STORY: AU Special Representative honours EU officers for

distinguished service in Somalia

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 12/MAY/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of the African

Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia awarding a medal to Brig. Gen.
Pietro Addis, the outgoing European Union Training Mission Commander
2. Close up shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira pinning a medal
3. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira pinning a medal on Brig. Gen.
Pietro Addis
4. Close up shot, medals
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“The certificate of recognition is for the good work you have done for AMISOM and
for the Somalis as you go home and you frame this properly, you’ll always remember
us your African family.”

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Brig. Gen. Pietro Addis, Outgoing European Union Training
Mission Commander
“We really appreciate your effort. We really appreciate you and your dedication and
as EUTM (European Union Training Mission), we greatly benefited from your support
because as you know we are protected by your soldiers in our infrastructure inside
MIA and other facilities. And what’s important apart from working together is to tell
Somalis we are supporting them. Thank you very much sir.”

7. Close up shot, Ambassador Francisco Madeira thanking the officers

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia
“You’re not necessarily a military man, but you’re a very competent and capable civil
servant and I really want on behalf of the African Union and of the entire AMISOM
family to thank you for the good work you’ve done and as a token of our recognition
for work, we have decided to award this certificate of recognition.”

9. Close up shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira pinning a medal

10. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira pinning a medal
11. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira pinning a medal
12. Close up shot, medals
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean Michelle Detarguiette, European Union Political
Advisor
“AMISOM and the European Union have a special relationship and I was glad to
implement this relationship at a working level with your colleagues especially Haji
(Ssebirumbi), it’s been of good help and conveying a good message to Brussels at
this critical time.”

14. Wide shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira, Brig. Gen. Pietro Addis, and
Hajji Ssebirumbi pose for a photo
15. Med shot, SRCC Ambassador Francisco Madeira and Brig. Gen. Pietro Addis
shaking hands

AU Special Representative honours EU officers for distinguished service in Somalia

Mogadishu, 13 May 2018 - The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the

African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia Ambassador Francisco Madeira
yesterday awarded medals of recognition to two senior European Union officers for
their distinguished service in Somalia.

The two officers, who have completed their tour of duty, are Brigadier General,
Pietro Addis, the outgoing Head of the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) in
Somalia and Political Advisor, Jean Michelle Detarguiette.

Ambassador Madeira thanked the officers for their contribution to the AU Mission
and wished them well in their next assignments.

The SRCC underscored the special relationship that exists between the EU and
AMISOM, adding that the 28-member trade bloc has been a strong supporter of
Somalia’s stabilization process.

“The certificate of recognition is for the good work you have done for AMISOM and
for the Somalis,” he said.

The career soldier who was deployed to head the EUTM in Mogadishu on July 1,
2017, thanked Ambassador Madeira for the cordial relationship the EU and AMISOM
have enjoyed under his leadership.

“We greatly benefited from your support and we thank you very much as a family,”
said Brigadier General Addis.

Mr. Detarguiette echoed his colleague’s remarks, saying AMISOM personnel had
made major sacrifices to ensure peace and security is restored in Somalia.

European Union is one of AMISOM’s major donors with more than 1.5 billion euros
allocated over the past 10 years through the African Peace Facility (APF).