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The latest from the DMUN Foundation: statements, engagements and milestones from across the intergovernmental system.
LeadershipExecutive Director Jaewon Choi met H.E. Prof. Dr. Joseph Akingube Adelegan, Executive Director of Partners in Population and Development (PPD), and the organisation's senior staff, opening talks on youth engagement, funding and PPD's representation at the United Nations.
5 August 2026
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi addressed Article 6 at the fifth session of the negotiations on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, as Thematic Focal Point of the Major Group for Children and Youth.
4 August 2026
LeadershipExecutive Director Jaewon Choi met Secretary-General Juan Carlos Ojeda Viglione of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), congratulating him on his election and discussing closer cooperation between the two institutions.
31 July 2026
AdvocacyYouth delegates and advocates from around the world joined the 2026 UN High-Level Political Forum, bringing diverse perspectives and lived experience.
July 2026
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi delivered a statement on behalf of the Major Group for Children and Youth at the First Substantive Plenary.
22 July 2026AdvocacyMr. Joshua Shin delivered a statement on behalf of the DMUN Foundation at the High-level Meeting on Improving Road Safety.
20 July 2026
GeneralThe Foundation signed a cooperation agreement at United Nations Headquarters integrating the Youth Publications and Socioeconomic Forum as a programme, bringing its New York programming and its members into the Foundation.
15 July 2026
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi addressed the Ministerial Opening of the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, held alongside the ministerial days of the HLPF, on behalf of the Major Group for Children and Youth.
13 July 2026
AdvocacyTierra Monique Sydnor, the Foundation’s Observer in Vienna, delivered a statement at the 2026 Third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
30 June 2026
GeneralMs. Tierra Sydnor-King represents DMUN as Observer to the UN Office at Vienna, the OSCE, and other intergovernmental organisations.
30 June 2026
LeadershipExecutive Director Jaewon Choi met Secretary General H.E. Arpana Pratap to discuss partnership on the representation of small island developing States at the United Nations and the welfare of children and youth in the Pacific.
15 June 2026
LeadershipAlexa Dominique Pascual, the Foundation’s Observer to UN Headquarters and the Bretton Woods institutions, met H.E. Ambassador Lok Bahadur Thapa of Nepal on bringing the perspectives of children and youth into the follow-up to FfD4.
23 April 2026
AdvocacyAlexa Dominique Pascual addressed the ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up twice, speaking on the international financial architecture and on sustainable business and finance for development impact.
23 April 2026
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi delivered a keynote statement at the opening of the Youth Forum on behalf of the Major Group for Children and Youth and the DMUN Foundation.
14 April 2026
AdvocacyMyelle Rodgers, Special Adviser to the Executive Director, delivered joint statements on behalf of the Foundation and other youth organisations and stakeholder groups at the Special Meeting of ECOSOC on credit ratings.
30 March 2026
AdvocacyTogether with UNA-USA, the Foundation addressed the 32nd Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters in a series of joint statements delivered by Alexa Dominique Pascual.
27 March 2026
AdvocacyArchit Sankhe, Special Representative of the Executive Director on Children, spoke at multistakeholder consultations hosted by the Permanent Missions of Poland and Malawi to the United Nations.
27 March 2026
AdvocacyAlessandro Cutolo addressed the First Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the OSCE, convened under the title Lawmaking for Democratic Resilience, alongside the Office of the Foundation’s Observer in Vienna.
17 March 2026
AdvocacyFoundation representatives spoke at the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in Nairobi and at the fourth session in New York, where Executive Director Jaewon Choi intervened on sustainable development.
February 2026
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi addressed the Special Meeting of the Economic and Social Council on financial integrity at its tenth plenary meeting, speaking on behalf of the Major Group for Children and Youth.
February 2026
AdvocacyAt the 64th session of the Commission for Social Development, Executive Director Jaewon Choi joined the high-level panel on advancing social justice through coordinated action for the Major Group for Children and Youth.
2 February 2026
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi set out four strategic imperatives for the future of ECOSOC and called for people-centred reform, recalling that the UN Charter begins with We the people.
