Questão 813112

Read the text below in order to answer questions 23 to 25:

Brazil becomes the eight Lead Country of the

Youth Employment Network

At the start of the new century, youth

employment problems continue to pervade both

developed and developing countries, with a

disproportionately large number of young women and

men exposed to long-term unemployment or else

limited to precarious or short-term work. To seek

solutions, the International Labor Organization has

set up the Youth Employment Network (YEN).

Against this background, at a seminar held in

Salvador in September 2003, the Brazilian Minister of

Labor, Mr. Jaques Wagner, announced Brazil’s

decision to volunteer as a Lead Country of the YEN.

Brazil now joins Senegal, Namibia, Egypt, Sri Lanka,

Indonesia, Hungary and Azerbaijan in championing

the preparation of National Action Plans on youth

unemployment. This policy was called for urgently by

the United Nations (UN) in 2002, and endorsed by

the YEN’s High Level Panel at its meeting in July

2003. Brazil’s decision was communicated through a

letter from President Lula to Juan Somovia, Director

General of the International Labor Organization.

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The aim of the Youth Employment Network is to