UN OFFICIAL VOICES CONCERN AS LEBANON FACES GROWING NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
New York, Sep 4 2012 2:10PM
The growing number of Syrian refugees is proving to be an increasingly heavy burden on Lebanon, a United Nations senior official said today in his meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister, during which he also expressed concern over the security situation along Lebanon's border with Syria.
In a press encounter following the meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, also voiced concern over the spate of violence and kidnappings which have raised fears of renewed sectarian conflict in Lebanon.
"I am very conscious of the challenges to law and order that have occurred recently here, particularly the fighting in Tripoli that led to serious loss of life and the kidnappings in Lebanon and previously in Syria," Mr. Plumbly said.
"In that context, I would like to say that we strongly hope that all those who have been kidnapped will be released without any further delay. It is unacceptable that this situation should continue and people should be held in this way," Mr. Plumbly continued, adding that he welcomed efforts by Lebanese authorities to address the country's security challenges.
According to media reports, the last weeks of August witnessed fighting between supporters and opponents of the Syrian Government in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, which killed more than 12 people, while tensions also increased in other parts of the country, such as the northern city of Tripoli.
Turning his attention to the escalating refugee crisis, Mr. Plumbly noted that increased UN assistance was imminent as displaced Syrians continued to flee the violence in their country and cross the border into neighbouring Lebanon.
Syria has been wracked by violence since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began some 18 months ago, with an estimated 18,000 people, mostly civilians, killed and hundreds of thousands others displaced.
"I expect to see a further appeal from the United Nations to donors to assist in caring for the displaced people here in Lebanon because their numbers have increased and the burden is understood," Mr. Plumbly stated, referring to the swelling number of Syrian civilians seeking refuge in Lebanon.
In a recent news release, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed that it was seeing an increase in the number of Syrian refugees arriving in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley, with local charities and authorities reporting about 2,200 people settling in the east over the past week – almost double the recent weekly average. Overall, some 51,000 Syrians have registered or applied to register with UNHCR in Lebanon.
Moreover, in addition to the continuing wave of refugees, cross border incursions and shelling have also contributed to the precarious state of security along the Lebanese-Syrian border.
"We are looking now with more urgency at what we can do to help the security authorities here in Lebanon to control the border as it should be," he added.
Overall, UNHCR has stated that the total number of Syrians who have registered as refugees or are awaiting registration, as of 2 September, stands at 235,368 – with most of those seeking safety in Turkey, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon.
Sep 4 2012 2:10PM
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MORE THAN 100,000 SYRIANS SOUGHT ASYLUM IN AUGUST – UN REFUGEE AGENCY
New York, Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
As heavy fighting continues throughout Syria, the United Nations refugee agency today <"http://www.unhcr.org/5045c9cd9.html">reported that the number of those fleeing to neighbouring countries rose to over 100,000 in August – the highest monthly total to date.
According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 103,416 people sought asylum in countries neighbouring Syria in that month, bringing the total number of Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration as of 2 September to 235,368 – mainly in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.
Those figures include Iraqi refugees who had previously fled to Syria and are now returning to their homeland by the thousands, a UNHCR spokesperson, Melissa Fleming, <http://www.unhcr.org/5045d42d9.html">told a news briefing in Geneva. According to the Iraqi Government, 35,000 people returned to Iraq in July and August alone.
"Most tell us they are leaving because of general insecurity, although some have reported direct threats," Ms. Fleming said, noting reports that three Iraqi refugees were killed last week in Jaramana, located outside of the capital, Damascus, increasing fear among the refugee population there.
More than 18,000 people, mostly civilians, have died since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began some 18 months ago. There have been reports of an escalation in violence in recent weeks in many towns and villages, as well as the country's two biggest cities, Damascus and Aleppo.
Ms. Fleming said UNHCR and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent continue to expand operations to support Syrians displaced both internally and abroad. Domestically, the UN agency has launched a programme of financial assistance, with 730 vulnerable families receiving cheques as part of a scheme to help some 35,000 families in the coming months.
