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At a seminar, a speaker says the ILO's aims were reaffirmed in a 1944 declaration annexed to its Constitution, which states that labour is not a commodity and that poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere. Which declaration is this, and what is its status?

This is the Declaration of Philadelphia of 1944, which is annexed to the ILO Constitution. It reaffirmed that labour is not a commodity and that poverty anywhere threatens prosperity everywhere. Later declarations of 1998 and 2008 address fundamental rights and fair globalisation instead.

  1. ADeclaration of Philadelphia, annexed to the ILO ConstitutionCorrect
  2. BDeclaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted in 1998
  3. CDeclaration of Geneva, an informal resolution not part of the Constitution
  4. DDeclaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, adopted in 2008

Explanation

The Declaration of Philadelphia (1944) restated the ILO's aims and purposes, including that labour is not a commodity, and was annexed to the Constitution. The 1998 and 2008 declarations are later instruments dealing with fundamental rights and fair globalisation respectively. The Geneva option has no such constitutional status.

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