29 January 2026
LeadershipJaewon Choi and Caleb Lee met H.E. Ambassador Lok Bahadur Thapa on the constructive engagement of children and youth across the ECOSOC process and the HLPF cycle.
29 January 2026
AdvocacyMustafa Mizra, the Foundation’s Representative to the eleventh session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption, delivered a statement on behalf of the Foundation.
December 2025
AdvocacyThe delegation took part in the eighth Meeting of the Parties, the fifth session of the Protocol on PRTRs, and the Joint High-level Segment, delivering plenary statements on access to environmental information and justice.
24 November 2025
AdvocacyConnor Heeney addressed the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury on cross-cutting matters under the implementation of decision MC-5/1.
5 November 2025
AdvocacyPranav Sasikumar opened for the Foundation at the Social Forum of the 70th session of the Human Rights Council, followed by statements from Shakana Sheppard, OJ Senessie and Giulia Ristagno.
31 October 2025
LeadershipDMUN became the first youth-led NGO invited to the closed Plenary Meeting of the Fund and the Bank, and held bilateral meetings with World Bank Executive Directors and the Stakeholder Engagement Office.
17 October 2025
LeadershipDuring the Annual Meetings in Washington, the Office of the Foundation’s Observer to the Bretton Woods institutions, led by Alexa Dominique Pascual, met H.E. Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group.
14 October 2025
AdvocacyTierra Monique Sydnor addressed the 2025 Constructive Dialogue of the review mechanism of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on the smuggling of migrants.
13 October 2025
AdvocacyTierra Monique Sydnor and Deputy Observer Amanda Narhan Pereira addressed the 2025 Constructive Dialogue of the UNTOC review mechanism dedicated to trafficking in persons.
8 October 2025
ProgrammesThe Programs Division welcomed more than 1,000 registered participants from over 117 states and territories for two days of deliberation, solution-building and consensus on pressing international crises.
5 October 2025
LeadershipA delegation led by Caleb Lee met Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, senior officials of Tuvalu and Canada, and Under-Secretary-General Melissa Fleming on youth priorities across the multilateral agenda.
27 September 2025
AdvocacyRepresentatives led by Peter Tian joined the High-level Meeting commemorating the 30th anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, reaffirming support for its review and implementation.
25 September 2025
GeneralRepresentatives led by Ngoc Tram Nguyen attended the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations, renewing the Foundation’s commitment to multilateralism among children and youth.
19 September 2025
ProgrammesMore than 800 young participants from 92 countries and territories simulated the conferences of parties of multilateral environmental agreements in a new programme on treaty-making.
14 September 2025
GeneralDaniela Saffie, the Foundation’s Observer in Geneva, took part in the UNECE Expert Forum for Producers and Users of Climate Change-related Statistics.
1 September 2025
AdvocacyGlobal Youth Representatives delivered the Foundation’s general statement and interventions on implementation, transparency and international assistance at the 11th Conference of States Parties, and met its President, Ambassador Carlos Mario Foradori.
29 August 2025
AdvocacyThe Foundation and the Oceans Youth Constituency delivered interventions and held bilateral meetings with delegations from every region, the Director of DOALOS, and senior advisers of WWF and IUCN at the second session preparing the high seas treaty.
August 2025
LeadershipExecutive Director Jaewon Choi met Parth Bhatt, Chair of the Board of Trustees, to explore partnership between the two organisations, including mutual representation in select multilateral engagements.
16 August 2025
GeneralExecutive Director Jaewon Choi delivered a recorded statement for the 25th anniversary of the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
16 August 2025
AdvocacyFoundation representatives intervened throughout the first negotiating session, with joint statements alongside AGORA and March for Planet, the closing statement of the Major Group for Children and Youth, and a meeting with the Chair of the committee, Ramy Mohamed Youssef of Egypt.
15 August 2025
GeneralExecutive Director Jaewon Choi opened Youth Power for our Common Future, an event on unlocking community level action for climate and the SDGs through digital innovation and art.
12 August 2025
ProgrammesYoung members of the Foundation chose between the Parliament Program, simulating legislative debate in national parliaments, and the Congress Program on the legislative process of the United States Senate.