In Iraq, authorities in the Kurdistan region had agreed to the establishment of a second refugee camp that will mainly accommodate Syrian Kurds, arrivals of whom had been increasing significantly in the past week, along with smaller numbers of other Syrians, Ms. Fleming said.
For returnees, the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration is expediting the registration process to enable them to receive government assistance for their reintegration. Some 2,000 families were registered in July and August as part of that effort. UNHCR is also assisting Iraqi returnees with household items and will soon start a small cash assistance programme for the most vulnerable returnee families.
In Jordan, into which refugees continue to flow at a rate of about 1,000 a day, the Government, UNHCR and partners are preparing for an even larger influx, given reports of increasing numbers of displaced people in southern Syria.
Ms. Fleming said that the first batch of 56 trucks carrying 13,000 tents and relief items, such as blankets, jerry cans and kitchen sets, for a total 150,000 people, arrived in Jordan from Dubai over the weekend to augment local supplies.
In Lebanon, there are now more than 59,000 Syrians registered or awaiting registration with the UN refugee agency, Ms. Fleming said, adding that this week the agency is opening a mobile registration centre in the eastern Bekaa Valley.
Host families and schools are increasingly stretched in their capacity to host refugees and UNHCR is appealing to authorities in Lebanon to approve alternative shelter options, she said, while the agency is also working to meeting the educational needs of the refugee children.
Turkey, meanwhile, now hosts some 80,410 Syrian refugees, according to the Government. Ms. Fleming said that there was still a backlog at the border, with reportedly around 8,000 people waiting to cross and receiving assistance, while being admitted at the rate of hundreds per day.
Ms. Fleming added that the Turkish Government continues to transfer Syrian refugees to the new camp in Karkamis, with over 4,000 people already transferred in recent days. Another new camp opened yesterday in Kahramanmaras.
The spokesperson noted that the Turkish Government continues to assure UNHCR that it will keep its borders open to Syrian refugees.
Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
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New York, Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
As heavy fighting continues throughout Syria, the United Nations refugee agency today <"http://www.unhcr.org/5045c9cd9.html">reported that the number of those fleeing to neighbouring countries rose to over 100,000 in August – the highest monthly total to date.
According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 103,416 people sought asylum in countries neighbouring Syria in that month, bringing the total number of Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration as of 2 September to 235,368 – mainly in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.
Those figures include Iraqi refugees who had previously fled to Syria and are now returning to their homeland by the thousands, a UNHCR spokesperson, Melissa Fleming, <http://www.unhcr.org/5045d42d9.html">told a news briefing in Geneva. According to the Iraqi Government, 35,000 people returned to Iraq in July and August alone.
"Most tell us they are leaving because of general insecurity, although some have reported direct threats," Ms. Fleming said, noting reports that three Iraqi refugees were killed last week in Jaramana, located outside of the capital, Damascus, increasing fear among the refugee population there.
More than 18,000 people, mostly civilians, have died since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began some 18 months ago. There have been reports of an escalation in violence in recent weeks in many towns and villages, as well as the country's two biggest cities, Damascus and Aleppo.
Ms. Fleming said UNHCR and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent continue to expand operations to support Syrians displaced both internally and abroad. Domestically, the UN agency has launched a programme of financial assistance, with 730 vulnerable families receiving cheques as part of a scheme to help some 35,000 families in the coming months.
In Iraq, authorities in the Kurdistan region had agreed to the establishment of a second refugee camp that will mainly accommodate Syrian Kurds, arrivals of whom had been increasing significantly in the past week, along with smaller numbers of other Syrians, Ms. Fleming said.
For returnees, the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration is expediting the registration process to enable them to receive government assistance for their reintegration. Some 2,000 families were registered in July and August as part of that effort. UNHCR is also assisting Iraqi returnees with household items and will soon start a small cash assistance programme for the most vulnerable returnee families.
In Jordan, into which refugees continue to flow at a rate of about 1,000 a day, the Government, UNHCR and partners are preparing for an even larger influx, given reports of increasing numbers of displaced people in southern Syria.
