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SOUTH SUDAN / CHILDREN NOT SOLDIERS CAMPAIGN

The government of South Sudan, with the support of the UN, launched the “Children, not Soldiers” campaign nationally, marking the countries renewed commitment to end recruitment and use of children by its army. UNMISS
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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / CHILDREN NOT SOLDIERS CAMPAIGN
TRT: 2.05
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 29 OCTOBER 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

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1. Wide shot, military parade
2. Med shot, parade
3. Wide shot, parade
5. Med shot, Children not Soldiers banner
6. Wide shot, Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs Kuol Manyang Juuk
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kuol Manyang Juuk, Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs:
“The month of November is declared as a month for internal screening and auditing of SPLA forces for tracking of children and subsequently referring them to the South Sudan, to the DDR Commission for verification, registration, demobilization and reintegration.”
8. Med shot, Sudan People’s Liberation Army officers seated
9. Wide shot, delegation seated
10. Med shot, students
11. Med shot, UNMISS Force commander General Yohannes and Kuol Manyang Juuk
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF Representative:
“War and conflict is not children’s play. Using children in conflict has a devastating impact on their lives. Some children are stuck in a tragic cycle: recruited and re-recruited while others have joined the armed forces and groups out of necessity. These young boys, and sometimes girls, see things that no child should ever see; they are forced to do things they should not have to do.”
13. Wide shot, school children singing

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The government of South Sudan, with the support of the United Nations, today (29 Oct) launched the “Children, not Soldiers” campaign nationally, marking the countries renewed commitment to end recruitment and use of children by its army.

During his opening remarks, Kuol Manyang Juuk, the Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs said that his government will no longer allow the recruitment and use of children and will be putting an emphasis on their education.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kuol Manyang Juuk, Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs:
“The month of November is declared as a month for internal screening and auditing of SPLA forces for tracking of children and subsequently referring them to the South Sudan DDR Commission for verification, registration, demobilization and reintegration.”

The government has already taken some steps, including issuing punitive orders for all Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) commanders to stop the deployment and recruitment of children by army commanders.

The United Nations, in support of the government, is putting into place detailed plans and activities for these children.
UNICEF representative Jonathan Veitch spoke of the impact of conflict on children’s lives.

SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF representative.
“War and conflict is not children’s play. Using children has devastating impact on their lives. Some children are stuck in a tragic cycle: recruited and re-recruited while others have joined the armed forces and groups out of necessity. These young boys, and sometimes girl, see things that no child should ever see, they are forced to do things they should not have to do.”

Veitch commended the government and the SPLA for keeping children’s issues on the SPLA agenda and reiterated that UNICEF and UNMISS will continue to work with the government and will remain a key partner to the SPLA on issues related to the protection of civilians, especially the most vulnerable, among them the children.

The campaign will run to the end of 2016 and is led jointly by Ms. Leila Zerrougui, the UN special representative for Children and Armed Conflict.

In June, the government formally signed its Recommitment to the Action Plan – first signed in 2009 by the SPLA - which outlines 18 measures the Sudan People’s Liberation Army needs to put in place to make its army free of child soldiers and to end grave violations against children in accordance with international humanitarian law and human rights law.

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