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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
VOLUME
SERIES
1975
LVII
A
GENERAL INDEX 1
FOR 1975
Number and Page
Accident Prevention on Board Ships at Sea and in Ports, Meeting of Experts on:
Date and place
3 228
Africa:
See Small Enterprise Development Schemes in Africa ; African Advisory
Committee.
African Advisory Committee:
Sixth Session:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
2 123
1 5-6 3 229
3 227
Agricultural Education and Training, Joint FAO-UNESCO-ILO Advisory
Committee on:
Date and place
2 133
Allocations Committee:
Composition
Report : action by the Governing Body
3 216
3 199
America:
See American States Members of the ILO, Tenth Conference of ; InterAmerican Advisory Committee.
American States Members of the ILO, Tenth Conference of:
Agenda
Conclusions, recommendations and resolutions adopted (" The Mexico City
Declaration")
Date and place
Record: action by the Governing Body at its 195th Session
Participation of observers
Appeals Board:
See Conference, 60th (1975) Session.
2 160
2 162-174
2 132
2 136-138
2 131
Asia:
See Asian Advisory Committee ; Asian Regional Conference ; Management
in Asia, Social Responsibilities of; Tenancy Legislation in Asia.
Asian Advisory Committee:
Composition for the period 1975-78
1
The bold-face figures refer to the numbers of the Official Bulletin. The light-face figures indicate the pages.
16-7
Number and Page
Asian Regional Conference, Eighth:
Appointment of Governing Body representatives
Date and place
Participation of observers :
Non-governmental organisation
Assistant Director-General:
Appointment of Dr. Salih K. Burgan (Jordan) as Assistant Director-General :
action by the Governing Body
3 229
2 132 3 227
2131
3 212
B
Budget of the ILO:
See Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations, Working Party
on the ; Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee.
c
Chemical Industries Committee:
Eighth Session:
Date and place
International non-governmental organisations
Chile:
See Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission ; Resolutions adopted by the
International Labour Conference.
3 227
3 203
Civil Aviation, Preparatory Meeting for:
Agenda
Date and place
Effect to be given to the conclusions: action by the Governing B o d y . . . .
2 159
2 159
2 146
Civil Aviation, Tripartite Technical Meeting for:
Agenda
2 143
Coal Mines Committee:
10th Session:
Date and place
3 227
Collective Bargaining, Tripartite Advisory Meeting on:
Agenda
2 128
Composition
3 209-210, 224-225
Date and place
3 227
Conference, International Labour:
60th (1975) Session:
Agenda
11
Appeals Board: composition
2 154-155
Date and place
2 132
Declaration of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women
Workers
1 96-100
Excerpt from the Twelfth Report of the Selection Committee . . . .
1 107
Excerpts from the Reports of the Standing Orders Committee . . . .
1 105-107
Excerpt from the Report of the Committee on Structure
1 100-105
Non-governmental international organisations
2 154, 155 3 212-213
Non-metropolitan territories
2 155 3 212
264
Number and Page
61st (1976) Session:
Agenda
Date and place
62nd (Maritime) Session:
Date and place
63rd (1977) Session:
Agenda
See also Resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference ; World
Conference on Employment.
Constitution of the ILO:
Instruments of Amendment, 1964: ratifications or acceptances: Kuwait,
Libyan Arab Republic, Netherlands
Instrument of Amendment, 1972: ratifications or acceptances:
— Argentina, German Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Republic,
Niger, Poland, Sudan, Thailand, Venezuela
— Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Ecuador
Conventions, International Labour:
Annulment of the denunciation by Brazil of the Labour Clauses (Public
Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94)
Cancellation of declarations of application of Conventions:
France
Declarations concerning the application of Conventions to non-metropolitan
territories :
France, United Kingdom
Netherlands, United Kingdom
Denunciations of Conventions :
Cameroon, United Republic of
Extensions of Conventions :
Cameroon, United Republic of; Somalia
Notification of the coming into force of the:
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139)
Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140)
Ratifications of Conventions:
Australia
Barbados
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Ecuador
Finland
France
Gabon
German Democratic Republic
Germany, Federal Republic of
Greece
Guatemala
Guyana
Hungary
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Libyan Arab Republic
Morocco
3 195-196
3 228
3 228
3 195
1 10
110
3 235
1 25-26
1 25
1 16-25
3 238
1 16
1 15-16
1 26
1 26
3 238
1
1
1
1
Ill
1 11
3 236
1 11
3 236
12 3 236
1 12
3 237
1 12
12 3 237
13 3 237
1 13
3 237
1 13
1 13
13 3 237
1 13
1 13
3 237
1 13-14
1 14
Number and Page
Nepal
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Kingdom
Upper Volta
Yugoslavia
Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142): text . . . .
Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143):
text
Rural Workers'Organisations Convention, 1975 (No. 141): text
See also Standing Orders and the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, Committee on.
Conventions and Recommendations, Committee of Experts on the Application of:
Composition : action by the Governing Body
45th Session :
Date and place
Report
46th Session :
Date and place
1 14
3 237
1 14
3 237
3 237
1 14
115
1 15 3 237
1 15
115
1 15 3 238
115
1 15
1 15 3 238
1 32-35
1 35-42
128-31
2 120-121, 148
2 132, 3 227
3 232
3 227
Copyright and the Rights of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting
Organisations:
See Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Latin-American and Caribbean Symposium.
D
Deputy Directors-General, Appointment of:
Mr. Bertil Bolin (Sweden)
Mr. Surendra K. Jain (India)
Mr. John W. McDonald Jr. (United States)
2 153
3 212
2 153
Development Decade:
See United Nations Development Decade.
Director-General :
Reports to the Governing Body:
194th Session
195th Session
196th Session
197th Session
2
2
3
3
129-132
152-155
211-213
225-226
Discrimination, Committee on:
3 220
Dock Work, Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in:
Agenda
Date and place
3 224
3 227
266
Number and Page
E
Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment in the European Region,
Symposium on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
Ergonomics :
See Symposium on the Practical
Agriculture and Forestry.
Applications
of Ergonomics to
Europe:
See Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment
Region ; European Regional Conference.
3 232-233
2 148-150
2 132
3 197-198
Industry,
in the European
European Regional Conference, Second:
Resolutions : action by the Governing Body
3 211-212
Evaluation of I L O Technical Co-operation Activities :
See Technical Co-operation Activities.
Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association :
Report concerning Chile: action by the Governing Body . . .
Report concerning Lesotho: action by the Governing Body . .
Financial and Administrative Committee:
See Programme, Financial and Administrative
3 196
3 222
Committee.
Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations, Working Party on the:
Composition
Reports : action by the Governing Body—
at its 194th Session
3 220
2 116-117
2 141
3 199
Fishing Vessels, Joint FAO-ILO-IMCO Meeting of Consultants on Safety on
Board:
Report: action by the Governing Body
2 142
Food Products and Drink Industries, Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the:
Agenda
2 143-144
Forestry:
See Symposium on the Practical Applications
of Ergonomics to
Industry,
Freedom of Association, Committee on:
146th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 194th Session
150th Report: action by the Governing Body at its 196th Session
151st Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 196th Session
152nd Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 197th Session
77ie texts of these Reports appear in Official Bulletin, 1975, Series B.
19-220
2 113
2 113
2 139
2 139
3 198
3 198
3 222
267
Number and Page
G
Governing Body of the ILO:
Appointment of Governing Body representatives on various bodies 2 133, 156-157 3 228-230
1 2-4
Officers of the Governing Body:
Election for 1975-76
3 214
Reports
2 131-132, 155 3 213
194th Session:
Agenda
2 109-110
Date and place
2 109
195th Session:
Agenda
2 134-135
Date and place
2 134
196th Session:
Agenda
3 193-194
Date and place
3 193
197th Session:
Agenda
3 214
Date and place
3 214
198th Session:
Date and place
2 133 3 227
199th Session:
Date and place
3 227
200th Session:
Date and place
3 228
201st Session:
Date and place
3 228
See also Director-General : Reports to the Governing Body.
H
Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments, Second Tripartite Technical
Meeting for:
Agenda
Date and place
Conclusions and resolutions adopted
Effect to be given to the conclusions and resolutions : action by the Governing
Body
2 161
2 161
2 180-191
3 199
I
Income Distribution :
See World Conference on Employment.
Industrial Activities Committee:
Composition
Reports
Industrial and Analogous Committees:
Fifth general review of the membership
Industrial Relations Information Systems, Meeting of Experts on:
Date and place
268
3 217
2 118-120, 142-146 3 199-204
2119
3 200
3 228
Number and Page
Institute for Labour Studies, International:
Appointment of Director
Composition of the Board
2 153
3 221
Inter-American Advisory Committee:
Fifth Session :
Date and place
17-8
3 228
International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training:
3 221-222
International Institute for Labour Studies :
See Institute.
International Organisations Committee:
Composition
Reports: action by the Governing Body
3 218
2 118, 141-142
Iron and Steel Committee:
Ninth Session :
Date and place
Israel :
Request for a special survey concerning certain allegations relating to discrimination in the field of employment
3 228
2 132 3 227
3 203
2 154
J
Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Latin-American and Caribbean Symposium on
Copyright and the Rights of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations:
Date and place
2 156 3 227
L
Latin-American and Caribbean Symposium:
Lesotho:
See Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission.
Liberation Movements:
See Participation of Representatives of Liberation Movements.
M
Management in Asia, Meeting of Experts on Social Responsibilities of:
Agenda
Date and place
2 160
2 160
2 139
Maritime Commission, Joint:
22nd Session:
Date and place
3 228
269
Number and Page
Maritime Conference, Preparatory Technical :
Composition
Date and piace
2 133
Meetings Held, Major Advisory and Other:
3 229
2 152
3 227
2 158-161
3 231-234
Meetings, Programme of:
2 132-133, 155-156
3 226-228
Membership of the International Labour Organisation :
Swaziland
19
Metal Trades Committee:
Tenth Session:
Agenda
2 142-143
Mexico City Declaration, The:
See American States Members of the ILO, Tenth Conference of.
Migrant Workers, Meeting of Experts on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
2 150-151
Migrant Workers, Symposium on Workers' Education Needs of:
Mines Other than Coal Mines, Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for:
Agenda
Date and place
Mines, Panel of Consultants on Safety in:
Composition
2 128 3 208
3 207-208, 223
3 227
2 136
3
2
3
2
233
157
233
132
2118
2 121
N
New Wage Systems and Structures in Industrialised Countries, Meeting of Experts
on:
Agenda
Date and place
Noise and Vibration in the Working Environment, Meeting of Experts on :
Agenda . :
Composition
Date and place
2 128
2 133
2 161
2 123-124
2 132
O
Obituary :
Mr. Henryk Altman
Mr. Abbas Ammar
Mr. Toshichika Anyoji
Mr. Erik Dreyer
270
2 130
2 152-153
2 130
3 225
Number and Page
Sir Joseph Hallsworth
Mr. Paul G. Hoffman
Mr. Claude Jodoin
Lord McNair of Gleniffer
Mr. Vadakke Menon
Mr. Albert Monk
Mr. Konrad Nordahl
Mr. Yujiro Ohno
Mr. Francisco Olivo
Mr. Louis Saillant
Mr. Friedrich Sitzler
UThant
Mr. Earl Warren
2
2
2
2
2
Occupational Cancer, Panel of Consultants on:
Composition
2 130
2 130
3 211
3 211
152-153
152-153
3 211
2 130
152-153
2 130
152-153
152-153
2 130
3 204, 223
Occupational Health, Joint ILO-WHO Committee on:
Seventh Session :
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
Note on the meeting
Operational Programmes, Committee on:
Agenda for the November 1975 meeting
3
2
2 132 3
3
234
150
234
234
2 147
3 218-219
2 146-147
Optimisation of the Working Environment, Symposium on New Trends in the:
See Working Environment.
