Fundamentals

This page contains links to some fundamental official documents

 The Universal Declaration on Human Rights was adopted on December 10, 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations

 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted on December 16, 1966 by the General Assembly

 of the United Nations

 The Constitution of the ILO (International Labour Organisation) was adopted in 1919

 The Declaration of Philadelphia (Annex to the The Constitution of the ILO) was adopted in 1945

 UN Declaration on Social Progress and Development (resolution 2542-XXIV), adopted in 1969

 UN Declaration on the Right to Development (resolution 41/128), adopted in 1986

 Declaration of Copenhagen, adopted at the first UN World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, March 1995

 The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted in 1998

 The UN Millennium Declaration, (resolution 55/2) adopted in 2000, contains the Millennium Development Goals

 The UN Millennium Development Goals

 The ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, adopted in 2008

 The ILO Global Jobs Pact, adopted in June 2009