According to multiple United Nations sources on the 19th, BTS will attend UNICEF's new youth agenda Generation Unlimited partnership Event at the New York City United Nations Headquarters Trust Board meeting room at 12 p.m. on the 24th (local time). BTS will also give a three-minute speech in front of the audience on the day.
The Generation Unlimited is a new global partnership program for United Nations, which is designed to expand investment and opportunities for young people aged 10 to 24 years. The Event, which will be held before the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, will be attended by 10 top officials, including Secretary General Antonio Guterres United Nations and UNICEF President Henrietta Fore, and three first ladies, including President Moon's wife, Kim Jung Sook and Ada Lovelace.
The United Nations diplomats say it is unusual for a Kpop singer to be invited during the United Nations General Assembly, where leaders from all over the World attend. Kim Yu-na, the figure queen who was the ambassador for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, gave a three-minute speech at the United Nations headquarters last November to successfully host the Pyeongchang Olympics, but it was not a general discussion period of the United Nations General Assembly attended by leaders from all over the World.
BTS became the first Korean singer to become a World group with its third album (Love Yourself: Tear) topping the Billboard 200, the Billboard album chart. In particular, he hosted the Love Myself campaign with the UNICEF Korea Committee under United Nations, and was the first Kpop singer to sponsor UNICEF's End Violence Campaign to eradicate child and youth violence. Love Myself is a donation campaign that aims to love yourself first and make the World a better place with that love.
BTS has decided to donate some of its revenue from the Love Your Self series, revenue from campaign-certified souvenir sales, and public donations for two years. Last November, he donated 500 million won to UNICEF, and as fans of the former World BTS joined, the donation of 1.15 billion won was collected.
BTS, which started its Love Yourself America tour in Los Angeles on the 5th, will hold a concert for the first time as a Korean singer at City Field Stadium, the home stadium of the United States of America Professional Baseball New York City Mets, on the 6th of next month after attending the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
New York City: Park Yong-won, correspondent
K-pop star general meeting will be held for the first time .. On October 24, UNICEF-related Event participation Kim Jung-sook Ada Lovelace will be speaking for three minutes in front of top-level people.