SOUTH SUDAN / ELECTION WORKSHOP

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the UN Development Programme recently held an interactive workshop in the country’s capital, Juba, to familiarize members of the National Elections Commission and other stakeholders on the electoral process. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:11
• Production Date: 9 February 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP; UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS; PEACEKEEPERS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3172441
• Parent Id: 3172441
• Alternate Title: unifeed240209i

Description

TITLE: SOUTH SUDAN / ELECTION WORKSHOP
TRT: 2:11
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 09 FEBRUARY 2024, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Various shots, workshop
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Abednego Akol Chol, Chairperson, National Elections Commission, South Sudan:
“This is a good time for newly appointed commissioners to be given knowledge about election preparations and to learn more about the procedures we are going to be implementing right now.”
3. Various shots, workshop
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Abednego Akol Chol, Chairperson, National Elections Commission, South Sudan:
“Successful elections will come when we are very concerned about civic and political education, in the first place, and then voter registration. If we do [complete] these two issues before June, we will be saved, we will have successful elections.”
5. Various shots, workshop
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Darren Nance, Principal Electoral Affairs Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“The main focus is to discuss the multitude of challenges to prepare for an election in 10 months’ time. The National Elections Commission, along with other state agencies, namely the Political Parties Council, the National Constitutional Review Committee, the security forces, the Ministry of Justice, and the judiciary, the Ministry of Finance—the government at large—hold the challenge of organizing a national event where you’re asking millions of people to do the same thing at the same time, in 10 months. That would be a challenge anywhere in the world. It will be a challenge for South Sudan as well.”
7. Wide shot, workshop

Storyline

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) recently held an interactive workshop in the country’s capital, Juba, to familiarize members of the National Elections Commission and other stakeholders on the electoral process.

South Sudan is heading towards its first elections at the end of this year.

According to UNMISS, there is a growing recognition that to build a better, more peaceful future, citizens need to head to polling stations in December 2024.

SOUNDBITE (English) Abednego Akol Chol, Chairperson, National Elections Commission, South Sudan:
“This is a good time for newly appointed commissioners to be given knowledge about election preparations and to learn more about the procedures we are going to be implementing right now.”

Chol is candid that time is of the essence but believes that if collective will be harnessed and citizens are fully included, South Sudan can hold free, fair, and credible elections.

SOUNDBITE (English) Abednego Akol Chol, Chairperson, National Elections Commission, South Sudan:
“Successful elections will come when we are very concerned about civic and political education, in the first place, and then voter registration. If we do complete these two issues before June, we will be saved, we will have successful elections.”

For Darren Nance, the UN Peacekeeping mission’s Principal Electoral Affairs Officer, leading the UN’s Integrated Electoral Assistance Team, it was a focused three-day exchange with key interlocuters and he’s very aware of the magnitude of the task ahead.

SOUNDBITE (English) Darren Nance, Principal Electoral Affairs Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“The main focus is to discuss the multitude of challenges to prepare for an election in 10 months’ time. The National Elections Commission, along with other state agencies, namely the Political Parties Council, the National Constitutional Review Committee, the security forces, the Ministry of Justice, and the judiciary, the Ministry of Finance—the government at large—hold the challenge of organizing a national event where you’re asking millions of people to do the same thing at the same time, in 10 months’ time. That would be a challenge anywhere in the world. It will be a challenge for South Sudan as well.”