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Flagship Reports |
Youth Employment: Youth Perspectives on the Pursuit of Decent Work in Changing Times The World Youth Report 2011 explores the transition of young people from schools and training institutions into the labour market, a phase marking a critical period in the life cycle. The current employment scenario for young people, worsened by the global economic crisis, poses an urgent challenge with long-term implications for both young people and society as a whole. Young people themselves are crucial stakeholders in the pursuit of decent and productive work for all. Yet, too frequently, their voices go unheard and their positive and negative experiences and viewpoints unshared, particularly with…
UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
A/66/129 Report of the Secretary-General – 19 pages.
UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
A/66/136 Report of the Secretary-General –– 21 pages.
Flagship Reports |
Youth and Climate Change The World Youth Report focus on youth and climate change, and is intended to highlight the important role young people play in addressing climate change, and to offer suggestions on how young people might be more effectively integrated as individuals and collective agents of change within the realm of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The Report is designated to assist youth and youth organizations in educating themselves and to become more actively involved in combating the threat of climate change. It is also meant to affirm the status of young people as key stakeholders in the fight against climate change. The publication comes at a time when efforts to…