STORY: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA AND

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS REVIEW PROGRESS ON

NEW DEAL
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DATELINE: 10th NOVEMBER 2014/MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, Somali, African Union and United Nations flags fly at the venue
of the joint partners meeting in the New Deal Compact for Somalia
2. Close up, Somali flag
3. Close up, United Nations flag
4. Med shot, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrives for the
meeting
5. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia
Nicholas Kay walking into the meeting venue
6. Med shot, delegates walking to the meeting
7. Med shot, Head of African Union Mission in Somalia Maman S Sidikou
8. Med shot, Somali Prime Minister H.E Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed walks into
the conference room
9. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Kay walking into conference room
10. Med shot, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud walks into conference room
11. Wide shot, guests in the conference room
12. Med shot, Somali President addressing the meeting
13. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) H.E HASSAN SHEIKH MOHAMOUD:
PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA:
Your expectations of continued progress are high, so too are ours. But I
must stress that Somali expectations are clearly that Somalia must be
allowed to lead its own transformation in a manner thats compatible to
its own circumstances. This is particularly important as we consider
Copenhagen. The Federal Government is committed to achieving Vision
2016 and we will not be derailed. I have said this publicly and privately,
federal institutions including the Parliament, the Council of Ministers,
government ministers and the leaders, be they national, or local, elected
or traditional, must work together in the spirit of unity for the good of
Somalia. We re-affirm our choice that reconciliation, the path that we
have chosen earlier, will be won through Somali-Somalia dialogue,
through Somali led and determined politics, through creating a shared
vision of what Somalia can be and how we will realize it together.

14. Wide shot, conference room

15. Close up, Head of African Union Mission in Somalia Maman Sidokou
16. Med shot, Somali President and Prime minister consulting
17. SOUND BITE: (ENGLISH) UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SOMALIA NICHOLAS KAY:
We all need to do better, whether we talk about political stability or
economic development. What we shall achieve depends on what we put
in. The compact remains the best framework to do this. International
partners need to live up to the partnership principles and their
commitments in the compact. But we also need to recognize that this is
less likely to happen in a politically unstable environment. On behalf of
the UN and many international partners in this room today, I appeal to
the political leadership of this country to find a way to manage their
differences. These are not normal times. They call for extraordinary
measures. The next six months will determine whether Somalia achieve
its goals in Vision 2016. The key state building laws, commissions and
processes, need to be established. This is make or break. There is no time
to lose.
18. Close up, officials of the FGS at the meeting
19. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Kay
20. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) PRIME MINISTER H.E ABDIWELI SHEIKH
AHMED:
And training of police and NISA officers for those newly recovered areas
is complete. On the Government work plan, we have audited that 78
percent of scheduled plans have been achieved. On security, in addition to
the success achieved during Operation Indian Ocean, SNA and AMISOM
continue to work hard to ensure that supply routes remain open.
Challenges of transportation, particularly air assets remain. As a result of
recent campaigns, security in Mogadishu has significantly improved. We
continue our efforts to confiscate illegal arms in Mogadishu.
21. Med shot, President Sheikh Mohamud, SRSG Nicholas Kay and AMISOM
Head
22. Wide shot, delegates during the meeting
STORY
MOGADISHU, 10 November 2014- The Federal Government of Somalia and its
international partners have today expressed their commitment to sustaining
momentum on the Somali Compact and consolidating progress made over the
last two years.
The partners spoke at the Joint High Level Partners Forum (HLPF) and Somali
Development and Reconstruction Facility Steering Committee (SDRF-SC)
meeting held in Mogadishu.

