申明为青年创造体面就业机会是需要应对的最大挑战之一，强调《世界青年行动纲领》中与青年就业能力有关的优先领域，包括教育、健康以及获取信息和技术，并铭记有 5 900 多万名青年失业，还有 1.36 亿就业青年处于贫困、甚至极端贫困中，
Affirming that generating decent work and quality employment for youth is one of the biggest challenges that needs to be tackled, and emphasizing the priority areas of the World Programme of Action for Youth linked to the employability of youth, including education, health and access to information and technology, and bearing in mind that over 59 million young people are unemployed and 136 million working youth are in poverty, including extreme poverty,