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Engage in UN World Social Summit

We invite you to engage at the 2nd World Summit on Social Development 2025 - where MGCY facilitates formal youth engagement, alongside a youth activities. Access the Youth Hub for the Summit and engage now!

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Youth Action Platform on COVID 19

We have built a platform to showcase youth-led actions leading the response to the COVID health and social crisis, in order to give visibility to youth leadership and action.

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What do we do?

The UNMGCY is the formal mechanism for young people to meaningfully engage in the United Nations

We work on a range of issues at the global, regional, national and subnational levels across the pillars of the UN- human rights, sustainable development, and peace and security and organs of the UN- general assembly (GA), economic and social council (ECOSOC), security council, and secretariat. Our areas of work include the following:

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Policy and Advocacy

We facilitate the collective participation of young people in official, formal and informal  avenues of policy design, implementation, monitoring, follow-up, and review at all levels.

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Capacity Building

We facilitate activities for young people to enhance their understanding, knowledge, and skills in relation to sustainable development, meaningful engagement, and the UN system.

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Knowledge

Provide young people a platform for dialogue to create an evidence base for best practices through the assessment of existing knowledge, generating new knowledge, identification of emerging issues, and effective use and dissemination.

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Action

We provide young people with a platform that encourages them to lead, join, showcase, and share innovative and effective actions addressing the needs of people and the planet.

What do we work on ?

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Resilience and Humanitarian Action

Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees, Migration and Displacement, Sustainable Urban Development

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Human Rights

Indigenous Peoples, Disabilities, LGBTQI+ (SOGIE), Age Based Discrimination, Children, Descent and Work Based Discrimination, Faith Based Communities

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Peace and Security

Youth Peace & Security, Women Peace & Security, Disarmament, Counter Terrorism, Drugs and Crime, Environmental Security

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Youth Policy and Development

UN Youth Strategy, World Program of Action on Youth, Office of SG’s Envoy on Youth, UN Inter Agency Network on Youth Development

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Sustainable Development

Economic, Environmental, Social Dimensions

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Governance

Multilateralism, UN Reform, Various Accountability Processes, Global Economic and Environmental Governance

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Where do we work?

We work in all regions of the world. While we follow the different regional and subregional classifications used by UN frameworks/process, our regional caucus are based on the five regional commissions of the UN- Asia Pacific, Western Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, Latin America and Caribbean, in addition to SIDS (small island developing states)

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What is our scope ?

In addition to topic and region we also convene our coordination structures by types of entities/organisations by scope of work, and by organisational standing in the UN. These include dedicated space for grassroots/local youth, national, regional and international youth entities. In addition we also seek to bring together youth organisations that have different types of standing in the UN system.

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Our Reach

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