Organisations with Regional Consultative Status:
European Trade Union Confederation
Organisation of African Trade Union Unity
Pan-African Workers' Congress
2 155
2 155
2 155
P
Participation of Representatives of Liberation Movements in the Conference and in
Other ILO Meetings :
Action by the Governing Body
2112
Pension Schemes, Symposium on the Effects of Inflation and Currency Instability on:
Date and place
3 227
Plantations, Committee on Work on:
Seventh Session :
Agenda
Date and place
2 143
3 228
Postal and Telecommunication Services, Joint Meeting on Conditions of Work and
Employment in:
,,
Date and place
3 228
Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference:
See Maritime Conference.
271
Number and Page
Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee:
Reports: action by the Governing Body—
See also Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations.
Public Service, Joint Committee on the:
Second Session :
Composition
Date and place
Participation of observers:
Public Service, Technical Conference on the:
Agenda
Conclusions adopted
Date and place
Intergovernmental organisations
3 215
2
2
3
3
113-116
139-141
198-199
222-223
3 229
3 206-207, 224
2 133 3 227
3 202-203
3 232
2 156-157
3 239-241
2 132
2 126
2 127
3 197
R
Radiation Protection in Mining and Milling of Uranium and Thorium, ELO-WHOIAEA Symposium on:
Date and place
Note on the meeting
Recommendations, International Labour:
Human Resources Development Recommendation, 1975 (No. 150): text . .
Migrant Workers Recommendation, 1975 (No. 151): text
Rural Workers' Organisations Recommendation, 1975 (No. 149): text . . .
Regional Advisory Committees:
Resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 59th (1974)
Session:
Action by the Governing Body at its 194th Session:
Convocation by the ILO of a Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social Progress and the International Division of Labour
Future ILO action in the field of migrant workers
Paid educational leave
Policy of discrimination, racism and violation of trade union rights
practised by the Israeli authorities in Palestine and in other occupied
Arab territories
272
2-158
2-158
1 49-69
1 69-75
1 43-48
15-8
2 112
2 111
2 111
2 112, 135
Number and Page
Social and economic consequences of preventive action (occupational
cancer)
Special arrangements (occupational cancer)
2 111
2 110-111
Session:
Adoption of the Programme and Budget for the 55th financial period
(1976-77) and the allocation of expenses among Member States . . . .
Composition of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour
Organisation
Confidential staff list
Contribution of small and medium undertakings to economic and social
progress and to the creation of employment, in particular in developing
countries
Equal status and equal opportunity for women and men in occupation and
employment
Establishment of a Publications Revolving Fund and the use of receipts from
the rental of ILO premises
Future action of the International Labour Organisation in the field of
working conditions and environment
Granting of permission to vote to the Republic of Bolivia
Granting of permission to vote to the Yemen Arab Republic
Human and trade union rights in Chile
Action by the Governing Body at its 197th Session
Industrialisation, the guarantee of employment and the protection of the
incomes of workers
Payment of an additional annuity into the ILO Staff Pensions Fund . . .
Plan of action with a view to promoting equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers
Redistribution of the proposed expenditure budget according to the revised
programme structure
Reimbursement to the Working Capital Fund of part of the withdrawals
made in 1974-75 under supplementary credits
Rural development
To place on the agenda of the next ordinary session of the Conference an
item entitled " Establishment of Tripartite Machinery to Promote the
Implementation of International Labour Standards "
Vocational rehabilitation and social reintegration of disabled or handicapped
persons
Road Transport, Meeting of Experts on Hours of Work and Rest Periods in:
Agenda
Date and place
Rural Development, Advisory Committee on:
Composition
Eighth Session:
Agenda
Conclusions adopted
Date and place
2 159
2 175-179
2 159
2 136
Rural Workers and Their Organisations, Symposium on Workers' Education
Methods and Techniques for:
Agenda
Composition
2 125 3 232
2 125-126
1 94-95
1 93
1 92
1 79-80
1 91-92
1 93
1 81-84
1 92
1 92
1 76-77
3 226
1 84-85
1 94
1 85-91
1 95
1 94
1 77-79
1 85
1 80-81
2 160
2 160
2 146
2 123
Number and Page
Date and place
2 132
3 197
S
Safety and Health:
See Accident Prevention on Board Ships ; Dock Work ; Fishing Vessels ;
Mines, Panel of Consultants on Safety in ; Radiation Protection.
Salaried Employees and Professional Workers, Advisory Committee on:
Agenda
Date and place
Effect given and to be given to the conclusions and resolutions : action by the
Governing Body
Shift Work and New Patterns of Working Time in Industrialised Countries, Symposium on:
Date and place
2 158
2 158-159
2 158
2 144-145
3 228
Ships, Accident Prevention on Board Ships at Sea and in Ports:
See Accident Prevention.
Small Enterprise Development Schemes in Africa, Meeting of Experts on:
Date and place
Social Security Experts, Committee of:
Composition
Date and place
3 228
2 121-122, 147
3 227
Social Security Experts, Meeting of Selected Members of the Committee of:
Agenda
2 148
Composition
2 147-148 3 208-209
Standing Orders and the Application of Conventions and Recommendations,
Committee on:
Composition
Reports : action by the Governing Body
3 216
2 117-118, 141
Structure, Working Party on:
Appointment of Governing Body representative
2 157
Date and place
2 132, 156 3 226
See also Conference, 60th Session (Excerpt from the Report of the Committee
on Structure).
Swaziland:
See Membership of the International Labour Organisation.
Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to Industry, Agriculture
and Forestry:
Date and place
2 159
T
Teachers, Joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of
the Recommendation concerning the Status of:
Third Session:
Composition
Date and place
274
3 207
3 227
Number and Page
Technical Co-operation:
•• See Operational Programmes, Committee on ; Technical Co-operation
Activities.
Technical Co-operation Activities, Establishment of a Tripartite Team for the
Evaluation of ILO:
Composition and terms of reference : action by the Governing Body . . .
Tenancy Legislation in Asia, Meeting of Experts on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
3 225-226
2 127
2 151-152 3 209, 223-224
2 155-156 3 227
Textiles Committee:
Tenth Session:
Agenda
2 143
Trade, Development Co-operation, Employment and Labour:
Study on the effects of trade expansion on employment in developing and
developed countries : action by the Governing Body
2112
Trade Unionists, Symposium on Economic Education for:
Agenda
Date and place
2 161
2 161
3 197
Training, Joint IMCO-ILO Committee on:
Fourth Session:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
Note on the meeting
Understanding between the Director-General of the ILO and the SecretaryGeneral of IMCO concerning the Joint Committee : text
2 124
2 124-125
2 132
3 231
3 254-255
Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining:
See Collective Bargaining.
Tripartite Technical Meeting for Civil Aviation:
See Civil Aviation.
Tripartite Technical Meeting (Second) for the Food Products and Drink Industries:
See Food Products and Drink Industries.
Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social
Progress and the International Division of Labour:
See World Conference.
Turin Centre:
See International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training.
u
United Nations Development Decade, Second:
Review and appraisal : action by the Governing Body
2118
Uranium and Thorium:
See Radiation Protection.
275
Number and Page
w
Wages:
See New Wage Systems and Structures in Industrialised Countries, Meeting of
Experts on.
Women Workers, Declaration of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for:
See Conference, 60th Session.
Women Workers, Panel of Consultants on the Problems of:
Composition
Women's Year, International :
2 121, 148
2 142
Woodworking Industries, Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the:
Agenda
Date and place
3 231
3 242-253
2 132 3 242
Workers' Education:
See Rural Workers and Their Organisations ; Migrant Workers.
Workers' Education, Panel of Consultants on:
Composition
3 204-206
Working Environment, Meeting of Experts on Noise and Vibration in the:
See Noise and Vibration.
Working Environment, Symposium on New Trends in the Optimisation of the:
Date and place
3 228
Working Time:
See Shift Work and New Patterns of Working Time.
World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social Progress and the
International Division of Labour, Tripartite:
Agenda
Date and place
3 194
3 228
Y
Young Workers, Panel of Consultants on the Problems of:
Composition
276
2 121
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. LVIII, 1975
Series A, No. 1
CONTENTS
Information
Page
60th Session of the International Labour Conference (Geneva, 4-25 June 1975)
Composition of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office for the Period 19751978
Composition of the Regional Advisory Committees for the Period 1975-1978
Membership of the International Labour Organisation : Swaziland
Official Measures Taken regarding Decisions of the International Labour Conference:
Instruments for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation (Nos. 1, 2 and 3), 1964
Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, 1972
Ratifications of International Labour Conventions and Declarations concerning the Application of Conventions to Non-Metropolitan Territories
1
2
5
9
10
10
11
Documents
CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, RESOLUTIONS,
AND ADDITIONAL TEXTS AND DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR CONFERENCE AT ITS 60TH SESSION
(Geneva, 1975)
Conventions and Recommendations
No.
141.
142.
Convention concerning organisations of rural workers and their role in economic and
social development
Convention concerning vocational guidance and vocational training in the development of human resources
28
32
t
it
No.
143.
149.
150.
151.
Page
Convention concerning migrations in abusive conditions and the promotion of equality
of opportunity and treatment of migrant workers
Recommendation concerning organisations of rural workers and their role in economic
and social development
Recommendation concerning vocational guidance and vocational training in the
development of human resources
Recommendation concerning migrant workers
35
43
49
69
Resolutions
I. Resolution concerning human and trade union rights in Chile
II. Resolution concerning rural development
III. Resolution concerning the contribution of small and medium undertakings to economic
and social progress and to the creation of employment, in particular in developing
countries
IV. Resolution concerning vocational rehabilitation and social reintegration of disabled
or handicapped persons
V. Resolution concerning future action of the International Labour Organisation in the
field of working conditions and environment
VI. Resolution concerning industrialisation, the guarantee of employment and the protection of the incomes of workers
VII. Resolution to place on the agenda of the next ordinary session of the Conference an
item entitled " Establishment of tripartite machinery to promote the implementation
of international labour standards "
VIII. Resolution concerning a plan of action with a view to promoting equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers
IX. Resolution concerning equal status and equal opportunity for women and men in
occupation and employment
X. Resolution concerning the granting of permission to vote to the Republic of Bolivia .
XI. Resolution concerning the granting of permission to vote to the Yemen Arab Republic
XII. Resolution concerning the confidential staff list
XIII. Resolution concerning the establishment of a publications revolving fund and the use
of receipts from the rental of ILO premises
XIV. Resolution concerning the composition of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation
XV. Resolution concerning the payment of an additional annuity into the ILO Staff Pensions Fund
XVI. Resolution concerning the reimbursement to the Working Capital Fund of part of the
withdrawals made in 1974-75 under supplementary credits
XVII. Resolution concerning the adoption of the programme and budget for the 55th financial
period (1976-77) and the allocation of expenses among member States
XVIII. Resolution concerning the redistribution of the proposed expenditure budget according
to the revised programme structure
76
77
79
80
81
84
85
85
91
92
92
92
93
93
94
94
94
95
Additional Texts and Decisions
Declaration on equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers
Excerpt from the report of the Committee on Structure
Excerpt from the first report of the Standing Orders Committee
Excerpt from the second report of the Standing Orders Committee
Excerpt from the twelfth report of the Selection Committee
96
100
105
106
107
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. LVIII
1975
Series A, No. 1
INFORMATION
60th Session of the International Labour Conference1
(Geneva, 4-25 June 1975)
The agenda of the Conference was as follows :
I. Report of the Director-General.
II. Programme and budget proposals and other financial questions.
III. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations.
