STORY: In Baidoa, UN envoy renews call for

collaboration and flags need for credible state

presidential poll
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DATELINE: 31/ OCTOBER 2018, BAIDOA SOMALIA

1. Med shot, Nicholas Haysom, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative

(SRSG) for Somalia reading his notes and consulting colleague inside the
aircraft
2. Med shot, aircraft in the sky
3. Wide shot, an aerial view of Baidoa
4. Med shot, aircraft touching town on the run-way
5. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom alighting from the plane upon arrival in
Baidoa
6. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom and the Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia,
Ambassador Francisco Madeira walking away
7. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom and SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira,
walking to greet AMISOM senior military officials
8. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom and SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira,
greeting AMISOM senior military officials upon arrival in Baidoa
9. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom and SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira,
greeting AMISOM senior military officials upon arrival in Baidoa
10. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom and SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira,
greeting AMISOM senior military officials upon arrival in Baidoa
11. Wide shot, motorcade carrying SRSG Nicholas Haysom arriving at the
Presidential Palace
12. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom greeting South West State official upon
arrival at the Presidential Palace
13. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom introducing SRCC Ambassador Francisco
Madeira to South West State officials
14. Wide shot, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, President of South West State
15. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom shaking hands with Sharif Hassan Sheikh
Aden, President of South West State
16. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, President of
South West State and other officials in a meeting
17. Med shot, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, President of South West State
listening
18. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, President
of South West State, flanked by other officials in a meeting
19. Close up shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom speaking during the meeting
20. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom speaking during the meeting
21. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, President of
South West State and SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira
22. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) SHARIF HASSAN SHEIKH ADEN, PRESIDENT OF
SOUTH WEST STATE
The SRSG [Nicholas Haysom] is here for the first time, we
congratulate to him for visiting us and we hope to succeed in resolving the
issues affecting us. We discussed wide ranging issues among them security,
politics and reconstruction and we did agree on the issues discussed. We
appreciate the UN’s efforts in helping stabilise the country.
23. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) NICHOLAS HAYSOM, UN SECRETARY- GENERAL’S
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA
“Basically, we’ve been telling them is what we’re facing is a quite serious
political issue – the stand-off between the Federal Member States and the
Federal Government may well paralyze our efforts to help Somalia get back
on its feet; and we’re asking all of the relevant role-players to get together to
find a solution and to make the necessary compromises so that they can
work collaboratively rather than against each other.”

24. Wide shot, hall where meeting is taking place

25. Close up shot, Federal Republic of Somalia flag and South West State flag
26. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom flanked by his deputy Raisedon Zenenga
walking towards the office of the Speaker of South West State Parliament
27. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom flanked by other officials walking towards
the office of the Speaker of South West State Parliament
28. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom flanked by SRCC Ambassador Francisco
Madeira having a meeting with the Speaker of South West State Parliament
29. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom flanked by SRCC Ambassador Francisco
Madeira having a meeting with the Speaker of South West State Parliament,
Abdulkadir Sharif Sheikhuna
30. Close us shot, Abdulkadir Sharif Sheikhuna, Speaker of the South West State
Parliament speaking during the meeting
31. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom flanked by SRCC Ambassador Francisco
Madeira having a meeting with the Speaker of South West State Parliament,
Abdulkadir Sharif Sheikhuna
32. Wide shot, journalists waiting outside the office of the Speaker of South West
State Parliament
33. Med shot, Federal Republic of Somalia flag and South West state flag
34. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ABDULKADIR SHARIF SHEIKHUNA, SPEAKER OF
SOUTH WEST STATE PARLIAMENT
“It is a honour for us to welcome the high-level delegation led
by the SRSG Nicholas Haysom and SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira. We
briefed them on the upcoming election scheduled for November 17th, the
status of the region, what we have achieved so far and the tasks that lay
 ahead. We responded to their questions and agreed on all the topics we
discussed.”
35. Med shot, Abdulkadir Sharif Sheikhuna, Speaker of South West State
Parliament shaking hands with SRSG Nicholas Haysom and SRCC Ambassador
Francisco Madeira
36. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom walking to his car to go to the next
meeting
37. Wide shot, motorcade arriving at the venue of the next meeting
38. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom getting out of the car
39. Med shot, welcome to Baidoa signage
40. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom meeting presidential candidates
41. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom meeting presidential candidates
42. Close up shot, presidential candidates listening
43. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom addressing the presidential candidates
44. Med shot, presidential candidates listening
45. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom addressing the presidential candidates
46. Med shot, presidential candidates listening
47. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) NICHOLAS HAYSOM, UN SECRETARY- GENERAL’S
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE (SRSG) FOR SOMALIA
“We think it’s very important that the elections be held in a credible and
acceptable manner in accordance with the rules that they’ve established so
that the result is accepted – if the result is not accepted and there is conflict
as a result there’ll be a problem, not only for the region but for the country.”
48. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MADEIRA, SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION
COMMISSION (SRCC) FOR SOMALIA
“We also came here because we are passing through a bit of delicate period
that are elections, that are going to take place in the coming few weeks, and
not only that but also we know that there is a standoff between the
government and the regional member states. This is the fourth encounter
that we are having.”
49. Wide shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom going to board the aircraft
50. Med shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom going to board the aircraft after bidding
the troops goodbye
51. Med shot, shot, SRSG Nicholas Haysom boarding the plane

