'Believe me, many more people will see this selfie than will hear this speech'. PHOTO: REUTERS
“Believe me, many more people will see this selfie than will hear this speech,” Bukele quipped before delivering his address calling on the United Nations to change with the times and for world leaders to do more to connect with their countries’ youth.
The former mayor of the capital, San Salvador, who took office in June, is a prolific user of social media. In his speech, he attributed his election victory to his mastery of platforms like Facebook Live, which he said his political opponents did not fully grasp.
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In another made-for-social-media moment, Bukele’s wife Gabriela brought their baby daughter Layla to hear the president’s address.
President of El Salvador @nayibbukele at #UNGA from the other angle. pic.twitter.com/S3SStadY7c
— United Nations Photo (@UN_Photo) September 26, 2019
After finishing his speech, Bukele uploaded the photo to Twitter, where it received more than 7,000 likes in less than an hour. The picture showed him smiling in front of the UN logo - a map of the world surrounded by olive branches - and Argentine UN Ambassador Martin Garcia Moritan, one of several General Assembly vice presidents.
“Maybe in a few years, thousands of us will not have to travel to New York to meet in this building,” Bukele said. “A series of videoconferences would have cost several hundred million dollars less, and I’m sure it would have the same effect, if not greater.”
#UNSelfie pic.twitter.com/P7qH5p2l04
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) September 26, 2019
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele asked the audience to hold on a second so he could take a selfie before he delivered his address to the #UNGA pic.twitter.com/RwhHcwkGt9
— TRT World (@trtworld) September 27, 2019
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