STORY: AU, UN meet on operational efficiency in mission

against terrorists in Somalia

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DATELINE: 29/ SEPTEMBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, Senior officials of the AU Mission in Somalia and the United Nations
Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) attending a five day logistics conference aimed at
enhancing efficiency
2. Close up shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Lisa Filipetto,
the Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) at the conference
3. Med shot, participants taking notes
3. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira speaking
4. Close up shot, AMISOM senior military and police officers listening
5. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira speaking
6. Med shot, military officers at the conference
7. Close up shot, participants taking notes
8. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira speaking
9. Close up shot, Rex Dun Dun, Acting AMISOM police commissioner taking notes
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative
of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“All these things need to be done in a manner that by 2021 we are able to leave the
country, leaving behind a capable Somali National Security Forces that cannot only
preserve all the gains that we have helped to achieve but also improve on them. So
all these things cannot happen without a proper, planned and adequate logistical
support,”

11. Wide shot, participants at the conference

12. Med shot, senior AMISOM military and police officers typing on computer and
taking notes
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative
of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“The need to manage and handle whatever resources we have to support priority
activities that can make the process advance becomes necessary,”

14. Close up shot, military officers taking notes

15. Wide shot, participants listening at the conference
16. Close up shot, participants listening
17. Wide shot, Gen. Fitzer Dlu Dlu, AMISOM head of Mission Support speaking
18. Close up shot, a participant listening
19. Med shot, participants attending the conference
20. Wide shot, AMISOM military and police officers at the conference
21. Med shot, officers listening to Lisa Filipetto, the Head of UNSOS
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lisa Filipetto, the Head of the United Nations Support
Office in Somalia (UNSOS)
“The key message that I have today is please be assured of the commitment of
UNSOS to fulfilling its mandate to deliver efficient, effective and agile logistics so that
in turn AMISOM can do its job of delivering on its mandate,”

23. Med shot, participants leaving the conference room at the end of the opening
24. Wide shot, group photo

AU, UN meet on operational efficiency in mission against terrorists in Somalia

Mogadishu, 29 September— A high-level conference kicked off in Mogadishu on

Sunday, with the aim to develop a comprehensive roadmap to guide activities and
operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) from 2019 to 2021
and align them to its revised Concept of Operations and the Somali Transition Plan
(STP).

Senior AMISOM and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) are
attending the five-day conference, to help enhance efficiency and cooperation, and
enable the mission conduct more robust military operations against Al-Shabaab
terrorists.

The Concept of Operations (CONOPs) outlines the main activities under the Somali
Transition Plan, when AMISOM is expected to exit and hand over the security
responsibilities of the country to Somali Security Forces by 2021.

Ambassador Francisco Madeira, AMISOM’s Head of Mission, said the conference was
important as it came at a time when AMISOM was conducting key priority tasks such
as sustained military operations against Al-Shabaab, securing Main Supply Routes
(MSR) and population centres.
“All these things cannot happen without adequate planning and logistical support,”
Ambassador Madeira stated.
He noted that the vast nature of AMISOM’s responsibilities, coupled with a complex
and unpredictable operating environment, makes effective planning and delivery of
logistics critical to the success of the mission.

Head of UNSOS, Ms. Lisa Filipetto, praised the role AMISOM has so far played in the
stabilization of Somalia and reiterated the commitment of UNSOS to ensuring timely
and adequate logistical support to the mission.

“The key message that I have today is please be assured of the commitment of
UNSOS to fulfilling its mandate to deliver efficient, effective and agile logistics so that
in turn AMISOM can do its job of delivering on its mandate,” Ms. Filipetto stated.

In attendance were officials from the African Union Commission Headquarters in

Addis Ababa, representatives of all troop and police contributing countries and
senior AMISOM officials from the military, police and civilian components.

Also to be discussed at the conference are the existing frameworks between the AU,
UN, and the troop and police contributing countries. Participants will also review
accountability and reporting mechanisms in the mission.