Youth Unemployment and the New International Economic Order: Report of the Second Meeting of Young Commonwealth Leaders: Colombo, 3–8 May 1979
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This is the report of the second Meeting of Young Commonwealth Leaders, which was held in Colombo, 3-8 May 1979. Young Ministers, parliamentarians, Government officials, trade unionists, and community leaders discussed the extent of youth employment and the major impediment this caused on the road to national development. They recognised the overbearing constraints imposed on national development by the present international economic order.
As well as the opening remarks and speeches from the Meeting, this publication also includes the Ministers’ Final Statement on desirable Commonwealth measures against youth unemployment and their call for reform in present international economic conditions.
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Introduction
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Final Statement on Commonwealth Strategies against Youth Unemployment and its Relevance to a New Economic Order
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Mr. T. G. Martin Assistant Director Commonwealth Youth Programme
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Speech By The Hon. R. Premadasa, M.P. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
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Speech By Honourable Ranil Wickremasinghe Minister of Youth Affairs & Employment - Sri Lanka
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Address By Professor K.S. Murshid Commonwealth Assistant Secretary-General
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Vote of Thanks Hon. K. Musokotwane Minister of Youth & Sports, Zambia
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Youth Employment and the North/South Dialogue
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Youth Unemployment and Underdevelopment
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Youth Unemployment : The Root Cause
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Mobilisation for International Economic Development
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Background Paper Youth Division, Commonwealth Secretariat
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The Commonwealth Youth Declaration Ocho Rios 1977
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List of Participants
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