[DAWN] SecÂretary General Antonio Guterres has selected Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai...a Pashtun blogger and advocate for girls' education from Mingora, in Swat. She is esteemed as an ambassador of international good will, even though she can't go home lest some fellow in a turban shoots her in the head again...
to be a UN messenger of peace, the highest honour bestowed by the UN chief on a global citizen.
UN front man 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.