IPOH: Malaysia National Sikhs Movement secretary-general Amarjit Singh Gill has been elected secretary of the Unesco Youth Forum Advisory Committee at the 5th Unesco Youth Forum in Paris.
The Ipoh-based lawyer was elected during a general conference which was attended by 261 delegates from 116 countries.
Amarjit, 28, will have a two-year tenure. His role will be to represent Asia and be the voice of youth and carry out youth work in the Asian region.
He is currently vice-president of the Perak Cycling Association.
In 1995, Amarjit, who was then 16, became the world's youngest International Cycling Union (UCI) commissaire.
Two years later, he became the first Malaysian to be designated as a UCI anti-doping inspector.
In 1999, he became the first Malaysian to qualify as UCI mountain bike commissaire.
Amarjit has been playing the tabla, a traditional Indian drum instrument, since he was 7 years old.
He is also the man behind the nationwide voter registration campaign which was launched on April 1, 2007.
"I am happy that I have the opportunity to serve as the secretary of this important committee.
"I will do my best to project a true reflection of Malaysia's high level and competent performance."
The chairman of the seven-member committee is from the Netherlands. The other members include youth from Cuba, Australia, Africa and the United States of America.
The forum will address youth participation and youth programmes at Unesco.
Courtesy New Straits Times, 16/12/2007
