“I have been to some of the places with the worst humanitarian conditions in the world, but even there the numbers were better than the ones we are seeing here today, particularly when it comes to youth unemployment and child marriage rates and rates of gender-based violence.”
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UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake speaking at the launch of South Sudan's first ever State of the Youth Report.

The UN Youth Envoy engaging with young peace ambassadors in Torit.

Mongolian peacekeepers providing free healthcare in remote village in the Unity region.

Many of the police officers at this workshop in Aweil cannot read or write - but they are keen to learn.

UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake listened to the many concerns of young men and women staying at the UNMISS protection of civilians site in Juba.