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Ammon News - AMMAN – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday appointed Jordanian national Ahmad Hindawi as his Envoy for Youth.

The announcement of appointing 28-year old Hindawi was made at the UN Headquarters in New York during a press conference held by Ki-moon's spokesperson on Thursday.

“Mr. Al Hindawi is a strong youth advocate and brings to this position extensive knowledge of and commitment to working on youth issues at the local, regional and international level,” the spokesperson said.

“In this context, the Envoy on Youth will work to address the needs of the largest generation of youth the world has ever known,” the UN official added.

Born in 1984 in Zarqa, Hindawi is the youngest envoy of the world organization. He hold a Masters' degree in International Relations and European Studies from France and Turkey, and holds a graduate diploma in International and European Organizations, and a Bachelors' degree in Information Technology from Balqaa Applied University.

Since December 2012, Hindawi worked as Team Leader at a World Bank-funded program to the Arab League on Institutional Development to Strengthen Arab Policy and Participation.

Hindawi also served as the Youth Policy Advisor in the Arab League in Cairo and as an officer in the Technical Secretariat of the Arab Youth and Sports Ministers Council, between 2009 and 2012, the statement indicated.

According to the UN, past experience also includes serving as a Team Leader for the National Youth Policy Project in Iraq, a Youth Program Associate at the Iraq office of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and as an Emergency Program Officer at the non-governmental organization Save the Children.

As a regional consultant, he has also supported the Danish Youth Council's projects in the Middle East and North Africa.
In addition, as part of his voluntary work, Hindawi was among the co-founders of the All Jordan Youth Commission, and co-founded and headed the Youth for Democracy Network at the Jordanian Commission for Democratic Culture and co-founded the International Youth Council in New York.