The general director of the National Youth Institute of Uruguay (INJU) was appointed by Secretary General António Guterres.
The Secretary General of the United Nations Organization (UN), António Guterres, appointed the Uruguayan Felipe Paullier as the first undersecretary for Youth Affairs, rather Jayathma Wickramanayake, of Sri Lanka, who held the position of Youth Envoy since 2017.
paullier Until today he served as secretary of the National Youth Institute from Uruguay (INJU), a position he has held since 2020 and with a career in politics with management positions in Montevideo since 2010. Echoing the news, he said: “I am honored to take on the role of Director of the first United Nations Youth Office, to lead the advancement of youth issues across the UN.” Furthermore, he thanked Jayathma Wickramanayake “for his unwavering commitment to youth.”
The leader graduated as a pediatrician from the School of Medicine of the Udelar and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Business Administration at the Catholic University from the country.
From the UN They highlighted that the dependency was established by the general Assembly “to lead the participation and promotion of the advancement of youth issues in all United Nations” as well as with the objective of “promoting the meaningful, inclusive and effective participation of young people, youth-led and youth-centered organizations in the work of United Nations”.
Trajectory
paullier He served in various positions of political leadership, including that of Deputy Mayor in the Municipality of the CH jurisdiction of Montevideo (2015-2020). ) and Alternate Counselor in the Departmental Legislative Court of Montevideo (2010-2015).
In his professional career, he served as a clinical physician and resident physician in Pediatrics at the Pereira Rossell Pediatric Hospital (2017-2020), an internal physician at the National Administration of State Health Services (2015-2016) and as a Research Assistant at the Clinical Research Organization, BdBeq CRO (2012-2014).
Source: Ambito
