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STORY: UN / SOMALIA
TRT: 2.05
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 AUGUST 2007, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - UNTV- MAY 2007, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
13 AUGUST 2007, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, SRSG Francois Lonseny Fall approaches microphone
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Francois Lonseny Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia:
"the deployment of Burundian troops was delayed and we're expecting also some troops from Nigeria and Ghana and we're expecting that with the progress and the political dialogue and also with the funding - if we get the funding from the international community - we'll be able to complete the AMISOM"
4. Cutaway, cameraman
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Francois Lonseny Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia:
"You know, the President of the African Union Commission, Mr. Konare, just wrote the Secretary-General and this letter was shared with the Security Council members and the African countries are pushing really for the deployment of UN troops in Somalia to replace AMISOM"
6. Cutaway, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Pascal Gayama, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Congo (ROC) to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August:
"it is very important that Somalia get kind of a multilateral support in a much coherent and heavy way as it will not be proper to give the impression that the international community is not interested in Somalia, while the situation is one of the most difficult among all the conflict situations in the world, particularly in Africa and we are really pushing to that end."
8. Cutaway, cameramen
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Pascal Gayama, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Congo (ROC) to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August:
"There are countries who have pledged, which are ready to provide troops but there is no logistics, there is no means for that, that's why we are really, we feel that at least a kind of a heavy or light package from the UN will be really welcomed to that end."
10. Cutaway, cameramen
Francois Lonseny Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia, said today at the United Nations that, "if we get the funding from the international community we'll able to complete the AMISOM. [African Union Mission in Somalia]."
Briefing journalists after a closed door meeting at the Security Council on Somalia, Lonseny Hall said that the deployment of Ghanian, Nigerian and Burundian troops already committed to peacekeeping operations has been delayed due to lack of funding.
Lonseny Hall also said that Alpha Oumar Konaré, President of the African Union Commission, had written a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General "pushing for the deployment of UN troops in Somalia to replace AMISOM"
Ambassador Pascal Gayama (Republic of Congo), President of the Security Council, told journalists that Somalia should get "coherent,"heavy" and "multilateral" support, saying, "it will not be proper to give the impression that the international community is not interested in Somalia." Gayama characterized the situation in Somalia as "one of the most difficult among all the conflict situations in the world, particularly in Africa."
Responding to questions about the details of any United Nations involvement, Gayama said that there were countries who had pledged to provide troops but require the logistical support of international organizations. "That's why .... we feel that at least a kind of a heavy or light package from the UN will be really welcomed to that end," he said.
Somalia's government has been expecting the arrival of 8,000 African Union peacekeepers to help stop a war that has killed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands. So far, only 1,700 Ugandans have turned up to protect the war-ravaged country; another 1,500 troops are expected from Burundi.
Hostilities in the country - which has had no functioning government for 16 years - flared up last year, culminating in the expulsion of Islamist groups from the capital by the transitional government backed by Ethiopian troops.
According to UN figures, 340,000 people, or roughly one-third of Mogadishu's population, have fled the city since February, due to ongoing hostilities.
On Sunday, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, Eric Laroche strongly condemned the killings of two Somali journalists and called for a prompt investigation into their deaths. Ali Iman Sharmarke, managing director of HornAfrik Radio, was killed on August 11 by a remote-controlled explosive device which exploded while he was driving. He was returning from the funeral of his colleague, Mahad Ahmed Elmi, who was shot dead hours earlier.
Six journalists have been killed in Somalia so far this year, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists.
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