Social Affairs. 1. Member States agree to ensure the full participation and rational utilisation of their human resources in their development efforts with a view to eliminating other social scourges plaguing the continent. 2. To this end they undertake to: (a) Encourage the exchange of experiences and information on literacy, vocational training and employment; (b) Xxxxxxxxx gradually their labour and social security legislation with a view to eliminating poverty and promoting balanced socio-economic development within the Community; (c) Take necessary measures for the survival and development of the child and the protection of the child against abuse, neglect and exploitation; (d) Provide disabled persons with adequate training likely to facilitate their social integration and enable them contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the Community; (e) Create conditions conducive to the training of young school leavers, and other youth, in order to enable them to be gainfully employed; (f) Adopt, coordinate and harmonize their policies with a view to ensuring a decent life for the aged; and (g) harmonize their efforts to put an end to the illegal production, trafficking and use of narcotic drugs and psycho4ropic substances and formulate sensitization and rehabilitation programmes in this field.
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