DATELINE: 13 NOVEMBER 2012 MOGADISHU, SOMALIA SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot, USG. Ameera Haq's delegation at "Aden Abdulle|" International Airport 2. Med shot, USG. Ameera Haq and UN security walking to board armored vehicle 3. Med shot, USG. Ameera Haq entering Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) 4. Close up, APC window with airport in the background 5. Wide shot, APC driving on the streets of Mogadishu 6. Wide shot, streets of Mogadishu 7. Med shot, USG. Ameera Haq and delegation inside the APC 8. Wide shot, convoy enters "Villa Somalia" state house 9. Med shot, USG. Ameera Haq existing the APC 10. Wide shot, USG. Ameera Haq entering Villa Somalia 11. Med shot, USG Ameera Haq shaking hands with Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 12. Close up, President Hassan greeting the UN delegation 13. Med shot, Ms. Ameera Haq and President Hassan take their seat 14. Med shot, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 15. SOUNDBITE (English), Ameera Haq, United Nations Under Secretary General for the Department of Field Support. "This is a great moment of hope for Somalia, a new government is installed, a new parliament is installed, I think today or tomorrow the parliament will meet with the cabinet and it was a great opportunity to speak to him about what he sees as the realization of the nation building here in Somalia, his plans for development, his plans and concerns about security and what the immediate short term, but building short-term into the medium and long-term goal. 16. Wide shot, USG. Ameera Haq meeting the president 17. Med shot, Ameera Haq and delegation 18. Med shot, Somali President Sheikh Mohamud 19. SOUNDBITE (English), Ms. Ameera Haq, United Nations Under- Secretary General for the Department of Field Support. " We will continue to provide the support to AMISOM, we discussed really the credit that goes to AMISOM with respect to the great price that they have paid in the loss of lives to bring Somalia to where it is now." 20. Med shot, USG. Ameera Haq walking at the UN logistic base 21. Wide shot, USG. Ameera Haq walking past containers. STORY: Ms. Ameerah Haq, Under Secretary General for Field Missions today made her first visit to Somalia, where she called on the newly elected President Sheikh Mohamud to congratulate him on the country's recent political accomplishments. Ms. Haq met with the president in Mogadishu at the Villa Somalia where they had discussions on nation building and the security situation in the country. SOUNDBITE (English), Ms. Ameera Haq, United Nations Under Secretary General for the Department of Field Support. "This is a great moment of hope for Somalia, a new government is installed, a new parliament is installed, I think today or tomorrow the parliament will meet with the cabinet and it was a great opportunity to speak to him about what he sees as the realization of the nation building here in Somalia, his plans for development, his plans and concerns about security and what the immediate short term, but building short-term into the medium and long-term goal. For over two decades, Somalia was engulfed in civil war, which left hundreds of thousands killed. In 2007 the African Union Mission in Somalia was formed with the backing and support of the United Nations. The troops, Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti and Kenya have been battling al Shabaab militias and have kicked them out of most of the major cities in the country. SOUNDBITE (English), Ms. Ameera Haq, United Nations Under- Secretary General for the Department of Field Support. " We will continue to provide the support to AMISOM, we discussed really the credit that goes to AMISOM with respect to the great price that they have paid in the loss of lives to bring Somalia to where it is now." During her visit Ms.Haq also met with the head of UN political Mission to Somalia, SRSG Mahiga and AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Maj-Gen Simon Karanja together with mission personnel from UNSOA, the field support operations whose mandate it is to deliver a logistics capacity support package to AMISOM. She took a tour of the compound and had an opportunity to talk to the personnel who have contributed to the success of the mission.

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