[afro-nets] World Youth Report 2003: The global situation of young people

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

World Youth Report 2003: The global situation of young people
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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2004 
ISBN 92-1-130228-5
 
Adobe PDF file (429 pp. 6.8 MB!):
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/wyr/documents/worldyouthreport.pdf
 
Overall, young people today are better off than previous genera-
tions, but many are still severely hindered by a lack of educa-
tion, poverty, health risks, unemployment and the impact of con-
flict, a new United Nations report on the global situation of 
youth reveals. 
 
The World Youth Report 2003 provides an overview of the global 
situation of young people. The first 10 chapters focus on the 
priority areas education, employment, extreme poverty, health 
issues, the environment, drugs, delinquency, leisure time, the 
situation of girls and young women, and youth participation in 
decision-making identified by the World Programme of Action for 
Youth (WPAY) adopted by the General Assembly in 1995. The re-
maining five chapters address some of the newer issues that were 
later identified as additional priorities for youth and were 
adopted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council 
(ECOSOC) in 2003.
 
To download the report chapter by chapter go to: 
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/wyr/index.html