UN / SOMALIA

STORY: UN / SOMALIA
TRT: 2:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters

17 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. UPSOUND (English), Acting President, Security Council:
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Somalia:
“Will those in favor the draft resolution contained in the document S/2022/865 please raise their hand. Those against. Those abstained.”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Somalia:
“The results of the voting is as follows: 11 votes in favor, zero votes against, four abstentions.”
6. Med shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Somalia:
“The arms embargo in Somalia – the longest United Nations sanctions regime with the widest mandate – is hindering our efforts in rebuilding our national security forces and our capability to properly counter the threat of al-khawarij, formerly known as al-Shabaab.”
8. Med shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Somalia:
“With this renewal of sanctions in Somalia, the situation of armaments is becoming unsustainable. This challenge and other new developments have forced the government to request an extension on initiating the first phase of the Somalia Transition Plan.”
10. Close up, acting Security Council president
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Somalia:
“The Somali people who are fighting in many regions are asking this esteemed Council why has the Council voted in favor of this resolution? Again, despite the intensifying fight against the terrorist group. The victims of the terrorist groups are also asking each Council member in this chamber why lifting the arms embargo in Somalia is a threat to international peace and security while we see and witness daily the arming of other countries to defend their territory and people.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Somalia:
“It’s clear that the arms embargo on Somalia will not help build and equip Somali National Security Forces capable of protecting its people and territory. As a result, it is also obvious that the Somali Transition Plan and the [inaudible] successful exit from Somalia will not take place within the agreed timeline.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council

STORYLINE:

The Security Council approved a resolution renewing for one year the Somalia sanctions regime, including the embargo on illicit arms imports, the charcoal exports ban.

The resolution received 11 votes in favor, zero votes against and four abstentions.

Addressing the Council, the UN Permanent Representative from Somalia, Abukar Dahir Osman, said “The arms embargo in Somalia – the longest United Nations sanctions regime with the widest mandate – is hindering our efforts in rebuilding our national security forces and our capability to properly counter the threat of al-khawarij, formerly known as al-Shabaab.”
According to Osman, “with this renewal of sanctions in Somalia, the situation of armaments is becoming unsustainable.

The Permanent Representative also informed that “this challenge and other new developments have forced the government to request an extension on initiating the first phase of the Somalia Transition Plan.”

Osman said that “the Somali people who are fighting in many regions are asking this esteemed Council why has the Council voted in favor of this resolution? Again, despite the intensifying fight against the terrorist group.”

According to him, “the victims of the terrorist groups are also asking each Council member in this chamber why lifting the arms embargo in Somalia is a threat to international peace and security while we see and witness daily the arming of other countries to defend their territory and people.”

For the Somali ambassador, “it’s clear that the arms embargo on Somalia will not help build and equip Somali National Security Forces capable of protecting its people and territory.”

As a result, Osman explained, “it is also obvious that the Somali Transition Plan and the [inaudible] successful exit from Somalia will not take place within the agreed timeline.”