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Do you feel like you fairly represent most of American youth?
You know, I realise that I don’t really represent the United States. I have way more education than most people in the US. I have greater resources than most people in the US. Country-wise, the US has a ridiculous amount more resources than most of the youth here, and as a youth in America I have more resources than most of the people in the US. Also, I know that I am much more progressively liberal than most of the people in the US, as is virtually everyone here at this conference. I’m not sure how fair that is. I think there is a huge issue of youth representation at this conference, which is something we talk about a lot. First of all the fact that there are a lot more people from western industrialized countries from the north, than there are from the global south…
Do you view yourself more as a part of the Youth Caucus or as a part of the US delegation?
The Youth Caucus. I think that if the US had been more inclusive from the beginning then it would be different. But also just because my agenda is so very different from the rest of the US delegation. I generally agree with most of the youth, and generally not with the official US position…
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I’m a mole. I think I’m there to represent youth to the US delegation. And the opinions of youth are way different from those of the US administration! So I feel way more connected to the youth than to the US.
I was wondering if you had any expectations of the US here. Do you expect anything effective to come out of the US participation?
Not particularly. I think most of the decisions have already been made, and the decisions that are yet to be made are going to be made by people that I’ve never seen, or don’t have access to.
Thank you for your time.
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