PR-54-2025

Young creatives are invited to take part in the 2025 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) Youth for Humanitarian Disarmament Multimedia Contest!

Theme: This year’s contest highlights victim assistance and its broader societal impact—key priorities of the Philippines’ MSP13 presidency—while showcasing how humanitarian disarmament advances peace, security, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Who can join?
      Youth aged 18 to 29 years old worldwide.

What to submit?
      Multimedia works: photos, visual art, short films, or animations.

Deadline: 16 June 2025

More info & submission: https://bit.ly/Y4HD2025

Following its successful launch in 2024 under Mexico’s presidency of the 12th Meeting of States Parties (MSP) to the CCM, the 2025 Contest is organized by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the UN in Geneva, in line with the Philippines’ presidency of the 13th Meeting of the State Parties to the CCM. It is held in cooperation with the CCM Implementation Support Unit and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs under its Youth4Disarmament Initiative. The initiative reflects the Philippines’ commitment to strengthening the norms of humanitarian disarmament and focuses on victim assistance and its larger societal impact. END