STORY: Somalia’s Police strengthened with support from

UN, International Community

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DATELINE: 7/FEBRUARY/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, participants attending the Joint Police Programme (JPP) Executive
Board Meeting
2. Close up shot, representatives of the European Union, Italy, Turkey, United States,
United Nations, the Department For International Development (DFID) and the
Somali Police Force at the meeting
3. Med shot, development partners at the meeting
4. Med shot, Mohamed Islaw Duale, Minister of Internal Security of the Federal
Government of Somalia and Zakia Hussein, Deputy Chief of the Somali Police Force
at the meeting
5. Wide shot, representatives of the Federal Member States at the meeting
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Markus Bollmohr, Deputy Ambassador of Germany to
Somalia
“Our initial contribution of eight million euros, or over nine million United States
Dollars is channeled through the Multi-Partner Trust Fund of the United Nations and
is not earmarked to any specific strands of the JPP.”

7. Wide shot, representatives of the Federal Member States attending the meeting
8. Med shot, participants attending the Joint Police Programme Executive Board
meeting
9. Wide shot, Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner and other senior
officials from AMISOM, Somali Police Force, UN Police at the meeting
10. Close up shot, Zakia Hussein, Deputy Chief of the Somali Police Force taking
notes
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohamed Islaw Duale, Minister of Internal Security of
the Federal Government of Somalia
“On behalf of the federal government and the Federal Member States, state
ministers of security, I assure you of our commitment to the creation of sustained
Somalia Police Forces that are transparent, have respect for human rights, uphold
international laws and are able to defend the integrity of our nation.”

12. Wide shot, participants attending the Joint Police Programme Executive Board
meeting
13. Close up shot, representatives of the federal member states at the meeting
14. Med shot, Minister Mohamed Islaw Duale at the meeting
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marco Carmignani, Director of the Rule of Law and
Security Institutions Group (ROLSIG) in the United Nations Assistance Mission in
Somalia (UNSOM)
“The implementation of the approved work is mostly underway and we will hear
throughout this meeting a list of the deliverables within time and which strands it is
for.”

16. Med shot, representatives of the Federal Member States at the meeting
17. Close up- shot, Mohamed Islaw Duale, Minister of Internal Security of the Federal
Government of Somalia and Marco Carmignani, Director of the Rule of Law and
Security Institutions Group (ROLSIG) in the United Nations Assistance Mission in
Somalia (UNSOM) at the meeting
18.Pan shot, participants attending the JPP Executive Board meeting
19. Med shot, Christine Alalo, AMISOM Acting Police Commissioner and other senior
officials of AMISOM, Somali Police force and UN Police at the meeting

STORY

Somalia’s Police strengthened with support from UN, International Community

Mogadishu, 08 February 2019 – Somalia’s Joint Police Programme (JPP) received a

funding boost of 8 million Euros yesterday, under a partnership between Germany
and the United Nations in Somalia.

Implemented by the Federal Government of Somalia in close cooperation with the

Federal Member States, the UN and other international partners, the JPP is currently
underway in the Federal Member States and the Benadir region. The programme
supports priority police projects, as outlined in the Federal and State Police plans
and the country’s National Security Architecture that was endorsed by Somalia’s
political leaders in April 2017.

The JPP supports a two-tier policing structure that seeks to develop strong national
and state-level police services in the Horn of Africa country.

While announcing Germany’s support to the JPP, a programme first unveiled in June
2018, the Deputy Ambassador of Germany to Somalia said that while the funding is
not earmarked to any specific strand of the Programme, his country was keen to see
some activities given more emphasis, such as policy development, strengthening of
legal frameworks and civilian oversight.
“Our initial contribution of eight million Euros, or over nine million United States
Dollars is channeled through the Multi-Partner Trust Fund of the United Nations,”
explained Markus Bollmohr, the German representative, during a JPP Executive
Board meeting held yesterday in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

“On behalf of the Federal Government and the Federal Member States, state
ministers of Security, I assure you of our commitment to the creation of sustained
Somalia Police Forces that are transparent, have respect for human rights, uphold
international laws and are able to defend the integrity of our nation,” Mohamed
Abukar Duale, the Federal Minister of Internal Security told the JPP Executive Board,
which convened to take stock of progress made in the implementation of the
programme.

At the meeting, attended by various stakeholders and international partners, it was

explained that since the launch of the programme, the Federal and state-level
governments have asserted greater responsibility in delivering more effective
policing services to their communities.

Spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Internal Security, the programme is

expected to expedite the ongoing transition of security responsibilities from the
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), to Somalia’s security forces.