Youth Peace Summit 2026 was a wonderful celebration of peace, cooperation and friendship. The Youth Peace Summit Team looks back on this meeting with great pride, but also by drawing the right lessons. By doing this, we make sure Youth Peace Summit 2027 will be even better! For further insights on the Youth Peace Summit 2026, its participants and the lessons drawn please check out our Youth Peace Summit 2026 Impact Report using the link below.
Youth Peace Summit in Numbers
Youth Peace Summit 2026
150 registered participants from 61 countries
3 programme days organised by more than 30 active young volunteers.
21 active partnerships with organisations in 12 countries including:
- South-Korea
- Finland
- Northern Ireland, UK
- Scotland, UK
- England, UK
- Charlotte, USA
- San Antonio, USA
- Lithuania
Media Appearances
Radio Interviews
- NPO Radio 1 ‘De Nacht is Zwart’ (March, 2026) click here to listen. (In Dutch)
- Den Haag FM (May 2026) (In Dutch)
- Radio West (19 June 2026) (click here to listen)
- Radio AZC – Salto Amsterdam (June, 2026) click here to listen. (In Dutch)
- BBC Radio Ulster (July 2025) (listen below)
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- 070online.nl -(Jongeren uit 61 landen werken in Den Haag aan vrede) – Click here to read (in Dutch)
- AD – (Anastasia (25) spreekt negen talen en zet zich in voor vrede: ‘Jongeren kijken anders naar de wereld’) – Click here to read (in Dutch)
- Diplomat Magazine – (Youth Peace Summit brings 150 young changemakers to The Hague to build peace together) Click here to read
Public Appearances
Youth Peace Summit 2025
In 2025, celebrating 10 years Resolution 2250 Youth, Peace and Security of the United Nations, Rotary, Rotaract, Ithaka Academie and the Hague University of Applied Sciences co-organized the first ever Youth Peace Summit in the Hague. 100 international youth based in the Hague received an unique peacebuilding experience with as mission to write a Youth Peace Manifesto. This Youth Peace Manifesto was directly contributed to by 100 participants and can be read using the button below:
The Youth Peace Summit 2025 was attended by 43 different nationalities:
Continents
Africa: 8
Americas: 6
Asia: 10
Europe: 19
Total: 43
The Summit’s most tangible result was the Youth Peace Manifesto, written by the participants, and handed over to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 2025. You can read it using the link below.
