Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development
and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
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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 for all, as well as strengthening their economic independence;
19. Stresses the need to allocate adequate resources for the elimination of all
forms of discrimination against women in the workplace, including unequal access to
labour market participation and wage inequalities, as well as reconciliation of work
and private life for both women and men;
20. Acknowledges the important nexus between international migration and
social development, and stresses the importance of effectively enforcing labour laws
with regard to labour relations and working conditions of migrant workers, inter alia,
those related to their remuneration and conditions of health, safety at work and the
right to freedom of association;
21. Recognizes that, since the convening of the World Summit for Social
Development in Copenhagen in 1995, advances have been made in addressing and
promoting social integration, including through the adoption of the Madrid
International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, 15 the World Programme of Action for
Youth, 16 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 17 the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 18 and the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action; 19
22. Welcomes the International Decade for People of African Descent
(2015–2024), and urges Member States to promote the social development of people
of African descent, particularly women and girls, by eradicating any form of
discrimination, ensuring access to quality education and eliminating challenges and
specific risks with regard to health;
23. Reaffirms the commitment to promoting the rights of indigenous peoples
in the areas of education, employment, housing, sanitation, health and social security,
and notes the attention paid to those areas in the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
24. Recognizes that steps should be taken to anticipate and offset the negative
social and economic consequences of globalization, giving priority to agricultural and
non-farm sectors, and to maximize its benefits for poor people living and working in
rural areas, while paying special attention to the development of micro -, small and
medium-sized enterprises, particularly in rural areas, as well as subsistence
economies, to secure their safe interaction with larger economies;
25. Encourages Member States to pursue social and economic policies to
support the creation of farm and off-farm jobs, as appropriate, especially labourintensive and higher-productivity jobs in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises,
and recognizes that redistributive land policies and improved access to formal credit
markets through greater financial inclusion, as well as structural transformation
policies that help to shift labour to high-productivity manufacturing and services
sectors, may be considered by Member States within their national contexts and
legislation;
26. Reaffirms the need to address all forms of violence in its many
manifestations, including domestic violence, particularly against women, children,
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Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8–12 April 2002 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.02.IV.4), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
Resolution 50/81, annex, and resolution 62/126, annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910.
Resolution 61/295, annex.
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
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