Today at noon we had a very exciting meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations. His busy schedule didn’t allow him to stay with the youth delegates more than 20 minutes, but I can say that those 20 minutes were very intense and empowering at the same time. Mr. BAN KI-MOON can indeed make quite an impression on somebody just by giving a speech. It wasn’t really the case here, cause he took his time to shortly listen to more than 20 youth delegates that attended the meeting and to give a short feedback to all of the problems that we decided to bring to his attention. (we each prepared a short phrase to emphasize the most important issue that young people in our country have to deal with). The meeting ended with a photo shoot and a short message from the Secretary General towards youth all over the world : he wanted to underline that today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders and the important role that youth play in achieving the millennium goals, especially those that address durable development and the preservation of the environment. Indeed an inspiring meeting we all had today, and we hope to reedit this event before we leave New York.
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