Draft report
Committee on Youth Employment
ILO. International Labour Conference,
93rd. Session,
Geneva 2005
Confronted with record levels of youth unemployment in recent years,
delegates from more than 100 countries discussed pathways to decent
work for youth and the role of the international community in advancing
the youth employment agenda. In its final report, the Conference Committee
on Youth Employment concluded that an ILO plan of action to promote
youth employment should be practical and based on building knowledge,
advocacy, the promotion of young workers' rights in line with international
labour standards, and technical assistance.
Delegates recognized that decent employment opportunities for young
people would need to grow substantially, with particular emphasis on
developing countries where 85 per cent of the world's more than 1 billion
youth live. The Committee also encouraged the ILO to continue playing
a leading role in the UN Secretary General's Youth Employment Network
(YEN) and to extend the YEN to other countries, both developing and
developed.
Draft report - Committee on Youth Employment
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc93/pdf/draft-youth.pdf