Ms. Fleming said that the first batch of 56 trucks carrying 13,000 tents and relief items, such as blankets, jerry cans and kitchen sets, for a total 150,000 people, arrived in Jordan from Dubai over the weekend to augment local supplies.
In Lebanon, there are now more than 59,000 Syrians registered or awaiting registration with the UN refugee agency, Ms. Fleming said, adding that this week the agency is opening a mobile registration centre in the eastern Bekaa Valley.
Host families and schools are increasingly stretched in their capacity to host refugees and UNHCR is appealing to authorities in Lebanon to approve alternative shelter options, she said, while the agency is also working to meeting the educational needs of the refugee children.
Turkey, meanwhile, now hosts some 80,410 Syrian refugees, according to the Government. Ms. Fleming said that there was still a backlog at the border, with reportedly around 8,000 people waiting to cross and receiving assistance, while being admitted at the rate of hundreds per day.
Ms. Fleming added that the Turkish Government continues to transfer Syrian refugees to the new camp in Karkamis, with over 4,000 people already transferred in recent days. Another new camp opened yesterday in Kahramanmaras.
The spokesperson noted that the Turkish Government continues to assure UNHCR that it will keep its borders open to Syrian refugees.
Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
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UN REPORT URGES JOINT ACTION TO ENSURE ALL CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA CAN FINISH SCHOOLING
UN REPORT URGES JOINT ACTION TO ENSURE ALL CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA CAN FINISH SCHOOLING
New York, Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
Over 22 million boys, girls and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean are not in school or are at serious risk of dropping out, <"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_65707.html">according to a new United Nations report, which calls for a joint effort across sectors to ensure that all children can complete their education.
The report, <em>Finishing School. A Right for Children's Development: A Joint Effort</em>, says there are some 117 million boys, girls and adolescents in the preschool, primary and basic secondary education age groups in the region, 6.5 million of whom do not attend school.
The report, presented by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), adds that 15.6 million of these young people attend school carrying the burden of failure and inequality expressed in either a lag of tewo years of more behind the normal age for their school grade or a record of grade repetition.
"In recent decades, the educational systems of Latin America and the Caribbean have extended to cover the vast majority of boys, girls and adolescents," the agencies stated in a joint news release issued on Friday.
"However, there are still many pockets of actual or potential exclusion: boys and girls who enter the educational system late, who repeatedly fail, who do not come across learning experiences that allow them to develop their capacities and who encounter discrimination," they added.
National and sub-national government bodies, funding and cooperation entities, teaching unions, the media, families, communities, universities and research centres must "come in from the fringes" and assume their responsibilities for the school system to fulfil its mission in the best possible way, according to the agencies.
"Education is the key to confronting the deep inequities in our region, and therefore we must work from all sectors so that all girls, boys and adolescents can complete their schooling" said UNICEF's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Bernt Aasen.
"Efforts made in the education sector must be coordinated with those in the social protection, health and nutrition sectors, as well as with families and communities," he added. "UNICEF actively works to make this form of coordination reality."
UNESCO's Regional Director of Education, Jorge Sequeira, added that "the priority for improving educational quality for boys, girls and adolescents, equipping them with pertinent and relevant knowledge, giving them the possibility to develop with dignity and with a sense of belonging to their societies is an essential requirement of our educational system if we aspire to make completion of these levels of education a universal occurrence."
The report notes five "dimensions of exclusion," or factors that might evict a child from school and the school system from one day to the next. These include boys and girls of infant and primary school age not in infant or primary school, as well as boys, girls and adolescents in basic secondary school, but in serious risk of dropping out.
It also stresses that boys, girls and adolescents from indigenous, Afro-descendant or disabled groups, or those living in rural areas, are at greater risk of exclusion or grade repetition. The data showed that in some countries less than 50 per cent of the secondary school-age population in rural areas is attending school.
There is also a clear link between the element of child labour and school attendance – students aged between 12 and 14 years who are at work, many of whom are receiving schooling, showed lower rates of attendance than those who do not work.
Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
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New York, Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
Over 22 million boys, girls and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean are not in school or are at serious risk of dropping out, <"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_65707.html">according to a new United Nations report, which calls for a joint effort across sectors to ensure that all children can complete their education.
The report, <em>Finishing School. A Right for Children's Development: A Joint Effort</em>, says there are some 117 million boys, girls and adolescents in the preschool, primary and basic secondary education age groups in the region, 6.5 million of whom do not attend school.
The report, presented by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), adds that 15.6 million of these young people attend school carrying the burden of failure and inequality expressed in either a lag of tewo years of more behind the normal age for their school grade or a record of grade repetition.
"In recent decades, the educational systems of Latin America and the Caribbean have extended to cover the vast majority of boys, girls and adolescents," the agencies stated in a joint news release issued on Friday.
"However, there are still many pockets of actual or potential exclusion: boys and girls who enter the educational system late, who repeatedly fail, who do not come across learning experiences that allow them to develop their capacities and who encounter discrimination," they added.
National and sub-national government bodies, funding and cooperation entities, teaching unions, the media, families, communities, universities and research centres must "come in from the fringes" and assume their responsibilities for the school system to fulfil its mission in the best possible way, according to the agencies.
"Education is the key to confronting the deep inequities in our region, and therefore we must work from all sectors so that all girls, boys and adolescents can complete their schooling" said UNICEF's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Bernt Aasen.
"Efforts made in the education sector must be coordinated with those in the social protection, health and nutrition sectors, as well as with families and communities," he added. "UNICEF actively works to make this form of coordination reality."
UNESCO's Regional Director of Education, Jorge Sequeira, added that "the priority for improving educational quality for boys, girls and adolescents, equipping them with pertinent and relevant knowledge, giving them the possibility to develop with dignity and with a sense of belonging to their societies is an essential requirement of our educational system if we aspire to make completion of these levels of education a universal occurrence."
The report notes five "dimensions of exclusion," or factors that might evict a child from school and the school system from one day to the next. These include boys and girls of infant and primary school age not in infant or primary school, as well as boys, girls and adolescents in basic secondary school, but in serious risk of dropping out.
It also stresses that boys, girls and adolescents from indigenous, Afro-descendant or disabled groups, or those living in rural areas, are at greater risk of exclusion or grade repetition. The data showed that in some countries less than 50 per cent of the secondary school-age population in rural areas is attending school.
There is also a clear link between the element of child labour and school attendance – students aged between 12 and 14 years who are at work, many of whom are receiving schooling, showed lower rates of attendance than those who do not work.
Sep 4 2012 1:10PM
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YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT EXPECTED TO WORSEN WITH SPREAD OF EURO CRISIS – UN LABOUR AGENCY
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT EXPECTED TO WORSEN WITH SPREAD OF EURO CRISIS – UN LABOUR AGENCY
New York, Sep 4 2012 12:10PM
Jobless rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spill-over of the euro crisis spreads from advanced to emerging economies, according to a United Nations paper issued today.
