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SOUTH SUDAN / YOUTH FORUM
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / YOUTH FORUM
TRT: 03:22
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 30 JANUARY 2019, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, workshop area with participants
2. Various shots, Participant answering questions
3. UPSOUND (English) question – Which date does the international women’s day fall on
4. Med shot, participant responding – 8th of March and is cheered
5. Wide shot, UNMISS official highlighting the UNMISS Mandate
6. Med shot, UNMISS official highlighting the Status of Forces Agreement areas
7. Med shot, participants
8. Med shot, more participants
9. Wide shot, UNMISS Communication and Public Information Office Chief
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Francesca Mold, Communication and Public Information Office Chief, UNMISS:
“You are the future. Young people of South Sudan are peace ambassadors today and future leaders tomorrow.”
11. Various shots, participants
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kuol Atem, Secretary of Political Affairs Sudan People’s Liberation Movement:
“You are the ones who fought the war. You should be the ones also to develop this country and devise ways and means for this peace to be sustainable. There is no [other] way, because it is you who fought the war, and it should be you [who] also [should] tell us, no for war, yes for development.”
13. Wide shot, Secretary of External Affairs Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Youth League
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Joyce Abaha, Secretary of External Affairs Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Youth League:
“We as the youth of the SPLM we are standing for peace for sure. And then, another thing, this workshop organized by UNMISS will help us more to understand about the agreement – about what’s going on in the agreement, and then about the role of youth, and then at the same time, it will help us to understand the mandate of UNMISS in South Sudan, because many of the youth outside there do not know what is the mandate of UNMISS in South Sudan – so I am so hopeful that when we go out of this workshop we will all understand what is the real mandate of UNMISS in South Sudan and we will work together.”
14. Various shots, Official from Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) presenting on the revitalized Peace agreement
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomson Fontaine, Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission official:
“The youth of South Sudan – they represent the hopes and the dreams of this, and it becomes vitally important that the peace agreement be implemented, not only in letter, but in spirit. So, my hope is that out of this, the youth will understand that there is good progress being made and that they can then go back to various constituencies and spread the word that the peace agreement is in the right track and it needs to be supported and sustained.”
16. Wide shot, Youth cheering slogan for peace and UNMISS
An interactive quiz session to test a group of youth on their knowledge about the work of the United Nations is in progress, as part of a two-day workshop being held in South Sudan’s capital Juba.
Moses Ujua is spot on about the work of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
His fellow youth cheer him on and he is awarded a much coveted hard-copy of the Revitalized peace Agreement.
Joyce Abaha also nails her response, and gets her own copy as well.
These are not your ordinary youth. The 50 Participants have been drawn from South Sudan’s main political party, the Sudan’s People Liberation Movement Youth League, and represent many youth from across the country.
SOUNDBITE (English) Francesca Mold, Communication and Public Information Office Chief, UNMISS:
“You are the future. Young people of South Sudan are peace ambassadors today and future leaders tomorrow.”
Those in attendance listened as officials from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan spoke about the mandate the work of the Mission revolves around, and various regulations it abides by under a Status of Forces Agreement.
The participants were challenged by one of their own.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kuol Atem, Secretary of Political Affairs Sudan People’s Liberation Movement:
“You are the ones who fought the war. You should be the ones also to develop this country and devise ways and means for this peace to be sustainable. There is no [other] way, because it is you who fought the war, and it should be you [who] also [should] tell us: no for war, yes for development.”
The sessions are aimed at sensitizing the youth about the working of the United Nations in a post-Revitalized Peace Agreement, and will according to the participants make a big difference in changing various mindsets and attitudes.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joyce Abaha, Secretary of External Affairs Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Youth League:
“We as the youth of the SPLM we are standing for peace for sure. And then, another thing, this workshop organized by UNMISS will help us more to understand about the agreement – about what’s going on in the agreement, and then about the role of youth, and then at the same time, it will help us to understand the mandate of UNMISS in South Sudan, because many of the youth outside there they do not know what is the mandate of UNMISS in South Sudan, because man – so I am so hopeful that when we go out of this workshop we will all understand what is the real mandate of UNMISS in South Sudan and we will work together.”
A session on the revitalized peace agreement simplified the key milestones of the peace agreement, positively highlight that there was progress, while at the same time highlighted the challenges of non-signatories to the peace agreement.
SOUNDBITE (English) Thomson Fontaine, Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission official:
“The youth of South Sudan – they represent the hopes and the dreams of this, and it becomes vitally important that the peace agreement be implemented, not only in letter, but in spirit. So my hope is that out of this, the youth will understand that there is good progress being made and that they can then go back to various constituencies and spread the word that the peace agreement is in the right track and it needs to be supported and sustained.”
For the youth present, it is hoped that they will work towards ensuring the future of their country flourishes, by disseminating their new found knowledge to the rest, who make up most of the country’s population.
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