STORY: Rosemary DiCarlo meets President Farmaajo on

first field trip as UN Under-Secretary-General

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DATELINE: 07/JUNE/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA.

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Aden Abdulle International Airport

2. Med shot, Michael Keating, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General
(SRSG) for Somalia and Mukhtar Mahat Daud, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
at the airport to welcome Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for
Department of Political Affairs
3. Med shot, a plane marshaller directs the aeroplane at the airport
4. Wide shot, Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Department of
Political Affairs, Michael Keating, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-
General (SRSG) for Somalia and Mukhtar Mahat Daud, Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs
5. Med shot, Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Department of
Political Affairs, Michael Keating, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-
General (SRSG) for Somalia and Mukhtar Mahat Daud, Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs
6. Wide shot, Rosemary DiCarlo and delegation arrive at the presidential palace
7. Wide shot, Rosemary DiCarlo in a meeting with President Mohamed Abdullahi
Mohamed Farmaajo
8. Med shot, Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Department of
Political Affairs and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the President of
Somalia
9. Close up, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo
10. Med shot, UN Under-Secretary-General and officials present at the meeting
11. Wide shot, the UN envoy in a meeting with President Mohamed Abdullahi
Mohamed Farmaajo
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Keating, Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia.
“Rosemary was appointed the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of
Political Affairs about a month ago; and she has chosen to come to Somalia as
her first field trip, which is very encouraging for us. We just had a meeting with
the President in which she raised the issues of security, economic progress, and
political developments.”
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for
Department of Political Affairs.
“I wanted to come to show how important Somalia is to the United Nations. It’s a
high priority for the Secretary-General and for me. I had a very good discussion
with the President. We talked about recent events, both the constitutional
convention, the national security council meeting. I congratulated him on the
progress that has been made. It’s very clear Somalia has made a great deal of
progress over the last decade and wished him the very best and assured him of
continued support of the United Nations to make further progress in security and
political and social economic areas.”

STORY

Rosemary DiCarlo meets President Farmaajo on first field trip as UN Under-

Secretary-General

Mogadishu, 7 June 2018 - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

Rosemary DiCarlo concluded a day-long visit to Somalia today, her first field trip
since her appointment to the position one month ago.

Ms. DiCarlo’s visit to Somalia is part of a regional tour of three countries in the East
Africa.

The Under-Secretary-General met with Federal President Mohamed Abdullahi

Mohamed Farmaajo and senior federal government officials at the Presidential Villa
in the Somali capital, and they reviewed the political, security and economic
situation in the country.

“I wanted to come to show how important Somalia is to the United Nations. It’s a
high priority for the Secretary-General and for me,” she said in an interview after
meeting with the President.

Ms. DiCarlo expressed satisfaction with the progress the country has achieved on the
political and security fronts and noted recent efforts to expedite the constitutional
review process.

“I had a very good discussion with the President, and it is very clear Somalia has
made a great deal of progress over the last decade,” Ms. DiCarlo stated, adding that
she had assured the President of the UN’s continued support to Somalia.

The Under-Secretary-General also met with senior UN officials and staff and held
discussions with the senior leadership of the African Union Mission in Somalia.
On arrival in Mogadishu this morning, she was received by the Special
Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Michael Keating, and the
Federal Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Mukhtar Mahat Daud.

Ms. DiCarlo visited Nairobi earlier this week and met with senior officials of the
Kenyan government. At the conclusion of her visit to Mogadishu, she left for the
Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, where she will hold discussions with the leadership
of the African Union.

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