BLACKPINK has been selected as the UN (United Nations) ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals. On 17 September 2021, Secretary-General António Guterres announced that they had chosen the girls as ambassadors ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals summit. The Tweet message below explains: “Welcome to the #BLACKPINK UN family! Appointed by the Secretary-General today to encourage young people to act for #ClimateAction to protect the planet in collaboration with @COP26 and to be advocates of our New Sustainable Development Goals #SDG.”
Welcome #BLACKPINK to the UN family!
They have engaged with @COP26 to encourage young people to take #ClimateAction to protect the planet and were appointed today by Secretary General @antonioguterres as our new Sustainable Development Goals #SDG advocates.@ygofficialblink pic.twitter.com/HTXhX7wWSs
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) September 17, 2021
BLACKPINK immediately released a counter-thanks-and-answer statement: “It is an honor to participate in creating a path to a better world. Together with BLINKs, we want to promote the importance of the SDGs to the world and contribute to solving the problems we face today.”
BLACKPINK’s Sustainable Development Advocates poster reads “We believe in the power of acting together. We must come together to make a change for the good of all. Now is the time to act for a better tomorrow and a better future”
BTS on the one hand and BLACKPINK on the other are collaborating with the UN for a better world…Congratulations!
