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STORY: GENEVA / ILO BAN KI-MOON YOUTH
TRT: 1.17
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 18 JUNE 2014, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Pan right, Bans exiting a car and shaking hands with ILO director and others
2. SOUNDBITE (English), Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“"We are facing a great test of our time – an epidemic of youth unemployment. Half of the world’s young people in the labour force are either working poor or unemployed. The global youth unemployment situation is intolerable, particularly for young women."
3. Med shot, Ban shaking hands with people
4. SOUNDBITE (English), Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“"The UN system is implementing a system-wide action plan on youth. One priority – which is being led by the ILO -- is increasing collaboration and cooperation on employment and entrepreneurship for youth."
5. Med shot, girl taking photo with Ban
6. Pan left, Ban and delegation walking away
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a visit to the International Labor Organization (ILO)in Geneva where he took part in an interactive dialogue on youth employment.
According to recent studies conducted by the ILO, in 20 low- and middle-income countries, three-quarters of young workers aged 15-29 are currently engaged in the informal economy, either as wage earners or necessity-driven self-employed.
Speaking about youth unemployment, the UN Secretary-General said that the world is facing “a great test of our time – an epidemic of youth unemployment”, where half of working-age youth are either “working poor or unemployed”.
Ban also said that the UN is implementing an action plan to “increase collaboration and cooperation on employment and entrepreneurship for youth."
The data collected by the ILO through the school-to-work transition surveys showed that low levels of education and poor quality jobs remain a stumbling block to development.
Another recent ILO report from over 140 developing countries has found that a common factor amongst those countries that have achieved higher per capita income and sustained growth was quality jobs.
