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Can there be fair globalization?

In a significant attempt to shift international debate on globalization from confrontation to dialogue, world leaders from North and South, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), met in New York in September to launch a new global discussion on creating a fair globalization. They feel that it is essential to ensuring peace, prosperity and security for all.

The discussions were based on the conclusions of the report "A Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All", which was produced following two years of study by the World Commission and released in February of this year.
A central finding of the report is that achieving a fair globalization is essential for securing global prosperity, peace and security. A strengthened UN multilateral system is seen as the instrument for bringing about the necessary reforms and ensuring coherence between international economic, social and environmental policies.

Calling for a better balance between economic and social policies at the national and the global level, one of the key recommendations of the Report is to make "decent work" - improvements in the quality and quantity of jobs, as well as sustainable livelihoods - a global goal.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/fairglobalization/index.htm