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 3490 Text in force on 9 October 1946 SECTION I ORGANISATION OF LABOUR Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establish- ment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice; And whereas conditions of la- bour exist involving such injustice, hardship and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are im- perilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently re- quired: as, for example, by the regulation of the hours of work, including the establishment of a maximum working day and week, the regulation of the labour sup- ply, the prevention of unemploy- ment, the provision of an adequate living wage, the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his em- ployment, the protection of chil- dren, young persons and women, provision for old age and injury, protection of the interests of workers when employed in coun- tries other than their own, recog- nition of the principle of freedom of association, the organisation of vocational and technical educa- tion and other measures; Whereas also the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way Amended Text PREAMBLE Whereas universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice; And whereas conditions of la- bour exist involving such injustice, hardship and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are im- perilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently re- quired: as, for example, by the regulation of the hours of work, including the establishment of a maximum working day and week, the regulation of the labour supply, the prevention of unemployment, the provision of an adequate living wage, the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and in- jury arising out of his employ- ment, the protection of children, young persons and women, pro- vision for old age and injury, pro- tection of the interests of workers when employed in countries other than their own, recognition of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, recogni- tion of the principle of freedom of association, the organisation of vocational and technical education and other measures; Whereas also the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. ANNEX THE CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION

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