"Ironically, only in developed economies are youth unemployment rates expected to fall in the coming years, but this follows the largest increase in youth unemployment among all regions since the start of the crisis," <"http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/press-and-media-centre/news/WCMS_188797/lang--en/index.htm">said Ekkehard Ernst, the lead author of the UN International Labour Organization (ILO)'s paper, entitled <em><"http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employment-trends/2012/WCMS_188810/lang--en/index.htm">Global Employment Outlook: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth</em>.</p>
The paper forecasts the youth unemployment rate in developed economies dropping gradually, from 17.5 per cent this year to 15.6 per cent in 2017 – far higher than the rate of 12.5 per cent registered in 2007, before the crisis struck.</p>
Much of this decline in the jobless rate is not due to improvements in the labour market, but rather to large numbers of young people dropping out of the labour force altogether due to discouragement, ILO noted in a news release, adding that these discouraged youth are not counted among the unemployed.</p>
According to ILO, the world is facing a worsening youth employment crisis: young people are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, and over 75 million youth worldwide are looking for work. The labour agency has previously warned of a "scarred" generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.</p>
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<li>The <strong>projected decline in youth unemployment in the developed economies </strong>region is not expected to be enough to pull the global rate downwards.</li>
<li>The paper says the <strong>global youth unemployment rate will reach 12.9 per cent by 2017 </strong>– up 0.2 percentage points from forecasts for 2012.</li>
<li>The <strong>impact of the euro crisis is expected to expand well beyond Europe</strong>, affecting economies in East Asia and Latin America as exports to advanced economies have faltered.</li>
<li>In <strong>North Africa and the Middle East, youth unemployment rates are projected to remain above 25 per cent</strong> over the next years and might even rise further in parts of these regions.</li>
<li>Youth unemployment rates are forecast to <strong>rise from 9.5 per cent this year to 10.4 per cent in 2017 in East Asia</strong>, with little change projected in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Sub-Saharan Africa.</li>
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The ILO paper notes that the global youth unemployment rate will reach 12.9 per cent by 2017 – up 0.2 percentage points from forecasts for 2012. Also, the youth unemployment is projected to be highest in North Africa and the Middle East, with a 25 per cent rate forecast over the next years. </p>
The labour agency notes that even in countries with early signs of a jobs recovery and where new vacancies are opening up, many unemployed youth still find it difficult to land a job. For example, a construction worker whose job was lost during the housing bust might not have the skills needed in sectors that are hiring.</p>
"This leads to discouragement and rising NEET rates ("neither in employment, education or training") among young people," said Mr. Ernst, who also heads ILO's Employment Trends Unit. "Schemes using employment guarantees and an emphasis on training could help get jobseekers off the street and into useful activities, providing a safeguard against further economic stress." </p>
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<td><strong>Global</strong></td>
<td>12.7 %</td>
<td>12.9 %</td>
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<td><strong>Central and South Eastern Europe</strong></td>
<td>16.9 %</td>
<td>17 %</td>
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<td><strong>Developed economies</strong></td>
<td>17.5 %</td>
<td>15.6 %</td>
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<td><strong>East Asia </strong></td>
<td> 9.5 %</td>
<td>10.4 %</td>
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<td><strong>Latin America & the Caribbean</strong></td>
<td>14.6 %</td>
<td>14.7 %</td>
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<td><strong>Middle East</strong></td>
<td>26.4 %</td>
<td>28.4 %</td>
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<td>27.5 %</td>
<td>26.7 %</td>
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<td>9.6 %</td>
<td>9.8 %</td>
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<td>12 %</td>
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According to the paper, such youth guarantees can come at very limited cost, less than half a per cent of gross domestic product among European countries. </p>
"In times of constrained public finances, this may seem like a large additional burden, but it will be less than the additional costs that come from young unemployed people permanently losing touch with the labour market," the paper states.</p>
At its annual conference in June this year, ILO adopted a resolution calling for immediate, targeted and renewed action to tackle the youth employment crisis. The resolution provides a portfolio of tried and tested measures in five areas: macro-economic policies, employability, labour market policies, youth entrepreneurship and rights. It underscores the need for balance, coherence and complementarity across the policy measures.</p>
Sep 4 2012 12:10PM
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New York, Sep 4 2012 12:10PM
Jobless rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spill-over of the euro crisis spreads from advanced to emerging economies, according to a United Nations paper issued today.
