At least one of every six young workers has been idled during the pandemic and the losses could create a "lockdown generation," the U.N. labor agency said.
GENEVA (AN) — At least one of every six young workers has been idled during the COVID-19 pandemic and their long-term unemployment could create a "lockdown generation," the U.N. labor agency warned on Wednesday.
The International Labor Organization, reporting on the pandemic's devastating economic impacts worldwide, said the equivalent of 305 million full-time jobs were lost in the second quarter of this year, while the working hours of those who remain employed have been cut by 23% on average.
By far the largest share of the US$236 billion a year in illegal profits comes from forced commercial sexual exploitation.
Football's governing body will mark the 100th anniversary of the World Cup in Uruguay, where the first was held in 1930.
The U.N. agency's first global guidance urges governments to quickly regulate generative AI in education and research.
It suggests most jobs are only partly exposed to automation, and are more likely to be complemented than substituted.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
