STORY: Building bridges: UNSOM and AMISOM

launch Joint Police Patrol training in Gaalkacyo

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DATELINE: 17/JULY/2017, GAALKACYO, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, the joint training facility in Gaalkacyo

2. Med shot, the joint training facility in Gaalkacyo
3. Close up, the joint training facility in Gaalkacyo
4. Wide shot, Somali police and military trainees present during the training
workshop launch
5. Med shot, Somali police and military trainees present during the training
workshop launch
6. Close up, Somali police and military trainees present during the training
workshop launch
7. Wide shot, invited guests and officials present during the training
workshop launch
8. Med shot, invited guests and officials present during the training workshop
launch
9. Close up, Mohamed Hashi Abdi, the Vice President of Galmudug and
Abdihakim Omar Amey, the Vice President of Puntland
10. SOUNDBITE: CHRISTOPH BUIK, POLICE COMMISSIONER, UNITED
NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SOMALIA (UNSOM).
The training aims to promote trust and confidence in Gaalkacyo to
prepare a group of selected police officers to establish and implement joint
police patrols in Gaalkacyo under a common command, and to provide
security to the Joint Ceasefire Committee members while on visits to the
buffer zone.

11. Wide shot, Somali police and military trainees present during the training
workshop launch
12. Med shot, Somali police and military trainees present during the training
workshop launch
13. Close up, Somali police and military trainees present during the training
workshop launch
14. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MOHAMED HASHI ABDI, VICE PRESIDENT
OF GALMUDUG.
 We are ready to ensure the implementation of peace in Gaalkacyo and as
Somalis, we have to hold each others hands, support one another and tell
our people that we are one as brothers and sisters.

15. Wide shot, United Nations officials present during the training workshop
launch
16. Med shot, United Nations officials present during the training workshop
launch
17. Close up, Christoph Buik, Police Commissioner, UNSOM
18. Wide shot, journalists cover the proceedings
19. Med shot, journalists cover the proceedings
20. Close up, an AMISOM officer present during the training workshop launch
21. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ABDIHAKIM OMAR AMEY, VICE PRESIDENT
OF PUNTLAND.
The joint police patrol is the beginning of the Somali integration process.
We dont want to miss this opportunity. We have to spearhead the
integration of the whole of Somalia and as Puntland we are ready to
ensure the implementation of this agreement.

22. Med shot, invited guests and officials present during the training workshop
23. SOUNDBITE: HOWARD BELL, HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SOMALIA (UNSOM), PUNTLAND.
I would say that peoples confidence in peace, which has been quite
fragile, and remains quite fragile, will start to grow and increase as a result
of the implementation of measures like this police training.

24. Wide shot, Somali police and military trainees are awarded with
certificates
25. Med shot, Somali police and military trainees are awarded with certificates
26. Close up, a Somali police trainee is awarded with a certificate
27. Wide shot, invited guests and officials present during the training
workshop
28. Med shot, Mohamed Hashi Abdi, the Vice President of Galmudug and
Abdihakim Omar Amey, the Vice President of Puntland
29. Close up, an invited guest present during the training workshop
30. Wide shot, invited guests and officials present during the training
workshop
31. SOUNDBITE: CHIEF INSPECTOR PROSPER OKLU, AMISOM POLICE
TEAM LEADER, GAALKACYO.
We are optimistic therefore that with the right learning environment and
support, the joint police patrol training programme is on the right footing.

32. Wide shot, Somali police and military trainees are awarded with
certificates
33. Med shot, Somali police and military trainees are awarded with certificates
34. Close up, Somali police and military trainees are awarded with certificates

STORY
Building bridges: UNSOM and AMISOM launch Joint Police Patrol
training in Gaalkacyo

Gaalkacyo, 18 July 2017 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in

Somalia (UNSOM) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are
facilitating a joint training aimed at preparing a group of police officers from
Puntland and Galmudug states in carrying out joint patrols in Gaalkacyo, as
part of a ceasefire agreement.

The training is taking place under the auspices of the Gaalkacyo Ceasefire
Agreement signed on 1 January 2017 by the Puntland and Galmudug State
Presidents.

Under the agreement, patrol teams from both states would be trained to help
enforce the cessation of hostilities between the two administrations.

The training aims to promote trust and confidence in Gaalkacyo, [by

preparing] a group of selected police officers to establish and implement joint
police patrols in Gaalkacyo, under a common command, explained Christoph
Buik, the UNSOM Police Commissioner in Somalia.

Mr. Buik also stated that the joint patrol teams would provide security to the
Joint Ceasefire Committee members, while on visits to a buffer zone
established between both sides. The trainees will also support ongoing
initiatives to restore stability and the rule of law, and also act as focal points
for rebuilding confidence and peace in Gaalkacyo.

At least 100 police officers who will oversee the implementation of the
Gaalkacyo Ceasefire Agreement are taking part in the inaugural joint training
launched at Gaalkacyo Community Centre on Monday.

We are ready to ensure the implementation of peace in Gaalkacyo, noted

Mohamed Hashi Abdi, the Vice President of Galmudug State. Somalis, we
have to hold each others hands, support one another and tell our people that
we are one as brothers and sisters, he added.

Under the Gaalkacyo ceasefire deal, leaders from the two states have also
committed to withdraw troops and remove roadblocks, in order to allow free
movement of people and goods.

The joint police patrol is the beginning of the Somali integration process. We
dont want to miss this opportunity, said Abdihakim Omar Amey, the Vice
President of Puntland State, who added that Puntland was committed to
spearheading the integration of the whole of Somalia, starting with the
implementation of the Gaalkacyo agreement.

Howard Bell, the Head of the UNSOM Office in Puntland, described the Joint
Patrol Training as an important step in the implementation of the ceasefire
agreement. I would say that peoples confidence in peace, which has been
quite fragile, and remains quite fragile, will start to grow and increase as a
result of the implementation of measures like this police training, Mr. Bell
noted.

AMISOM Police will lead in delivering the joint training programme. We are
optimistic therefore that with the right learning environment and support, the
joint police patrol training programme is on the right footing, AMISOM lead
trainer, Chief Inspector of Police Prosper Oklu said.

The training will focus on effective patrol strategies, community engagement,

alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and respect for human rights,
among other topics.

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