STORY: Somalia and international partners discuss

progress on Comprehensive Approach to Security

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DATELINE: 26/APRIL/2018, MOGADISHU SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, a meeting on Comprehensive Approach to Security held in Mogadishu

2. Med shot, Hassan Ali Khaire, Prime Minister speaking at the meeting
3. Med shot, members of the federal parliament listening at the meeting
4. Close up shot, Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) ministers attending the
meeting
5. Med shot, international partners listening
6. Wide shot, FGS and United Nations officials taking notes
7. Med shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner; Lisa Filipetto,
Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and Lucien Vermeir,
UNSOM Police Commissioner at the meeting
8. Wide shot, participants at the meeting
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Ali Khaire, Prime Minister of the Federal
Government of Somalia
“The reforms that we are undertaking are not just, and I said it last time when we
were here, they are not just to meet benchmarks on our pathway to debt relief. But
they are a necessary path we need to take to rebuild our nation and attain our vision
of a stable and prosperous Somalia.”

10. Close up shot, Michael Keating, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-

General (SRSG) for Somalia
11. Close up shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
12. Med shot, Ambassadors of Turkey, Britain and United States of America to
Somalia at the meeting
13. Wide shot, participants at the meeting
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Ali Khaire, Prime Minister of the Federal
Government of Somalia
“The transition plan focuses on a number of key elements. First, it stresses local
delivery as key component for success. Second, the plan outlines the necessary
supporting activities in recognizing that there is no purely military solution to our
problems. And finally, the plan places great emphasis on institutional capacity
building.”
15. Med shot, SRSG Michael Keating speaking at the meeting
16. Close up shot, a member of the federal parliament listening
17. Close up shot, Raisedon Zenenga, Deputy Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General (DSRCC) for Somalia taking notes
18. Close up shot, His Excellency Qin Jian, China’s Ambassador to Somalia taking
notes
19. Med shot, European Union and Swedish Ambassadors at the meeting
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Keating, Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General for Somalia
“Success in moving forward is going to depend upon real subscription by each of
these three groups to the transition plan. And as you’ve said, there is a way to go
about it, but good progress has been made already. But ultimately, getting those
constituencies, the most important of those three constituencies is the Somali one.”

21. Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of the

Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia speaking at the
meeting
22. Close up shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner and Lucien
Vermeir, UNSOM Police Commissioner listening
23. Wide shot, participants listening
24. Med shot, Lisa Filipetto, Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia
(UNSOS) listening
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“We need to know when is the money that is going to buy the enablers, the
multipliers, the barracks, the cars for the SNA (Somali National Army), the food for
the non-AMISOM 10,900 (personnel) is coming.”

26. Med shot, SRSG Michael Keating and Hassan Ali Khaire, FGS Prime Minister
taking notes
27. Close up shot, Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia, Lucas Tumbo, taking notes
28. Close up shot, participants listening
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Rondos, European Union Special
Representative for the Horn of Africa
“Now we have to translate ideas and plans on the security side into practice.”

30. SOUNDBITE (English) David Concar, British Ambassador to Somalia

“We the UK are providing 2 million pounds’ worth of equipment, earthmoving
equipment, road clearers, trucks and so on. In the presence of this plan, this is a
contribution to enabling an MSR (Main Supply Route) to be cleared and protected.”

31. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General (Retired) Lucas Tumbo, Kenyan

Ambassador to Somalia
“Now that we are on the implementation phase, it’s important to be realistic and
practical that the implementers must make sure the resources are properly
matched, and we have the implementation matrix of the transition.”
Somalia and international partners discuss progress on Comprehensive Approach
to Security

Mogadishu, 26 April 2018 – Efforts to advance Somalia’s progress on the security

front were the key topic at a high-level meeting of Somali authorities and
international partners in the country’s capital today – with all involved highlighting
the need for continued momentum on the implementation of the so-called
Comprehensive Approach to Security (CAS).

The CAS executive group meeting was attended by representatives of the Federal
Government of Somalia, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM),
the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and international partners, and
chaired by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire.

At the meeting’s opening, the Prime Minister told participants that much had been
achieved since last December’s Somalia Security Conference in developing a
transition plan that will eventually give primary responsibility for the country’s
security to Somalia’s own security forces.

“The transition plan focuses on a number of key elements. First it stresses local
delivery as a key component for success. Second, the plan outlines the necessary
supporting activities in recognizing that there is no purely military solution to our
problems,” said Mr. Khaire. “And, finally, the plan places great emphasis on
institutional capacity building.”

The Prime Minister also reaffirmed Somalia’s commitment to undertake reforms

needed to move the country forward.

“The reforms that we are undertaking are not just to meet benchmarks on our
pathway to debt relief,” he said. “They are a necessary path we need to take to
rebuild our nation and attain our vision of a stable and prosperous Somalia.”

Representing UNSOM at the gathering, the UN Secretary-General’s Special

Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, said that the success of the transition
plan depended on its endorsement by three constituencies – the Somalis, AMISOM
and international partners.

“The most important of those three constituencies is the Somali one,” Mr. Keating
added.

The UN envoy also flagged that the transition plan is on the UN Security Council’s
agenda, and he urged international partners to back the plan.
The African Union’s Special Representative for Somalia, Francisco Madeira, echoed
Mr. Keating’s appeal to the international community to provide funding to the
transition plan and prepare the Somali National Army (SNA) and other national
security forces to replace AMISOM as the primary guarantors of the country’s
security.

“We need to know when the money that is going to buy the enablers, the
multipliers, the barracks, the cars for the SNA is coming,” said Mr. Madeira.

At the end of today’s meeting, participants formally adopted a transition plan for
security responsibilities ahead of a high-level conference on Somalia’s security that is
scheduled to take place in Brussels next week.