Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution, Social Progress and the International Division of Labour.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (31st sess. : 1976)
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    21 December 1976

31. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE*
176. Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution, Social Progress and the International Division of Labour

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3509 (XXX) of 15 December 1975 relating to the Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution, Social Progress and the International Division of Labour, Recalling further its resolutions 2626 (XXV) of 24 October 1970 containing the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974 containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974 containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation, Taking note of the information contained in chapter V of the report of the Economic and Social Council[1] and of Council decision 182 (LXI) of 5 August 1976 relating to the Tripartite World Conference, Bearing in mind that the fundamental objectives of the United Nations include the creation of conditions of economic and social progress and development, the securing of higher standards of living, full productive employment and universal respect for the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

1. Takes note with satisfaction of the Declaration of Principles and Programme of Action adopted by the Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution, Social Progress and the International Division of Labour, held at Geneva from 4 to 17 June 1976;[2]

2. Requests the International Labour Organisation to submit a special report to the Economic and Social Council on the measures which it has taken and which it envisages for the implementation of the Programme of Action;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate steps, through the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, with a view to promoting and co-ordinating active participation by the various specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nations system in the implementation of the Programme of Action and to report to the Economic and Social Council;

4. Requests the Economic and Social Council to undertake an appraisal of the activities of the organizations of the United Nations system in the light of the Programme of Action, taking into account, in particular, the relevant discussions and decisions of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, as well as the reports referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 above, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session.

106th plenary meeting
21 December 1976


[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/31/3). [2] See E/5857.
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