Tunisia
Referring to his country’s recent youth- led revolution, the representative of Tunisia said
young people without a job did not care whether their economies grew at a certain rate or
if their Governments were pursuing green economies. Instead, they cared about
opportunities for decent work and social justice. For Tunisia, promoting global justice
and decent work should be the primary goal of Rio+20, he said, with the Conference’s
eventual outcome document incorporating strategies and targets to promote both of those
issues alongside poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
Tunisia said the recent revolution in his country showed that youth care about decent jobs
and social justice, and he called for promoting global justice and decent employment as
the main focus of Rio 2012.