3 August 2025
LeadershipRepresentatives of the Foundation held a bilateral meeting with Equality Now to discuss key issues in gender equality and options for collaboration between the two organisations.
31 July 2025
AdvocacyThe delegation spent the 2025 High-Level Political Forum standing up for children and youth, including a meeting with the civil society member of the Delegation of Mexico.
July 2025
AdvocacyGlobal Youth Representative Dr. Victory Williams joined the panel Capping Climate Change from Space, organised by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Pan African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation in Africa.
28 July 2025
AdvocacyA delegation led by Executive Director Jaewon Choi attended the Interactive Multistakeholder Hearing of the President of the General Assembly on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
24 July 2025
LeadershipAs a Mandate Holder in the Major Group for Children and Youth, Executive Director Jaewon Choi held bilateral meetings with the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, the Division for Sustainable Development Goals, and the UN Youth Office.
24 July 2025
LeadershipThe Foundation met the Permanent Mission of France and the French foreign ministry, the NATO Liaison Office, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, the University for Peace, and interviewed the EU Ambassador to ECOSOC.
23 July 2025
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi delivered a joint statement for the Major Group for Children and Youth at the HLPF special event, alongside speakers including the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay.
22 July 2025
AdvocacyGlobal Youth Representatives Yassine Fathalli and Margaret Daramola intervened in the Interactive Multi-stakeholder Dialogue of the President of the General Assembly, including a joint statement with the Jessor Youth Organization.
21 July 2025
LeadershipRepresentatives led by Alexa Dominique Pascual met Alexandra Haller, Adviser for Economic and Social Affairs, and Press Officer Nathan J. Cooper of the United States Mission to the United Nations.
17 July 2025
AdvocacyFoundation representatives spoke at the launch of Tracking SDG7, an event on evidence-based approaches in drug policy and health, and a session on Timor-Leste’s model for preventing gender-based violence.
16 July 2025
LeadershipExecutive Director Jaewon Choi presented the Foundation’s proposal to the Permanent Observers of the WSA and IUCN, and held further meetings with the Mission of Portugal and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
15 July 2025
AdvocacyIn the official session on mobilising financing and science, technology and innovation for the SDGs, Executive Director Jaewon Choi represented the collective voice of the Major Group for Children and Youth.
14 July 2025
LeadershipExecutive Director Jaewon Choi met H.E. Ambassador Noemí Espinoza Madrid, the eighth Secretary-General of the ACS, on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum.
14 July 2025
ProgrammesThe fully online forum brought students together for interactive panels, roundtables and workshops, preceded by an outreach workshop at Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar in Malaysia.
13 July 2025
AdvocacyThe Foundation joined the preparatory meeting of the President of the General Assembly and its stakeholder sessions, calling for children to be heard as a diverse coalition rather than a single uniform voice.
10 July 2025
GeneralThe Foundation hosted an interactive roundtable with Edward Price, former Deputy to the United States Ambassador to the UN, on multilateralism, strategic communication and the role of young people.
10 July 2025
LeadershipExecutive Director Jaewon Choi and colleagues from the Major Group for Children and Youth discussed stronger stakeholder representation for youth-led organisations with Wook-Jin Chang of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
10 July 2025
AdvocacyJaewon Choi delivered a joint intervention with Youth for Privacy in the Stakeholder Plenary of the Open-Ended Working Group on ICT security, urging stakeholder inclusion in its future permanent mechanism.
9 July 2025
GeneralThe Foundation hosted a private roundtable with Alexandria J. Maloney, President of BPIA and Director of External Affairs at the Kettering Foundation, on how youth can shape global governance and diplomacy.
3 July 2025
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi addressed the opening plenary of the Global Youth Conference on Financing for Development and moderated the Youth Briefing session on reforming the international financial architecture.
2 July 2025
LeadershipThe delegation discussed partnership ideas and equitable geographic representation in UN recruitment, and attended the High-Level Multistakeholder Hearing of the President of the General Assembly.
30 June 2025
ProgrammesHundreds of young people simulated tribunals and other institutions of international law as advocates, counsels and judges in the Foundation’s online legal programme.
29 June 2025
LeadershipMulti-stakeholder partnerships and youth engagement took centre stage at the FfD4 Multistakeholder Hearing in New York.
