JRS joins other civil society organisations in signing the 2024 statement on “Youth and Disarmament Education”.

Education, health, and wellbeing are threatened by armed violence, whether from violent crime, police brutality, or war. This affects too many young people around the world and undermines their future.

Disarmament education, which can help us seek a more peaceful future, must be a top priority.

It is education for disarmament, not just about disarmament. As a result, disarmament education should not just list the awful things we need to work on. It must foster the courage to imagine a more peaceful, just and sustainable world, one free of nuclear weapons, automatic rifles and minefields.

This statement was submitted to the the United Nations General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), New York, 16 October 2024.

Read the full 2024 Joint Civil Society Statement on Youth and Disarmament Education.