United Nations, Jan 13 (PTI) India has contributed USD50,000 to the UN's youth mission which works to raiseawareness and attention to youth issues globally.
UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake received thecheque from Paulomi Tripathi, a First Secretary in India's UNmission at the UN headquarters in New York yesterday.
"Home to 350 million young people, India is an importantpartner to us and we really look forward to working with you,"Wickramanayake said in a tweet.
She thanked India's Ambassador to the UN Syed Akbaruddinfor his leadership role and the support extended to the officeof UN Youth Envoy.
The office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres'Envoy on Youth works to raise international awareness andattention to youth issues among others.
Sri Lanka's Wickramanayake, who was appointed the UNSecretary-General's Envoy on Youth in June 2017 at the age of26, works to expand the UN's youth engagement and advocacyefforts across all four pillars of work – sustainabledevelopment, human rights, peace and security and humanitarianaction – and serves as a representative of and advisor to theSecretary-General. PTI LKJCPS.
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