STORY: UNESCO and UNSOM train

members of Somali security Institutions

on media relations
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DATELINE: 28/01/2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, Members of Internal Security and National
Intelligence Security Agency (NISA) attending security
training
2. Med shot, Internal Security and NISA attending training
3. Med shot, Internal Security and NISA attending training
4. Med shot, Security officials
5. Close up shot, Ian Lafreniere talking to the trainees
6. Wide shot, Participants listening to Ian Lafreniere
7. Close up shot, Participant listening
8. Med shot, Participants listening
9. Wide shot, Participants listening
10.
SOUNDBITE:(English) Participant from the
ministry of internal security, Mr Jibril Ahmed.
Before, there wasnt any communication between police, NISA, the
Somali National Army and the media. We hope that after the threeday training, there will be a good working relationship between the
security organs, civilians and the media
11.
Close up shot, Participant speaking at the training
12.
Close up shot,Yusuf Ali Mohamed, the director
general of the ministry of Internal Security speaking at the
training
13.
Close up shot, Security official at the training
14.
Med shot, Security officials at the training
15.
SOUNDBITE:(English) Yusuf Ali Mohamed,
the director general of the ministry of Internal Security
The media and Internal Security ministry have recognised the
need to work together. Staff from the Internal Security ministry need
to understand that they need to interface with the media and that
they can learn something from the media,
16.
Med shot, Ian Lafreniere, facilitator from the
corporate communications section of the Montreal police

service conducting the training

17.
Close up shot, Security officials listening at the
training
18.
Med shot, Security officials listening at the training
19.
Wide shot, Ian Lafreniere talking to the trainees
20.
Med shot, Ian Lafreniere talking to the trainees
21.
Wide shot, Internal Security and NISA attending
training
22.
SOUNDBITE:(English) Ian Lafreniere,
facilitator from the corporate communications section
of the Montreal police service
Its a tough job. Its not easy, because sometimes the media are
not in the right place for us. Sometimes, they are causing us
commotion the way they work. You have to understand. Youve got
to respect each other. Each of them has a role and its an important
role. But we are going the same way-we want to maintain
democracy
23.
Wide shot, Ian Lafreniere talking to the trainees
STORY UNESCO and UNSOM train members of Somali
security institutions on media relations
Mogadishu, 28 January 2016 A three-day training in media
relations for security institutions in Somalia has opened in
Mogadishu.
The training focuses on protection of journalists and cooperation
with the media
Officially opening the training today, the Director-General of the
Ministry of Internal Security Yusuf Ali Mohamed said his ministry was
working closely with the media to improve the safety of journalists.
Somali media and the Internal Security ministry have recognised
the need to work together. Staff from the Internal Security ministry
need to understand that they need to interface with journalists and
that they can learn something from the media, noted Yusuf Ali
Mohamed.
Yusuf Ali Mohamed added that the government had put in place
measures aimed at protecting journalists from undue attacks. He
cited the recently passed media law as part of the measures taken
to regulate the media, safeguard their work and protect journalists.
The training is facilitated by Ian Lafreniere of the Corporate
Communications section of the Montreal Police Service.

[Journalists and internal security officers] have to respect each

other. They all have a role and its an important role. But they are
going the same way: they want to maintain democracy, said Ian
Lafreniere in justifying the requirement to have more cooperation
between the two sectors.
Mr. Lafreniere told the participants, most of whom are from the
Ministry of Internal Security, that their initial interaction with the
media may be difficult, but he advised them to exercise restraint
and show respect for the profession.
A participant named Jibril Ahmed expressed hope that the police,
the intelligence department, the military and the media will develop
efficient and fruitful working relationships.
The training was organized jointly by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the United
Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia.
Somalia is considered to be one of the most dangerous places to
practice journalism. According to the international nongovernmental organization Committee to Protect Journalists, 59
journalists have been killed in Somalia since 1992.

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