Youth Delegation at the United Nations

 Written by: Abdul Sabor Janbaz

Jamshid goes with luggage to the castle to say goodbye to Lalo Mama. His sister, Maryam asks that why he has taken his bags and other items.

Jamshid replies that he is introduced as a youth representative to the United Nations.

Maryam asks Lalo Mama about the responsibilities of a youth representative at the UN.

Lalo Mama takes them to the library of the castle and shares the issue of youth representatives at the UN with Hakim Baba.

Hakim Baba says, “In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly decided that for the representation of the youth, one representative of youth from each country should be elected to give information and report to the United Nations about the situation of the youth, peace, and security of their country.

In Afghanistan, since 2018 youth representatives have been elected.  Ramiz Bakhtiar has been selected as Afghanistan’s Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2018.

Ayesha Khorram in 2019, Shukla Zadran in 2020 Ahmed Fawad Shahniyar was elected in 2021 for the mentioned post.

Those youngsters who are legible for this post should pass oral and written exams, interviews, and present speeches.

The youth delegation for the UN is elected for one year.

Maryam and Jamshid thank Hakim Baba for giving information about the youth delegation to the UN.

Maryam says that as Hakim Baba studies more books in the library, he has more information about many issues.

Lalo Mama says that studying books helps prisoners to release. The guests ask how. Lalo Mama opens a window for their information.

Window:

In the window, Tajala is reading a book. Her brother, Nadim comes and says to Tajala that she has made a prison from the room by reading the book. Tajala says that reading books causes the release of prisoners. Nadim asks about it.

Tajala plays a video from her mobile phone. A spokesman presents the following information, “Brazil is implementing a plan in which every prisoner who reads a book will get four days off their prison term.

According to this plan, the prisoners of the four state prisons in Brazil, which are among the most dangerous prisoners in the country, can reduce their prison terms by reading books from the branches of literature, philosophy, science, or classical literature.

Of course, this law has conditions; first, the prisoners have to read books every year to reduce the 48 days of the prison term. Second, the prisoners have only four weeks to read each book, and after finishing reading the book, they must provide the prison authorities with a detailed summary that correctly uses the paragraphs of the studied book.

Third, a special committee will investigate which of the prisoners can participate in this plan because some prisoners might have serious crimes and might not be included in this plan.”
Lalo Mama closes the window. Maryam wants Lalo Mama to open the window of the listeners.
Lalo Mama opens a window.

Window:
In the window, Naqibullah, a resident of Chahar Asiab district of Kabul province says, “I am graduated from high school and I have learned about 11 skills. If I see that there is no benefit in one job, I start another job.

Now I sell goods on my four-wheeled cart. One day I stopped my cart in front of an old man's shop. In the beginning, he was cursing me for stopping my cart in front of his shop but I remained silent. A few minutes later, the old man approached and kissed me and thanked me for my patience.”