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GUIDELINES FOR AID SUPPORT
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: NOVEMBER 24, 2014, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, Senior AMISOM and UN OCHA staff
2. Medium shot, senior AMISOM and UN OCHA staff
3. Close up, SRCC AMB Maman S. Sidikou giving his opening remarks
4. Wide shot, DSRSG Philippe Lazzarini briefing the senior AMISOM and UN
OCHA staff
5. Medium shot, DSRSG Philippe Lazzarini briefing the senior AMISOM and
UN OCHA staff
6. Medium shot, Senior AMISOM staff listening to the briefing
7. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON
OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISION (SRCC) FOR SOMALIA AND AMISOM
HEAD OF MISSION, AMBASSADOR MAMAN S. SIDIKOU: Am so proud of
what AMISOM has done, our men our boys I will call them have done on
the ground, but we also want from the guidelines to also show that they
are not people just carrying arms they are also people soldiers but actors
opening the way for the populations of South Central Somalia to be
accessing their God given rights to food to health to education.
8. Medium shot, SRCC AMB Maman S. Sidikou and DSRSG Philippe Lazzarini
signing the aid guidelines
9. Close up, SRCC AMB Maman S. Sidikou signing the aid guidelines
10. Med shot, SRCC AMB Maman S. Sidikou and DSRSG Philippe Lazzarini
exchanging the signed aid guidelines
11. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN
SECRETARY GENERAL TO SOMALIA AND RESIDENT HUMANITARIAN
COORDINATOR PHILIPPE LAZZARINI: Well in the Somali context if we can
improve the movement of basic commodities and movement of
population it will favourably contribute to the overall food security
situation it is true that today we are in a situation which is comparable to
2010 we have a number of indicators telling us if we are not addressing
the need today the situation will get worse tomorrow.
12. Wide shot, Senior AMISOM and UN OCHA staff at the signing ceremony

SCRIPT
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) together with the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today launched
guidelines to facilitate better harmonized and coordinated delivery of aid support to
the Somali people.
The Somali Country Specific Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination Guidelines
were launched at a ceremony attended by the Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and AMISOM Head
of Mission, Ambassador Maman S. Sidikou and the Deputy Special Representative of
the UN Secretary General to Somalia and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator
Philippe Lazzarini.
The guidelines aim to establish agreed principles and practices for constructive civilmilitary relations between AMISOM and humanitarian actors, operating within the
same environment in Somalia.
Speaking during the ceremony, the SRCC reiterated the commitment of AMISOM to
provide a conducive environment for humanitarian assistance to reach the Somali
people.
Am so proud of what AMISOM has done, our men our boys I will call them have
done on the ground, but we also want from the guidelines to also show that they are
not people just carrying arms they are also people soldiers but actors opening the
way for the populations of South Central Somalia to be accessing their God given
rights to food to health to education, he said.
Mr. Lazzarini added that such guidelines are very important in ensuring better
structured relations and in turn more effective aid delivery. Well in the Somali
context if we can improve the movement of basic commodities and movement of
population it will favourably contribute to the overall food security situation it is true
that today we are in a situation which is comparable to 2010 we have a number of
indicators telling us if we are not addressing the need today the situation will get
worse tomorrow, he noted.
The guidelines address civil-military coordination in both complex emergency
situations and disasters in peacetime settings.

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