A/HRC/RES/55/9 unprecedented opportunities for States to build a better, inclusive, accessible and sustainable world of work that can benefit from the untapped potential of persons with disabilities; 12. Expresses deep concern that inequalities are widening and there are not enough jobs, including quality jobs, and emphasizes that full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for young people play an important role in their empowerment and can contribute to, inter alia, the prevention of extremism, terrorism and social, economic and political instability, thus contributing to sustainable development and peace; 13. Stresses the fundamental importance of equal opportunities, education, and technical and vocational training, including the use of new and emerging digital technologies, especially artificial intelligence, and that lifelong learning opportunities and guidance for all, including for women, young people, older persons and persons with disabilities, are necessary for the realization of the right to work; 14. Encourages States to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 8 on promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its targets; 15. Stresses that the Sustainable Development Goals and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development promote inclusive and sustained economic growth, higher levels of productivity and technological innovation, and encourage entrepreneurship and job creation, which can be effective measures to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, forced labour, contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons, and that to ensure that no one is left behind, bearing these targets in mind, the goal is to achieve full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all women and men by 2030; 16. Recognizes 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 emphasizes in that regard the importance of relevant and inclusive social protection measures, including social protection floors; 17. Also recognizes the fundamental importance of international cooperation, including through technical cooperation, capacity-building and the exchange of relevant lessons learned and good practices, in advancing efforts towards the full realization of the right to work through inclusive, sustainable economic growth, full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all; 18. Calls upon States to put in place cohesive and comprehensive policies and to take the legislative and administrative measures necessary for the full realization of the right to work for all, including women, by, inter alia, considering undertaking policy commitments and measures to obtain full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all, including through the establishment, where appropriate, of institutions for that purpose and by further strengthening tools, such as job services and social dialogue mechanisms, while paying continuous attention to professional and technical training and initiatives to foster small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and start-ups, including those that are owned by women, and considering investing in infrastructure, services and social protection systems to allow for and to promote equitable sharing of care responsibilities between men and women; 19. Highlights the vital role of the private sector 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 inclusive, sustained economic growth, full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all, notes the multi-year strategy of the United Nations Global Compact to drive business awareness and action in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda by 2030, and also notes the need to promote the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Women’s Empowerment Principles established by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, as applicable; 4