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STORY: SOMALIA / BAIDOA CONSULTATIONS
TRT: 2:39
SOURCE: UNSOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 10 DECEMBER 2019, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
1. Wide shot, aerial view of Baidoa
2. Med shot, Swan, and others deplaning
3. Pan left, AMISOM troops mounting a guard of honour
4. Wide shot, delegation and President of South West State Laftagareen walking
5. Wide shot, the delegation seating inside a conference room
6. Med shot, Swan, flanked by other members of the delegation
7. Med shot, President of South West State Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen talking
8. Med shot, meeting with local elders and representatives of civil society
9. Close up, an elder speaking
10. Various shots, meeting
11. SOUNDBITE (English) James Swan, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia
“2020 will be a pivotal moment for Somalia, when a number of key national processes should be concluded. These processes will lay the foundations for Somalia’s further progress by agreeing a Constitution, holding ‘one-person, one-vote’ elections, continuing the fight against Al-Shabaab, and paving the way for debt relief for Somalia. Achieving these will require the active collaboration of all Somali stakeholders, and it will particularly need the leadership of the Federal Government and the Federal Member States. In order to address these issues, we encourage all stakeholders to engage in dialogue with one another – this includes federal and state authorities, civil society and the people of Somalia. It is with this in mind ahead of the critical juncture in 2020 that we are engaging national as well as Federal member stakeholders to understand the opportunities and challenges for implementation of this processes for 2020 in Somalia. As we conclude our visit in South West State we appreciate the warm welcome of its people and we are grateful to the authorities, elders and civil society representatives who took time to meet with us”.
12. Med shot, Swan shaking hands with the President Laftagareen
As 2019 draws to a close, a delegation comprised from senior officials from several international organizations present in Somalia, visited Baidoa, the capital of South West State, for a series of consultations with different stakeholders in the State.
“2020 will be a pivotal moment for Somalia, when a number of key national processes should be concluded. These processes will lay the foundations for Somalia’s further progress by agreeing a Constitution, holding ‘one-person, one-vote,’ elections, continuing the fight against Al-Shabaab, and paving the way for debt relief for Somalia,” the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, said on behalf of the delegation.
“Achieving these will require the active collaboration of all Somali stakeholders, and it will particularly need the leadership of the Federal Government and the Federal Member States,” he added. “In order to address these issues, we encourage all stakeholders to engage in dialogue with one another – this includes federal and state authorities, civil society and the people of Somalia.”
The UN envoy was speaking on his behalf and that of his fellow delegation members: the European Union’s (EU) Ambassador to Somalia, Nicolas Berlanga, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Ambassador Francisco C. J. Madeira, and a Senior Advisor of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Jamal Ahmed Ibrahim.
While in Baidoa, the delegation met with State’s President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen, local elders and representatives from civil society to discuss the opportunities and challenges to implementation of the various national processes set for 2020.
“We appreciate the warm welcome of its people and we are grateful to the authorities, elders and civil society representatives who took the time to meet with us,” Mr. Swan said, adding that the delegation looks forward to hearing from other Federal Member States as it continues it visits, and to supporting Somalia to fulfil the national priorities it has committed to in 2020.