"Ironically, only in developed economies are youth unemployment rates expected to fall in the coming years, but this follows the largest increase in youth unemployment among all regions since the start of the crisis," <"http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/press-and-media-centre/news/WCMS_188797/lang--en/index.htm">said Ekkehard Ernst, the lead author of the UN International Labour Organization (ILO)'s paper, entitled <em><"http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employment-trends/2012/WCMS_188810/lang--en/index.htm">Global Employment Outlook: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth</em>.</p>
The paper forecasts the youth unemployment rate in developed economies dropping gradually, from 17.5 per cent this year to 15.6 per cent in 2017 – far higher than the rate of 12.5 per cent registered in 2007, before the crisis struck.</p>
Much of this decline in the jobless rate is not due to improvements in the labour market, but rather to large numbers of young people dropping out of the labour force altogether due to discouragement, ILO noted in a news release, adding that these discouraged youth are not counted among the unemployed.</p>
According to ILO, the world is facing a worsening youth employment crisis: young people are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, and over 75 million youth worldwide are looking for work. The labour agency has previously warned of a "scarred" generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.</p>
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<li>The <strong>projected decline in youth unemployment in the developed economies </strong>region is not expected to be enough to pull the global rate downwards.</li>
<li>The paper says the <strong>global youth unemployment rate will reach 12.9 per cent by 2017 </strong>– up 0.2 percentage points from forecasts for 2012.</li>
<li>The <strong>impact of the euro crisis is expected to expand well beyond Europe</strong>, affecting economies in East Asia and Latin America as exports to advanced economies have faltered.</li>
<li>In <strong>North Africa and the Middle East, youth unemployment rates are projected to remain above 25 per cent</strong> over the next years and might even rise further in parts of these regions.</li>
<li>Youth unemployment rates are forecast to <strong>rise from 9.5 per cent this year to 10.4 per cent in 2017 in East Asia</strong>, with little change projected in Latin America and the Caribbean and in Sub-Saharan Africa.</li>
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The ILO paper notes that the global youth unemployment rate will reach 12.9 per cent by 2017 – up 0.2 percentage points from forecasts for 2012. Also, the youth unemployment is projected to be highest in North Africa and the Middle East, with a 25 per cent rate forecast over the next years. </p>
The labour agency notes that even in countries with early signs of a jobs recovery and where new vacancies are opening up, many unemployed youth still find it difficult to land a job. For example, a construction worker whose job was lost during the housing bust might not have the skills needed in sectors that are hiring.</p>
"This leads to discouragement and rising NEET rates ("neither in employment, education or training") among young people," said Mr. Ernst, who also heads ILO's Employment Trends Unit. "Schemes using employment guarantees and an emphasis on training could help get jobseekers off the street and into useful activities, providing a safeguard against further economic stress." </p>
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<th scope="row">Youth unemployment rates forecasts</th>
<th scope="col"><strong>2012</strong></th>
<th scope="col"><strong>2017</strong></th>
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<td><strong>Global</strong></td>
<td>12.7 %</td>
<td>12.9 %</td>
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<td><strong>Central and South Eastern Europe</strong></td>
<td>16.9 %</td>
<td>17 %</td>
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<td><strong>Developed economies</strong></td>
<td>17.5 %</td>
<td>15.6 %</td>
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<td><strong>East Asia </strong></td>
<td> 9.5 %</td>
<td>10.4 %</td>
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<td><strong>Latin America & the Caribbean</strong></td>
<td>14.6 %</td>
<td>14.7 %</td>
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<td><strong>Middle East</strong></td>
<td>26.4 %</td>
<td>28.4 %</td>
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<td><strong>North Africa</strong></td>
<td>27.5 %</td>
<td>26.7 %</td>
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<td><strong>South Asia</strong></td>
<td>9.6 %</td>
<td>9.8 %</td>
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<td><strong>South East Asia & the Pacific </strong></td>
<td>13.1 % </td>
<td>14.2 %</td>
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<td><strong>Sub-Saharan Africa</strong></td>
<td>12 %</td>
<td>11.8 %</td>
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According to the paper, such youth guarantees can come at very limited cost, less than half a per cent of gross domestic product among European countries. </p>
"In times of constrained public finances, this may seem like a large additional burden, but it will be less than the additional costs that come from young unemployed people permanently losing touch with the labour market," the paper states.</p>
At its annual conference in June this year, ILO adopted a resolution calling for immediate, targeted and renewed action to tackle the youth employment crisis. The resolution provides a portfolio of tried and tested measures in five areas: macro-economic policies, employability, labour market policies, youth entrepreneurship and rights. It underscores the need for balance, coherence and complementarity across the policy measures.</p>
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UN CELEBRATES DISASTER PREPAREDNESS OF AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITY
UN CELEBRATES DISASTER PREPAREDNESS OF AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITY
New York, Sep 4 2012 12:10PM
The capital of Australia has been recognized as one of a group of global cities serving as role models in disaster risk management, the United Nations office tasked with disaster risk reduction announced today.
