Jaewon Choi

Jaewon Choi is the incumbent Executive Director of the DMUN Foundation, the world's largest international non-governmental organization dedicated to the representation of children and youth in multilateral institutions.

In this role, he works to broaden meaningful youth participation in global governance. His efforts contributed to the removal of age-based barriers during the Preparatory Committee process for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), facilitating direct engagement of children in critical UN processes.

The DMUN Foundation also operates the world’s largest independent virtual Model United Nations conference, and its programs welcome over 27,000 young people from more than 162 countries.

Mr. Choi also serves as Managing Director of the Katija Hyoungjoo Neuber Institute, a youth-led policy think tank under the auspices of the DMUN Foundation. The Institute provides policy research and recommendations to strengthen youth stakeholder contributions in multilateral institutions, and supports advocacy coordination and accreditation for young people seeking access to intergovernmental bodies and meetings. Its flagship Global Youth Representatives program offers a participation pathway to engage with over 36 intergovernmental organizations, covering approximately 172 meetings per year.

Mr. Choi has represented youth and civil society at forums including RFSD 2024, the World Bank–IMF Spring Meetings, and the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), among other engagements. He served as the youngest keynote speaker for the 2026 ECOSOC Youth Forum and as the youngest panelist at the 2026 ECOSOC Coordination Segment.

He additionally serves as Thematic Focal Point on International Tax Cooperation for the Financing for Development (FfD) Children and Youth Constituency of the UN Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY). Within negotiations related to the proposed United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, he supports the participation of MGCY’s 20,000 organizational members and has been continuously involved in sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee drafting the Terms of Reference.

Beyond tax cooperation, he contributes to MGCY engagement across the ECOSOC system—including the Committee of Experts on International Tax Cooperation and the Special Meeting on Tax—and supports youth engagement around the High Seas Treaty process, the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, and the UN@80 Reforms Process.

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