Their Majesties left for New York on Friday after Her Majesty Queen Rania deputized His Majesty at Friday's fundraisers to attend the 72nd United Nations General Assembly.
On Sunday, Her Majesty Queen Rania attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve Challenge Finals and presented awards to the winners in New York, during a working visit to the United States with His Majesty King Abdullah II.

Attended by approximately 300 people, the MIT Solve Challenge Finals called on innovators to develop lasting solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges facing learning, health, sustainability, and economic prosperity.

Outlining 🇦🇺 Govt focus on #innovation in aid program incl private sector partnerships & challenges - with youth workforce challenge winners pic.twitter.com/uuWkFxBa53

— Julie Bishop (@JulieBishopMP) September 18, 2017

In her capacity as co-chair of the ‘Youth, Skills, and the Workforce of the Future’ challenge, Queen Rania joined Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Atlassian Head of Foundation Mark Reading in presenting a number of awards to the winners.

Photo Courtesy of  Laura Paonessa via twitter

Photo Courtesy of  Laura Paonessa via twitter

Finales and the certifiates: Photo Courtesy of  Laura Paonessa via twitter

Photo Courtesy of  Laura Paonessa via twitter for the blog.

Photo Courtesy of  Laura Paonessa via twitter

Before the awards ceremony, Queen Rania had a brief meeting with MIT President L. Rafael Reif, who has headed the leading technological institute since 2012.

Congrats to all the @SolveMIT finalists who pitched their great ideas to address global issues through innovation at the #SolveFinals. pic.twitter.com/pABG0UYXxD

— Innovation & Impact (@CIIimpact) September 18, 2017

An initiative of MIT, Solve is a community that brings together technologists, social entrepreneurs, business leaders, policymakers, researchers, and other change agents to unearth and implement solutions to specific, actionable challenges.

In the ‘Youth, Skills, and the Workforce of the Future’ challenge, participants focused on building upon the fourth United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG), developing solutions to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education.

Under the challenge, problem-solvers put forward various solutions to equip disadvantaged young people under the age of 24 from low socio-economic backgrounds with the 21st-century-skills needed for them to join the workforce.
I will like to thank Laura Paonessa for allowing me to use her pictures to update the blog.
**United Nations post is coming up soon
*style post coming up
**Photo credits: Queen Rania/Instagram/Website