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SOMALIA / KAY FAREWELL
STORY: SOMALIA / KAY FAREWELL
TRT: 01:43
SOURCE: UNSOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SOMALI /ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 DECEMBER 2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
1. Various shots, Kay with guests
2. Med shot, Prime Minister Sharmarke with the Qatar Ambassador to Somalia, Hassan Mohammed Hamza
3. Med shot, Waaberi dance troupe performing at the luncheon
4. Wide shot, guests at reception
5. SOUNDBITE( Somali) President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia:
“I salute Ambassador Nicholas Kay for his braveness in convincing UN agencies to shift their offices and start operating in Somalia, making them accessible to the citizens. Somalia is not a failed state anymore but a recovering fragile nation.”
6. Cutaway, guests
7. SOUNDBITE(English) Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia:
“They can bomb you, they can kill you, they can shoot. They can try to destroy you but each time they do, you build again; you build better, you build stronger and Somalia is back to stay.”
8. Various shots, Kay with guests
9. Wide shot, Waaberi dance troupe performing
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, paid tribute to the outgoing Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay for his contribution in supporting Somalia’s stabilization and political processes.
Speaking at a farewell luncheon in capital Mogadishu, President Hassan Sheikh said Nicholas Kay worked closely and tirelessly with the Federal Government, in his two-and-a-half year tour of duty, in rebuilding Somalia.
He praised Kay for being instrumental in changing the perception of the international community about Somalia.
He said “I salute Ambassador Nicholas Kay for his braveness in convincing the UN to shift the offices and start operating in Somalia, making them accessible to the citizens,” President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud noted.
Quoting directly Ambassador Kay’s words, the head of state said; “Somalia is not a failed state anymore but a recovering fragile nation,” concurred the President.
Kay thanked the Federal Government of Somalia, the Federal Parliament, civil society, AMISOM, the Diplomatic Corps, and his UN colleagues and expressed his optimism for Somalia.
He said “They can try to destroy you but each time they do, you build again, you build better, you build stronger. Somalia is back and back to stay.”
Nicholas kay will be succeeded by Michael Keating of the United Kingdom as his new Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). at the end of the year.
Michael Keating has been Associate Director of Chatham House since 2012 as well as serving as Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Syria. He was Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan from 2010 until 2012.
Keating earlier worked with the United Nations, serving in Malawi, Gaza and Jerusalem, New York, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the private sector, working with companies and public sector bodies engaged in environmental, human rights, and development issues.
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