UN / YOUTH PEACE AND SECURITY
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STORY: UN / YOUTH PEACE AND SECURITY
TRT: 4:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. WIDE SHOT, EXTERIOR UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
07 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth:
“We have already made significant strides in advancing youth, peace and security, but seven years later, much remains to be done. There are still substantial challenges that need to be addressed for the full realization of this agenda, including adequate resourcing, meaningful youth engagement and strengthening accountability.”
4. Med shot, conference room
SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth:
“Globally youth led organizations continue to struggle with increased challenges to funding. This has been a central concern for Youth and Peace Security Agenda since its inception, despite the successful efforts of the peacebuilding fund to support youth led peacebuilding initiatives. Still more often financing for youth peace building is inconsistent, is short term and is lacking.
5. Med shot, conference room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth:
“When it comes to youth involvement in policymaking and decision making, their presence is still significantly lacking at national, regional and global platforms. Youth have conveyed their frustration with the gap between input and impact. For instance, where young people can engage in decision making spaces, there have been concerns about the need to follow up and to feedback cycles between inputs and positions and key decisions taken by power holders.”
7. Close up, chair of the meeting
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chido Cleo Mpemba, African Union Youth Envoy:
“Despite the challenges of unemployment, corruption, entrenched political leadership, and political violence, many African youth have found constructive avenues to promote peace, effective governance and reforms. Over 40% of countries in Africa are currently engulfed in major armed conflict, while others face varying forms of violence and political instability that undermine the social fabric of African societies.”
9. Wide shot, conference room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chido Cleo Mpemba, African Union Youth Envoy:
“Despite the array of challenges, African youth engaged in a variety of activities aimed at resolving these conflicts and building greater social cohesion. These efforts have harnessed the talent and the creativity of the African youth and channelled them to rebuild social ties, encourage dialogue and facilitate healing and reconciliation.”
11. Close up, chair of the meeting
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Khaled Manzlawiy, Assistant Secretary General for International Poltical Affairs, League of Arab States”
“In the Arab region, population under 30 years is around 60 percent. As a result, dealing with this issue in the Arab world is very important.”
13. Wide shot, conference room
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
”It's very clear that we need to still work more on institutionalizing the YPS agenda, and that if we have strong regional ownership of the agenda – as we've been hearing from our colleagues this morning – this will be very helpful to be able to get real action, real work done on this at the national and sub national level levels.”
15. Med shot, conference room
SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“We need to develop a strategy and action on youth peace and security through participatory and intergenerational processes. So it's, again, ‘nothing about us without us’. We need to make sure that we have youth systematically involved again, not only in talking to us, but helping us literally, to shape decisions, side by side.”
16. Close up, chair of the meeting
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“If we want youth, peace and security action plans or strategies at the regional level and in particular at the national and sub national level to actually mean something, to actually be translated into action on the ground, there have to be resources put to that and there certainly is a gap.”
18. Wide shot, conference room
STORYLINE:
The UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) hosted on Wednesday (7 June), in New York, a meeting to discuss its Strategic Action Plan on Youth and Peacebuilding and the progress made since its adoption in 2016.
Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth, said the international community has “already made significant strides in advancing youth, peace and security, but seven years later, much remains to be done.”
Wickramanayake added, “There are still substantial challenges that need to be addressed for the full realization of this agenda, including adequate resourcing, meaningful youth engagement and strengthening accountability.”
The Envoy said that “globally youth led organizations continue to struggle with increased challenges to funding” and noted that “this has been a central concern for Youth and Peace Security Agenda since its inception, despite the successful efforts of the peacebuilding fund to support youth led peacebuilding initiatives.”
According to her, “still more often financing for youth peace building is inconsistent, is short term and is lacking.”
When it comes to youth involvement in policymaking and decision making, Wickramanayake said youth “presence is still significantly lacking at national, regional and global platforms.”
