Under-18 zone: Profiles
Liyi comes on a learning and teaching mission
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Liyi, 17, of China.
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Ariel Lee, 17-years-old, is a youth representative from China with
a double mission: to learn as much as she can and also to explode
some myths about China.
"I know a lot of people are puzzled and confused because
China is a socialist country." Along with being able to explain
her country, she sees her presence at the meeting as a "fantastic
chance to get to know different stories and better understand different
cultures".
Liyi, as she prefers to be called, is in New York
attending the third Preparatory Committee meeting of
the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children.
An active young ambassador, she previously participated in a regional
youth forum in Thailand and at the Fifth Ministerial Consultation
in Beijing, both held in May this year. She was chosen to come to
New York from among hundreds of children who responded to an invitation
from Save the Children.
Liyi's top concern is the mental health of children. She sees
her key contribution at the Prepcom as voicing this concern on behalf
of her country, and talking about the general problems facing children
in China and throughout the world.
View a short video: Liyi at
the Prepcom.
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