IV. Organisations of rural workers and their role in economic and social development (second discussion).
V. Migrant workers (second discussion).
VI. Human resources development: vocational guidance and vocational training
(second discussion).
VII. Establishment of national tripartite machinery to improve the implementation
of ILO standards (first discussion).
VIII. Equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers (general discussion).
IX. Report of the Working Party on Structure.
The Conference adopted the Programme and Budget for the 55th Financial
Period (1976-77), a number of instruments, resolutions and several amendments to its
Standing Orders. In addition, the Conference continued its formal examination of the
outstanding questions of structure. It also took note of the Eleventh Special Report
of the Director-General on the Application of the Declaration concerning the Policy
of Apartheid of the Republic of South Africa.
1
The texts of the instruments, resolutions and other decisions adopted by the Conference appear on
pp. 28-107 below. In due course the International Labour Office will publish the Record of Proceedings of
the 60th Session of the Conference. This will contain lists of members of delegations, committees and
Conference officers, the verbatim record of the discussions in plenary sitting, and appendices containing the
reports of committees and the texts adopted by the Conference.
1
Composition of the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office for the Period 1975-1978
As a result of the elections carried out by the respective electoral colleges of the
International Labour Conference on 11 June 1975, the composition of the Governing
Body of the International Labour OflSce for the period 1975-1978 is as follows:
Regular members
Government members:
Australia.
Norway.
Brazil.
Pakistan.
Canada.1
Panama.
China.1
Somalia.
France.1
Sudan.
Germany, Federal Republic of.1
Togo.
Guinea.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Hungary.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.1
India.1
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Iran.
and Northern Ireland.1
1
Italy.
United States of America.1
Japan.1
Venezuela.
Kuwait.
Yugoslavia.
Zaire.
Liberia.
Mexico.
Employer members:
Mr. A. Abate (Ethiopia).
Mr. I. M. Ahmed (Sudan).
Mr. G. Bergenstròm (Sweden).
Mr. J. A. G. Coates (United Ku
Mr. C. Diallo Dramey (Congo)
Mr. M. Ghayour (Iran).
Mr. W.-D. Lindner (Federal Republic of Germany).
Mr. F. Martínez Espino O. (Venezuela).
Mr. M. Nasr (Lebanon).
Mr. J. J. Oechslin (France).
Mr. C. H. Smith (United States).
Mr. N. H. Tata (India).
Mr. C. Végh Garzón (Uruguay).
Mr. K. F. Yoshimura (Japan).
Worker members:
Mr. I. Brown (United States).
Mr. Y. Haraguchi (Japan).
Mr. R. J. Hawke (Australia).
1
Members holding non-elective seats as States of chief industrial importance.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
C. Herreras (Argentina).
M. Makhlouf (Tunisia).
K. Mehta (India).
J. Morris (Canada).
G. Muhr (Federal Republic of Germany).
E. O. A. Odeyemi (Nigeria).
P. T. Pimenov (USSR).
C. T. H. Plant (UnitedKingdom).
B. Robel (Madagascar).
A. Sánchez Madariaga (Mexico).
O. Sunde (Norway).
Deputy members
Government deputy members:
Argentina.
Mauritius.
Austria.
Poland.
Burundi.
Romania.
United Republic of Cameroon.
Sierra Leone,
Colombia.
Sri Lanka.
Cuba.
Tanzania.
Greece.
Thailand.
Honduras.
Tunisia.
Indonesia.
Turkey.
Employer deputy members:
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
W. Asfour (Jordan).
F. Bannerman-Menson (Ghana).
S. B. Chambers (Jamaica).
M. Conde Bandrés (Spain).
F. Moukoko Kingue (United Republic of Cameroon).
J. A. Ola (Nigeria).
P. Polese (Italy).
G. Polites (Australia).
F. K. Richan (Canada).
I. Seydi (Senegal).
A. Verschueren (Belgium).
A. Vitaic Jakasa (Argentina).
F. Yllanes Ramos (Mexico).
C. Zalila (Tunisia).
Worker deputy members:
Mr. G. Ben-Israel (Israel).
Mr. J. Coffie (Ivory Coast).
Mr. B. Fassina (Italy).
Mr. S. E. M. Gharib (Egypt).
Mr. J. González Navarro (Venezuela).
Mr. Kikongi di Mwinsa (Zaire).
Mr. D. T. Mendoza (Philippines).
Mr. J. R. Mercado (Colombia).
Mrs. L. Munteanu (Romania).
Mr. R. Salanne (France).
Mr. B. Solomon (Ethiopia).
Mr. A. Sudono (Indonesia).
Mr. G. Weissenberg (Austria).
Mr. S. J. H. Zaidi (Malaysia).
Employer and Worker substitute deputy members
Employer substitutes:
Mr. A. AI-Jasem (Kuwait).
Mr. E. S. Appadurai (Sri Lanka).
Mr. H. Bekti (Indonesia).
Mr. A. E. Benjamin (Sierra Leone).
Mr. A. Desmaison Seminario (Peru).
Mr. D. Gonzales Blanco (Brazil).
Miss C. Hak (Netherlands).
Mr. R. Huber-Rübel (Switzerland).
Mr. M. T. Hussain (Pakistan).
Mr. R. Ibrahimoglu (Turkey).
Mr. G. Y. L. Lee (Malaysia).
Mr. M. Montt Balmaceda (Chile).
Mr. Munga-wa-Nyasa (Zaire).
Mr. D. Sansal (Algeria).
Mr. M. Toure (Mauritania).
Mr. F. Uribe Restrepo (Colombia).
Worker substitutes:1
Mr. K. Ahmed (Pakistan).
Mr. N. Zimba (Zambia).
Mr. S. Thondaman (Sri Lanka).
Mr. F. Walcott (Barbados).
Mr. B. Kabore (Upper Volta).
Mr. G. Palmer (Sierra Leone).
Mr. G. Chua (Singapore).
Mr. J. F. da Silva (Brazil).
Mr. J. Cruzado Zavala (Peru).
Mr. J. Saba (Lebanon).
Mr. M. Jagdambi (Mauritius).
Mr. J. Clivaz (Switzerland).
Mr. J. Knox (New Zealand).
Mr. P. Theofanopoulos (Greece).
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4
In order of priority.
Composition of the Regional Advisory Committees
for the Period 1975-1978
As a result of the elections which took place on 18 and 19 June 1975 at the
60th Session of the International Labour Conference and of the nominations made,
on the proposal of the groups, by the Governing Body at its 197th Session (Thursday,
26 June 1975) to complete the membership of the Regional Advisory Committees, the
composition of these Committees, including ex officio members, is as follows for the
period 1975-1978:
African Advisory Committee
Government members:
Burundi.1
Nigeria.3
1
Rwanda.3
2
Congo.
Sierra Leone.1
3
Egypt.
Somalia.1
1
Guinea.
Sudan.1
3
Kenya.
Swaziland.2
1
Liberia.
Tanzania.1
2
Libyan Arab Republic.
Togo.1
1
Mauritius.
Tunisia.1
2
Niger.
Zaire.1
Employer members:
Mr. A. Abate l (Ethiopia) ;
Substitute: Mr. D. Richmond (Kenya).
Mr. I. M. Ahmed1 (Sudan) ;
Substitute: Mr. J. Oguti (Uganda).
Mr. F. Bannerman-Menson1 (Ghana) ;
Substitute: Mr. A. Vignon (Togo).
Mr. M. Bouhaddane 3 (Morocco) ;
Substitute: Mr. D. Sansal (Algeria).
Mr. C. Diallo Dramey x (Congo) ;
Substitute: Mr. Munga-wa-Nyasa (Zaire).
Mr. F. Moukoko Kingue1 (United Republic of Cameroon);
Substitute: Mr. F. C. Sumbwe (Zambia).
Mr. J. A. Ola 1 (Nigeria) ;
Substitute: Mr. A. E. Benjamin (Sierra Leone).
Mr. I. Seydi1 (Senegal) ;
Substitute: Mr. D. Traore (Mali).
1
Ex officio member as a regular or deputy member of the Governing Body.
' Elected by the appropriate electoral college at the 60th Session (1975) of the International Labour
Conference.
* Nominated by the Governing Body at its 197th Session (June 1975).
5
Mr. S. B. Traore 3 (Guinea) ;
Substitute: Mr. J.-de-D. Dessande (Central African Republic).
Mr. C. Zalilax (Tunisia) ;
Substitute: Mr. I. Hafez (Libyan Arab Republic).
Worker members:
Mr. J. Boy3 (Kenya).
Mr. J. Coffie 1 (Ivory Coast).
Mr. B. Diagne 2 (Senegal).
Mr. S. E. M. Gharib 1 (Egypt).
Mr. A. Gray 3 (Liberia).
Mr. Kikongi di Mwinsa1 (Zaire).
Mr. M. Makhlouf1 (Tunisia).
Mr. E. O. A. Odeyemix (Nigeria).
Mr. B. Robel 1 (Madagascar).
Mr. B. Solomonx (Ethiopia).
Substitutes:
Mr. A. M. Issifu (Ghana).
Mr. G. Indassy-Gnaubault (Gabon).
Mr. A. Nefashi (Libyan Arab Republic).
Mr. H. Bennani (Morocco).
Asian Advisory Committee
Government members:
Australia.1
Bangladesh.2
China.1
Fiji.3
India.1
Indonesia.1
Iran.1
Japan.1
New Zealand.3
Pakistan.1
Philippines.2
Sri Lanka.1
Thailand.1
USSR.1
Employer members:
Mr. H. Bekti2 (Indonesia).
Mr. M. Ghayour1 (Iran).
Mr. G. Y. L. Lee 2 (Malaysia).
Mr. A. Periquet3 (Philippines).
Mr. G. Polîtes1 (Australia).
Mr. N . H . T a t a 1 (India).
Mr. K. F. Yoshimura1 (Japan).
Substitutes:
Mr. E. S. Appadurai (Sri Lanka).
Mr. M. T. Hussain (Pakistan).
Mr. P. J. Luxford (New Zealand).
1
* Elected by the appropriate electoral college at the 60th Session (1975) of the International Labour
Conference.
• Nominated by the Governing Body at its 197th Session (June 1975).