In Baidoa, UN envoy renews call for collaboration and flags need for credible state
presidential poll

Baidoa, 31 October 2018 - The new United Nations envoy to Somalia today continued his
round of introductory meetings with state leaders with a visit to South West State, where he
flagged the need for it hold “credible and acceptable” presidential elections next month and
renewed his call for collaboration to solve ongoing tensions between the country’s federal
and state authorities.

In his visit to South West State’s capital, Baidoa, the Secretary-General’s Special
Representative for Somalia, Nicholas Haysom, was with his counterpart from the African
Union (AU), the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission,
Ambassador Francisco Madeira.

Soon after arriving, they two envoys met with South West State’s President Sharif Hassan
Sheikh Aden.

The ongoing tensions between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the country’s
Federal Member States was a major topic in their meeting.

“We’re exploring ways of bringing them together in the hope that Somalis can face down
their problems together rather than going separately,” Mr. Haysom of their discussions.

“Basically, we’ve been telling them is what we’re facing is a quite serious political issue – the
stand-off between the Federal Member States and the Federal Government may well
paralyze our efforts to help Somalia get back on its feet,” he added. “And we’re asking all of
the relevant role-players to get together to find a solution and to make the necessary
compromises so that they can work collaboratively rather than against each other.”

President Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden was recently selected as the chairperson of the Council
of Inter-state Cooperation (CIC), which brings together the heads of Somalia’s Federal
Member States. In a recently-issued communique, the CIC – with the exception of
Hirshabelle – announced it would hold off cooperation with the FGS.

“He has been very open and thorough in his approach, in his analysis of what is happening,
and this is important for us to help us understand what is happening and help us find the
best way to help the people of Somalia,” Amb. Madeira said following their meeting.

The UN and AU Special Representatives have, so far, had similar discussions with the
presidents of Jubaland and HirShabelle.

South West State’s presidential elections

Other topics discussed with President Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden included development,
security and political matters – with the latter including the state’s presidential elections in
November this year.

“Let me say right from the outset: the international community does not have a candidate
[and] is not backing any candidate in this race, but we do want to see – and I’ve asked the
president to reassure me – that the elections will be conducted in a way which all parties will
able to accept, and he has reassured me that this indeed will be the case,” Mr. Haysom said
at a joint press conference after their meeting, alongside the president and AU envoy.

“We want this election to go smoothly, peacefully, and we, as AMISOM, are going to do our
best, our utmost, to ensure that security is guaranteed, and we want the collaboration of
everybody and every candidate that they do not indulge in situations that are likely to flare
up violence and instability,” Amb. Madeira, who also heads the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping operation, told the media.

“We want a peaceful Somalia, and South West [State] is an important part of the entire
process of stabilization of the country,’ he added.
Meeting with Parliamentary Speaker and presidential candidates

The UN and AU officials also met with the Speaker of South West State’s Parliament,
Abdulkadir Shariif Shekhuna, who briefed them on preparations for the presidential poll due
on Saturday, 17 November.

“You’ll appreciate the elections in the South West State will be the first of the many
elections to follow and in that sense will be setting the standard. It’s also clear that the
elections will be contested, hotly contested, and for that reason it’s important that the
outcome should be accepted by those who participate,” Mr. Haysom said in a subsequent
press encounter with the Speaker and Amb. Madeira.

“So we were reassured to hear from the speaker in regard to the detailed arrangements
which will govern the election and we wish South West [State] all the best in holding those
elections,” he noted, adding the importance of the polls being held in “a credible and
acceptable manner in accordance with the rules that they’ve established so that the result is
accepted.”

Mr. Haysom and Amb. Madeira echoed these comments in their later meeting with seven
people standing as candidates in the presidential election.