“Youth have conveyed their frustration with the gap between input and impact. For instance, where young people can engage in decision making spaces, there have been concerns about the need to follow up and to feedback cycles between inputs and positions and key decisions taken by power holders,” the Envoy explained.
The African Union Youth Envoy, Chido Cleo Mpemba, also participated in the meeting, noting that “despite the challenges of unemployment, corruption, entrenched political leadership, and political violence, many African youth have found constructive avenues to promote peace, effective governance and reforms.”
Mpemba added, “Over 40% of countries in Africa are currently engulfed in major armed conflict, while others face varying forms of violence and political instability that undermine the social fabric of African societies.”
Despite the array of challenges, noted the AU Envoy, “African youth engaged in a variety of activities aimed at resolving these conflicts and building greater social cohesion.”
“These efforts have harnessed the talent and the creativity of the African youth and channelled them to rebuild social ties, encourage dialogue and facilitate healing and reconciliation,” said Mpemba.
On his turn, the Assistant Secretary-General for International Poltical Affairs at the League of Arab States, Khaled Manzlawiy, noted that “un the Arab region, population under 30 years is around 60 percent” and so, as a result, “dealing with this issue in the Arab world is very important.”
The Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Elizabeth Spehar, told the Comission that” it’s very clear that we need to still work more on institutionalizing the YPS agenda.”
Spehar also said, “If we have strong regional ownership of the agenda – as we've been hearing from our colleagues this morning – this will be very helpful to be able to get real action, real work done on this at the national and sub national level levels.”
“We need to develop a strategy and action on youth peace and security through participatory and intergenerational processes. So it's, again, ‘nothing about us without us’. We need to make sure that we have youth systematically involved again, not only in talking to us, but helping us literally, to shape decisions, side by side,” Spehar added.
The Assistant Secretary-General concluded by noting that “if we want youth, peace and security action plans or strategies at the regional level and in particular at the national and sub national level to actually mean something, to actually be translated into action on the ground, there have to be resources put to that and there certainly is a gap.”
TRT: 4:12
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. WIDE SHOT, EXTERIOR UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
07 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth:
“We have already made significant strides in advancing youth, peace and security, but seven years later, much remains to be done. There are still substantial challenges that need to be addressed for the full realization of this agenda, including adequate resourcing, meaningful youth engagement and strengthening accountability.”
4. Med shot, conference room
SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth:
“Globally youth led organizations continue to struggle with increased challenges to funding. This has been a central concern for Youth and Peace Security Agenda since its inception, despite the successful efforts of the peacebuilding fund to support youth led peacebuilding initiatives. Still more often financing for youth peace building is inconsistent, is short term and is lacking.
5. Med shot, conference room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth:
“When it comes to youth involvement in policymaking and decision making, their presence is still significantly lacking at national, regional and global platforms. Youth have conveyed their frustration with the gap between input and impact. For instance, where young people can engage in decision making spaces, there have been concerns about the need to follow up and to feedback cycles between inputs and positions and key decisions taken by power holders.”
7. Close up, chair of the meeting
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chido Cleo Mpemba, African Union Youth Envoy:
“Despite the challenges of unemployment, corruption, entrenched political leadership, and political violence, many African youth have found constructive avenues to promote peace, effective governance and reforms. Over 40% of countries in Africa are currently engulfed in major armed conflict, while others face varying forms of violence and political instability that undermine the social fabric of African societies.”
9. Wide shot, conference room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chido Cleo Mpemba, African Union Youth Envoy:
“Despite the array of challenges, African youth engaged in a variety of activities aimed at resolving these conflicts and building greater social cohesion. These efforts have harnessed the talent and the creativity of the African youth and channelled them to rebuild social ties, encourage dialogue and facilitate healing and reconciliation.”
11. Close up, chair of the meeting
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Khaled Manzlawiy, Assistant Secretary General for International Poltical Affairs, League of Arab States”
“In the Arab region, population under 30 years is around 60 percent. As a result, dealing with this issue in the Arab world is very important.”
