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Gains made in the past decade towards decent work have also been undermined while the goal of social integration has become more elusive.

Youth unemployment rates vary inversely with the level of education and particularly school leavers without work experience havelow chances of finding jobs.

[...] [...] corruption, which are thus affecting the already poor chances of [...]

Many countries have a large segment of unemployed youth, lacking education, skills, and prospects.

[...] [...] estimated that the chance is "very slim".

On the other hand, some developing countries cautioned that, in the absence of national forest policies, programmes, adequate legislation, institutions and information, or the combination of these, there was little hope for successful implementation.

Development Assistance Committee official development assistance (ODA) is likely to stagnate over the medium term, with receding prospects of countries reaching 0.7 per cent ODA/gross national income (GNI) by 2015.

Without the intervention of its State sponsor, there is no realistic prospect of this initiative receiving authorization from the Committee, meaning that it will continue to represent a flagrant breach of the sanctions regime on Somalia, characterized by a disturbing lack of transparency, accountability or regard for international law.

[...] [...] transnational crime are ratherslim.

For those who become sick with AIDS and do not live near a large town, hope vanishes.

[...] [...] currently extremely slim.

Indeed, as Israel continues its illegal confiscation of Palestinian land, the construction and expansion of settlements, settlement “outposts” and settlement infrastructure, and the transfer of more Israeli settlers to the Occupied Palestinian Territory in order to advance its attempts to illegally de facto annex more Palestinian land, the territorial contiguity and integrity of the Territory is being severely undermined and the prospects for physically achieving the two-State solution are becoming ever more remote.

Regarding the Middle and Near East, we can affirm that such a scenario will, inter alia, reduce the prospects for a settlement of the Palestinian problem.

Evidence from past crises confirms that even mild downturns can have costly and longlasting effects on human welfare that are sometimes irreversible, as families with few alternative employment opportunities and little access to credit are forced to reduce food intake or pull children out of school.

My fear is that if we do not see these matters concluded in the near term, the rapidly changing geo-politics of the regionwillmake the prospects of a lasting settlement remote.

There followed four years in which, although several successful projects were launched, there were varying degrees of frustration and uncertainty until UNESCO took over with effect from the Montreal International Geological Congress of 1972.

The continuing economic and financial crisis has been compounded by a serious debt crisis in developed countries; exacerbated difficulties in developing countries; and led to a low, if not non-existent, level of growth, with the possibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goals slipping yet further away.

Recent developments in this regard are clearly endangering the extremely fragile situation on the ground as well as the slim opportunity before us for the revival of the peace process, which the international community is concertedly trying to promote.

[...] [...] Palestinian people to self-determination.

The failure to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and human rights violations against the Palestinian people and its constant and reckless provocation and incitement will only allow for the further destabilization of the critical situation on the ground, leading us further away from realizing the peace and stability we have for so long been seeking, with far-reaching negative consequences.