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STORY: UNSOM / SOMALIA GAROWE SRSG VISIT
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SOURCE: UNSOM
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 MAY 2024, GAROWE, SOMALIA
1. Med shot – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Catriona Laing, and her entourage walk to board the plane to Garowe at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu.
2.Wide shot – UN Special Representative Catriona Laing boarding the plane.
3.Aerial shot – The flight to Garowe.
4.Various shots – UN Special Representative Laing on board the flight to Garowe.
5.Med shot – The plane landing at the General Mohamed Abshir Airport in Garowe.
6.Wide shot – UN Special Representative Laing disembarking from the plane on arrival at the General Mohamed Abshir Airport in Garowe.
7.Med shot - UN Special Representative Laing walking from the plane after arrival in Garowe.
8.Med shot – UN Special Representative Laing preparing to travel to the State House.
9.Various shots – UN convoy heading to the State House in Garowe.
10.Med shot – UN Special Representative Laing welcomed by Puntland’s President Said Abdullahi Deni.
11.Med shot – UN Special Representative Laing at the meeting with President Deni.
12.Various shots – President Deni meeting with UN Special Representative Laing.
13.SOUNDBITE: Catriona Laing, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia:
“I'm particularly grateful to President Deni for taking time out of his retreat – he's having his first retreat with his new cabinet today as they talk about development plans and how they're going to take them forward. That was one of the topics we talked about. “// “And [also] the role the UN will play in supporting the various pillars of their development plan – I'm glad to say he has got some high ambition there.”
14.Various shots – UN Special Representative Laing in a meeting with President Deni.
15.SOUNDBITE: Catriona Laing, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia:
“I felt confident that there may be a way forward and I, of course, offered the UN’s ‘good offices’ role to support him on that.”
16.Various shots – UN Special Representative Laing receiving farewell gifts from representatives of local civil society groups.
17.Med shot – President Deni in a group photo with UN Special Representative Laing and UN Deputy Special Representative Raisedon Zenenga.
18.Wide shot – UN Special Representative Laing in a group photo with representatives of local civil society groups.
19.Various shots – UN Special Representative Laing walking and boarding the plane after her visit to Garowe.
Continuing her farewell visits with Somali leaders, the top United Nations official for Somalia Saturday (18 May) visited Puntland where she discussed the world body’s support in areas such as local development and national dialogue.
“I'm particularly grateful to President Deni for taking time out of his retreat – he's having his first retreat with his new cabinet today as they talk about development plans and how they're going to take them forward,” said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Catriona Laing.
“That was one of the topics we talked about,” she continued, “and [also] the role the UN will play in supporting the various pillars of their development plan – I'm glad to say he has got some high ambition there.”
The UN Special Representative was speaking in Puntland’s capital, Garowe, following meetings with Puntland’s President Said Abdullahi Deni and members of his cabinet. It was her fifth visit to the northern Federal Member State. Accompanying her was the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Raisedon Zenenga.
In her remarks, the UN Special Representative said Somalia’s ongoing constitutional review process, and a communique from a recent meeting of the National Consultative Council (NCC) held in Mogadishu, were also discussed. They acknowledged the need for inclusive dialogue between the Federal Government of Somalia and Puntland around the country’s ongoing constitutional process.
"I, of course, offered the UN’s ‘good offices’ role to support him on that,” Ms. Laing added.
Other topics covered in their discussion included security across the country and the importance of all Somalis coming together in the fight against terrorist groups Al-Shabaab and Islamic State.
While in Garowe, Ms. Laing was also presented with farewell gifts by representatives of local civil society groups in recognition of her support for women’s full participation and inclusion in Somali life.
The UN Special Representative completes her assignment later in May and has been having farewell meetings with the leaders of Somalia’s Federal Member States, as well as with the top officials of the Federal Government of Somalia.
