A conversation with Swiss Youth Representative, Flora Chiper

This episode with Flora Chiper, Swiss UN Youth Representative for 2023-2025, explores the role of Youth Representatives and their current work, vision and hopes for multilateralism. Flora Chiper is multicultural and multilingual and brings a scientific perspective to the team of Swiss youth reps. She is currently a postgraduate student at the University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine Tissue Engineering Group and was previously at Harvard Medical School researching cartilage regeneration using stem cells. Flora advocates for a more data-driven decision making, long-term thinking and for more meaningful inclusion of youth in the multilateral system.

Resources:

UN Youth Delegate Programme: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/youth/un-youth-delegate-programme#:~:text=The%20roles%20of%20a%20youth,attending%20meetings%20and%20informal%20negotiations.

Conseil Suisse des Activités de Jeunesse : https://www.sajv.ch/en/projects/youth-rep

Youth: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/youth

Our Common Agenda: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda

SDG Report. Towards a Rescue Plan for People & Planet: The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2023.pdf (un.org)

Where to listen to this episode 

• Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154

Content   

Speaker: Flora Chiper, Swiss Youth Rep

Host: Amy Smith, UN Library & Archives

Producer: Amy Smith

Editing & social media: Mengna Chen, Amy Smith

Photo: © Jos Schmid

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva