Piece by Peace: A Collaborative UNESCO Youth Movement to a Brighter Future

The International UNESCO Youth Statement “Piece by Peace: A Collaborative UNESCO Youth Movement to a Brighter Future” is a youth-led initiative that launched in September 2025. The initiative was created and coordinated by Tobya Monté (Chair of the UNESCO Netherlands Youth Commission 2025-2026) with the help of Emma Steinbrück (Chair of the German Youth Forum 2024-2026), Rajee Florido (UNESCO Philippines Youth Delegate to the 13th UNESCO Youth Forum and Philippine Youth Focal), and Luis Alberto Placencio Villalobos (Representative of the Curaçao UNESCO Youth Committee). 

The International UNESCO Youth Statement is a co-created product developed based on several rounds of input and feedback from a broad coalition of existing national UNESCO youth participation formats. The creative process of the International UNESCO Youth Statement brought together many national UNESCO youth participation formats, forming a valuable first step towards the creation of an international network. 

The International UNESCO Youth Statement is co-signed and created collaboratively by the following national UNESCO youth participation formats: 

UNESCO Netherlands Youth Commission
German UNESCO Youth Forum 
UNESCO Philippine Youth Focal, and Delegate to the 13th UNESCO Youth Forum, Rajee Florido
UNESCO Aotearoa Youth Leaders, New Zealand
Youth Chair of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO
UNESCO Youth Delegates of Finland
Iceland’s UN Youth Delegate to Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO)
Sweden’s Youth Representative to UNESCO

We are grateful for the feedback from the following people and organisations:

UNESCO Headquarters Youth Coordination Section, Souria Saad-Zoi and Maria Kypriotou 
Netherlands Commission for UNESCO
Julian Lo Curlo, former Youth Representative to the Danish UNESCO National Commission
Kaarina Harkonmäki, former UNESCO Youth Delegate of Finland 2024-2025
Luis Alberto Placencio Villalobos, UNESCO Curaçao Youth Delegate to the 14th UNESCO Youth Forum
Adigao Alvin Wenia, UNESCO Ghana Delegate to the 14th UNESCO Youth Forum
Ongoing review and validation of the Philippine National Commission for UNESCO Youth Focals

The International UNESCO Youth Statement “Piece by Peace: A Collaborative UNESCO Youth Movement towards a Brighter Future” was published on 30/07/2026.