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Worker members:
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Y. Haraguchi * (Japan).
R. J. Hawke 1 (Australia).
K. Mehta * (India).
D. T. Mendoza x (Philippines).
P. T. Pimenov 1 (USSR).
A. Sudono x (Indonesia).
S. J. H. Zaidi 1 (Malaysia).
Substitutes:
Mr. K. Ahmad (Pakistan).
Mr. S. Thondaman (Sri Lanka).
Mr. G. Chua (Singapore).
Mr. J. Knox (New Zealand).
Mr. B. Badmaarag (Mongolia).
Inter-American Advisory Committee
Government members:
Argentina. 1
Brazil.1
Canada. 1
Colombia. 1
Costa Rica.3
Cuba. 1
Ecuador.2
Honduras. 1
Jamaica. 3
Mexico.1
Nicaragua. 2
Panama. 1
Peru.2
Trinidad and Tobago. 1
United States. 1
Venezuela.1
Employer members:
Mr. S. B. Chambers x (Jamaica) ;
Substitute: Mr. D. N. Lewis (Barbados).
Mr. F. Martínez Espino 0 . 1 (Venezuela);
Substitute: Mr. D. Gonzales Blanco (Brazil).
Mr. F. K. Richan x (Canada) ;
Substitute: Mrs. D. Mahabir (Trinidad and Tobago).
Mr. O. Ruiz Roman 3 (Nicaragua) ;
Substitute: Mr. J. G. Montenegro (Panama).
Mr. C. H. Smith 1 (United States) ;
Substitute: Mr. F. Uribe Restrepo (Colombia).
Mr. C. Vegh Garzón 1 (Uruguay);
Substitute: Mr. M. Montt Balmaceda (Chile).
Mr. A. Vitaic Jakasa 1 (Argentina) ;
Substitute: Mr. J. Saenz Pérez (Ecuador).
Mr. F. Yllanes Ramos 1 (Mexico) ;
Substitute: Mr. A. Desmaison Seminario (Peru).
> Ex officio member as a regular or deputy member of the Governing Body.
1
Elected by the appropriate electoral college at the 60th Session (1975) of the International Labour
Conference.
» Nominated by the Governing Body at its 197th Session (June 1975).
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Worker members:
Mr. I. Brown 1 (UnitedStates).
Mr. P. Dean Butcher2 (Panama).
Mr. J. González Navarro 1 (Venezuela).
Mr. C. Herreras * (Argentina).
Mr. R. Ishmael3 (Guyana).
Mr. J. R. Mercado1 (Colombia).
Mr. J. Morris 1 (Canada).
Mr. A. Sánchez Madariaga1 (Mexico).
Substitutes:
Mr. C. Dunkley (Jamaica).
Mr. H. López (Argentina).
Mr. J. Manswell (Trinidad and Tobago).
Mr. A. Vargas (Colombia).
Mr. C. F. Echeverría Rosales (Guatemala).
Mr. J. A. Escandell Romero (Cuba).
Mr. A. Mejia Arguera (El Salvador).
1
* Elected by the appropriate electoral college at the 60th Session (1975) of the International Labour
Conference.
* Nominated by the Governing Body at its 197th Session (June 1975).
8
Membership of the International Labour Organisation
SWAZILAND
On 20 May 1975, the Director-General of the International Labour Office
received a communication dated 2 May 1975 from the Prime Minister and Minister
responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Mr. M. J. Dlamini,
informing him that the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland formally accepts
the obligations of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation in
accordance with paragraph 3 of article 1 of the Constitution and solemnly undertakes
fully and faithfully to perform each and every of the provisions thereof. The
communication further states that the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland
will bear its share of the expenses of the International Labour Organisation and will
make the necessary arrangements concerning its financial contribution with the
Governing Body.
The Director-General acknowledged receipt of this communication on 30 May
1975.
As appears from the foregoing, Swaziland, which is a Member of the United
Nations, became a Member of the International Labour Organisation on 20 May
1975 by virtue of article 1, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the Organisation.
9
Official Measures Taken regarding Decisions
of the International Labour Conference 1
Instruments for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation (Nos. 1, 2 and 3), 19642
Ratifications or Acceptances
The ratifications by Kuwait of the Instruments for the Amendment of the Constitution of
the International Labour Organisation (Nos. 1, 2 and 3), 1964, by the Netherlands of the
Instruments for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation (Nos. 1 and 3), 1964, and by the Libyan Arab Republic of the Instrument for the
Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation (No. 2), 1964,
were received by the Director-General of the International Labour Office on 8 and 18 November 1974 and on 3 April 1975 respectively.
Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution
of the International Labour Organisation, 1972 3
The following ratifications or acceptances of the Instrument for the Amendment of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, 1972, have been communicated
to the Director-General of the International Labour Office in accordance with Article 5
of the above-mentioned Instrument and have been received on the dates indicated below:
State
Sudan
Poland
Argentina
Venezuela
Thailand
Niger
Date of receipt of
ratification or
acceptance
1 July 1974
29 August 1974
22 October 1974
1 November 1974
4 December 1974
6 January 1975
28 April 1975
7 May 1975
This Instrument entered into force on 1 November 1974.
For footnotes see pp. 26-27.
10
Ratifications of International Labour Conventions a
concerning the Application of Conventions to Non-Met
The publication of information concerning action taken in respect
of international labour Conventions and Recommendations does not
imply any expression of view by the International Labour Office on
the legal status of the State having communicated such information
(including the communication of a ratification or declarations ) , or on its
authority over the territories in respect of which such information is
communicated ; in certain cases this may present problems on which
the ILO is not competent to express an opinion.
State
Notice is hereby gi
Labour Office has reg
national labour Conv
tion of Conventions
of article 20 of the C
isation, particulars of
communicated to the
registration in accord
United Nations.
Convention
I. Ratifications
Australia
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
1
Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81)
2
In accordance with Article 25 of the Convention, Part II has been excl
Barbados
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
(No. I l l )
Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962(No. 118)
In pursuance of Article 2, paragraphs 1-3, of the Convention, the obl
respect of the following branches of social security : sickness benefit, m
employment injury benefit.
Cuba
Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137)
The minimum age of 15 years has been specified pursuant to Article 2,
<°
State
Convention
Ecuador
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)
In pursuance of Article 2 (b), of the Convention, the obligations of
Parts III, V, VI, IX and X.
Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136)
Finland
Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129)
Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130)
Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1970 (No. 133)
Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134)
Gabon
German Democratic
Republic
Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135)
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948 (No. 87) 4
Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) 4
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
(No. 98) 4
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)4
Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108)
(No. I l l ) 4
Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115)6
Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120)
Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)
Germany, Federal
Republic of
Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 92)
1
Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen) Convention, 1966 (No. 126) 1
Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Conven- 1
tion, 1970 (No. 133)
1
Greece
Guyana
(No. Ill)
1
Hungary
1
1
India
Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (No. 123) 2
The minimum age of 16 years has been specified pursuant to Article 2, p
Ireland
Jamaica
(No. Ill)
Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 (No. 53)
In pursuance of Article 2 (b), of the Convention, the obligations of the Co
III, IV, V, VI, VII, Vili, IX and X.
State
Convention
Libyan Arab
Republic (coni.)
Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103)
1
Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118)
In accordance with Article 2, paragraphs 1 to 3 of the Convention, the
in respect of the following branches of social security : medical care, sic
old-age benefit, survivors'1 benefit, employment injury benefit, unemplo
Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No. 121)
Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967
(No. 128)
Acceptance of the obligations of Parts II, III and IV has been specifiedpu
The minimum age of 18 years has been specified pursuant to Article 2, p
Morocco
Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930 (No. 30)
Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106)
Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119)
Nepal
(No. Ill)
Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131)
Norway
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Turkey
Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26)
Pursuant to Article 2 (b), o/the Convention, the obligations o/the Con
V, VI, IX and X and pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 1, o/ the Conven
Convention in respect o/ Parts II and VIII but avails itself o/ the temp
48(c).
United Kingdom
Fishermen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1959 (No. 114)
Upper Volta
Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132)
Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 2, o/ the Convention, the minimum
In accordance with Article 15, paragraph 2, o/the Convention, the obl
in respect o/employed persons in economic sectors other than agricultur
Yugoslavia
Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised),
1932 (No. 32)
Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 2, o/ the Convention, the minimum
In accordance with Article 15, paragraph 2, o/the Convention, the obl
in respect ojemployedpersons in economic sectors other than agricultur
Cameroon, United
Republic of
II. Extensions
Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention, 1932
(No. 33)
Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 (No. 50)
State
Convention
Cameroon, United
Republic of (cont.)
Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1
1939 (No. 64)
Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 65)
Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97)
The obligations deriving from Convention No. 33, which was applicabl
Conventions Nos. 50, 64, 65 and 97, which were applicable to Western
of the national territory of the United Republic of Cameroon.
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921 1
(No. 16)
Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17)
Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention,
1925 (No. 19)
Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22)
Repatriation of Seamen Convention, 1926 (No. 23)
Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45)
Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94)
Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95)
The obligations deriving from Conventions Nos. 16, 17, 19, 22, 23 an
Territory of Somaliland, and those deriving from Conventions Nos. 94 a
Somaliland, have been extended to cover the whole of the national terri
Somalia
Cameroon, United
Republic of
m . Denunciations
Night Work (Women) Convention, 1919 (No. 4) •
Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919
(No. 6)«
IV. Declarations
France
Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1)
Applicable without modification : Overseas Departments : French
Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Overseas Territories:
Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars
and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Unemployment Convention, 1919 (No. 2)
Applicable without modification : Overseas Territories : Comoro
Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the
Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 (No. 8)
Applicable without modification: Overseas Departments: French
Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion.
Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920 (No. 9)
Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 10)
Workmen's Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
(No. 12)
Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921 (No. 15)
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921
(No. 16)
Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention,
1925 (No. 18)
State
Convention
France (coni.)
Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention,
1925 (No. 19)
Applicable without modification: Overseas Territories: Comoro
Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22)
Repatriation of Seamen Convention, 1926 (No. 23)
Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927 (No. 24)
This declaration supersedes a declaration of non-application of 27 Apr
Applicable without modification: Overseas Terrritories: Comoro
Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27)
Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised),
1932 (No. 32)
Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 (No. 35)
Old-Age Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 (No. 36)
Invalidity Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 (No. 37)
Invalidity Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 (No. 38)
Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention
(Revised), 1934 (No. 42)
Sheet-Glass Works Convention, 1934 (No. 43)
Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (No. 44)
Reduction of Hours of Work (Glass-Bottle Works) Convention,
1935 (No. 49)
Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936 (No. 52)
Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 (No. 53)
Shipowners' Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention,
1936 (No. 55)
Sickness Insurance (Sea) Convention, 1936 (No. 56)
Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936 (No. 58)
Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work,
1938 (No. 63)
2
State
Convention
France (cont.)
Certification of Ships' Cooks Convention, 1946 (No. 69)
Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946 (No. 71)
Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 (No. 73)
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention,
1946 (No. 77)
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 (No. 78)
Right of Association (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention,
1947 (No. 84)
This declaration suspersedes a declaration of non-application of 27 Apr
Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88)
Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 89)
Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 91)
Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94)
Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949
(No. 96)
Acceptance of the provisions of Part II has been specified pursuant to
Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97)
Decision reserved : Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French
Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
2
(No. 98)
Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention,
1951 (No. 99)
Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952 (No. 101)
2
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106)
The Convention shall also apply to persons employed in the establishm
Convention.
Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108)
2
to
State
Convention
France (cont.)
Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised),
1958 (No. 109) (ratified by France with the exclusion of Part II)
Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 112)
Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 113)
Fishermen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1959 (No. 114)
Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115)
The provisions mentioned in the statement communicated by the Gov
paragraph 3 (c), of the Convention (see Official Bulletin, Vol. LV, 19
Departments and to the Overseas Territories.
Applicable without modification : Overseas Departments : French 27
Decision reserved: Overseas Departments: French Guiana, Gua- 27
deloupe, Martinique, Réunion.
Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (No. 123)
Applicable without modification: Overseas Departments: French 27
The minimum age of sixteen years has been specified pursuant to Articl
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work)
Fishermen's Competency Certificates Convention, 1966 (No, 125)
Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen) Convention, 1966 (No. 126)
Decision reserved: Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French
*•
State
Convention
France (cont.)
United Kingdom
2
2
Applicable with modifications : Hong Kong
1
Article 9. There are no comprehensive legislative provisions entitling a
employer responsible for such charges.
Article 10. There are no comprehensive statutory provisions for the rene
injured workmen.
This declaration supersedes a declaration of decision reserved registere
(No. 98)
Applicable without modification : Hong Kong
This declaration supersedes a declaration of decision reserved registere
Decision reserved : Jersey, Isle of Man
St. Lucia
Decision reserved : Guernsey, Isle of Man
Gibraltar, Seychelles
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
1
3
1
1
Decision reserved : Jersey
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Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work)
Applicable without modification : Hong Kong
12
This declaration supersedes a declaration of decision reserved registered
Not applicable : St. Lucia
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Decision reserved: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man
12
Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Hong Kong
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Montserrat, Seychelles
9
Brunei
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Applicable without modification : Bermuda
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Applicable without modification : Guernsey
This declaration supersedes a declaration of decision reserved registered
V. Cancellation of declarations
France
Night Work (Women) Convention, 1919 (No. 4)
Declarations of application cancelled (following declarations of 27
application of the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised),
1948 (No. 89)) : Overseas Departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Overseas Territories : Comoro Islands,
French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New
Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Annulment of the denunciation by Brazil of the Labour Clauses (Public C
1949 (No. 94)
¡^
By letter dated 28 October 1974, the Brazilian Government informed the Director-General o
No. 74688 of 14 October 1974 it had annulled the provisions of Decree No. 72968 of 19 Octobe
labour Convention No. 94, and that " the Convention continues to be applied without interrupti
On 28 October 1974, the Director-General accordingly cancelled the denunciation by Braz
vention, 1949 (No. 94), which thus continues in force for Brazil.
Notification of the coining into force of the Minimum Age Convent
Article 12 of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), adopted by the International L
1973, provides that the Convention shall come into force twelve months after the date on which
tional Labour Organisation have been registered.
The ratifications by Cuba and the Libyan Arab Republic were registered by the Directo
7 March 1975 and 19 June 1975 respectively. The Convention will accordingly come into force
The present notification is made in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of the Co
In conformity with Article 20 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisatio
Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the
Notification of the coming into force of the Occupational Canc
1974 (No. 139)
Article 8 of the Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139), adopted by the Interna
24 June 1974, provides that the Convention shall come into force twelve months after the date
International Labour Organisation have been registered.
The ratifications by Ecuador and Hungary were registered by the Director-General of th
and 10 June 1975 respectively. The Convention will accordingly come into force on 10 June 19
The present notification is made in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of the Co
In conformity with Article 20 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisatio
Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the
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Report III (Part 3), which has been laid before every session of the Conference since 1950, contains a summary of the information supplied by governments in accordance with article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour
Organisation on the measures taken by member States to bring Conventions and
Recommendations before the competent authorities and on relevant action taken
by the authorities.
* For the text of these Instruments of Amendment see Official Bulletin,
Vol. XLVII, No. 3, July 1964, Supplement I, pp. 5-7.
* For the text of thi
1972, No. 1, pp. 20-21.
* The Government
statement:
The German Dem
Convention, as regards
other dependent territories, is guided by the terms of the Declaration on the
granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples (Res. No. 1514 (XV)
of 14 December I960), which proclaims the necessity of quickly and unconditionally putting an end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.
* The text of the statement communicated by the German Democratic
Republic in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 3 (c), of the Convention reads
as follows:
( Translation)
The provisions of this Convention are applied to all workers who in the
course of their professional activities are exposed to radiation in a controlled area
or work in a supervised area and their application is ensured through legislation.
^1
• Denunciation follo
' This Convention w
" that the obligations whi
when the . . . Convention
Britain " (See Official Bull
DOCUMENTS x
Conventions and Recommendations, Resolutions, and
Additional Texts and Decisions Adopted by the
International Labour Conference at Its 60th Session
(Geneva, 1975)
CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Convention 141
Convention concerning Organisations of Rural Workers and Their Role
in Economic and Social Development2
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International
Labour Office, and having met in its Sixtieth Session on 4 June 1975, and
Recognising that the importance of rural workers in the world makes it urgent
to associate them with economic and social development action if their conditions of work and life are to be permanently and effectively improved, and
Noting that in many countries of the world and particularly in developing countries
there is massive under-utilisation of land and labour and that this makes it
imperative for rural workers to be given every encouragement to develop free
and viable organisations capable of protecting and furthering the interests of
their members and ensuring their effective contribution to economic and social
development, and
Considering that such organisations can and should contribute to the alleviation
of the persistent scarcity of food products in various regions of the world, and
Recognising that land reform is in many developing countries an essential factor
in the improvement of the conditions of work and life of rural workers and that
organisations of such workers should accordingly co-operate and participate
actively in the implementation of such reform, and
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This section contains the decisions of the Conference, without details of the circumstances of their
adoption except where they were the result of a formal vote. The comments or reservations by delegates or
groups, subject to which the decisions were taken, will be found in detail in the Record of Proceedings of the
60th Session of the Conference.
' Adopted on 23 June 1975 by 359 votes in favour, 0 against, with 10 abstentions.
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Recalling the terms of existing international labour Conventions and Recommendations—in particular the Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention,
1921, the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948, and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949—which affirm the right of all workers, including rural workers,
to establish free and independent organisations, and the provisions of numerous international labour Conventions and Recommendations applicable to
rural workers which call for the participation, inter alia, of workers' organisations in their implementation, and
Noting the joint concern of the United Nations and the specialised agencies, in
particular the International Labour Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, with land reform and rural
development, and
Noting that the following standards have been framed in co-operation with the
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and that, with a
view to avoiding duplication, there will be continuing co-operation with that
Organisation and with the United Nations in promoting and securing the
application of these standards, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to organisations of rural workers and their role in economic and social development,
which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international
Convention,
adopts this twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and
seventy-five the following Convention, which may be cited as the Rural Workers'
Organisations Convention, 1975:
Article 1
This Convention applies to all types of organisations of rural workers, including
organisations not restricted to but representative of rural workers.
Article 2
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term " rural workers " means any
person engaged in agriculture, handicrafts or a related occupation in a rural area,
whether as a wage earner or, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article,
as a self-employed person such as a tenant, sharecropper or small owner-occupier.
2. This Convention applies only to those tenants, sharecroppers or small owneroccupiers who derive their main income from agriculture, who work the land themselves, with the help only of their family or with the help of occasional outside labour
and who do not—
(a) permanently employ workers; or
(b) employ a substantial number of seasonal workers; or
(c) have any land cultivated by sharecroppers or tenants.
Article 3
1. All categories of rural workers, whether they are wage earners or self-employed,
shall have the right to establish and, subject only to the rules of the organisation
concerned, to join organisations of their own choosing without previous authorisation.
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2. The principles of freedom of association shall be fully respected; rural workers'
organisations shall be independent and voluntary in character and shall remain free
from all interference, coercion or repression.
3. The acquisition of legal personality by organisations of rural workers shall
not be made subject to conditions of such a character as to restrict the application
of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article.
4. In exercising the rights provided for in this Article rural workers and their
respective organisations, like other persons or organised collectivities, shall respect
the law of the land.
5. The law of the land shall not be such as to impair, nor shall it be so applied as
to impair, the guarantees provided for in this Article.
Article 4
It shall be an objective of national policy concerning rural development to
facilitate the establishment and growth, on a voluntary basis, of strong and independent organisations of rural workers as an effective means of ensuring the participation of rural workers, without discrimination as defined in the Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, in economic and social development and in the benefits resulting therefrom.
Article 5
1. In order to enable organisations of rural workers to play their role in economic
and social development, each Member which ratifies this Convention shall adopt and
carry out a policy of active encouragement to these organisations, particularly with
a view to eliminating obstacles to their establishment, their growth and the pursuit of
their lawful activities, as well as such legislative and administrative discrimination
against rural workers' organisations and their members as may exist.
2. Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall ensure that national laws or
regulations do not, given the special circumstances of the rural sector, inhibit the
establishment and growth of rural workers' organisations.
Article 6
Steps shall be taken to promote the widest possible understanding of the need to
further the development of rural workers' organisations and of the contribution they
can make to improving employment opportunities and general conditions of work
and life in rural areas as well as to increasing the national income and achieving a
better distribution thereof.
Article 7
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the DirectorGeneral of the International Labour Office for registration.
Article 8
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour Organisation whose ratifications have been registered with the
Director-General.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two Members have been registered with the Director-General.
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3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve
months after the date on which its ratification has been registered.
Article 9
1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes into force,
by an act communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office
for registration. Such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after the date
on which it is registered.
2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not, within
the year following the expiration of the period often years mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation provided for in this Article, will be
bound for another period often years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention
at the expiration of each period of ten years under the terms provided for in this
Article.
Article 10
1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all
Members of the International Labour Organisation of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by the Members of the Organisation.
2. When notifying the Members of the Organisation of the registration of the
second ratification communicated to him, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the Organisation to the date upon which the Convention will
come into force.
Article 11
The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to
the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of all ratifications and
acts of denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the
preceding Articles.
Article 12
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the
working of this Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the
agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
Article 13
1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention in
whole or in part, then, unless the new Convention otherwise provides—
(a) the ratification by a Member of the new revising Convention shall ipso jure
involve the immediate denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the
provisions of Article 9 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have
come into force;
(b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the Members.
2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and
content for those Members which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising
Convention.
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Artide 14
The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are equally
authoritative.
The foregoing is the authentic text of the Convention duly adopted by the General
Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its Sixtieth Session
which was held at Geneva and declared closed the twenty-fifth day of June 1975.
IN FAITH WHEREOF we have appended our signatures this twenty-sixth day
of June 1975.
The President of the Conference,
BLAS F. OPLE
The Director-General of the International Labour Office,
FRANCIS BLANCHARD
Convention 142
Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training
in the Development of Human Resources1
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to human
resources development : vocational guidance and vocational training, which is
the sixth item on the agenda of the session, and
Convention,
seventy-five the following Convention, which may be cited as the Human Resources
Development Convention, 1975:
Article 1
1. Each Member shall adopt and develop comprehensive and co-ordinated
policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training, closely
linked with employment, in particular through public employment services.
