STORY: UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR

SOMALIA WELCOMES JUBBALANDS

ACCEPTANCE OF THE ELECTORAL MODEL
FOR 2016
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DATELINE: 4/02/2016, KISMAAYO, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, the UN aircraft arriving at Kismaayo
International Airport
2. Med shot, UN and AMISOM Officers at Kismaayo
International Airport to welcome the UN SRSG Michael Keating
3. Med Shot, UN Police officers at Kismaayo International
Airport to welcome the UN SRSG Michael Keating
4. Med Shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating disembarking from
the aircraft
5. Med Shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating greeting UN officials
at the airport.
6. Wide Shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating, AU SRCC for
Somalia Ambassador Francisco Madeira and UNSOM regional
director Benjamin Johan walking
7. Med shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating being greeted by
UN police officials
8. Wide shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating greeting the first
deputy president of Jubbaland Abdullahi Sheik Ismail Farataag
9. Close up, UN SRSG Michael Keating
10.
Wide shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating meeting with
officials from IGAD, EU and the head AMISOM Ambassador
Francisco Madeira in UNSOM briefing hall
11.
Wide shot, UN SRSG convoy heading to Kismayo
town
12.
Wide shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating and
Jubbaland Administration meeting in Kismayo meeting hall
13.
Med shot, Jubbaland delegates attending the
meeting
14.
Close up, UN SRSG Michael Keating and SRCC for
Somalia Ambassador Francisco Madeira at the meeting

15.
SOUNDBITE: (English) UN SRSG Michael
Keating
The kind of conversation that have taken place over the last month
about the political future of Somalia have not been run by the
international community unlike those 20 years ago
16.
Med shot, Jubbaland Administration officials
clapping
17.
Close up shot, Jubbaland President, Ahmed
Madobe at the meeting
18.
Med shot, Jubbaland Administration officials
listening at the meeting
19.
Close up shot, SRCC for Somalia Ambassador
Francisco Madeira at the meeting
20.
Med shot, Jubbaland Administration officials
21.
Close up shot, SRSG Michael Keating taking notes
22.
SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Jubbaland President,
Ahmed Madobe
As Jubbaland people already said what they wanted but we do not
want to demoralize the Somalis as a whole and also need not to be
part of these disputes that can draw back the Somalis into civil war
but we want can unite the Somalis,
23.
Med shot, international partners attending the
meeting
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Wide shot, Kismayo Women group attending the
meeting
25.
SOUNDBITE: (English) UN SRSG Michael
Keating
Things have changed, Somalis are taking their political future into
their own hands, so I think this is a cause for celebration
26.
Close up, one of the delegates in the meeting
27.
Med shot, Jubbaland delegates attending the
meeting
28.
Med shot, Jubbaland president, Ahmed Madobe
and first deputy president of Jubbaland, Abdullahi Sheik Ismail
in the meeting
29.
SOUNDBITE: (English) UN SRSG Michael
Keating
Our position is that a model has to be agreed, so that elections of
some kind can take place this year because we believe that those
elections are very important, first of all to reduce political instability,
secondly because there is an ongoing security problem in Somalia
and it will not be helped by political insecurity and thirdly because
the security and political instability of Somalia is not only important
for Somalia but the for the whole world
30.
Wide shot, the delegates in Kismayo meeting hall
31.
Med Shot, UN SRSG Michael Keating and the
President of Jubbaland, Ahmed Madobe in the meeting hall
UN Special Representative for Somalia welcomes

Jubbalands acceptance of the

electoral model for 2016
Mogadishu, 04 February 2016 The Special Representative of
the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, has
welcomed the decision of Jubbaland leaders to accept the Federal
Governments electoral model for 2016.
Jubbaland representatives expressed their concerns over the
electoral model, particular their desire to move beyond the 4.5 clan
power-sharing formula, but also said that in the interests of unity
and progress, they would accept the electoral model decided on by
the Federal Government. The people of Jubbaland have stated their
position, but we do not want to demoralize Somalis and also must
not to be part of disputes that can draw back our people into civil
war. All we want is to unite Somalis, said Jubbaland President,
Sheikh Ahmed Islam "Madobe".
The Jubbaland President made the remarks at a meeting attended
by the UN SRSG Keating, who led a delegation with representatives
from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European
Union (EU), Ethiopia, Italy and Sweden to Kismaayo to listen to
peoples views on the Federal Governments decision on the
electoral model.
Things have changed, Somalis are taking their political future into
their own hands. I think this is a call for celebration, said the UN
Special Representative to Somalia.
The delegation also met with members of the Presidents cabinet
and with the Jubbaland regional assembly, including the Speaker,
civil society leaders, womens groups, traditional elders and the
business community.
Jubbaland representatives voiced their concerns and urged the UN
and development partners to help the country to implement a
political roadmap, with clear benchmarks, in order to achieve
elections with universal suffrage by 2020.
SRSG Keating reiterated the UNs position that a model had to be
decided on to pave way for elections later this year, adding that
consultations were important to reduce political instability and help
tackle insecurity in the country. He emphasized that the
international community does not have its own model, saying that
international community, unlike in the past, was no longer deciding
the future of Somalia.

The UN, he added, remains committed to supporting peacebuilding

and state-building process in Somalia.
ENDS.