The One Young World Summit 2015 Bangkok has officially kicked off

BANGKOK IS ready to host more than 1,000 aspiring young leaders who want to change the world for the better, said Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra.
As the city prepares to roll out the red carpet for youngsters and global celebrities and icons attending the One Young World Summit 2015, which will be held from November 18 to 22, Sukhumbhand wasted no time publicising the much-anticipated event.
“We are so proud to be the host of the Sixth One Young World Summit and Bangkok will be Asia’s first city to host the event,” he said.
“After we learned that the sixth summit would be organised, we sent our team to bid to host and competed with other countries like South Korea and Japan. But we won it,” he added.
“Bangkok was chosen to host the One Young World Summit 2015 because Thailand has its charm, we have a multicultural society, magnificent temples, royal palaces, canals, busy marketplaces and vibrant street culture,” Sukhumbhand said.
“Although we are faced with an uncertain political situation, we still got this summit. That is proof that the political situation is not more important than Thai traditions. This is the reason why we got to host this summit.”
One Young World Summit 2015 will be the stage for youth leaders to share their innovative solutions for the pressing issues in the world. Besides the youth leaders, many world leaders will also join the summit as councillors, such as Kofi Annan, former secretary-general of the UN, Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Father Mussie Zerai, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino world champion |boxer.
 “These people are world icons and social leaders with a lot of experience. One Young World Summit will be the place that these world social leaders can share their ideas with the youth leaders and also become their inspiration,” Sukhumbhand |said.
“What they have done for our society is too much to talk about in three days, but they will inspire the new generation to extend their thoughts.”
More than 1,540 Thai youths nationwide applied to join the delegate selection for the summit. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration then submitted the list to the organiser in London before 390 youths were selected to be whittled down to 100 in Bangkok.

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