Due to its exposure to natural hazards such as flash floods, bush fires, severe thunderstorms and snowfalls, the city of Canberra developed the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan – an extensive organization and coordination mechanism to mitigate the city's risk from calamities.
Speaking at the Sixth Session of the World Urban Forum, held in Naples, Italy, the head of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, praised Canberra's disaster risk reduction efforts and welcomed the city as an official Role Model for the 'Making Cities Resilient Campaign' – a UN-sponsored initiative which aims to reduce urban risks from climate-related disasters.
A series of devastating bushfires in January 2003 prompted the Australian Capital Territory – in which the city of Canberra is located – to initiate the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan, which includes community education and awareness, construction and upgrading of water points, helicopter landing pads, fuel breaks, infrastructure to facilitate grazing and prescribed burning for fuel management.
The initiative also established over 50 Community Fire Units in high bushfire risk areas providing residents with training, equipment and support.
"Canberra has shown us how important organizational capacity is when it comes to building resilience against a wide range of natural hazards in the most disaster-prone region of the world," Ms. Wahlström said, adding that the 'Making Cities Resilient Campaign' now boasted over 1,000 members worldwide.
There are currently 25 partners working with UNISDR to support the campaign, which seeks to give cities a forum to share their experiences and expertise, especially given that risks are on the upswing due to increases in weather-related disasters.
One partner, the Local Governments for Sustainability, counts a global membership of over 1,200 cities, towns, counties, and their associations.
The World Urban Forum was established by the UN to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.
Held every two years, the Forum brings together a wide range of participants from around the world to discuss key urban challenges facing the world today. The main theme of the Sixth Forum, in Naples, is 'The Urban Future.'
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New York, Sep 4 2012 12:10PM
The capital of Australia has been recognized as one of a group of global cities serving as role models in disaster risk management, the United Nations office tasked with disaster risk reduction announced today.
Due to its exposure to natural hazards such as flash floods, bush fires, severe thunderstorms and snowfalls, the city of Canberra developed the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan – an extensive organization and coordination mechanism to mitigate the city's risk from calamities.
Speaking at the Sixth Session of the World Urban Forum, held in Naples, Italy, the head of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, praised Canberra's disaster risk reduction efforts and welcomed the city as an official Role Model for the 'Making Cities Resilient Campaign' – a UN-sponsored initiative which aims to reduce urban risks from climate-related disasters.
A series of devastating bushfires in January 2003 prompted the Australian Capital Territory – in which the city of Canberra is located – to initiate the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan, which includes community education and awareness, construction and upgrading of water points, helicopter landing pads, fuel breaks, infrastructure to facilitate grazing and prescribed burning for fuel management.
The initiative also established over 50 Community Fire Units in high bushfire risk areas providing residents with training, equipment and support.
"Canberra has shown us how important organizational capacity is when it comes to building resilience against a wide range of natural hazards in the most disaster-prone region of the world," Ms. Wahlström said, adding that the 'Making Cities Resilient Campaign' now boasted over 1,000 members worldwide.
There are currently 25 partners working with UNISDR to support the campaign, which seeks to give cities a forum to share their experiences and expertise, especially given that risks are on the upswing due to increases in weather-related disasters.
One partner, the Local Governments for Sustainability, counts a global membership of over 1,200 cities, towns, counties, and their associations.
The World Urban Forum was established by the UN to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.
Held every two years, the Forum brings together a wide range of participants from around the world to discuss key urban challenges facing the world today. The main theme of the Sixth Forum, in Naples, is 'The Urban Future.'
Sep 4 2012 12:10PM
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