A/RES/65/185
women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life, as equal
partners, and to improve their access to all resources needed for the full exercise of
all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by removing persistent barriers,
including ensuring equal access to full and productive employment and decent
work, as well as strengthening their economic independence;
17. Stresses, further, that effective participation of people in civic, social,
economic and political activities is essential in order to achieve the eradication of
poverty and the promotion of social inclusion; in this regard, Governments should
increase participation of citizens and communities in the planning and
implementation of social integration policies and strategies aimed at achieving
poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all;
18. Reaffirms the commitment to promote opportunities for full, freely
chosen and productive employment, including for the most disadvantaged, as well
as decent work for all, in order to deliver social justice combined with economic
efficiency, with full respect for fundamental principles and rights at work under
conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and further reaffirms that
macroeconomic policies should, inter alia, support employment creation, taking
fully into account the social impact and dimension of globalization;
19. Notes with interest the adoption by the International Labour Conference
on 10 June 2008 of the International Labour Organization Declaration on Social
Justice for a Fair Globalization,7 which acknowledges the particular role of the
Organization in promoting a fair globalization and its responsibility to assist its
members in their efforts, and the adoption by the International Labour Conference
on 19 June 2009 of the Global Jobs Pact;
1H
20. Reaffirms that there is an urgent need to create an environment at the
national and international levels that is conducive to the attainment of full and
productive employment and decent work for all as a foundation for sustainable
development and that an environment that supports investment, growth and
entrepreneurship is essential to the creation of new job opportunities, and also
reaffirms that opportunities for men and women to obtain productive work in
conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity are essential to ensuring
the eradication of hunger and poverty, the improvement of economic and social
well-being for all, the achievement of sustained economic growth and sustainable
development of all nations and a fully inclusive and equitable globalization;
21. Stresses the importance of removing obstacles to the realization of the
right of peoples to self-determination, in particular of peoples living under colonial
or other forms of alien domination or foreign occupation, which adversely affect
their social and economic development, including their exclusion from labour
markets;
22. Reaffirms the need to address all forms of violence in its many
manifestations, including domestic violence, particularly against women, children,
older persons and persons with disabilities, and discrimination, including
xenophobia, recognizing that violence increases challenges to States and societies in
the achievement of poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent
work for all and social integration, and further recognizes that terrorism, trafficking
in arms, organized crime, trafficking in persons, money-laundering, ethnic and
religious conflict, civil war, politically motivated killing and genocide present
fundamental threats to societies and pose increasing challenges to States and
societies in the attainment of conditions conducive to social development, and that
5