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STORY: GERMANY HUMANITARIAN AID
TRT: 2:36
SOURCE: UNSOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SOMALI /GERMAN /NATS
DATELINE: 1 MAY 2017, MOGADISHU / BAIDOA, SOMALIA
1 MAY 2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
1. Wide shot, plane landing
2. Pan left, plane taxiing
3. Wide shot, Gabriel disembarking and shaking hands with Garaad
4. Zoom in, Gabriel and Somali PM Khaire shaking hands
5. Various shots, meeting
6. Wide shot, cameras
7. Wie shot, Gabriel and Khaire taking seats
8. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Hassan Ali Khaire, Prime Minister of Somalia:
“We had very candid discussions, outlining what the government stands for and where we want to be moving forward. We welcome the support that Germany has extended to Somalia. We hope it will continue in the future.”
9. Med shot, Gabriel and Khaire at the press conference
10. SOUNDBITE: (German) Sigmar Gabriel, Foreign Affairs Minister of Germany
“The drought in the country and the region is once again threatening to turn into a humanitarian emergency catastrophe. This is why we (Germany) and the Secretary-General of the United Nations have made an appeal and called for greater aid to Somalia and the people in the Horn of Africa.”
11. Cutaway, cameras
12. SOUNDBITE: (German) Sigmar Gabriel, Foreign Affairs Minister of Germany:
“And apart from agreeing on a new strategy for Somalia, we also believe it's time for the international community to once again stand up and express its readiness and seriousness in the fight against hunger.”
13. Wide shot, press conference
1 MAY 2017, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
14. Various shots, displaced in Maqori Manyow camp
15. Med shot, internally displaced persons at the camp
16. Med shot, UN chief in Somalia Michael Keating, with Gabriel
17. Med shot, woman preparing a hot meal at the camp
18. Med shot, delegation
19. Close up, woman cooking
Germany pledged 70 million euro to Somalia and is planning to at least double that amount to help scale up humanitarian response to the ongoing drought in the African country.
The announcement was made by the German Foreign Affairs Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, during a one-day visit to Somalia Monday (1 May) to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.
Minister Gabriel held discussions with Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, in Mogadishu, and later visited Baidoa to assess the drought situation in that part of the country.
Prime minister Khaire thanked Germany for the continued assistance and urged other donors to emulate the European Union member state.
“We had very candid discussions, outlining what the government stands for and where we want to be moving forward. We welcome the support that Germany has extended to Somalia. We hope it will continue in the future,” the Prime Minister said.
He noted that Somalia was on a recovery path after many years of civil war and was mending relations with the international community.
The Germany’s Foreign Minister said the drought affecting the country and the region is once again threatening to turn into a catastrophic humanitarian emergency, adding that efforts must be made to reverse the trend.
Gabriel said “This is why we (Germany) and the Secretary-General of the United Nations have made an appeal and called for greater aid to Somalia and the people in the Horn of Africa.”
He said the discussions with the prime minister did not just focus exclusively on drought but also on a long-term approach in regard to finding sustainable solutions for Somalia.
The foreign minister said “and apart from agreeing on a new strategy for Somalia, we also believe it’s time for the international community to once again stand up and express its readiness and seriousness in the fight against hunger.”
In Baidoa, Gabriel toured the Maqori Manyow camp for internally displaced persons and the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) transition centre.
He was accompanied to Baidoa by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, and he witnessed first-hand living conditions at the IDP camp.
Apart from the DDR centre, other projects funded by the German Government include road maintenance, improving food and nutrition security to vulnerable populations and the promotion of sustainable land management.
