STORY: AMISOM AND PARTNERS MEET TO

STRATEGIZE ON EFFECTIVE CIVILMILITARY RELATIONS

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DATELINE: 2015, MARCH, 12, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
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Wide shot, Consultative Meeting on Strengthening AMISOM CIMIC
operations in Somalia workshop banner
Close up, Consultative Meeting on Strengthening AMISOM CIMIC
operations in Somalia workshop banner
SOUNDBITE (English) the Deputy Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Lydia
Wanyoto:
Am convinced that the reflections and discussions held during
this meeting will make a major contribution towards the
delivery of humanitarian assistance as the core part of our
stabilization, reconstruction and long term development in
Somalia. I expect that this event will create the conditions
necessary to discuss and review AMISOM CIMIC structure.
CIMIC has a vital role to play in the day to day delivery and
condition of humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia.
I hope this meeting will help the mission to have an
appropriate number of selected, trained operators to carry out
this important work.
Wide shot, the Deputy SRCC Lydia Wanyoto giving the opening
remarks
SOUNDBITE (English) the Deputy Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Lydia
Wanyoto:
The review we are undertaking for the CIMIC organogram or
structure will help us deploy enough CIMIC operatives to
AMISOM to facilitate dialogue and interaction between
humanitarian and military actors. This interaction is essential
in the protection and promotion of humanitarian principles
and avoidance of competition and to minimize inconsistency.
Wide shot, workshop participants in attendance
Wide shot, AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan Kipkemoi
Rono giving the opening remarks

8. SOUNDBITE (English) AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen.

Jonathan Kipkemoi Rono:
Now we are in the stage of stabilization and therefore CIMIC
will play a very key role or plays the key role it's already
playing in this area of stabilization. So this coming together is
only to cement our work that has already been going on, to
put it to an even higher level so that we are able to work
together; the military and every other actors and take the
stabilization phase to the next level before we see a situation
where Somalia will be able to go for their elections in
preparation to govern themselves as a state. We are the
people to enable them in that area.
9. SOUNDBITE (English) AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand
Pillay:
The new regions are being established and it's become
known now that the Interim regions need there own police
structures so we are currently establishing or assisting in
establishing policing in the regions, and with this, our police
operations have moved into the outlying areas, the regions
and we see the need for CIMIC activities, cooperation and
coordinations in those areas. From our side, we intend to
establish coordinators in those areas to ensure that we are
able to strengthen this and am here together with my police
officers to ensure that we are able to bring about the
modalities in which we can strengthen and ensure CIMIC
operations and humanitarian aid and humanitarian agencies
can coordinate with us and cooperate with us.
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Wide shot, workshop participants in attendance
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Med shot, AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan
Kipkemoi Rono and AMISOM Senior Humanitarian Liaison Officer
Abdul Diabagate, listening to the opening remarks
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Med shot, workshop participants in attendance
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Close up, name card placed on table
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Med shot, AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan
Kipkemoi Rono
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Med shot, workshop participants in attendance
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Close up, name card placed on table
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Wide shot, AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan
Kipkemoi Rono, AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay and the
Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African
Union Commission Lydia Wanyoto
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Med shot, AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan
Kipkemoi Rono and the Deputy Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Lydia Wanyoto
SCRIPT

A meeting to discuss ways of strengthening Civil- Military

Cooperation (CIMIC) in Somalia between the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) and its partners has opened in Nairobi, Kenya.
The three day meeting follows the adoption of the Somalia Country
Specific Humanitarian Guidelines by AMISOM and the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in
November last year. The guidelines stipulate principles and
practices for AMISOM and humanitarian actors operating in the
same environment.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Deputy Special
Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson
(DSRCC) in Somalia Hon. Lydia Wanyoto expressed optimism that
the meeting will come up with measures to enhance civil-military
relations and activities.
I am convinced that the reflections and discussions held during this
meeting will make a major contribution towards the delivery of
humanitarian assistance as the core part of our stabilization,
reconstruction and long term development in Somalia. I expect that
this event will create the conditions necessary to discuss and review
AMISOM CIMIC structure. CIMIC has a vital role to play in the day to
day delivery and condition of humanitarian assistance to the people
of Somalia. I hope this meeting will help the mission to have an
appropriate number of selected, trained operators to carry out this
important work, she said.
She emphasized the importance of CIMIC in providing opportunities
for essential dialogue and interaction between civilian and military
actors, as they seek to protect and promote humanitarian principles
and minimize conflict.
Participants at the meeting concurred that CIMIC is an important
tool that the military can use to cooperate with civilians and other
stakeholders.
AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Jonathan Rono noted that CIMIC
is particularly relevant to areas newly recovered from Al Shabaab.
He said, Now we are in the stage of stabilization and therefore
CIMIC will play a very key role or plays a key role, it's already
playing in this area of stabilization. So this coming together is only
to cement our work that has already been going on, to put it to an
even higher level so that we are able to work together; the military
and every other actors and take the stabilization phase to the next
level before we see a situation where Somalia will be able to go for
their election in preparation to govern themselves as a state. We are
the people to enable them in that area.

The AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay also added his voice
to discussions on the civilian-military relations. He told the meeting
that the Police component was expanding into more areas, noting
such coordination is key for effective service delivery.
The new regions are being established and it's become known now
that the Interim regions need there own police structures so we are
currently establishing or assisting in establishing policing in the
regions, and with this our police operations have moved into the
outlying areas, the regions and we see the need for CIMIC activities,
cooperation and coordinations in those areas. From our side we
intend to establish coordinators in those areas to ensure that we are
able to strengthen this and am here together with my police officers
to ensure that we are able to bring about the modalities in which we
can strengthen and ensure CIMIC operations and humanitarian aid
and humanitarian agencies can coordinate with us and cooperate
with us, said Police Commissioner Pillay.
The three-day meeting brings together key stakeholders consisting
of representatives from AMISOM and the Federal Government of
Somalia. The meeting will provide a clear road map for devising
mechanisms to effectively meet humanitarian needs in Somalia.
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