This was a joint meeting of the HLPF, chaired by President Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for
Somalia Nicholas Kay, and the SDRF-SC, chaired by Prime Minister Abdiweli
Sheikh Ahmed and currently co-chaired by Phil Evans, Head of the Somali officer
of the UKs Department for International Development (DFID), representing
international partners; the HLPF and the SDRF are the two highest decision
making bodies of the Somali Compact architecture. The Somali Compact,
endorsed by Somali government and international partners at the Brussels
Conference in September 2013, is the overarching platform to address Somalias
peace-and state-building priorities between 2014 and 2016.
The meeting was also attended by the Special Envoy of the African Union to
Somalia and head of AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Maman Sidikou, heads of
diplomatic missions, government ministers and representatives from existing
and emerging regional administrations, civil society representatives and
parliamentarians.
The meeting reviewed progress made in peace building and the development of
Somalia as a Federal Republic, as well as the financial governance and
partnership principles.
Speaking during the opening remarks, President Mohamud said his government
was aware of the prevailing political challenges and was determined to address
them.
Your expectations of continued progress are high, so too are ours. But I must
stress that Somali expectations are clearly that Somalia must be allowed to lead
its own transformation in a manner thats compatible to its own circumstances.
This is particularly important as we consider Copenhagen, he said. The Federal
Government is committed to achieving Vision 2016 and we will not be derailed. I
have said this publicly and privately, Federal institutions including the
Parliament, the Council of Ministers, government ministers and the leaders, be
they national, or local, elected or traditional, must work together in the spirit of
unity for the good of Somalia.
We re-affirm our choice that reconciliation, the path that we chose earlier, will
be walked through Somali dialogue, determined through Somali led politics,
through creating a shared vision of what Somalia can be and how we will realize
it together, he added.
Speaking at the opening of the meeting, SRSG Kay emphasized Somalis progress
since 2012 but also expressed concern that gains made could be lost if political
stability is not sustained.

We all need to do better, whether we talk about political stability or economic

development. What we shall achieve depends on what we put in. The compact
remains the best framework to do this, he said. International partners need to
live up to the partnership principles and their commitments in the Compact, but
we also need to recognize that this is less likely to happen in a politically
unstable environment.
On behalf of the UN and many international partners in this room today, I
appeal to the political leadership of this country to find a way to manage their
differences, he added. The next six months will determine whether Somalia
achieves its goals for Vision 2016. There is no time to lose.
Prime Minister Ahmed added that the Federal Government of Somalia had
achieved significant progress regarding Vision 2016, especially in the areas of
security, state formation, legislation, stabilization and financial governance,
among others.
He concurred with the President that every effort will be made to build on the
progress already attained by the Federal Government. He also pointed to the
gains the government has made, especially tackling insecurity.
And training of police and NISA officers for those newly recovered areas is
complete. On the Government work plan, we have audited that 78 percent of
scheduled plans have been achieved. In addition to the success achieved during
Operation Indian Ocean, SNA and AMISOM continue to work hard to ensure that
supply routes remain open. Challenges of transportation, particularly air assets
remain. As a result of such campaigns, security in Mogadishu has significantly
improved. We continue our efforts to confiscate illegal arms in Mogadishu, he
said.
The Somali leadership appealed to the international partners to ensure that
donor funding is aligned to priorities identified by the government and
channeled through country public finance management systems.
The New Deal Compact progress report discussed during the meeting recognized
that Somalia has made progress in public financial management, with greater
accountability and controls.
The positive economic growth, infrastructure development, investment in
traditional sectors of agriculture, livestock and fisheries made, as well as the
health sector was also pointed out as a positive sign of progress made.
The report recognizes the need to focus on supporting ongoing policy and
development activities at community level.
The Interim Jubba Administration, Puntland, Galmudug and Benadir sent
representatives to the meeting. They stressed their commitment to the Somali
Compact process and priorities, but stressed the need for further efforts to
enhance the inclusiveness and participation of sub-federal entities in the

Compact implementation, conveying that accountability must be brought to the

local level.
The Mogadishu meeting comes ahead of the Copenhagen Ministerial level Highlevel Partnership Forum, due to begin on 19 November.
The meeting will make a further push on Somalias development agenda.
End.