A/HRC/RES/28/15 compared with 2007, and highlighting the severe impact that the international economic and financial crisis has had in that regard, Expressing deep concern that approximately 74.5 million young people are unemployed and that the global youth unemployment rate is around 13.1 per cent, and resolved in that regard to pay particular attention to the realization of the right to work for young people, bearing in mind the fundamental importance of equal opportunities, education and vocational training in the context of realizing the right to work for young people, Underscoring that there is an urgent need to create at the national and international levels an environment that is conducive to the attainment of full and productive employment and decent work for all as a foundation for sustainable development, and that an environment that supports investment, growth and entrepreneurship is essential to the creation of new job opportunities, and reaffirming that opportunities for men and women to obtain productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity are essential to ensuring the eradication of hunger and poverty, the improvement of economic and social well-being for all, the achievement of sustained economic growth and sustainable development of all nations and a fully inclusive and equitable globalization, Recognizing that employment should be a central objective of economic and social policies at the national, regional and international levels for the sustainable eradication of poverty and for providing an adequate standard of living, and emphasizing in that regard the importance of relevant social protection measures, including social protection floors, Encouraging the private sector to continue to exercise its vital role in generating new investments, job opportunities and financing for development and in advancing efforts towards the full realization of the right to work and the promotion of full and productive employment and decent work for all, Acknowledging the work of the treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in relation to the right to work, Acknowledging also the work of United Nations agencies, programmes and funds, in particular the International Labour Organization, in supporting the efforts of States to promote full and productive employment and decent work for all and the full realization of the right to work, 1. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report in consultation with States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, particularly the International Labour Organization, as well as the treaty bodies, special procedures, civil society and other relevant stakeholders on the realization of the right to work, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law and the relevant major challenges and best practices in that regard, and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council prior to its thirty-first session; 2. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 56th meeting 26 March 2015 [Adopted without a vote.] 3