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V The Conference affirms that the principles set forth in this Declaration are fully applicable to all peoples everywhere and that, while the manner of their application must be determined with due regard to the stage of social and economic development reached by each people, their progressive application to peoples who are still dependent, as well as to those who have already achieved self-government, is a matter of concern to the whole civilized world. II The Conference recommends that the Governing Body of the International Labour Office — (1) Call a special conference of the Organization, when in its opinion there is a danger of a substantial fall in general employment levels, for the purpose of recommending appropriate national or international measures to prevent the development or spread of unemployment and to establish conditions under which high levels of employment may be maintained or restored ; (2) Correlate the activities of the International Labour Organization towards the end of maintaining full employment with those of any other international agency or agencies which may be designated by the United Nations to have primary responsibility in related economic fields. 111 The Conference recommends that— 1. The United Nations should undertake— (a) To apply to any independent territories, in respect of which they have accepted or may accept a measure of international accountability through any international of regional commission or other body, the principle that all policies designed to apply to dependent territories shall be primarily directed to the well-being and development of the peoples of such territories, and to the promotion of the desire on their part for social progress ; (b) To apply to such territories the provisions of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 ; the Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 ; the Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939; and the Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 ; (c) To make a periodical report to the International Labour Office in respect of each such territory indicating the extent to which effect has been given to the provisions of the Social Policy (Dependent Territories) Recommendation, 1944-; (d) To ask the International Labour Office to appoint, in continuation of the collaboration established in the case of the Permanent Mandates Commission, a representative on any committee which may be entrusted with, the task of watching over the application of the principle of international accountability, and further to ensure that any facilities which may be afforded, in the form of inspection or otherwise, for the better implementation of this principle, shall include appropriate measures for examining the application of the above-mentioned Conventions and Recommendation. 2. When determining the future status of dependent territories which on I September 1939 were controlled by Axis Powers, the United Nations should specifically require the application thereto of the arrangements provided for in the preceeding paragraph. 3. In any negotiations regarding the organization, control and operation of merchant shipping, and in particular in making international arrangements for the disposal of merchant shipping tonnage, the United Nations concerned should consult the competent bodies of the International Labour Organization, such as the Joint Maritime Commission, in regard to the possibility of including stipulations concerning the standard of accommodation to be provided for crews and stipulations embodying the provisions of Conventions already adopted by the maritime sessions of the Conference, or of any further such Conventions that may bo adopted before the negotiation of such agreement. 4. In making international arrangements concerning transport by air, land, and inland waterway, the United Nations should have due regard to the repercussions of such arrangements on the working and living conditions of persons employed in transport, and should consult the International Labour Organization in regard to such repercussions and more particularly in regard to the working and living conditions of persons who, in operating such transport systems, work in or under the jurisdiction of more than one country. 5. The International Labour Organization should make available to the United Nations any information or assistance calculated to facilitate the implementation of the proposals contained in the resolution concerning economic policies for the attainment of social objectives and the present resolution and should be prepared to participate in any international conference which may be considering such proposals. IV Believing that the exceptional opportunity of the negotiations of the peace settlement should be taken to secure a concerted advance in the acceptance of binding obligations concerning conditions of labour; The Conference, reaffirming the principle of the association of management and labour in the framing of such standards— Recommends — (1) That throughout the peace settlement the United Nations should wherever appropriate include provisions for labour standards,. In a number of cases such provisons might properly be taken from Conventions or Recommendations that have been or may be adopted by the International Labour Conference; (2) That the Governing Body should appoint a consultative committee on labour provisions in the peace settlement. This committee should hold itself in readiness, together with the Director of the International Labour Office, to give advice with reference to such provisions on the request of the United Nations or of particular groups of the United Nations. This committee should have the right to co-opt additional members of special competence with respect to the particular sets of provisions under consideration ; (3) That the United Nations should make full use of this committee in any way in which they consider it appropriate to include labour provisions in the peace settlement.

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