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Adopted on 23 June 1975 by 351 votes in favour, 0 against, with 4 abstentions.
2. These policies and programmes shall take due account of—
(a) employment needs, opportunities and problems, both regional and national;
(b) the stage and level of economic, social and cultural development; and
(c) the mutual relationships between human resources development and other
economic, social and cultural objectives.
3. The policies and programmes shall be pursued by methods that are appropriate to national conditions.
4. The policies and programmes shall be designed to improve the ability of the
individual to understand and, individually or collectively, to influence the working
and social environment.
5. The policies and programmes shall encourage and enable all persons, on an
equal basis and without any discrimination whatsoever, to develop and use their
capabilities for work in their own best interests and in accordance with their own
aspirations, account being taken of the needs of society.
Article 2
With the above ends in view, each Member shall establish and develop open,
flexible and complementary systems of general, technical and vocational education,
educational and vocational guidance and vocational training, whether these activities
take place within the system of formal education or outside it.
Article 3
1. Each Member shall gradually extend its systems of vocational guidance,
including continuing employment information, with a view to ensuring that comprehensive information and the broadest possible guidance are available to all
children, young persons and adults, including appropriate programmes for all
handicapped and disabled persons.
2. Such information and guidance shall cover the choice of an occupation,
vocational training and related educational opportunities, the employment situation
and employment prospects, promotion prospects, conditions of work, safety and
hygiene at work, and other aspects of working life in the various sectors of economic,
social and cultural activity and at all levels of responsibility.
3. The information and guidance shall be supplemented by information on
general aspects of collective agreements and of the rights and obligations of all
concerned under labour law; this information shall be provided in accordance with
national law and practice, taking into account the respective functions and tasks
of the workers' and employers' organisations concerned.
Article 4
Each Member shall gradually extend, adapt and harmonise its vocational training
systems to meet the needs for vocational training throughout life of both young
persons and adults in all sectors of the economy and branches of economic activity
and at all levels of skill and responsibility.
Article 5
Policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training shall be
formulated and implemented in co-operation with employers' and workers' organisa33
tions and, as appropriate and in accordance with national law and practice, with
other interested bodies.
Article 6
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the DirectorGeneral of the International Labour Office for registration.
Article 7
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour Organisation whose ratifications have been registered with the DirectorGeneral.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications
of two Members have been registered with the Director-General.
Article 8
the year following the expiration of the period often years mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation provided for in this Article, will be
bound for another period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention
at the expiration of each period of ten years under the terms provided for in this
Article.
Article 9
Members of the International Labour Organisation of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by the Members of the Organisation.
2. When notifying the Members of the Organisation of the registration of the
second ratification communicated to him, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the Organisation to the date upon which the Convention will
come into force.
Article 10
The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102
of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of all ratifications and acts of
denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding
Articles.
Article 11
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the
working of this Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the
agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
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Artide 12
provisions of Article 8 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall
have come into force;
(b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the Members.
2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and content
for those Members which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention.
Article 13
authoritative.
of June 1975.
BLAS F. OPLE
FRANCIS BLANCHARD
Convention 143
Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion
of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers 1
Considering that the Preamble of the Constitution of the International Labour
Organisation assigns to it the task of protecting " the interests of workers
when employed in countries other than their own ", and
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Considering that the Declaration of Philadelphia reaffirms, among the principles
on which the Organisation is based, that " labour is not a commodity ", and
that " poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere ", and
recognises the solemn obligation of the ILO to further programmes which
will achieve in particular full employment through " the transfer of labour,
including for employment...",
Considering the ILO World Employment Programme and the Employment
Policy Convention and Recommendation, 1964, and emphasising the need to
avoid the excessive and uncontrolled or unassisted increase of migratory
movements because of their negative social and human consequences, and
Considering that in order to overcome underdevelopment and structural and
chronic unemployment, the governments of many countries increasingly stress
the desirability of encouraging the transfer of capital and technology rather
than the transfer of workers in accordance with the needs and requests of
these countries in the reciprocal interest of the countries of origin and the
countries of employment, and
Considering the right of everyone to leave any country, including his own, and to
enter his own country, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and
Recalling the provisions contained in the Migration for Employment Convention
and Recommendation (Revised), 1949, in the Protection of Migrant Workers
(Underdeveloped Countries) Recommendation, 1955, in the Employment
Policy Convention and Recommendation, 1964, in the Employment Service
Convention and Recommendation, 1948, and in the Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949, which deal with such matters
as the regulation of the recruitment, introduction and placing of migrant
workers, the provision of accurate information relating to migration, the
minimum conditions to be enjoyed by migrants in transit and on arrival, the
adoption of an active employment policy and international collaboration in
these matters, and
Considering that the emigration of workers due to conditions in labour markets
should take place under the responsibility of official agencies for employment
or in accordance with the relevant bilateral or multilateral agreements, in
particular those permitting free circulation of workers, and
Considering that evidence of the existence of illicit and clandestine trafficking in
labour calls for further standards specifically aimed at eliminating these abuses,
and
Recalling the provisions of the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised),
1949, which require ratifying Members to apply to immigrants lawfully within
their territory treatment not less favourable than that which they apply to
their nationals in respect of a variety of matters which it enumerates, in so far
as these are regulated by laws or regulations or subject to the control of
administrative authorities, and
Recalling that the definition of the term " discrimination " in the Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, does not mandatorily
include distinctions on the basis of nationality, and
Considering that further standards, covering also social security, are desirable
in order to promote equality of opportunity and treatment of migrant workers
and, with regard to matters regulated by laws or regulations or subject to the
control of administrative authorities, ensure treatment at least equal to that
of nationals, and
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Noting that, for the full success of action regarding the very varied problems of
migrant workers, it is essential that there be close co-operation with the
United Nations and other specialised agencies, and
Noting that, in the framing of the following standards, account has been taken
of the work of the United Nations and of other specialised agencies and that,
with a view to avoiding duplication and to ensuring appropriate co-ordination,
there will be continuing co-operation in promoting and securing the application of the standards, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to migrant
workers, which is the fifth item on the agenda of the session, and
Convention supplementing the Migration for Employment Convention
(Revised), 1949, and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
Convention, 1958,
adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and
seventy-five the following Convention, which may be cited as the Migrant Workers
(Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975:
PART I. MIGRATIONS IN ABUSIVE CONDITIONS
Article 1
Each Member for which this Convention is in force undertakes to respect the basic
human rights of all migrant workers.
Article 2
1. Each Member for which this Convention is in force shall systematically seek
to determine whether there are illegally employed migrant workers on its territory
and whether there depart from, pass through or arrive in its territory any movements
of migrants for employment in which the migrants are subjected during their journey,
on arrival or during their period of residence and employment to conditions contravening relevant international multilateral or bilateral instruments or agreements,
or national laws or regulations.
2. The representative organisations of employers and workers shall be fully
consulted and enabled to furnish any information in their possession on this subject.
Article 3
Each Member shall adopt all necessary and appropriate measures, both within
its jurisdiction and in collaboration with other Members—
(a) to suppress clandestine movements of migrants for employment and illegal
employment of migrants, and
(b) against the organisers of illicit or clandestine movements of migrants for employment departing from, passing through or arriving in its territory, and against
those who employ workers who have immigrated in illegal conditions,
in order to prevent and to eliminate the abuses referred to in Article 2 of this Convention.
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Artide 4
In particular, Members shall take such measures as are necessary, at the national
and the international level, for systematic contact and exchange of information on the
subject with other States, in consultation with representative organisations of
employers and workers.
Article 5
One of the purposes of the measures taken under Articles 3 and 4 of this Convention shall be that the authors of manpower trafficking can be prosecuted whatever
the country from which they exercise their activities.
Article 6
1. Provision shall be made under national laws or regulations for the effective
detection of the illegal employment of migrant workers and for the definition and the
application of administrative, civil and penal sanctions, which include imprisonment
in their range, in respect of the illegal employment of migrant workers, in respect of
the organisation of movements of migrants for employment defined as involving the
abuses referred to in Article 2 of this Convention, and in respect of knowing assistance
to such movements, whether for profit or otherwise.
2. Where an employer is prosecuted by virtue of the provision made in pursuance
of this Article, he shall have the right to furnish proof of his good faith.
Article 7
The representative organisations of employers and workers shall be consulted in
regard to the laws and regulations and other measures provided for in this Convention and designed to prevent and eliminate the abuses referred to above, and the
possibility of their taking initiatives for this purpose shall be recognised.
Article 8
1. On condition that he has resided legally in the territory for the purpose of
employment, the migrant worker shall not be regarded as in an illegal or irregular
situation by the mere fact of the loss of his employment, which shall not in itself
imply the withdrawal of his authorisation of residence or, as the case may be, work
permit.
2. Accordingly, he shall enjoy equality of treatment with nationals in respect in
particular of guarantees of security of employment, the provision of alternative
employment, relief work and retraining.
Article 9
1. Without prejudice to measures designed to control movements of migrants for
employment by ensuring that migrant workers enter national territory and are
admitted to employment in conformity with the relevant laws and regulations, the
migrant worker shall, in cases in which these laws and regulations have not been
respected and in which his position cannot be regularised, enjoy equality of treatment
for himself and his family in respect of rights arising out of past employment as
regards remuneration, social security and other benefits.
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2. In case of dispute about the rights referred to in the preceding paragraph, the
worker shall have the possibility of presenting his case to a competent body, either
himself or through a representative.
3. In case of expulsion of the worker or his family, the cost shall not be borne by
them.
4. Nothing in this Convention shall prevent Members from giving persons who
are illegally residing or working within the country the right to stay and to take up
legal employment.
PART II. EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND TREATMENT
Article 10
Each Member for which the Convention is in force undertakes to declare and
pursue a national policy designed to promote and to guarantee, by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice, equality of opportunity and treatment in
respect of employment and occupation, of social security, of trade union and cultural
rights and of individual and collective freedoms for persons who as migrant workers
or as members of their families are lawfully within its territory.
Article 11
1. For the purpose of this Part of this Convention, the term " migrant worker "
means a person who migrates or who has migrated from one country to another with
a view to being employed otherwise than on his own account and includes any person
regularly admitted as a migrant worker.
2. This Part of this Convention does not apply to—
(a) frontier workers;
(b) artistes and members of the liberal professions who have entered the country on
a short-term basis;
(c) seamen;
(d) persons coming specifically for purposes of training or education;
(e) employees of organisations or undertakings operating within the territory of
a country who have been admitted temporarily to that country at the request
of their employer to undertake specific duties or assignments, for a limited and
defined period of time, and who are required to leave that country on the completion of their duties or assignments.
