Resolution concerning future ILO action in the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries

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Tripartite Meeting on Labour Practices in the Footwear,
Leather, Textiles and Clothing Industries

Geneva, 16-20 October 2000

Resolution concerning future ILO action in the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries

The Tripartite Meeting on Labour Practices in the Footwear, Leather, Textiles and Clothing Industries,

Having met in Geneva from 16 to 20 October 2000,

Considering the importance of the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries to employment generation and economic development worldwide;

Adopts this twentieth day of October 2000 the following resolution:

The Tripartite Meeting on Labour Practices in the Footwear, Leather, Textiles and Clothing Industries invites the Governing Body of the International Labour Office:

to ensure that traipartite meetings on the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries take place on a regular basis, with experts' meetings for the sectors combined or separately as required;
to devote the next tripartite meeting to an examination of the promotion and application of the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries, which would include, inter alia, an examination of changes in working conditions and whether this has contributed to changes in investment, productivity, quality and competitiveness;
to ensure that the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries continue to receive adequate attention and resources to develop further the levels of technical cooperation and research;
to request the Director-General:
1. To continue the promotion throughout the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principle and Rights at Work and the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, as well as all relevant ILO Conventions and Recommendations;
2. to allocate sufficient resources to the ILO's future work programme and budget to provide for technical assistance to governments and works' and employers' organizations in the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries;
3. to include in the work programme, regional and subregional meetings specific to the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries;
4. to include in the working programme meetings of experts on isues such as:
  1. health and safety;
  2. informalization and other new forms of work practices;
  3. voluntary corporate codes of conduct;
  4. employment practices in export processing zones;
  5. the methodology of calculating a minimum living wage in the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries;
5. to arrange for the further collection and dissemination of statistics, specific and relevant to the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries.

Updated by SP/BR. Approved by JPS/OdVR. Last update: 20 May 2002.