STORY: UNSOA DONATE FIRE TRUCKS TO FGS

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DATELINE: 29 AUGUST 2014, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA


SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot; Firefighting trucks and pickups
2. Medium shot; Fire fighters, firefighting trucks and pickups
3. Close up; Firefighters standing in front of fire trucks
4. Wide shot; Somali Minister of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel being
received by Director of UNSOA Amadou Kamara
5. Medium shot; Minister of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel talking to
Director of UNSOA Amadou Kamara
6. Medium shot; Firefighting pick ups
7. Wide shot; Minister of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel and Director of
UNSOA Amadou Kamara view the trucks
8. Medium shot; FGS Transport Minister and Director of UNSOA Amadou
Kamara view the trucks
9. Wide shot; Minister of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel gets into one of the
fire trucks
10. Medium shot; Minister of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel being shown how
the truck is operated
11. Close shot; Minister of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel being shown how
the truck is operated
12. Wide shot; Media being briefed
13. Medium shot; Minister of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel and Director of
UNSOA Amadou Kamara speaking to the media
14. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) SAID JAMA QORSHEEL MINISTER OF
TRANSPORT:
So what you have handed over to us here today is very valuable.
Speaking on behalf of the heads of the government; the President, the
Prime Minister, the Speaker and all the Somali people, I wish to say thank
you very much. We see this as a great sign of co-operation and the start of
a working partnership and we hope this will not be the last opportunity.
15. Medium shot; Director of UNSOA Amadou Kamara hands keys to Minister
of Transport Said Jama Qorsheel
16. Wide shot; Firefighting trucks and pickups
17. Medium shot; Firefighting trucks siren
18. Close up; Firefighting truck with label of Baidoa
19. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMADOU KAMARA, DIRECTOR OF UNSOA:
This is an important development in improving the safety and also the
attraction of commercial activities by making sure we reach international
standards.
20. Wide shot; Fire truck driving away




SCRIPT

The United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) has today donated 8
brand new firefighting trucks to the Somali government, to be deployed at
different airports in the country in a bid to boost aviation security standards.

The Director UNSOA Amadou Kamara officially handed the trucks to the Minister
of Transport and Civil Aviation Said Jama Qorshel at a ceremony held at an
UNSOA cargo terminal in Mogadishu.


Four of the trucks are to be used in the capital Mogadishu, 3 in the regional
capitals of Baidoa, Kismayu and Beletweyne with another has been designated
for Baledogle airport, Somalias biggest military airfield


Speaking during the ceremony, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Said
Jama Qorshel appreciated the generous support from UNSOA, which he said is
indeed a significant contribution.

So what you have handed over to us here today is very valuable. Speaking on
behalf of the heads of the government; the President, the Prime Minister, the
Speaker and all the Somali people, I wish to say thank you very much. We see this
as a great sign of co-operation and the start of a working partnership and we
hope this will not be the last opportunity, he said.


Kamara said the UN is mandated to support the Somalia government and the
donation of the firefighting trucks is part of wide range of technical and financial
support being extended.

This is an important development in improving the safety and also the
attraction of commercial activities by making sure we reach international
standards, he said.


END.