Article 12
Each Member shall, by methods appropriate to national conditions and practice—
(a) seek the co-operation of employers' and workers' organisations and other
appropriate bodies in promoting the acceptance and observance of the policy
provided for in Article 10 of this Convention;
(b) enact such legislation and promote such educational programmes as may be
calculated to secure the acceptance and observance of the policy;
(c) take measures, encourage educational programmes and develop other activities
aimed at acquainting migrant workers as fully as possible with the policy, with
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(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
their rights and obligations and with activities designed to give effective assistance
to migrant workers in the exercise of their rights and for their protection ;
repeal any statutory provisions and modify any administrative instructions or
practices which are inconsistent with the policy;
in consultation with representative organisations of employers and workers,
formulate and apply a social policy appropriate to national conditions and
practice which enables migrant workers and their families to share in advantages
enjoyed by its nationals while taking account, without adversely affecting the
principle of equality of opportunity and treatment, of such special needs as they
may have until they are adapted to the society of the country of employment;
take all steps to assist and encourage the efforts of migrant workers and their
families to preserve their national and ethnic identity and their cultural ties with
their country of origin, including the possibility for children to be given some
knowledge of their mother tongue;
guarantee equality of treatment, with regard to working conditions, for all
migrant workers who perform the same activity whatever might be the particular
conditions of their employment.
Article 13
1. A Member may take all necessary measures which fall within its competence
and collaborate with other Members to facilitate the reunification of the families of
all migrant workers legally residing in its territory.
2. The members of the family of the migrant worker to which this Article applies
are the spouse and dependent children, father and mother.
Article 14
A Member may—
(a) make the free choice of employment, while assuring migrant workers the right to
geographical mobility, subject to the conditions that the migrant worker has
resided lawfully in its territory for the purpose of employment for a prescribed
period not exceeding two years or, if its laws or regulations provide for contracts
for a fixed term of less than two years, that the worker has completed his first
work contract;
(b) after appropriate consultation with the representative organisations of employers
and workers, make regulations concerning recognition of occupational qualifications acquired outside its territory, including certificates and diplomas;
(c) restrict access to limited categories of employment or functions where this is
necessary in the interests of the State.
PART III. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 15
This Convention does not prevent Members from concluding multilateral or
bilateral agreements with a view to resolving problems arising from its application.
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Article 16
1. Any Member which ratifies this Convention may, by a declaration appended
to its ratification, exclude either Part I or Part II from its acceptance of the Convention.
2. Any Member which has made such a declaration may at any time cancel that
declaration by a subsequent declaration.
3. Every Member for which a declaration made under paragraph 1 of this Article
is in force shall indicate in its reports upon the application of this Convention the
position of its law and practice in regard to the provisions of the Part excluded from
its acceptance, the extent to which effect has been given, or is proposed to be given,
to the said provision and the reasons for which it has not yet included them in its
acceptance of the Convention.
Article 17
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the
Director-General of the International Labour Onice for registration.
Article 18
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour Organisation whose ratifications have been registered with the Director-General.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications
of two Members have been registered with the Director-General.
Article 19
the year following the expiration of the period of ten years mentioned in the
preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation provided for in this Article,
will be bound for another period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce this
Convention at the expiration of each period of ten years under the terms provided for
in this Article.
Article 20
Members of the International Labour Organisation of the registration of all
ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by the Members of the
Organisation.
2. When notifiying the Members of the Organisation of the registration of the
second ratification communicated to him, the Director-General shall draw the
attention of the Members of the Organisation to the date upon which the Convention
will come into force.
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Artide 21
The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to
the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of all ratifications
and acts of denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the
preceding Articles.
Article 22
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working
of this Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the agenda of the
Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.
Article 23
provisions of Article 19 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall
have come into force;
(b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this
Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the Members.
2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and
content for those Members which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising
Convention.
Article 24
authoritative.
of June 1975.
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FRANCIS BLANCHARD
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Recommendation 149
Recommendation concerning Organisations of Rural Workers and Their Role
in Economic and Social Development1
Recognising that the importance of rural workers in the world makes it urgent
to associate them with economic and social development action if their conditions of work and life are to be permanently and effectively improved, and
Noting that in many countries of the world and particularly in developing countries there is massive under-utilisation of land and labour and that this makes
it imperative for rural workers to be given every encouragement to develop
free and viable organisations capable of protecting and furthering the interests
of their members and ensuring their effective contribution to economic and
social development, and
Considering that such organisations can and should contribute to the alleviation
of the persistent scarcity of food products in various regions of the world, and
Recognising that land reform is in many developing countries an essential factor
in the improvement of the conditions of work and life of rural workers and
that organisations of such workers should accordingly co-operate and participate actively in the implementation of such reform, and
Recalling the terms of existing international labour Conventions and Recommendations—in particular the Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention,
1921, the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948, and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949—which affirm the right of all workers, including rural workers,
to establish free and independent organisations, and the provisions of numerous
international labour Conventions and Recommendations applicable to rural
workers which call for the participation, inter alia, of workers' organisations
in their implementation, and
Noting the joint concern of the United Nations and the specialised agencies, in
particular the International Labour Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, with land reform and rural development, and
Noting that the following standards have been framed in co-operation with the
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and that, with a
view to avoiding duplication, there will be continuing co-operation with that
Organisation and with the United Nations in promoting and securing the
application of these standards, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to organisations of rural workers and their role in economic and social development,
which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation,
seventy-five the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Rural Workers' Organisations Recommendation, 1975:
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I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. (1) This Recommendation applies to all types of organisations of rural workers, including organisations not restricted to but representative of rural workers.
(2) The Co-operatives (Developing Countries) Recommendation, 1966, further
remains applicable to the organisations of rural workers falling within its scope.
2. (1) For the purposes of this Recommendation, the term " rural workers "
means any person engaged in agriculture, handicrafts or a related occupation in a
rural area, whether as a wage earner or, subject to the provisions of subparagraph (2)
of this Paragraph, as a self-employed person such as a tenant, sharecropper or small
owner-occupier.
(2) This Recommendation applies only to those tenants, sharecroppers or small
owner-occupiers who derive their main income from agriculture, who work the land
themselves, with the help only of their family or with the help of occasional outside
labour and who do not—
(a) permanently employ workers ; or
(b) employ a substantial number of seasonal workers ; or
(c) have any land cultivated by sharecroppers or tenants.
3. All categories of rural workers, whether they are wage earners or self-employed,
should have the right to establish and, subject only to the rules of the organisation
concerned, to join organisations of their own choosing without previous authorisation.
II. ROLE OF ORGANISATIONS OF RURAL WORKERS
4. It should be an objective of national policy concerning rural development to
facilitate the establishment and growth, on a voluntary basis, of strong and independent organisations of rural workers as an effective means of ensuring the participation of rural workers, without discrimination as defined in the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, in economic and social development
and in the benefits resulting therefrom.
5. Such organisations should, as appropriate, be able to—
(a) represent, further and defend the interests of rural workers, for instance by
undertaking negotiations and consultations at all levels on behalf of such workers collectively;
(b) represent rural workers in connection with the formulation, implementation and
evaluation of programmes of rural development and at all stages and levels of
national planning;
(c) involve the various categories of rural workers, according to the interests of
each, actively and from the outset in the implementation of—
(i) programmes of agricultural development, including the improvement of
techniques of production, storing, processing, transport and marketing;
(ii) programmes of agrarian reform, land settlement and land development;
(iii) programmes concerning public works, rural industries and rural crafts;
(iv) rural development programmes, including those implemented with the collaboration of the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation
and other specialised agencies ;
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(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(v) the information and education programmes and other activities referred to
in Paragraph 15 of this Recommendation;
promote and obtain access of rural workers to services such as credit, supply,
marketing and transport as well as to technological services;
play an active part in the improvement of general and vocational education and
training in rural areas as well as in training for community development, training
for co-operative and other activities of rural workers' organisations and training
for the management thereof;
contribute to the improvement of the conditions of work and life of rural workers, including occupational safety and health;
promote the extension of social security and basic social services in such fields as
housing, health and recreation.
III.
MEANS OF ENCOURAGING THE GROWTH OF
ORGANISATIONS OF RURAL WORKERS
6. In order to enable organisations of rural workers to play their role in economic
and social development, member States should adopt and carry out a policy of
active encouragement to these organisations, particularly with a view to—
(a) eliminating obstacles to their establishment, their growth and the pursuit of
their lawful activities, as well as such legislative and administrative discrimination against rural workers' organisations and their members as may exist;
(b) extending to rural workers' organisations and their members such facilities for
vocational education and training as are available to other workers' organisations and their members; and
(c) enabling rural workers' organisations to pursue a policy to ensure that social
and economic protection and benefits corresponding to those made available to
industrial workers or, as appropriate, workers engaged in other non-industrial
occupations are also extended to their members.
7. (1) The principles of freedom of association should be fully respected; rural
workers' organisations should be independent and voluntary in character and should
remain free from all interference, coercion or repression.
(2) The acquisition of legal personality by organisations of rural workers should
not be made subject to conditions of such a character as to restrict the application
of the provisions of Paragraph 3 and subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph.
(3) In exercising the rights which they enjoy in pursuance of Paragraph 3 and of
this Paragraph rural workers and their respective organisations, like other persons or
organised collectivities, should respect the law of the land.
(4) The law of the land should not be such as to impair, nor should it be so
applied as to impair, the guarantees provided for in Paragraph 3 and in this Paragraph.
A. Legislative and Administrative Measures
8. (1) Member States should ensure that national laws or regulations do not,
given the special circumstances of the rural sector, inhibit the establishment and
growth of rural workers' organisations.
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(2) In particular—
(a) the principles of right of association and of collective bargaining, in conformity
especially with the Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921, the
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention,
1948, and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949,
should be made fully effective by the application to the rural sector of general
laws or regulations on the subject, or by the adoption of special laws or regulations, full account being taken of the needs of all categories of rural workers ;
(b) relevant laws and regulations should be fully adapted to the special needs of
rural areas; for instance—
(i) requirements regarding minimum membership, minimum levels of education
and minimum funds should not be permitted to impede the development of
organisations in rural areas where the population is scattered, ill educated
and poor;
(ii) problems which may arise concerning the access of organisations of rural
workers to their members should be dealt with in a manner respecting the
rights of all concerned and in accordance with the terms of the Freedom of
Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948, and
the Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 ;
(iii) there should be effective protection of the rural workers concerned against
dismissal and against eviction which are based on their status or activities
as leaders or members of rural workers' organisations.
9. There should be adequate machinery, whether in the form of labour inspection
or of special services, or in some other form, to ensure the effective implementation
of laws and regulations concerning rural workers' organisations and their membership.
10. (1) Where rural workersfindit difficult, under existing conditions, to take the
initiative in establishing and operating their own organisations, existing organisations
should be encouraged to give them, at their request, appropriate guidance and
assistance corresponding to their interests.
(2) Where necessary, such assistance could on request be supplemented by
advisory services staffed by persons qualified to give legal and technical advice and to
run educational courses.
11. Appropriate measures should be taken to ensure that there is effective consultation and dialogue with rural workers' organisations on all matters relating to
conditions of work and life in rural areas.
12. (1) In connection with the formulation and, as appropriate, the application
of economic and social plans and programmes and any other general measures concerning the economic, social or cultural development of rural areas, rural workers'
organisations should be associated with planning procedures and institutions, such
as statutory boards and committees, development agencies and economic and social
councils.
(2) In particular, appropriate measures should be taken to make possible the
effective participation of such organisations in the formulation, implementation and
evaluation of agrarian reform programmes.
