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In 2021, seeing the success of its Young Changemaker Incubator programme, UNITAR appointed The ITS Education Asia Foundation to co-run the Youth Ambassador Asia-Pacific Programme (YAAPP). Over the coming years this Programme will bring opportunity to youth in an ever widening circle of empowerment across the Asia-Pacific region. See the press release here.

2026 Applications now open

Outcomes:

• receive official United Nations Institute of Training & Research certificate
• become a UNITAR Youth Ambassador, Asia Pacific
• gain access to the global SDG education network
• attend real-life UN and other international events e.g. UN General Assembly (both live stream and in-person)
• qualify for nomination to UN youth committees and organizations

Questions regarding the UN Youth Ambassador Programme should be directed to [email protected]

About UNITAR

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) was created in 1963 to train young diplomats from newly-independent UN Member States to function in the diplomatic environment.

Over the years, UNITAR has acquired unique expertise and experience in designing and delivering a variety of training activities and its strategy is fully focused on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using four of the five thematic pillars - Peace, People, Planet & Prosperity.

UNITAR provides training and capacity development activities to assist mainly developing countries with special attention to the most vulnerable. UNITAR programmes are delivered both face-to-face and via e-Learning and overseen from UNITAR’s Headquarters in Geneva.

The Institute is a project-based organization and does not receive any funds from the regular United Nations budget. UNITAR is financed from voluntary contributions derived mainly from UN Member States, other UN agencies, international and intergovernmental foundations NGOs and the private sector.