SOMALIA / ELECTION PROCESS

STORY: SOMALIA / ELECTION PROCESS
TRT: 4:23
SOURCE: UNSOM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 13 MARCH 2022, GAROWE, SOMALIA

SHOTLIST:

1. Med shot, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho and delegation getting off the plane
2. Wide shot, delegation walking
3. Med shot, delegation received by UN staff at the Garowe airport terminal
4. Wide shot, convoy
5. Med shot, delegation driving through town
6. Tilt down shot, delegation arriving to meet with the President Said Abdullahi Deni.
7. Med shot, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho and the President of Puntland State, Said Abdullahi Deni
8. Close up, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho
9. Close up, President of Puntland State, Said Abdullahi Deni.
10. Wide shot, President of Puntland State, Said Abdullahi Deni in a meeting with the delegation
11. Med shot, Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Ambassador Francisco Madeira and the European Union Ambassador to Somalia, Tiina Intelmann
12. Pan shot, delegation in a meeting with Puntland state President, Said Abdullahi Deni
13. Med shot, Deputy Head of AMISOM, Fiona Lortan and the Head of IGAD Special Mission to Somalia, Ibrahim Mohamed Abdi at the meeting
14. Med shot, Puntland state officials
15. Med shot, Deputy Head of AMISOM, Fiona Lortan, the Head of IGAD Special Mission to Somalia, Ibrahim Mohamed Abdi, The Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Ambassador Francisco Madeira and the European Union Ambassador to Somalia, Tiina Intelmann
16. Wide shot, the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho, speaking at the media briefing after meeting with President Deni.
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Anita Kiki Gbeho, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia:
“We discussed issues of local and national concern, with a particular focus on the current elections. We heard from the president about the current drought and his concerns and how we need to work together moving forward. We spoke about the urgency of moving to the next stage of elections and the actions required to do so.”
18. Wide shot, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Anita Kiki Gbeho, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia:
“We underlined the fundamental importance of inclusivity of the process. We applauded the vibrant advocacy efforts in Puntland towards achieving the minimum quota of 30 per cent women’s representation in parliament.”
20. Wide shot, Puntland State President, Said Abdullahi Deni speaking to the media
21. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Said Abdullahi Deni, Puntland State President:
“We discussed the prevailing challenges, how to address them and how to conclude the elections on time. We also looked at ways to implement all the agreements, including the realisation of the thirty per cent quota for women.”
22. Med shot, Puntland State President, Said Abdullahi Deni and The UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho pose for a photo
23. Wide shot, Group photo, President Deni and the delegation
24. Med shot, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho, meeting with members of the Puntland State Electoral Implementation Team
25. Close up, member of the Puntland State Electoral Implementation Team speaking
26. Med shot, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho taking notes at the meeting.
27. Close up shot, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho
28. Wide shot, members of the Puntland State Electoral Implementation Team
29. Med shot, visiting delegation meeting with representatives of civil society organisations
30. Med shot, representatives of Civil society organisations

STORYLINE:

A delegation of some of Somalia’s International Partners was in Puntland on Sunday, where it held meetings with the President of Puntland State, Said Abdullahi Deni, to discuss the support needed to conclude the ongoing electoral process on time.

“We discussed issues of local and national concern, with a particular focus on the current elections. We heard from the president about the current drought and his concerns and how we need to work together moving forward. We spoke about the urgency of moving to the next stage of elections and the actions required to do so,” the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, Anita Kiki Gbeho, said in media remarks at the end of the meeting in the Puntland capital, Garowe.

Gbeho said that, during the meeting, she "underlined the fundamental importance of inclusivity of the process."

"We applauded the vibrant advocacy efforts in Puntland towards achieving the minimum quota of 30 per cent women’s representation in parliament,” she informed.

Said Abdullahi Deni, Puntland State President, said the group also discussed the prevailing challenges, how to address them and how to conclude the elections on time.

"We also looked at ways to implement all the agreements, including the realisation of the thirty per cent quota for women,” Deni said.