Seventeen Becomes UNESCO’s First Goodwill Ambassador for Youth

K-pop boy group Seventeen and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay pose for a photo before its nomination ceremony as Goodwill Ambassador for Youth at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on June 26, 2024, in this Reuters photo. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop group Seventeen has been appointed as UNESCO’s first-ever Goodwill Ambassador for Youth. The boy group received a letter of appointment from UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay during a nomination ceremony held at its headquarters in Paris on Wednesday (local time).

“We are humbled and overwhelmed to stand before you for the first time as UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Youth,” Seventeen member Joshua said in an acceptance speech he delivered on behalf of the 13-piece group. “It is a great honor to represent today’s young people, which is a priority group for UNESCO.” He announced that his group will donate US$1 million to a joint project with UNESCO aimed at fostering and financing innovative ideas from young minds across the globe.



“For the next chapter of our ‘Going Together’ campaign, Seventeen will donate $1 million to the joint ‘Global Youth Grant Scheme’ with UNESCO,” he said. Joshua, a member of Seventeen gives a speech during the ceremony for the appointment of the South Korean boy group as UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Youth at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on June 26, 2024, in this EPA photo. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) “We belie.