The winner of the 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award will address the United Nations today.
Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Youstafzai will mark her 16th birthday by delivering a speech calling on governments to ensure free compulsory education for every child.
Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking out for the right to education – she now lives in England.
Today has been dubbed “Malala Day”.