‘Just a Second, Please’: El Salvador President Takes Selfie Before UN Speech

Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, takes a selfie before addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, on Sept. 26, 2019. Lucas Jackson/REUTERS

UNITED NATIONS—Before starting his first address before the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26, 38-year-old El Salvador President Nayib Bukele asked the audience to hold on a second as he took out his phone to snap a selfie.

“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.