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Seventeen becomes Unesco's first goodwill ambassador for youth

SEOUL— Popular K-pop group Seventeen has been appointed as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (Unesco) 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.

YOUTH AMBASSADORS. K-pop boy group Seventeen and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Director-General Audrey Azoulay pose for a photo before the nomination ceremony as Goodwill Ambassador for Youth at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on June 26, 2024, in this Reuters photo. Seventeen will, in turn, donate $1 million to a joint project with UNESCO targeted to foster and finance innovations from the youth worldwide. PHOTO BY YONHAP