13. Wide shot, conference room
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
”It's very clear that we need to still work more on institutionalizing the YPS agenda, and that if we have strong regional ownership of the agenda – as we've been hearing from our colleagues this morning – this will be very helpful to be able to get real action, real work done on this at the national and sub national level levels.”
15. Med shot, conference room
SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“We need to develop a strategy and action on youth peace and security through participatory and intergenerational processes. So it's, again, ‘nothing about us without us’. We need to make sure that we have youth systematically involved again, not only in talking to us, but helping us literally, to shape decisions, side by side.”
16. Close up, chair of the meeting
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“If we want youth, peace and security action plans or strategies at the regional level and in particular at the national and sub national level to actually mean something, to actually be translated into action on the ground, there have to be resources put to that and there certainly is a gap.”
18. Wide shot, conference room
STORYLINE:
The UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) hosted on Wednesday (7 June), in New York, a meeting to discuss its Strategic Action Plan on Youth and Peacebuilding and the progress made since its adoption in 2016.
Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy On Youth, said the international community has “already made significant strides in advancing youth, peace and security, but seven years later, much remains to be done.”
Wickramanayake added, “There are still substantial challenges that need to be addressed for the full realization of this agenda, including adequate resourcing, meaningful youth engagement and strengthening accountability.”
The Envoy said that “globally youth led organizations continue to struggle with increased challenges to funding” and noted that “this has been a central concern for Youth and Peace Security Agenda since its inception, despite the successful efforts of the peacebuilding fund to support youth led peacebuilding initiatives.”
According to her, “still more often financing for youth peace building is inconsistent, is short term and is lacking.”
When it comes to youth involvement in policymaking and decision making, Wickramanayake said youth “presence is still significantly lacking at national, regional and global platforms.”
“Youth have conveyed their frustration with the gap between input and impact. For instance, where young people can engage in decision making spaces, there have been concerns about the need to follow up and to feedback cycles between inputs and positions and key decisions taken by power holders,” the Envoy explained.
The African Union Youth Envoy, Chido Cleo Mpemba, also participated in the meeting, noting that “despite the challenges of unemployment, corruption, entrenched political leadership, and political violence, many African youth have found constructive avenues to promote peace, effective governance and reforms.”
Mpemba added, “Over 40% of countries in Africa are currently engulfed in major armed conflict, while others face varying forms of violence and political instability that undermine the social fabric of African societies.”
Despite the array of challenges, noted the AU Envoy, “African youth engaged in a variety of activities aimed at resolving these conflicts and building greater social cohesion.”
“These efforts have harnessed the talent and the creativity of the African youth and channelled them to rebuild social ties, encourage dialogue and facilitate healing and reconciliation,” said Mpemba.
On his turn, the Assistant Secretary-General for International Poltical Affairs at the League of Arab States, Khaled Manzlawiy, noted that “un the Arab region, population under 30 years is around 60 percent” and so, as a result, “dealing with this issue in the Arab world is very important.”
The Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Elizabeth Spehar, told the Comission that” it’s very clear that we need to still work more on institutionalizing the YPS agenda.”
Spehar also said, “If we have strong regional ownership of the agenda – as we've been hearing from our colleagues this morning – this will be very helpful to be able to get real action, real work done on this at the national and sub national level levels.”
“We need to develop a strategy and action on youth peace and security through participatory and intergenerational processes. So it's, again, ‘nothing about us without us’. We need to make sure that we have youth systematically involved again, not only in talking to us, but helping us literally, to shape decisions, side by side,” Spehar added.
The Assistant Secretary-General concluded by noting that “if we want youth, peace and security action plans or strategies at the regional level and in particular at the national and sub national level to actually mean something, to actually be translated into action on the ground, there have to be resources put to that and there certainly is a gap.”
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