SEVENTEEN attends UNESCO Youth Goodwill Ambassador appointment ceremony... Joshua gives speech in fluent English: ”A deeply moving day”

The group SEVENTEEN attended and delivered a speech at the UNESCO Youth Goodwill Ambassador appointment ceremony.
On the 26th at 5:30 pm (10:30 am local time), "SEVENTEEN"
・Attended the UNESCO Youth Goodwill Ambassador appointment ceremony held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. On the same day, members
He received his appointment letter from UNESCO Director-General Azoulay and gave a 10-minute acceptance speech.
On the same day, Joshua stood in front of the microphone as the representative of "SEVENTEEN" and said, "Today, I am representing the 13 members of "SEVENTEEN".
"I have a very strong memory of visiting this place in November last year to give a speech and a performance at the UNESCO Youth Forum.
I wanted to visit again, so I am grateful for this wonderful opportunity to be invited," he said in English.
Joshua said, "Today, we, SEVENTEEN, are here in front of you.
It is an emotional day for me to stand for the first time as a UNESCO Youth Ambassador. I am honored to represent today's youth, a priority group for UNESCO.
"Since our debut, SEVENTEEN's music has spoken of the honest experiences and feelings of the members in their youth. For the past nine years, we have been
Through all these stages, we have been communicating with the CARATs (SEVENTEEN's fandom) who love SEVENTEEN's music.
Thanks to this, we were able to form a strong bond and a sense of belonging with the younger generation. Gradually, each member developed a sense of mission to speak for the younger generation and support their dreams."
Joshua said, "SEVENTEEN was not a K-pop group that got on the fast track to success right from the beginning. The 13 members were very passionate.
While everyone has a different story about our nine-year journey, there is one thing we can all agree on: it is the strong bond of friendship we have built up over the years that has made SEVENTE
"It's true that I wrote a song about the love and hope of adolescence with the hope of spreading positive energy to young people of my generation. However,
I also had some tough times. I tried my best to cry out to the pain of the world through my music, to sing along to hide my sadness, to break free from those bonds and be a hero to myself.
"At times like these, the courage and inspiration we gained from communicating deeply with CARAT allowed us to continue moving forward as SEVENTEEN."
In addition, as youth ambassadors, SEVENTEEN will spread awareness of the power of comradeship and contribute to creating a youth community that supports each other for the better future we envision.
As the next chapter of the “Going Together” campaign, SEVENTEEN will donate $1 million to the Global Youth Fund in collaboration with UNESCO.
Finally, Joshua said, "I will be launching a new program called the 'I Will Be Yours' Grant Scheme" which is a lyric from the song 'Super' by SEVENTEEN.
Luv My Team I Luv My Crew” and “I would like to take this opportunity to say that from today, all the young people are “our team” and “our crew.”
"I want to raise the hopes of all of you. You are never alone. You are all part of us, and your dreams are SEVENTEEN's dreams," he said emphatically.
"SEVENTEEN's" Hoshi, The8, DO-GYEOM, Vernon, and JEONG HAN are all in English. "SEVENTEEN" messages in Chinese, Korean, English, and Japanese
"SEVENTEEN" is the first K-POP artist to be appointed as a UNESCO Youth Goodwill Ambassador, and UNESCO has appointed them as its priority groups (
This is also the first time that Goodwill Ambassadors have been appointed for the youth who are a Priority Group.
SEVENTEEN will donate $1 million to UNESCO Youth Goodwill Ambassadors.
Together with NESCO, we are promoting the Global Youth Grant Scheme, which supports young people around the world to realize their ideas for creating a better future.
Program. The selected youth will be provided with funding and strengthening programs to carry out their projects.