In 2025, I had the opportunity to participate in the GenerAccion Paz training programme, a space where I met with young people from different places to share experiences, dreams, and concerns surrounding disarmament. Listening to their voices and commitments awakened a conviction in me: young people not only can, but must, be protagonists of a safer world. That reflection was the seed that later drove me to bring the message of peace to my community.
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Irving Jimenez
UN Youth4Disarmament Forum participant
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Kirsten Angeles and Sangeun Noh
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What is the Youth4Disarmament
Youth4Disarmament is a youth outreach initiative established in 2019 by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs to connect geographically diverse young people with experts to learn about current international security challenges, the work of the United Nations and how to actively participate.
Disarmament in action
Protecting our communities
Weapons destroy lives and our environment. To protect our communities, we must confront the humanitarian and environmental impacts of these weapons and understand what disarmament looks like in local settings.
Shaping secure futures
Scientific innovation can give rise to new weapons. We must anticipate the risks and proactively think about security in this new technological landscape.
Inheriting peace
Survivors and witnesses of conflict courageously share their stories so that future generations do not repeat the past. We must explore the inter-generational aspects of disarmament and value the lessons we learn from those who came before us.
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Second Y4D Forum webinar explores technological advances and nuclear means of delivery
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Youth4Disarmament Forum Kicks Off with Dialogue on Nuclear Risks and Emerging Technologies
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