STORY: SOMALIA / USG JEFFREY FELTMAN TRT: 2.

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SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot, plane arriving at the Mogadishu airport 2. Med shot, USG Jeffrey Feltman disembarking aircraft 3. Med shot, USG Feltman being welcomed by UN delegation 4. Wide shot, delegation leaving Mogadishu airport 5. Wide shot, exterior of the Prime Ministers office 6. Med shot, USG Feltman being welcomed by Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon 7. Med shot, Somali government officials 8. Wide shot, Prime Minister Shirdon chatting with USG Feltman 9. Med shot, USG Feltman and Prime Minister Shirdon talking 10. Wide shot, delegation taking their seat 11. Med shot, Somali government officials and the USG meeting 12. Med shot, Journalist waiting 13. Med shot, Prime Minister Shirdon and USG Feltman walk into conference room 14. Wide shot, Prime Minister Shirdon and USG Feltman at the press conference 15. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Abdi Farah Shirdon, Somali Prime Minister: I am happy with all the issues we discussed and we agreed on them. This shows how the world is dealing with the new Somalia and how the world is listening and getting ready to support it. We welcome it and we are actually happy with it. 16. Med shot, journalist 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Political Affairs:We know very well that the future of Somalia is in the hands of the Somali people, that the decisions about Somalis future rests with Somali leaders and the Somali People and we are here to facilitate and to support a Somali process 18. Med shot, Prime Minister Shirdon and USG Feltman shaking hands 19. Wide shot, delegation leaving the press conference

STORY: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffery Feltman, today visited the Horn of Africa Nation of Somalia where he met with senior members of the Somali Federal Government.Feltman, the UN political head, met with the Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon as well as the Minister of Justice, Defence and Interior in the capital Mogadishu.Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Prime Minister Shirdon said he was pleased with meeting and the focus that the international community is giving to Somalia.SOUNDBITE (Somali) Abdi Farah Shirdon, Somali Prime Minister:I am happy with all the issues we discussed and we agreed on them. This shows how the world is dealing with the new Somalia and how the world is listening and getting ready to support it. We welcome it and we are actually happy with it. The UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs added the he was pleased with the progress made by the Somalis and that the UN is here to facilitate and support a Somali process.SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Political Affairs:We know very well that the future of Somalia is in the hands of the Somali people, that the decisions about Somalis future rests with Somali leaders and the Somali People and we are here to facilitate and to support a Somali processIn August 2011, the violent extremist group al Shabaab was pushed out of Mogadishu by the Somali National Army backed by troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). In September 2012, a new President was chosen in a United Nationsbacked process which ended eight years of rule by the transitional government. Jeffrey Feltman assumed the post of Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs on 2 July 2012.