UNITED NATIONS: Sec­retary General Antonio Guterres has selected Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to be a UN messenger of peace, the highest honour bestowed by the UN chief on a global citizen.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced on Friday that the 19-year-old education advocate would focus worldwide attention on the need for all girls to go to school. She will be officially designated at a ceremony on Monday.

Ms Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel laureate in 2014.

“Now as our youngest-ever UN Messenger of Peace, Malala can do even more to help create a more just and peaceful world,” Mr Guterres said in a statement.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2017