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Short answers. What is confirmed, and what is still planned.
Youth Impacts' flagship New York Model United Nations experience. Sixty high-school and university delegates. Model UN at the core, a Founder Lab, a black-tie gala, and New York.
New York City, 22 – 25 April 2027. Three nights in New York. Two and a half days inside The Global 60.
High school and university students worldwide, typically aged 15 to 22 in April 2027. No previous Model UN experience is required. Under 18 needs a parent or guardian on the application.
Small enough to know each other. Large enough to represent the world. Every delegate speaks in every session.
Three small chambers. Approximately twenty delegates each. Topics released to admitted delegates ahead of the conference. All sixty reunite for the Global Plenary.
No. The Global 60 and Youth Impacts are independent programmes and are not affiliated with or endorsed by the United Nations. An official guided visit to United Nations Headquarters is planned as part of the programme, subject to availability and UN security requirements.
Seventy-five minutes on Saturday. A founder's practical story, then the Problem Marketplace, where delegates find peers who care about the same problems.
Apply, interview, offer, confirm, prepare, New York. The application takes eight to twelve minutes. We respond within 72 hours. Round one closes 15 December 2026.
Three nights at the delegate hotel, the full programme, all meals, the planned United Nations visit, the delegate kit, portraits, and the Global 60 Network. Flights, visas and insurance are not included.
No. The academic experience is identical on every tier. No tier affects country assignment, speaking time, committee role, awards or recognition.
No cheaper tier. Families who prefer a schedule of payments can reply to their offer. Schools can request an invoice.
Yes. Start on the schools page: advisor expectations, invoicing and the documents your school will need. Places are sold to delegates only; a faculty advisor who travels with the delegation makes their own arrangements, or Youth Impacts can arrange the advisor's hotel and transfers from $1,500. The delegate programme is not included for advisors.
A Manhattan hotel, announced to admitted delegates before any payment is due. Same-gender twin rooms, or a private room on the Private and Excellency tiers.
Thursday smart casual. Friday business attire. Saturday business attire, then black tie for the gala. Sunday business attire.
Black tie, Manhattan, Saturday night. A formal dinner, four to eight selected delegate voices, concise recognition, and the cohort portrait.
International delegates arrange their own. Admitted delegates receive a formal letter of admission. Apply in round one if you will need one.
The courtesy and seriousness of real diplomats. Respect for chairs, staff and one another. Zero tolerance for harassment or discrimination. No alcohol for underage delegates, curfew for under-18s.
You will be in good company. First-timers are placed with that in mind, and Friday's preparation session covers procedure before the chambers open. The free training programme is open now.
Parents are welcome in New York. The gala seats one parent on the Private tier and two on Excellency. Everything else is delegates and staff.
Supervision in New York is provided by Youth Impacts staff and chaperones, so no chaperone place is sold. A school that wants its own faculty advisor present is welcome to send one: the advisor makes their own arrangements, or Youth Impacts arranges the advisor's hotel and transfers with the delegation from $1,500. Advisors do not take part in the delegate programme.
The Global 60 Network: a private alumni community, a ninety-day check-in, Founder Lab support, one virtual gathering, and introductions where we can make them.
Write to info@youthimpacts.com. We respond within 72 hours.