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1989 Founding of UNOY
On June 18, 1989, a group of passionate young people adopted the provisional UNOY charter at the 1st International Working Group meeting. UNOY was legally founded three months later.
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1990 First UNOY youth assembly
The first UNOY youth assembly took place in Nainital, India
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1993 First International Peace Conference
The first International Peace Conference in the The Hague
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2003 New Name
UNOY was renamed from United Nations of Youth Foundation to United Network of Young Peacebuilders.
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2005 New office in The Hague
UNOY moved its office to The Hague, the Netherlands.
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2006 International Steering Group
Creation of the International Steering Group, a democratically elected body consisting of six individuals from UNOY member organisations. The ISG representatives hold the International Secretariat accountable and contribute to strategic planning and thematic priority setting.
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2007 Membership-based network
Restructuring from a loose network to a membership-based network.
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2012 Creation of the Global Youth Advocacy Team
Creation of the Global Youth Advocacy Team.
Photo: Youth Advocacy Team in 2015
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2014 Council of Europe Advisory Council
UNOY was elected a member of the Council of Europe Advisory Council on Youth for the period 2014-2015.
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2015 First United Nations Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
The first United Nations Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security (2250) was passed & UNOY became co-chair of the Global Coalition on Youth, Peace and Security.
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2017 Regional Coordinators
Between 20217-2020, six Regional Coordinators were appointed, each representing one of UNOY’s six global regions, supporting our goals to decentralise the network.
Photo: Regional Coordinators, 2024
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2022 Gender Transformative Approaches
A new Gender Policy was developed and adopted in 2022 to mainstream Gender Transformative Approaches.