youth

World's youth better off today - UN report

27 April 2004
The world's youth are better off today than earlier generations, although many are still severely hindered by a lack of education, poverty, health problems, unemployment and the impact of conflict, the United Nations says in a new report released today, the first to examine the global situation of young people.

On International Youth Day, Annan calls for strategies to provide ‘decent’ work

12 August 2003
With 74 million young people currently unemployed, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan marked International Youth Day today with a call for strategies to provide “decent and productive work” around the world and thus avoid “the tragedy of young lives misspent in crime, drug abuse, civil conflict and even terrorism.”

UN officials call for participation by youth in sustainable development policies

12 August 2002
Marking International Youth Day, United Nations officials today called for young people to be fully engaged in sustainable development policies in order to foster a world free of poverty, disease and war for future generations.

In Youth Day message, Annan urges efforts to fight AIDS, cut unemployment

10 August 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged governments to follow up on pledges made to address two of the most serious global challenges facing today's youth - AIDS and unemployment.

With funds from Japan, UN agencies to extend youth project in Balkans

4 May 2001
The Japanese Government has pledged $400,000 to extend a United Nations-implemented initiative to build confidence among ethnically divided young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina.