Page 42 - FerMUN 2020 - Futurecasters Global Young Visionaries Summit, 8th-10th January 2020

FORUM: International Labour Organisation
Issue: Ensuring inclusive and equitable participation of youth in the digital economy
Main Submitter: United Kingdom
Co-submitters: Apple, Argentina, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Netherlands, Russia,
Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden,USA

The International Labour Organisation committee,

Alarmed by the 4.2 billion people who do not have access to the internet,

Emphasising that 62% of people in households that earn a yearly income of $30,000 have

access to the internet, while those making an income in the range of $50,000 to $74999, have
a 90% chance to access the internet,

Recognising the efforts made by the member States of the UN to promote and make

accessible work opportunities for all the people around the world based on the current
situation of labour,

Aware of the discrepancies in work rights that establish inequality in work opportunities,
conditions, and basic standards because of inadequate work regulations and equality laws,

Affirms the necessity to drive contemporary education in a way that is adapted to the current

necessities of the market,

Stresses the interest of international collaboration in order to minimise the gap between the

economies of different States,

Recalling that many States are suffering from the digital divide,

1. Encourages the creation of a dedicated private investment fund directed and
presided by the United Nations which should act in order to better integrate the new
generation in the digital economy, with the following roles:

a. Investing in education in emerging countries to provide fewer disparities,
b. Investing in infrastructure and new establishments for education in digital skills;

2. Recommends nations to use TV white-space technology and work with private
companies in order to:
a. Convert unused buffer TV channels into internet connections,

b. Develop UHF and VHF spectrum signal-based technologies allowing 100 times
the area of normal internet,

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