{"id":1754,"date":"2026-07-03T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/?page_id=1754"},"modified":"2026-07-08T07:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:56:05","slug":"youth-peace-charter-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/youth-peace-charter-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Peace Charter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1754\" class=\"elementor elementor-1754\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d19f4d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d19f4d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70adc00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70adc00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Youth Peace Charter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6193351 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6193351\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c752198 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c752198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:0;width:900px;height:500px;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/YouthPeaceSummit\/ojjj\/\" title=\"Charter Youth Peace Summit 2026(1)\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9554ab0 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9554ab0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a0140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68a0140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>&#8220;Young people do not wait for peace, they build it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p>This Charter begins with that conviction.<\/p><p>The Youth Peace Summit 2026 Charter is a declaration of a generation determined to shape the future of peace. It is founded on the belief that lasting peace cannot be achieved without the meaningful participation of young people\u2014the generation that will inherit both the consequences of today&#8217;s conflicts and the responsibility for tomorrow&#8217;s solutions.<\/p><p>For too long, young people have been consulted after decisions have been made rather than entrusted to help make them. This Charter challenges that approach. It demonstrates that youth are not merely beneficiaries of peacebuilding but essential architects of it, bringing innovation, lived experience, and the courage to confront the world&#8217;s most pressing challenges.<\/p><p>The thirty-three proposals contained within this Charter were developed through dialogue, debate, and collaboration among youth delegates from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Together, they represent a practical agenda for governments, international organizations, civil society, educational institutions, and communities to strengthen peace through concrete action rather than aspiration alone.<\/p><p>These proposals are organized under five interconnected pillars, Partnerships, Prevention, Protection, Participation, and Disengagement &amp; Reintegration, reflecting a comprehensive vision of peace that addresses both the causes of conflict and the foundations of resilient societies.<\/p><p>This Charter is more than a collection of proposals. It is a commitment by young people to lead, to collaborate, and to hold ourselves and our institutions accountable. We present these recommendations not as distant ambitions, but as achievable commitments that demand action today.<\/p><p>Because young people do not wait for peace, they build it<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc330fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc330fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-1024x585.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1632\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-1024x585.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-300x171.png 300w, http:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-768x439.png 768w, http:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dutch Ambassador Youth, Employment and Education Juriaan Middelhoff signs the Youth Peace Charter (The Hague, June 19, 2026)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1754","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1754\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthpeacesummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}