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Youth education, employment and empowerment key to global progress
Providing education, employment and empowerment for young people are key factors in achieving global progress, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at a…
Rio+20: Youth turn to green jobs as an answer to unemployment
lunes, 18 junio 2012
With over half the world population under 25 years of age and the global economic crisis still ongoing, the creation of jobs that provide…
Impact of jobs crisis on youth among issues on agenda of UN labour conference
jueves, 31 mayo 2012
Nearly 5,000 delegates kicked off a United Nations forum in Geneva focusing on the global jobs crisis and its impact on…
Inclusion of Young People in National Decision-making
miércoles, 04 junio 2014
Member States welcomed a proposal to incorporate youth-focused target areas in the post-2015 development agenda, as the Economic and Social…
The recent ECOSOC Youth Forum, focused on how to leverage science, technology and culture for today’s youth, gathered a number of young creative leaders from around the world. In connection with the event, UN Youth Envoy Ahmad Alhendawi, Mashable’s…
UNDESA DSPD (Focal Point on Youth and the Technical Cooperation Unit) carries out a regional training workshop on “Evidence-based policies on Youth Development in the Caribbean”. Organized in partnership with UNDP and The Commonwealth, the workshop…
4 April 2008
GENEVA -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has warmly welcomed the news that Ecuador on Thursday became the 20th country to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with the result that…
During the major reconstruction that follows a large number of natural disasters, planners often miss opportunities to avoid recreating the exclusion of people with disabilities by adapting the design of the built environment. It is far more cost-…
This page has been prepared to provide information and updates on the Nepal earthquake of 25 April 2015 and the disability response and situation of persons with disabilities. Over 8 million people have been affected by the massive earthquake and…
The Annual Meeting of the UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development took place from 24-25 March in UNDP headquarters, New York. UN DESA is the permanent co-chair of the Network, and for 2015/2016 is joined by rotating co-chair UNDP.
The Network…
4 January: World Braille Day
4 to 13 February: 53rd Commission for Social Development
25 to 27 February: 4th Zero Project Conference, Vienna
9 to 20 March: 59th Commission on the Status of Women
14 to 18 March: 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk…
The biggest problem facing young people around the world — in developing and developed countries — was unemployment and underemployment, youth representatives told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) as it concluded its general…