01:35 - Supporters in Brazil shirts cheering in car as they drive past
10. 01:42 - Inside sports centre at Al-Hashimiya school
11. 01:47 - Child holding up Brazil football shirt
12. 01:53 - Ronaldo arrives, and waves
13. 01:58 - Crowd of young fans cheering him as he walks in
14. 02:08 - SOUNDBITE: Ronaldo (Portuguese)
15. 02:43 - Ronaldo leaves surrounded by crowds pushing and shoving to get closer to him
16. 02:51 - Ronaldo, at a new centre named in his honour, posing for photo wearing a Keffiyeh (traditional Palestinian headscarf) with someone holding Palestinian flag behind him
17. 03:00 - His car leaves, surrounded by supporters
Herzliya, Central Israel 16/06
18. 03:15 - Wideshot of fans waiting for Ronaldo
19. 03:20 - Close up of Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres arriving
20. 03:25 - Ronaldo and Shimon Peres walking together
21. 03:36 - Crowds around Ronaldo
22. 03:40 - Shimon Peres
23. 04:46 - Ronaldo and kids in group photo
24. 04:10 - Shimon Peres and Ronaldo together
25. 04:23 - SOUNDBITE: Ronaldo (portuguese)
26. 05:02 - Ronaldo walking among the crowds of fans
SNTV Features
Brazilian football star Ronaldo received a hero's welcome in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, with hundreds of well wishers jostling to get a glimpse of the Real Madrid footballer during a visit on Monday. (16th May 2005)
Ronaldo, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program was on a one day visit to the region which also included a trip to Israel.
He was there to participate in a UNDP project that brings young Israeli and Palestinian football players together.
SUGGESTED VOICE OVER:
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday (16th May 2005) to greet Ronaldo, the Brazilian football star.
Visiting in his capacity as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Real Madrid player wanted to take a first-hand look at UNDP youth and anti-poverty projects .
Fans - including a busload of Brazilian-born Palestinians wearing the country's yellow-and-green jersey - chanted "Ronaldo, Ronaldo" and pushed the player's bodyguards in an attempt to touch their hero.
Surrounded by a tight ring of bodyguards to get through the chanting crowds, Ronaldo first visited the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia where he signed footballs.
The beaming Qureia escorted Ronaldo out of the building before he continued on to a local school, where the superstar received yet another boisterous welcome.
SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese)
"I only wanted to say how happy I am to be making this visit and how proud I am to see everybody so happy around me. I hope you'll enjoy my presence very much. I thank you for this marvellous reception and I hope to return many more times, always on a mission of peace."
SUPERCAPTION: Ronaldo
During his visit to Ramallah, Ronaldo inaugurated a new Centre for Disadvantaged Youth and visited several anti-poverty UNDP projects.
They include the UNDP's "Football Workshops", which have been designed to promote sport as a forum to teach leadership, confidence, and discipline, based on the principles of tolerance, cooperation, and respect.
Later on, Ronaldo visited Israel as a special guest of the Peres Centre for peace.
Ronaldo and Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres met at the "Twinned Peace Football Schools", which are a part of a Palestinian-Israeli project to bring children closer together through sport.
SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese)
"It's a real pleasure to be here and it's a real pleasure for me to see how many people are happy about my presence. I know that football can bring people together and try and bring about peace and put an end to their problems"
SUPERCAPTION: Ronaldo
Ronaldo was there to meet some 800 young Palestinian and Israeli participants of the project who will play in mixed teams in a tournament held in his honour.
SHOTLIST: Ramallah - Palestine - 16th May 2005
Betuniya checkpoint, near Ramallah, West Bank
1. 00:00 - UN trucks accompany Ronaldo through checkpoint
2. 00:20 - Ronaldo stepping out of car, crowds cheering and chanting his name
Ramallah, West Bank
3. 00:45 - Ronaldo arriving, surrounded by fans and crowds
4. 00:49 - Ronaldo makes his way through the door
5. 01:05 - Meeting Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia
6. 01:12 - Ronaldo signing ball with a placard in yellow with his number "9" on it
7. 01:15 - Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia
8. 01:24 - Ronaldo waves as he leaves
9. 01:35 - Supporters in Brazil shirts cheering in car as they drive past
10. 01:42 - Inside sports centre at Al-Hashimiya school
11. 01:47 - Child holding up Brazil football shirt
12. 01:53 - Ronaldo arrives, and waves
13. 01:58 - Crowd of young fans cheering him as he walks in
14. 02:08 - SOUNDBITE: Ronaldo (Portuguese)
15. 02:43 - Ronaldo leaves surrounded by crowds pushing and shoving to get closer to him
16. 02:51 - Ronaldo, at a new centre named in his honour, posing for photo wearing a Keffiyeh (traditional Palestinian headscarf) with someone holding Palestinian flag behind him
17. 03:00 - His car leaves, surrounded by supporters
Herzliya, Central Israel 16/06
18. 03:15 - Wideshot of fans waiting for Ronaldo
19. 03:20 - Close up of Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres arriving
20. 03:25 - Ronaldo and Shimon Peres walking together
21. 03:36 - Crowds around Ronaldo
22. 03:40 - Shimon Peres
23. 04:46 - Ronaldo and kids in group photo
24. 04:10 - Shimon Peres and Ronaldo together
25. 04:23 - SOUNDBITE: Ronaldo (portuguese)
26. 05:02 - Ronaldo walking among the crowds of fans
