Established in 1945, the General Assembly of the United Nations occupies a central position as the main deliberative,?policymaking?and representative organ of the Organization. It provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.?In line with this year¡¯s General Assembly session, with its General Debate beginning on 21 September 2021, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAI?has produced?a series of video interviews with young staff working for?the Permanent Missions to the United Nations?and?for?the Organization.?
Rafael Radischat, an Intern at the Protocol and Liaison Service of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department for General Assembly and Conference Managament, who is half Portuguese half German and grew up in Austria, started his Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ experience in Vienna 4 years ago. He is very excited about this opportunity of working during the high-level segment of the General Assembly.
"It is a dream of mine to be doing this," he comments. "All world leaders coming together discussing our future, our youth's future, I think it is something very important," Rafael adds. For him, it is an opportunity to see how "world diplomacy unfolds from New York to the entire world."