SOMALIA / SWAN GAROWE VISIT

Various challenges related to Somalia’s national priorities for 2020 – including debt relief, holding ‘one person, one vote’ elections, strengthening security and finalizing the federal constitution – were among the topics covered today in a meeting of the leadership of Puntland State and the United Nations envoy to Somalia. UNSOM

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:36
• Production Date: 9 March 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JAMES SWAN
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SOMALIA - UNSOM
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: 2539254
• Parent Id: 2539254
• Alternate Title: unifeed200309i

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / SWAN GAROWE VISIT
TRT: 1:36
SOURCE: UNSOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 9 MARCH 2020, GAROWE, SOMALIA

Shotlist

1. Drone shot, Garowe
2. Wide shot, Swan leaving plane
3. Wide shot, Puntland and Somali Flag at Puntland state house.
4. Wide shot, Swan meeting with President Said Deni, in Garowe’s State House.
5. Various shots, meeting
6. Soundbite (English) James Swan, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia:
“I shared the international community’s real concern about the risks posed by the current political impasse between the Federal Government and Federal Members States – it is the view of the United Nations that Somalia’s leaders must urgently come together, in a spirit of national unity, to overcome differences and find consensus on how best to move forward, in the interest of the Somali people.”
7. Various shots, Swan meeting with President Said Deni and his cabinet.
8. Soundbite (English) James Swan, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia:
“President Deni informed me of plans to hold, in the coming week, a Puntland-wide, inclusive consultation to discuss issues of importance issues of importance to Puntland and the nation. I look forward to learning of the outcome of this positive initiative.”
9. Med shot, Swan and Deni shaking hands

Storyline

Various challenges related to Somalia’s national priorities for 2020 – including debt relief, holding ‘one person, one vote’ elections, strengthening security and finalizing the federal constitution – were among the topics covered today in a meeting of the leadership of Puntland State and the United Nations envoy to Somalia.

“I also shared the international community’s real concern about the risks posed by the current political impasse between the Federal Government and Federal Members States – it is the view of the United Nations that Somalia’s leaders must urgently come together, in a spirit of national unity, to overcome differences and find consensus on how best to move forward, in the interest of the Somali people,” the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, said.

The UN official was speaking after meeting with Puntland’s President Said Deni in the state capital of Garowe, while on one of his regular visits to Somalia’s Federal Member States, during which discusses local and national issues with state leaders.

“President Deni informed me of plans to hold, in the coming week, a Puntland-wide, inclusive consultation to discuss issues of importance to Puntland and the nation,” Swan said. “I look forward to learning of the outcome of this initiative.”

Their talks also touched upon local efforts on economic development, democratization and security, including the new Puntland Development Plan – on which the United Nations team in Puntland has been engaging and looks forward to further support – as well as the work of the Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission, which ties into the Puntland Government’s moves to implement its commitment to democratization and holding local elections.

The issue of recurrent violence in Sool and Sanaag was also covered in the discussions, particularly the need to bring an end to it and create space for peacebuilding activities and ensure the necessary conditions to allow the United Nations to expand its support to the local population.