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The new top youth official at the UN talks about what's in it for young people
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Flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dr. Felipe Paullier is quick to say he doesn't speak for the world's roughly 2 billion tweens, teens and young adults. But as the United Nations' first assistant secretary-general for youth affairs, he's tasked with advocating for young people and their concerns to be incorporated into the organization's work — a goal shared by young activists who don't always feel heard by the international community. Paullier, a pediatrician and former director general of Uruguay's National Youth Institute, started in in the job in December.