represented more than half of the population, attached special importance to the work of its National Co-ordinating Committee for the International Youth Year. Ecuador was studying the most appropriate methods of ensuring youth the exercise of their rights to vocational training and work. To that end, in 1983, youth from all I ... A/C. 3/39/SR.l9 English Page 6 (Mr. Jativa, Ecuador) provinces had met in a meeting on community development and family planning. Ecuador was thus implementing the Specific Programme of Measures and Activities for the Year. The importance which Ecuador attached to youth stemmed from the constitutional mandate of providing free education at all levels, for which 30 per cent of the State budget was allocated. Ecuador instructed its youth in the ideals of peace, freedom, justice and human solidarity, the true bases of civilized coexistence among nations. 17. Ecuador's unswerving objective of promoting programmes for youth in order to harness their creative capacity was also reflected at the regional level in its support of the establishment of the Latin American and Caribbean Centre for Youth and its contribution to the preparation of the regional plan of action adopted by the Latin American preparatory meeting for International Youth Year. 18. In view of budgetary restrictions, Ecuador supported the Advisory Committee's recommendation (A/39/262, para. 2) that as an integral part of the observance of the Year, the General Assembly should devote an appropriate number of its plenary meetings in 1985 to policies and programmes relating to youth, designating those meetings as the United Nations World Conference for the International Youth Year. It also welcomed the decision (A/39/262, para. 1) that the General Assembly should approve a fourth session of the Advisory Committee with a view to recommending to the General Assembly at its fortieth session guidelines for further planning and suitable follow-up in the field of youth. 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on Ecuador's efforts to promote youth development, highlighting its constitutional mandate for free education, vocational training, and community development. The country's objective is to harness the creative capacity of youth, which is reflected in its support for regional initiatives and the preparation of a regional plan of action. The text does not mention specific economic or environmental initiatives, but rather emphasizes the importance of education and youth development.

**Category**
Education, Employment