Name: Rhia T.

Orjaliza
Curriculum and Section: TCC- C
Topic: United Nations Report
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Report
The United Nations International Labor Organization (UN-ILO) Report
Government Interventions
Instructor: Mr. Kier L. Ecle

United Nations Report

The report states that around 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24 are:

 Increasingly seeking the bright lights of cities, engaging in international activities

 Becoming more influenced by the global media than by their own families and
communities
 Living on less than 2 dollars a day or surviving on less than 1 dollar a day in 2002
 Currently living with HIV or AIDS
 Reaching adolescence earlier;
 Marrying later
 Increasingly engaging in premarital sex although early pregnancy has declined in many
countries
 Increasing in the use of synthetic drugs mostly in recreational settings
 Being affected by increase in violent conflict, both as perpetrators and victims.

These congenital disorders are:

 Hyperthyroidism (CH)- a disease caused by the under activity of the thyroid gland
resulting in the underproduction of thyroid hormones essential for normal physical
growth and development
 Galactosemia (GAL) – is a hereditary disease that is caused by the lack of liver enzyme
required to digest galactose.
 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) – pertains to a set of inherited disorders that
occur because of excess Production of male hormones.
 Phenylketonuria (PKH) - is a hereditary disease caused by the lack of a liver enzyme
required to digest phenylalanie.
 Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency – the most common
genetic enzyme that can cause premature destruction of red blood cells (hemolytic
anemia) when affected individual is exposed to certain foods, medications, chemicals or
pollen.

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Report

UNICEF – to provide emergency food and healthcare to children and mothers in countries that
had been devastated by World War II.

Here are some more findings:

 Illegal drug syndicates now prefer to hire children as drug runners

 Filipino child laborers now endure amounts of stress that is equivalent to what adults
suffer at work
 Upgrades in media technology are harmful to children
 More children are left unattended or in the care of a dysfunctional family set up
 Children are finally developing their own biases, which perpetuate conflicts.

Causes of the Situation

 Poverty
 Change in work landscape
 Weakness in child protection laws
The United Nations International Labor Organization (UN-ILO) Report

The International Labor Organization (ILO) – is a United Nations agency whose mandate is
to advance social justice and promote decent work by setting international labor
standard.

UN-ILO Reports:

 Filipino children are being recruited for the armed conflict in Central Mindanao
 Filipino children take up arms voluntarily as their way out of poverty and abuse (Deadly
Playgrounds: The Phenomenon of Child Soldiers in the Philippines)
 A total of 168 male respondents and 26 females were involved.

Government Interventions

National Youth Commission (NYC) Medium- Term Youth Development Plan – which
pushes for the creation of the Youth Developmental Council in local governments has been
tasked to ensure that the national plan is translated to the local setting.

Mission of NYC:
 To be the leader in providing a framework for youth development
 To ensure formulation of relevant policies
 To ensure harmonization of multisectoral efforts
 To ensure innovation and coordination of programs towards greater participation,
promotion and protection of the Filipino youth.