YOUTH SUPPORT AND
COMMITMENT

to the Buenos Aires Declaration

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YOUTH SUPPORT AND COMMITMENTTO THE BUENOS AIRES DECLARATION
14TH- 16TH NOVEMBER, 2017 | BUENOS AIRES 2017
We, the representatives of the youth for Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas,
have gathered at the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child
Labour in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14-16 November 2017, to align our actions withthe Buenos Aires Declaration on child labour, forced labour and youth employment(hereinafter Declaration) which will orientate worldwide efforts on the issues ofchild labour, forced labour, and within that context, the promotion of decent work
for all and for our young peers in particular.
1. Noting that recent worldwide estimations reveal that 152 million children areengaged in child labour, 73 million of them in its worst forms, that 25 million
people, including over 4 million children, are still victims of forced labour and that71 million of young people are unemployed, we gather our efforts to make theDeclaration have a real impact in our society.
2. We believe that all stakeholders, including the youth need to work together
in combating the causes that give rise to these issues such as poverty, lack ofaccess to education, decent work deficits, lack of adequate social protection,
migration as a consequence of crisis caused by conflicts and disasters, amongothers, all interrelated factors that deserve an integrated approach for theirconsideration. We believe that in this respect it is necessary to devote our efforts
to the formation of social leaders who will focus on these issues from their youthand strive for their inclusion and empowerment in the different areas of society.
3. To that sense, on behalf of the youth, we demand from the International Community
a comprehensive commitment to the pledge in target 8.7 of the Sustainable
Development Goals intended to put an end to all modern forms of slavery andhuman trafficking by 2030 and guarantee the prohibition and eradication of theworst forms of child labour, including the recruitment and use of soldier children;and by 2025, put an end to all forms of child labour.
4.We support and join the efforts the Alliance 8.7 is carrying out as a platform
to enhance international cooperation, coordination and assistance in its aim
to eradicate child labour, modern forms of slavery, human trafficking and childlabour.
5. In the awareness that millions of youngsters lead their lives towards their dreams,

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and aspirations, but nevertheless, meet multiple challenges in their admission in
the world of work, we believe in the need for urgent generation of policies andinitiatives that promote decent work trajectories for the youth of the world andtheir full inclusion in the labour market without any discrimination.
6.We highlight gender equality as a fundamental principle to comply with theobjective we are aiming at, including but not limited to the importance of designingand implementing policies that guarantee young mothers their continuity and/orinclusion in the labour and/or educational system.
7. Finally, we hereby express our gratitude to the Government of the Argentine
Republic for hosting this IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradicationof Child Labour, which has allowed us to get involved in educational andparticipative actions. We also express our will to actively continue participating in
the actions directed towards the eradication of child labour, forced labour and in
the generation of quality jobs for all and in particular for the youth by introducing
this declaration in our countries, which will become a starting point for our futureactions. We hope that forthcoming Conferences will continue to involve youth aspart of the dialogue process.

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