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... Having determined that these proposals shall take the form
of an international Convention, and Considering that the Declaration
of Philadelphia affirms that all human beings, irrespective of
race, creed or sex, have the right to pursue both their material
well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom
and dignity, of economic security and equal opportunity, and ...
... Considering further that discrimination constitutes a violation
of rights enunciated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ...
... Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes
to declare and pursue a national policy designed to promote, by
methods appropriate to national conditions and practice, equality
of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation,
with a view to eliminating any discrimination in respect thereof. ...
... The foregoing is the authentic text of the Convention duly
adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour
Organisation during its forty-second session which was held at
Geneva and declared closed the twenty-sixth day of June 1958. ...