Join the UNEP Children and Youth Major Group! Register Now to Connect, Advocate, and Engage!


CYMG is open to all interested youth and youth organizations.

Any formal and informal child-led, youth-led and child and/or youth-serving entities, as well as their members and individuals, can join the constituency.

All members of CYMG must, first and foremost, fulfil the following requirements:

  • Agree to adhere to the constituency Process and Procedures
  • Agree with the principles of the UN Charter;
  • Agree with the values and principles of the CYMG as expressed in its Vision “the collective principles of solidarity, justice, equity, universality,
  • inclusion, human rights and the integrity of the planet”.

The membership is divided into the following categories:

  • Any youth-led or child-led entity in agreement with the the above requirements that can sign up to the CYMG online or in person that is representative of the interests of children and/or youth, and has a policymaking body controlled by people 35 years old or under;
  • Any child-and/or-youth serving entity in agreement with the the above requirements that can sign up to the CYMG online or in person that works with children and/or youth but doesn’t have a policymaking body controlled by individuals 35 years old or under*
  • Any individual age 35 or below not formally representing any of the above- mentioned categories may engage as well

You will be added to the formal communication channels of the constituency upon processing of the form.