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Short answers. What is confirmed, and what is still planned.
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.
The Global 60 takes place in New York City from 21 to 24 April 2027. A four-day international leadership experience with a two-day academic summit at its core. Four nights at the delegate hotel; check-out and departures on Sunday 25 April, after the Saturday evening gala.
The primary Assembly programme runs across 21 and 22 April. The academic programme concludes on the evening of 22 April, after final committee work, the vote, the chairs' closing summary and the academic awards.
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. One General Assembly where every delegate takes the floor.
One committee: a simulation of the United Nations General Assembly. All sixty delegates in one room, with a dais of two chairs and two vice-chairs. One agenda: governing artificial intelligence. Three committee sessions across 21 and 22 April, then the vote on the Thursday. The agenda and the delegate study guide.
No. The Global 60 and Youth Impacts are independent programmes and are not affiliated with or endorsed by the United Nations. A guided visit to United Nations Headquarters is planned as part of the programme, subject to availability, scheduling and UN security requirements.
From diplomacy to entrepreneurship. About seventy-five minutes on the second academic day, Thursday 22 April, between the second and the final committee sessions: a founder's practical story, then the Problem Marketplace, where delegates find peers who care about the same problems.
The Assembly, the Founder Lab and every document are in English. No language certificate is required; delegates should be comfortable debating in English.
Country within fourteen days of confirming. The Committee Background Guide and the Delegate Handbook by 1 March 2027. Position papers due 1 April 2027. A delegate briefing call follows in the first week of April 2027. The study guide and the training programme are open now. Everything else arrives in your delegate portal.
Apply, application review, admissions decision, secure your place, delegate onboarding, New York. The application takes about ten minutes. We respond within 72 hours. There is no interview: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Enrolment may close before the published deadline once all sixty delegate places are confirmed. Round one closes 15 December 2026.
No. Admission is by application alone, and Admission is confirmed once the required payment is received. Have questions before applying or paying? Students and parents may request an optional admissions call with our team. Write to info@youthimpacts.com. The call is for questions only and is never a step in the process.
Early bird until 20 December 2026. Early-bird prices apply to places confirmed by 20 December 2026. From 21 December 2026 every package is $800 more, until the final payment deadline of 7 February 2027.
four nights at the delegate hotel, the full four-day programme, scheduled meals and refreshments, group airport transfers, the New York sightseeing experience, the planned United Nations visit (subject to confirmation), the gala, a participation certificate, event photography, the delegate kit and the Global 60 Network. Envoy and Excellency add hospitality; compare the packages. 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. The lowest price is the early bird, until 20 December 2026. You can pay in full, or $1,000 or more to confirm and the balance on 1 March 2027. 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. A private room on the Excellency tier; shared twin rooms on Delegate and Envoy.
Same-gender twin rooms. Delegates under 18 share only with delegates under 18, and university delegates share with university delegates. Room lists are set by Youth Impacts, never by request, and shared with families before arrival.
Land at JFK, Newark or LaGuardia by late morning on Wednesday 21 April 2027. Transfers meet arrivals through the morning; the opening ceremony is at midday and Committee Session I follows in the afternoon. Depart any time on Sunday 25 April 2027. Check-out is in the morning, after breakfast, and staff see every delegate onto their transfer. Transfers are included on every tier. Exact transfer windows are confirmed in the delegate handbook. If a long-haul connection makes a Wednesday-morning arrival impossible, write to info@youthimpacts.com before booking.
Business attire for the two academic days, Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 April, and at the United Nations on the Friday morning. Smart casual in the city. Black tie for the gala on Saturday 24 April.
The Global 60 Gala is planned for the evening of Saturday 24 April 2027. Black tie, Manhattan. A formal dinner, four to eight selected delegate voices, the Global 60 recognitions, the induction of the cohort, and the cohort portrait. The academic awards are presented earlier, at the academic closing on the Thursday.
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 the preparation session on the Wednesday covers procedure before the Assembly opens. The free training programme is open now.
Parents are welcome in New York and book their own accommodation; the delegate hotel block is for delegates and staff. The programme is delegates and staff only, apart from the gala seats on the Envoy and Excellency tiers. Parents can see their child in the free time on the Saturday morning, and the 24-hour parent line is open from first arrival to last departure. The gala seats one parent on the Envoy tier and two on Excellency.
Yes. Youth Impacts staff supervise, so no chaperone place is sold. An advisor makes their own arrangements, or we arrange their hotel and transfers from $1,500. Advisors do not join 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.