The Committee notes with concern the trend of rising youth unemployment rates and the rise in long term unemployment.

Rising youth unemployment, and the desperation that accompanies it, threatens to undermine any progress made in countries coming out of crisis.

Europe s Youth Unemployment Non Problem

The Mirage of Youth Unemployment

Youth unemployment rate (age 15 24) ____________

Youth unemployment remains one of our greatest challenges.

Youth unemployment worldwide has increased during the past decade.

The economy is virtually non existent and unemployment has been rising steadily.

Unemployment gap between Jews and Palestinians in Israel Since 1996, the overall unemployment rate in Israel has been rising steadily.

Unemployment rates for females are higher than those for males, and youth unemployment is greater than that of adults.

UN Habitat programmes with those partners will concentrate on addressing youth unemployment and youth at risk in urban areas.

There were many opportunities for youth organizations in the area of unemployment.

In those countries where the problem makes the biggest headlines (the eurozone s south, with Greece and Spain supposedly the worst cases), youth unemployment accounts for less than a quarter of overall unemployment. By contrast, youth unemployment contributes relatively much more (about 40 ) to overall unemployment in countries like Sweden and the UK.

In most countries, unemployment represents a severe problem, especially among youth and the educated.

Youth unemployment was particularly high (40 per cent) among 15 to 24 year olds.

130. The transfer payments have taken a sharp upward turn, a development partly explained by rising unemployment.

However, if Governments employ specific programmes to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship at the national level, we will succeed in significantly reducing youth unemployment.

He has said that unemployment and a lack of educational opportunities draws youth to criminal gangs.

To be sure, a youth unemployment ratio of 13 or 19 is not grounds for complacency. But, while the eurozone s youth unemployment rate has increased since 2009, its ratio has remained the same (though both significantly exceed pre 2008 levels).

The curricula will focus on social exclusion, youth unemployment, gender inequality, child labour and HIV AIDS prevention.

Initiatives to address youth unemployment include tax incentives for companies to hire youth, financial assistance for self employment, job search centres, voluntary service programmes and training courses.

National action plans and policies to address youth unemployment need constant commitment and greater resources from Governments, particularly via the work of the Youth Employment Network.5

Moreover, one must ask how much youth unemployment contributes to total unemployment. Looking at the problem this way reveals a completely different picture from the one usually presented.

The Council reaffirms the urgency of finding lasting solutions to the problem of youth unemployment in order to prevent the recruitment of such youth by illegal armed groups.

Finally, speaking within the context of developing countries, we wish to emphasize the alarming reality of youth unemployment.

Special efforts should be made against long term and structural unemployment and underemployment, particularly among youth and women.

During Valery Giscard d Estaing s presidency in the 1970 s, unemployment rose every year, reaching 6.3 by 1980. François Mitterrand promised rapid growth and lower unemployment when he came to power in 1981, but presided over an economic slowdown and rising unemployment.

This activism comes mainly in response to the latest alarming figures on youth unemployment in southern Europe, with sky high rates of joblessness widely regarded as politically unacceptable. But there are several reasons to doubt that youth unemployment is a discrete problem meriting special treatment.

Measures to reduce the shocking levels of youth unemployment in West Africa are vital for rehabilitation, peacebuilding and development.

This would call for cooperation with the private sector to address youth unemployment, ensure access to affordable, essential drugs.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has been working with UNAMSIL and the United Nations country team to address youth related issues, particularly the problem of unemployment, and to implement the National Youth Policy designed towards that end.

The sharp increase in youth unemployment (38 million young people half of the world's jobless youth) and the implications of the tsunami disaster represent new development challenges for the region.

As one positive response to addressing youth unemployment at home, we are pleased to be one of the latest countries to join the Youth Employment Network as a lead country.

Youth unemployment constituted a particular challenge and should be a focus of the 10 year review of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond.

Youth unemployment rates are typically two to three times higher than for others, and young women are particularly at risk.

57. Promoting research on youth unemployment, taking into account market trends and demands, in order to design and implement youth employment policies and programmes, with due regard to gender specific circumstances

There is nothing progressive about large budget deficits and a rising debt to GDP ratio. After all, large deficits have no reliable effect on reducing unemployment, and deficit reduction can be consistent with falling unemployment.

This may well look like structural unemployment in three years. In three years, we may well see labor shortages, rising wages, and increasing prices in expanding sectors, accompanied by high unemployment elsewhere in the economy.

Rising unemployment, together with multifaceted restrictions on movement including restrictions caused by the wall have prevented Palestinians from gaining access to health facilities.

Mr. Luis Davila Ortega, representative of the NGO Global Youth Action Network, stated that the MDGs are for the benefit of youth and will assure the rising generation a secure and peaceful future, but reiterated that youth need to be engaged and informed.

The Rio Group clearly understands the need to renew our commitment to our youth in order to eradicate poverty and unemployment.

It is gratifying to note that the international community is committed to solving the problem of youth unemployment in the world.

Widespread poverty, illiteracy, discrimination against women, corruption, lack of accountability, and high levels of youth unemployment continue to cause serious concern.

18.11 The region is suffering from low rates of economic growth and investment, resulting in high unemployment rates, particularly among youth.

Greater international cooperation was necessary to address the problem of unemployment and issues relating to youth, the disabled and older persons.