ТРЕХСТОРОННЯЯ ДЕКЛАРАЦИЯ ПРИНЦИПОВ, КАСАЮЩИХСЯ МНОГОНАЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ КОРПОРАЦИЙ И СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ. Декларация. Международная организация труда. 16.11.77

Employment promotion

     13. With  a  view to stimulating economic growth and development,
raising living standards, meeting manpower requirements and overcoming
unemployment  and  underemployment,  governments  should  declare  and
pursue,  as a major goal,  an active policy designed to promote  full,
productive and freely chosen employment <3>.
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     <3> Convention (No.  122) and Recommendation (No. 122) concerning
Employment Policy.

     14. This is particularly important in the case  of  host  country
governments  in  developing  areas  of the world where the problems of
unemployment and underemployment are at their most  serious.  In  this
connection,  the  general  conclusions adopted by the Tripartite World
Conference on Employment,  Income Distribution and Social Progress and
the  International  Division  of Labour (Geneva,  June 1976) should be
kept in mind <4>.
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     <4> ILO, World Employment Conference, Geneva, 4 - 17 June 1976.

     15. Paragraphs 13 and 14 above  establish  the  framework  within
which  due attention should be paid,  in both home and host countries,
to the employment impact of multinational enterprises.
     16. Multinational  enterprises,  particularly  when  operating in
developing  countries,  should  endeavour   to   increase   employment
opportunities  and  standards,  taking  into  account  the  employment
policies and objectives of the governments,  as well  as  security  of
employment and the long-term development of the enterprise.
     17. Before starting operations, multinational enterprises should,
wherever  appropriate,  consult  the  competent  authorities  and  the
national employers` and workers` organizations in order to keep  their
manpower plans, as far as practicable, in harmony with national social
development policies.  Such consultation,  as in the case of  national
enterprises, should continue between the multinational enterprises and
all parties concerned, including the workers` organizations.
     18. Multinational   enterprises   should  give  priority  to  the
employment,  occupational development,  promotion and  advancement  of
nationals  of  the  host  country  at  all  levels in cooperation,  as
appropriate,  with representatives of the workers employed by them  or
of the organizations of these workers and governmental authorities.
     19. Multinational  enterprises,  when  investing  in   developing
countries,  should have regard to the importance of using technologies
which generate employment, both directly and indirectly. To the extent
permitted  by  the nature of the process and the conditions prevailing
in the economic sector concerned,  they should adapt  technologies  to
the needs and characteristics of the host countries. They should also,
where possible, take part in the development of appropriate technology
in host countries.
     20. To promote employment in developing countries, in the context
of  an  expanding world economy,  multinational enterprises,  wherever
practicable,  should give consideration to the conclusion of contracts
with  national enterprises for the manufacture of parts and equipment,
to the use of local raw materials and to the progressive promotion  of
the local processing of raw materials. Such arrangements should not be
used  by  multinational  enterprises  to  avoid  the  responsibilities
embodied in the principles of this Declaration.