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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 12: Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls education who was shot in the head by the Taliban, is given a standing ovation after speaking at the United Nations (UN) Youth Assembly on July 12, 2013 in New York City. The United Nations declared July 12, "Malala Day." Yousafzai also celebrates her birthday today. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 173347914 )

Malala Yousafzai (R) gives her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, July 12, 2013. Wearing a pink head scarf, Yousafzai told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and nearly 1,000 students from around the world attending a Youth Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York that education was the only way to improve lives. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid ( MALALA-UN/ )

In this photo provided by the United Nations Foundation, Malala Yousafzai celebrates her 16th birthday by addressing hundreds of young leaders who support the United Nationís Secretary General's Global Education First Initiative, during 'Malala Day' at United Nations Headquarters, Friday, July 12, 2013. Malala continues to campaign for every child's right to education after surviving an attack by the Taliban in Pakistan last year. (AP Photos/United Nations Foundation, Stuart Ramson) ( UN Malala Education for All )

A brother (2nd L, front fow) of Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai, sitting with his family, takes photographs with a computer tablet as his sister speaks July 12, 2013 at United Nations headquarters in New York during the UN Youth Assembly. Yousafzai became a public figure when she was shot by the Taliban while travelling to school last year in Pakistan -- targeted because of her committed campaigning for the right of all girls to an education. The UN has declared July 12 "Malala Day", which is also Yousafzai's birthday, and will host the UN Youth Assembly. STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images ( 521306481 )

A youth delegate attends Malala Yousafzai's first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, July 12, 2013. Wearing a pink head scarf, Yousafzai told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and nearly 1,000 students from around the world attending a Youth Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York that education was the only way to improve lives. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid ( MALALA-UN/ )

Malala Yousafzai (L) gives her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, July 12, 2013. Wearing a pink head scarf, Yousafzai told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (top R) and nearly 1,000 students from around the world attending a Youth Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York that education was the only way to improve lives. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid ( MALALA-UN/ )

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 12: United Nations Secretary General Ban-ki Moon (L) shakes hands with Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls education who was shot in the head by the Taliban, at the United Nations (UN) Youth Assembly on July 12, 2013 in New York City. The United Nations declared July 12, "Malala Day." Yousafzai also celebrates her birthday today. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 173350257 )

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 12: Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Malala Yousafzai , the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls education who was shot in the head by the Taliban, motions to the crowd before his daughter's speech at the United Nations (UN) Youth Assembly on July 12, 2013 in New York City. The United Nations declared July 12, "Malala Day." Yousafzai also celebrates her birthday today. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 173350266 )

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 12: Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls education who was shot in the head by the Taliban, speaks to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown before speaking at the United Nations (UN) Youth Assembly on July 12, 2013 in New York City. The United Nations declared July 12, "Malala Day." Yousafzai also celebrates her birthday today. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 173350283 )

Malala Yousafzai, center, is escorted past members of the media, Friday, July 12, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, will celebrated her 16th birthday on Friday addressing the United Nations. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ( UN Malala Education for All )

Malala Yousafzai stands next to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) before giving her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, July 12, 2013. Wearing a pink head scarf, Yousafzai told Ban and nearly 1,000 students from around the world attending a Youth Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York that education was the only way to improve lives. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid ( MALALA-UN/ )

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 12: Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls education who was shot in the head by the Taliban, attends a conversation with the United Nations Secretary General Ban-ki Moon Ban-ki Moon and other youth delegates at the United Nations Youth Assembly on July 12, 2013 in New York City. The United Nations declared July 12 "Malala Day." Yousafzai also celebrates her birthday today. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 173359455 )

Malala Yousafzai signs United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's guest books as Ban Ki-moon, center, and youth delegates look on, Friday, July 12, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, will celebrated her 16th birthday on Friday addressing the United Nations. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ( UN Malala Education for All )