The UN SDGs Advocacy Group had a plenary meeting on September 23, 2018, during the 73rd Session of the UN General -Assembly in New-York. The meeting was organized by Mr. Robert Skinner, Executive Director at UN Office for Partnerships.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) attended the 2018 Global Choir Concert hosted by the Carnegie Hall in New-York, with several performances by Korean choirs, and the Heart to Heart Orchestra
Amb. Dho is Special Advisor of Heart to Heart Orchestra. 

During the 6th Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC/A) Board Meeting a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between SDGs and the Foreign Minister of Zambia H.E. Joe Malanji.
Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) is Special Advisor of the SDGC/A since July 2018.

On Sep. 19, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF), Dr. Irina Bokova, former Director General of UNESCO, and Mr. Martin Barth, President and CEO of Word Tourism Forum in Lucerne  (WTFL) had a discussion meeting with H.E Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary-General.
The main topic of the discussion was promoting initiatives and activities to let tourism become the power in South Korea’s economy. 

On Sept. 18, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) and Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of PATA promoted the SDGs Ball to the Mayor of Busan, Mr. Oh Keo-don.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) organized a meeting on Seoul, Korea between Mrs. Mi-kyung Lee, Mrs. Mi-kyung Lee, President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of Pacific Asia Travel Association.

​On September 18, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) and Dr. Mario Hardi, CEO of the Pacifica Asia Travel Association, had a meeting with the Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Mr. Won Hee-ryong, and took this opportunity to introduce the SDGs Ball as powerful awareness-raising tool.

On September 18, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF), and Dr. Mario Hardi, CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, had a meeting with the Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Mr. Won Hee-ryong, and took this opportunity to introduce the SDGs Ball as powerful awareness-raising tool.

​At the initiative of Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF), a meeting was organized between Princess Dana is the wife of Prince Firas bin Raad of Jordan, and Mrs. Mi-kyung Lee, President of KOICA.
Princess Dana Firas is the Chairperson of Petra National Trust, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the World Heritage Site of Petra.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) organized a commemoratory tour to Andong city with
Dr. Irina Bokova, former Director General of UNESCO.
The tour was hosted by the Mayor of Andong City, Mr. Kweon Young-sae, as well as the President of the City Council, Mr. Chung, and the Head of Andong Ariculture Cooperative, Mr. Kwon.