Reducing Unemployment Colombia and Unemployment,

as a key factor of the stable World Economy its position and the influence on Economic growth
 United Nations

Economic and Social Council Position Paper

Country: Colombia
Evaluation Area: “Reducing Unemployment as a key factor of the stable World
Economy”
Delegate: Umarbek Zaribbaev
Position Term: 2018 – 2022 December 31

The Challenge

Unemployment is one of the hooks from a bucket of crabs that keeps countries from prosperity and makes the

country not democratic and puts it in a dangerous political position. Today the rate of unemployment reached an

astonishingly high level – over 6.5%, which means around 230 million unemployed people. We do not have a

right to talk about democratization, human rights, good life, and humanitarian aid before we will not solve this

issue together. While we are sitting here with brand new clothes and discussing which country is better,

somewhere in a rural area the little kid asks for a piece of bread from his parents, who do not have anything except

an empty pocket. Is it what wanted revolutionaries in 1848 who fought for personal rights? Is it what we call

democratization? Is it “modern society”? The answer is no. The world is sinking to the bottom of the loyal

attitudes of leaders. Unemployment is an issue that should be solved by two sides, policy and people.

[8th Goal of the UN Sustainable Development Goals].

The Position of Colombia

Unifying thousands of nationalities, languages, and values, Colombia is one of the strongest economic powers in

Latin America. Despite the European aggression and regional threat by the USA in the XVIII th centuries Colombia

achieved and defended its independence thanks to the loyal Colombian nation and allies, being one of the first

independent states from colonial aggression. However, there are those who are worried about the Development

of this great Colombian nation and doing everything to make us fall.

The Economic growth of each country is dependent on the International Trade and Economic position of a country

that is negatively affected by unemployment that is (unfortunately) very high in Colombia. Reasons are many.

First of all, illicit unifications and traders. According to the United Nations observation (2020), 95% of the

population, over 15 years old, the Unemployment rate is around 15%. Therefore, Colombia can be considered as

a target country for terrorists, illegal unifications, and illicit traders, as Unemployed and uneducated people are

easily believe to be the “golden promises” of dark worriers and join them to buy at least a piece of bread. Secondly,

one of the popular influences is the COVID-19. Our Delegation did not want to mention those dark days but

without criticism, there is no development. The Pandemic took thousands of lives as well as money. During the

COVID crisis, the Unemployment rate in Colombia significantly increased and reached its historical record in a

new century – 15%, which is a very bad index for the country that is suffering from International intervention and

fragile Economic stability. The Unemployment is rising since 2015 (8.3%) and today this level reached its top for

21st century – 15.44%. These problems are the issues of whole Latin American nations and we should be united

against “left powers”. Unfortunately, it is impossible to have a full employment because of Economic conceptions

and social influence. However one of the significant countries in the South American region country, Colombia

feels a great responsibility to exempt the Colombian nation from unemployment and starvation.

Colombia’s Proposals / Suggested solutions

Colombia Suggests following actions to avoid or/and reduce the level of Unemployment:

• “Labor Flexibility” – Flexible labor market and ability to immediate changes considering international

and national demand;

• Free private sector – Development the attitude and support of the private sector and business;

• Education – Improvement of Education in rural areas, governmental support of students;

• Neo-Capitalism – Reformulation of Adam Smith theories, introducing to the new society by considering

today’s changes;

• International Labor Market – Establishment of rules and rights to the international job opportunities,

rising the role of foreign market in undeveloped/upcoming countries.

 References

• United Nations. “United Nations – ECOSOC”. (n.d.). Retrieved from (https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en);

• Aaron O'Neill. “Colombia: Unemployment rate from 1999 to 2020”. (2020). Retrieved from

(https://www.statista.com/statistics/369106/unemployment-rate-in-colombia/);

• United Nations. “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive

employment and decent work for all”. (n.d.). Retrieved from

(https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2021/goal-08/);

• Luis Eudoro. “Unemployment in Colombia: An Approach”. (2020). Retrieved from

(http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?pid=S0120-30532020000100007&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en).

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