Southem African Development Community ARTICLE 4 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 1. The specific objectives of this Protocol shall be to facilitate, through close consultation among the social partners and other stakeholders in a spirit conducive to harmonious employment and labour relations, the following: (a) setting minimum standards on employment and labour, social security, safety and health at work place and related matters; (b) providing a framework for harmonisation of policies and legislation on employment, labour and social security, safety and health standards at the work place and enhancing cohesion and common approaches to labour market challenges; (c) providing a framework for regional co-operation in the collection and dissemination of labour market information; 2. (d) promoting gender equality in the employment and labour sector, in particular equal treatment and opportunities for men and women; (e) promoting the development of institutional capacities, and vocational and technical skills in the Region; and (f) promoting employment and income-generating opportunities for all, and in particular for vulnerable groups as a basis for achieving full, freely chosen, productive and decent employment within the Region. It shall be the responsibility of each State Party to create the enabling environment in order to ensure that the objectives referred to in Articles 3 and 4 of this Protocol are implemented at national level. ARTICLE 5 BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND DOMESTICATION OF INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS 1. State Parties and other responsible institutions, as well as employers, unions and workers of State Parties shall recognise the universality and indivisibility of basic human rights proclaimed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, the Philadelphia Declaration, the ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Protocol on Employment and Labour -9