Half the world aged under 25: UN State of the World Report
26 Oct 2011, 11:56 PM
With almost half the world’s seven billion people aged under 25, and 1.2 billion aged 10-19, investment and education in the young has never been more important.
That was one stand-out finding of the UN’s State of the World Population Report for 2011, unveiled in the Maldives today during a ceremony in the UN’s headquarters in Male’.
Rather than preach population reduction measures, the report acknowledges seven billion as testimony to the success of humanity, and advocates “planning and the right investments in people now – to empower them to make choices that are not only good for themselves but for our global commons.”
Space, a video promo by National Geographic for the report noted, was not the problem. Rather, it was a question of balance.
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