The Director of the Department of Education, Culture, and Sport Affairs and the director of the Task Force Antillean Youth whom are entrusted with the daily leadership assist the minister.

UNESCO: Introduction

In her message about the International Day of Peace, Irina Bokova reminds us that Peace also manifests itself in the humanist ambitions of the Millennium Development Goals and that youth is a powerful force in this quest for rights all over the world for their ability to unite and build campaigns and movements in favor of pacific changes.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA

It would be wrong to see a youth wave as a monolithic force for change.

BBC: Talking Pakistan politics in Cafe Bol

The first Afghan rock band, played in public last fall for the first time, and since then, have become a force in the Kabul youth scene.

FORBES: Connect

The proportion of youth between 15 and 24 years old not in the labor force (and thus most likely studying) has actually risen from 43% in 2004 to 47% in 2013, according to the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, better known as IBGE.

FORBES: In Brazil, Strong Labor Market, Weak Economy

It would be a shame if populist pressures force Mr Straw to undermine his own improvements to the youth-justice system.

ECONOMIST: Youth crime

Gov. SCHWARZENEGGER: For many months, you could not pick up a newspaper without reading about the youth dying in prison under a code of silence or abuse of force.

NPR: Union Wants Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Gone

His youth will lull activists into the illusion of change, the analogy goes, but he will not force them out of their ideological comfort-zone.

ECONOMIST: Britain is in store for another perilously close election