United Nations Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake is expected to visit South Sudan on 26 and 31 January 2020.
She will meet President Salva Kiir, other senior government leaders, civil society, youth groups, UN and other key stakeholders.
Hamdan will discuss youth participation in the process of pursuing the agenda for peace and security, development and gender equality in South Sudan.
She was appointed as the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth in June 2017.
Jayathma Wickramanayake works to expand the UN’s youth engagement and advocacy efforts on sustainable development, human rights, peace and security and humanitarian action.