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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / YOUTH WORKSHOP
TRT: 3:52
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 MAY 2021, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
27 MAY 2021, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide Shot, youth representatives in the hall
2. Wide shot, youth in hall
3. Med shot, youth listening
4. Wide shot, participants in hall
5. Close up, Ministers sitting
6. Close up, Minister sitting
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Awut Deng Acuil, Minister of General Education, South Sudan:
“The independence of this country is a testament to the role of youth in this country. Following the independence of South Sudan, we need to refocus our youth’s attention to nation-building priorities in order to build a country as a home for all its people. This is important because in any society, youth possess the potential and is skilled to undertake leadership roles.”
8. Med shot, the youth are listening
9. Close up, youth is listening
10. Close up, youth participants
11. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Juan Michael Rachel, Youth Representative
“For young people, we need to make them work. What do they need to work (for)? Bringing in money. It’s about sustaining livelihoods and once their livelihoods are sustainable, it will be easy for them to engage in nation-building. That’s why it is important for us, first thing to do, is to engage the youth. Let them have practical ways of doing things and we need to do this quickly. It needs to come fast because we are in the process of post-conflict reconstruction.”
12. Wide shot, youth discussing
13. Med shot, youth reading
14. Close up, musician singing
15. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Junior Dau Deu, Youth Representative:
“People need to go down there and get to know Young people. We need to – when we say cattle wrestlers, we need to identify who are these wrestlers. Even if it means talking to one person at a time, we will have to do that. We need to deal with these people one at a time. Then the last thing that we need to do right now is unification of youth voices. We should not have our views differently. We should speak as youth. It is not this group that is right or this group that is right. We need to come together and have one voice so that we address the issues of youth who are not taken care of, the youth who are not able to express him or herself.”
16. Med shot: Haysom sitting
17. Close up, Haysom looking
18. Close up, Haysom listening
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“UNMISS, in facilitating these forums, is hoping to strengthen the nexus between the people of South Sudan, from the national level to the sub-national level, and in doing so, to advance a common vision towards achieving sustainable peace. I want to congratulate you, the participants, for the efforts in tackling the role of identity politics, and in working to re-frame the narrative that will support a peaceful future for South Sudan.”
20. Wide shot, youth singing
21. Close up, youth clapping
22. Close up, youth listening
As South Sudan approaches its 10th anniversary of its independence from its northern neighbor Sudan, the world’s newest nation is making the difficult transition from war to a sustainable, durable peace. With more than 70 per cent of the country’s population being under 30, young people lie at the heart of galvanizing ongoing peace processes in South Sudan.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) organized a special grassroots forum last week under the theme: “The Role of Youth in Nation-Building.” The workshop focused on how young people can contribute to preventing sub-national and intercommunal conflict, good governance, social cohesion and can build peace together.
SOUNDBITE (English) Awut Deng Acuil, Minister of General Education, South Sudan:
“The independence of this country is a testament to the role of youth in this country. Following the independence of South Sudan, we need to refocus our youth’s attention to nation-building priorities in order to build a country as a home for all its people. This is important because in any society, youth possess the potential and is skilled to undertake leadership roles.”
Participants included youth leaders from the 10 states and their counterparts at the national level, who discussed a range of issues impacting young people, including the widespread unemployment and consequent poverty in the country.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Juan Michael Rachel, Youth Representative
“For young people, we need to make them work. What do they need to work (for)? Bringing in money. It’s about sustaining livelihoods and once their livelihoods are sustainable, it will be easy for them to engage in nation-building. That’s why it is important for us, first thing to do, is to engage the youth. Let them have practical ways of doing things and we need to do this quickly. It needs to come fast because we are in the process of post-conflict reconstruction.”
Another key theme that emerged from the discussions was the need for young people to unite behind common causes.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Junior Dau Deu, Youth Representative:
“People need to go down there and get to know Young people. We need to – when we say cattle wrestlers, we need to identify who are these wrestlers. Even if it means talking to one person at a time, we will have to do that. We need to deal with these people one at a time. Then the last thing that we need to do right now is unification of youth voices. We should not have our views differently. We should speak as youth. It is not this group that is right or this group that is right. We need to come together and have one voice so that we address the issues of youth who are not taken care of, the youth who are not able to express him or herself.”
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Nicholas Haysom, also attended the event and made remarks.
SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“UNMISS, in facilitating these forums, is hoping to strengthen the nexus between the people of South Sudan, from the national level to the sub-national level, and in doing so, to advance a common vision towards achieving sustainable peace. I want to congratulate you, the participants, for the efforts in tackling the role of identity politics, and in working to re-frame the narrative that will support a peaceful future for South Sudan.”
UNMISS said it would continue supporting the Government and the people of South Sudan in their quest to build an inclusive, durable peace.