22 June 2025
ProgrammesMore than 1,000 children and youth from over 85 countries joined the Foundation’s first Debate Competition, building negotiation, debate and public speaking skills.
20 June 2025
AdvocacyA delegation joined UNOC3 in Nice, where Global Youth Representative Kenia Magdalena carried the Foundation’s advocacy on the ocean agenda into the conference.
June 2025
AdvocacyAlexa Dominique Pascual and Deputy Executive Director for Programs Atharv Singh intervened in the 2025 UN Joint Constructive Dialogue on Technical Assistance and International Cooperation.
3 June 2025
ProgrammesMore than 1,125 young people from 135 countries joined the 2025 conference, highlighting the need for youth-led regional multilateralism.
1 June 2025
GeneralMember Elizabeth Chua Xin En represented the Foundation at the sixth global conference, held at UN City in Copenhagen.
27 May 2025
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi delivered a virtual intervention in the informal interactive dialogue with H.E. Annalena Baerbock, candidate for President of the 80th session, on meaningful youth participation in the General Assembly.
15 May 2025
AdvocacyShane Lischin intervened on behalf of five youth-led civil society organisations at the UN High-Level Meeting on Harmony with Nature and Living Well, urging Member States to create a pathway for effective youth participation.
22 April 2025
ProgrammesExecutive Director Jaewon Choi opened the fifth session with an address on youth representation in the multilateral system and consensus-based decision-making.
15 March 2025
LeadershipAlexa Dominique Pascual and Global Youth Representative Sydney Rodman joined policymakers and civil society in Washington to discuss transatlantic security, NATO cooperation and sustainable peace in Ukraine.
7 February 2025
AdvocacyYassine Fathalli addressed Member States and the President of ECOSOC, Bob Rae, on the role of partnerships in advancing stability in Africa and the Middle East.
6 February 2025
GeneralRepresentatives led by Alexa Dominique Pascual joined a high-level discussion with Jon Finer, former Principal Deputy National Security Adviser, on global security and the role of youth in policymaking.
5 February 2025
LeadershipGlobal Youth Representative Yassine Fathalli spoke at the Mission of the African Union to the United States and exchanged views with the AU Youth Constituency on youth-led solutions.
30 December 2024
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi intervened twice at the intersessional hearing, on stakeholder participation across international financial institutions and on the systemic barriers facing marginalised stakeholders.
28 October 2024
LeadershipFourteen young representatives advocated in Washington to leaders including Ajay Banga, Kristalina Georgieva and the Finance Minister of Ireland, Jack Chambers, on youth participation in global finance.
October 2024
AdvocacyYassine Fathalli intervened in the Civil Society Townhall with President Ajay Banga at the 2024 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings.
22 October 2024
ProgrammesJonas Bruns, co-founder of mymun, was nominated as the DMUN and YouthCubed representative to the twelfth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
12 October 2024
AdvocacyGlobal Youth Representative Alexa Dominique Pascual advocated on gender equality and stakeholder engagement as Member States reached a historic consensus, meeting leaders including Ursula von der Leyen and Gabriel Boric.
September 2024
ProgrammesFale Andrew Lesa JP and Alexa Dominique Pascual join the Summit of the Future as Global Youth Representatives.
7 August 2024
MediaExecutive Director & Founder Jaewon Choi shares his analysis on the future of virtual Model UN.
22 July 2024
AdvocacyDMUN engaged at COP28 in Dubai as a youth-led civil society stakeholder in the global climate negotiations.
13 December 2023
ResearchDMUN sent three representatives to the 2024 committee drafting the Terms of Reference for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
10 August 2024
LeadershipJaewon Choi participated as the youngest delegate at the 2024 UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
17 July 2024
AdvocacyExecutive Director Jaewon Choi joined a panel at the Education for Sustainable Development Forum in Limassol and intervened in its high-level debate on access to legislative processes for young entrepreneurs.
28 June 2024
GeneralDMUN took part in the UN Economic Commission for Europe Regional Forum on Sustainable Development.
15 March 2024GeneralInvited by the UNGA President to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development.
19 July 2023