Preamble
The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office,
and having met in its 106th Session on 5 June 2017, and
Reaffirming the principle in the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation
(ILO) that universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon
social justice, and
Recalling the Declaration of Philadelphia (1944), the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948), the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its
Follow-up (1998) and the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization
(2008), and
Taking into account the need to revise the Employment (Transition from War to Peace)
Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71), with a view to broadening its scope and providing
up-to-date guidance on the role of employment and decent work in prevention, recovery,
peace and resilience with respect to crisis situations arising from conflicts and
disasters, and
Considering the impact and consequences of conflicts and disasters for poverty and
development, human rights and dignity, decent work and sustainable enterprises, and
Recognizing the importance of employment and decent work for promoting peace, preventing
crisis situations arising from conflicts and disasters, enabling recovery and building
resilience, and
Recognizing that the countries receiving refugees may not be in situations of conflicts
and disasters, and
Emphasizing the need to ensure respect for all human rights and the rule of law,
including respect for fundamental principles and rights at work and for international
labour standards, in particular those rights and principles relevant to employment and
decent work, and
Considering the need to recognize that crises affect women and men differently, and the
critical importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in
promoting peace, preventing crises, enabling recovery and building resilience, and
Recognizing the importance of developing responses, through social dialogue, to crisis
situations arising from conflicts and disasters, in consultation with the most
representative employers’ and workers’ organizations and, as appropriate, with relevant
civil society organizations, and
Noting the importance of creating or restoring an enabling environment for sustainable
enterprises, taking into account the resolution and Conclusions concerning the promotion
of sustainable enterprises adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 96th
Session (2007), and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises, to stimulate
employment generation, economic recovery and development, and
Affirming the need to develop and strengthen measures of social protection, as a means of
preventing crises, enabling recovery and building resilience, and
Recognizing the role of accessible and quality public services in economic recovery,
development, reconstruction efforts, prevention and resilience, and
Stressing the need for international cooperation and partnerships among regional and
international organizations to ensure joint and coordinated efforts, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to employment and
decent work for peace and resilience, which is the fifth item on the agenda of the
session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation,
adopts this sixteenth day of June of the year two thousand and seventeen the following
Recommendation, which may be cited as the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and
Resilience Recommendation, 2017: