The conviction that employment is fundamental to the fight against poverty and social exclusion was a conclusion of both the World Summit on Social Development (1995) and the 24th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2000, which called upon the ILO to develop a coherent international strategy for the promotion of freely chosen productive employment. The Global Employment Agenda was the ILO's response. The Agenda's main aim is to place employment at the heart of economic and social polices. Consistent with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, it attaches particular importance to improving the productivity of working men and women, especially of the working poor. The seven proposed principles or pillars are: (1) decent work as a productive factor; (2) a pro-macroeconomic framework; (3) entrepreneurship and private investment; (4) improving the productivity and opportunities of the working poor; (5) ending discrimination in the labour market; (6) environmentally and socially sustainable growth; (7) employability and adaptability. National employment agendas for decent work are being put into place in several countries. See: Globalization; Globalization of the economy