UN day six

October 6 was always going to be a big day. The General Assembly Plenary took place and there was a massive list of speakers! It was good to see many youth reps take the podium. Structurally speaking, the meeting consisted of two three-hour sections with two hours' break in between.


During this break we had another good photo opportunity - with Jan Eliasson, President of the GA. He was a very friendly, energetic man and spoke with many of the us after the pictures were taken.


Since there are three youth delegates from the UK, we decided to split the time between us. I had the first hour of both parts and saw some good speeches. Unfortunately I also missed quite a few, but I had to go downtown on the subway to collect a video camera for filming next week.

Although many youth delegates have now gone home, a few will still be here and I want to try and do some interviews about their experiences this week. It's a shame I couldn't get the equipment before but there's just been no time!

Apart from these things, nothing much really happened. The Plenary took up a lot of time, but this wasn't as busy as the previous days. Some youth delegates were on their way out and it was sad to say goodbye. In the evening there was another gathering with people from NGOs and that was good fun.