13. Member States should encourage the establishment of procedures and institutions which foster contacts between rural workers' organisations, employers and their
organisations and the competent authorities.
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B. Public Information
14. Steps should be taken, particularly by the competent authority, to promote—
(a) the understanding of those directly concerned, such as central, local and other
authorities, rural employers and landlords, of the contribution which can be
made by rural workers' organisations to the increase and better distribution of
national income, to the increase of productive and remunerative employment
opportunities in the rural sector, to the raising of the general level of education
and training of the various categories of rural workers and to the improvement
of the general conditions of work and life in rural areas;
(b) the understanding of the general public, including, in particular, that in the nonrural sectors of the economy, of the importance of maintaining a proper balance
between the development of rural and urban areas, and of the desirability, as a
contribution towards ensuring that balance, of furthering the development of
rural workers' organisations.
15. These steps might include—
(a) mass information and education campaigns, especially with a view to giving
rural workers full and practical information on their rights, so that they may
exercise them as necessary;
(b) radio, television and cinema programmes, and periodic articles in the local and
national press, describing the conditions of life and work in rural areas and
explaining the aims of rural workers' organisations and the results obtained by
their activities;
(c) the organisation, locally, of seminars and meetings with the participation of
representatives of the various categories of rural workers, of employers and
landlords, of other sectors of the population and of local authorities;
(d) the organisation of visits to rural areas of journalists, representatives of employers and workers in industry or commerce, students of universities and schools
accompanied by their teachers, and other representatives of the various sectors
of the population;
(e) the preparation of suitable curricula for the various types and levels of schools
appropriately reflecting the problems of agricultural production and the life of
rural workers.
C. Education and Training
16. In order to ensure a sound growth of rural workers' organisations and the
rapid assumption of their full role in economic and social development, steps should
be taken, by the competent authority among others, to—
(a) impart to the leaders and members of rural workers' organisations knowledge
of—
(i) national laws and regulations and international standards on questions of
direct concern to the activity of the organisations, in particular the right of
association;
(ii) the basic principles of the establishment and operation of organisations of
rural workers ;
(iii) questions regarding rural development as part of the economic and social
development of the country, including agricultural and handicraft production, storing, processing, transport, marketing and trade;
(iv) principles and techniques of national planning at different levels;
(v) training manuals and programmes which are published or established by
the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation or other spe47
cialised agencies and which are designed for the education and training of
rural workers;
(b) improve and foster the education of rural workers in general, technical, economic and social fields, so as to make them better able both to develop their organisations and understand their rights and to participate actively in rural
development; particular attention should be paid to the training of wholly or
partly illiterate workers through literacy programmes linked with the practical
expansion of their activities;
(c) promote programmes directed to the role which women can and should play in
the rural community, integrated in general programmes of education and
training to which women and men should have equal opportunities of access;
(d) provide training designed particularly for educators of rural workers, to enable
them, for example, to help in the development of co-operative and other appropriate forms of servicing activities which would enable organisations to respond
directly to membership needs while fostering their independence through economic self-reliance;
(e) give support to programmes for the promotion of rural youth in general.
17. (1) As an effective means of providing the training and education referred to
in Paragraph 16, programmes of workers' education or adult education, specially
adapted to national and local conditions and to the social, economic and cultural
needs of the various categories of rural workers, including the special needs of women
and young persons, should be formulated and applied.
(2) In view of their special knowledge and experience in these fields, trade union
movements and existing organisations which represent rural workers might be
closely associated with the formulation and carrying out of such programmes.
D. Financial and Material Assistance
18. (1) Where, particularly in the initial stages of development, rural workers'
organisations consider that they need financial or material assistance, for instance
to help them in carrying out programmes of education and training, and where they
seek and obtain such assistance, they should receive it in a manner which fully
respects their independence and interests and those of their members. Such assistance
should be supplementary to the initiative and efforts of rural workers in financing
their own organisations.
(2) The foregoing principles apply in all cases offinancialand material assistance,
including those in which it is the policy of a member State to render such assistance
itself.
The foregoing is the authentic text of the Recommendation duly adopted by the
General Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its Sixtieth Session which was held at Geneva and declared closed the twenty-fifth day of June 1975.
of June 1975.
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FRANCIS BLANCHARD
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Recommendation 150
Recommendation concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training
in the Development of Human Resources 1
Considering the importance of vocational guidance and vocational training in the
implementation of employment policies and programmes, and
Noting the terms of existing international labour Conventions and Recommendations of direct relevance to employment policy and, in particular, of the
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention and Recommendation, 1958, and of the Employment Policy Convention and Recommendation, 1964, and
Noting that the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation at its Eighteenth Session in 1974 adopted a Recommendation on Technical and Vocational Education, and
Noting that the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation have collaborated closely
with a view to ensuring that the instruments of the two Organisations pursue
harmonised objectives and avoid duplication and conflict, and that they will
continue to collaborate closely with a view to the effective implementation of
these instruments, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to human
resources development: vocational guidance and vocational training, which is
the sixth item on the agenda of the session, and
seventy-five the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Human
Resources Development Recommendation, 1975:
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. This Recommendation applies to the vocational guidance and vocational
training of young persons and adults for all areas of economic, social and cultural life
and at all levels of occupational skill and responsibility.
2 (1) For the purpose of this Recommendation, the qualification of the terms
" guidance " and " training " by the term " vocational " means that guidance and
training are directed to identifying and developing human capabilities for a productive and satisfying working life and, in conjunction with the different forms of
education, to improve the ability of the individual to understand and, individually or
collectively, to influence working conditions and the social environment.
(2) The definition contained in sub-paragraph (1) of this Paragraph applies to
guidance, to initial and further training, and to retraining, whatever the way in which
they are provided and whatever the level of skill and responsibility.
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3. In giving effect to this Recommendation, member States should take account
of guidelines supplementing its provisions which may be formulated by regional
conferences, industrial committees and meetings of experts or consultants convened
by the International Labour Organisation and other competent bodies.
II. POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES
4. (1) Members should adopt and develop comprehensive and co-ordinated
policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training, closely
linked with employment, in particular through public employment services.
(2) These policies and programmes should take due account of—
(a) employment needs, opportunities and problems, both regional and national;
(b) the stage and level of economic, social and cultural development; and
(c) the mutual relationships between human resources development and other
economic, social and cultural objectives.
(3) The policies and programmes should be pursued by methods that are
appropriate to national conditions.
(4) The policies and programmes should encourage and enable all persons, on an
equal basis and without any discrimination whatsoever, to develop and use their
capabilities for work in their own best interests and in accordance with their own
aspirations, account being taken of the needs of society.
(5) Such policies and programmes should also encourage undertakings to accept
responsibility for training workers in their employment. Undertakings should cooperate with the representatives of their workers when planning their training
programmes and should ensure, as far as possible, that these programmes are in line
with those of the public training system.
(6) Such policies and programmes should have as objectives—
(a) to ensure entry into productive employment, including self-employment, which
corresponds to personal aptitudes and aspirations, and to facilitate occupational
mobility;
(b) to promote and develop creativity, dynamism and initiative with a view to
maintaining or increasing work effectiveness;
(c) to protect persons against unemployment or other loss of income or earning
capacity deriving from lack of demand for their skills as well as against underemployment;
(d) to protect persons against excessive physical or mental strain in employment;
(e) to protect persons against occupational hazards by making high standards of
teaching occupational safety and health an integral part of training for each
trade or occupation;
(f) to assist persons in their quest for satisfaction at work, for individual achievement and self-expression, and for the betterment of their lot in life through thenown efforts to improve the quality or modify the nature of their contribution to
the economy;
(g) to achieve social, cultural and economic advancement and continuing adjustment to change, with the participation of all concerned in reshaping the work
requirements;
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(h) to achieve the full participation of all groups in society in the process of
development and in sharing the benefits deriving from it.
5. (1) With the above ends in view, Members should establish and develop open,
flexible and complementary systems of general, technical and vocational education,
educational and vocational guidance and vocational training, whether these activities
take place within the system of formal education or outside it.
(2) Members should aim in particular at—
(a) ensuring that all have equal access to vocational guidance and vocational
training ;
(b) providing, on a continuing basis, broadly conceived and realistic vocational
guidance for the various groups of the population in all branches of economic
activity;
(c) developing comprehensive systems of vocational training covering all aspects of
productive work in all branches of economic activity;
(d) facilitating mobility between different Unes of training, within and between the
various occupations and sectors of economic activity and between different levels
of responsibility;
(e) co-ordinating vocational training for one sector of the economy or branch of
economic activity with vocational training for other sectors or branches;
(f) establishing patterns of systematic vocational training in all branches of economic activity and for all types of work and levels of skill and responsibility ;
(g) providing all workers with real possibilities for re-entering the educational
system, at a level which takes account of their work experience;
(h) establishing close co-operation and co-ordination between vocational guidance
and vocational training provided outside the school system, on the one hand,
and educational guidance and the school system, on the other;
(i) establishing conditions permitting workers to supplement their vocational training by trade union education given by their representative organisations ;
(j) undertaking research and adapting administrative arrangements and methods as
required for implementing the programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training.
6. The policies and programmes of vocational guidance and vocational
training should—
(a) be co-ordinated with policies and major programmes of social and economic
development such as employment promotion, social integration, rural development, development of crafts and industry, adaptation of methods and organisation of work to human requirements and improvement of working conditions;
(b) take account of international economic and technological interaction and
co-operation;
(c) be reviewed periodically in relation to current and planned social and economic
development;
(d) promote activities which will stimulate workers to contribute to improved
international relations;
(e) contribute to fuller understanding of technical, scientific, economic, social and
cultural matters;
(f) create and develop an appropriate infrastructure for providing adequate training
respecting the essential standards of occupational health and safety.
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III. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
7. (1) Members should gradually extend their systems of vocational guidance,
including continuing employment information, with a view to ensuring that comprehensive information and the broadest possible guidance are available to all children,
young persons and adults, including appropriate programmes for all handicapped and
disabled persons.
(2) Such information and guidance should cover the choice of an occupation,
vocational training and related educational opportunities, the employment situation
and employment prospects, promotion prospects, conditions of work, safety and
hygiene at work, and other aspects of working life in the various sectors of economic,
social and cultural activity and at all levels of responsibility.
(3) The information and guidance should be supplemented by information on
general aspects of collective agreements and of the rights and obligations of all
concerned under labour law; this information should be provided in accordance with
national law and practice, taking into account the respective functions and tasks of
the workers' and employers' organisations concerned.
8. (1) The main objectives of vocational guidance programmes should be to—
(a) provide children and young persons not yet in the labour force with the basis for
choosing a line of education or vocational training in the light of their aptitudes,
abilities and interests and of employment opportunities;
(b) assist persons in programmes of education and vocational training to derive the
maximum benefit from them and to prepare themselves either for supplementary
education or vocational training or for entry into an occupation and for
continuing education and training as and when required during their working
Uves;
(c) assist persons who are entering the labour force, who seek to change their work
activities, or who are unemployed, to choose an occupation and to plan related
education and vocational training;
(d) inform employed persons of opportunities for improving their occupational
development potential, their level of performance, their earnings and their
position, of the educational and vocational training requirements and of the
facilities available for this purpose;
(e) promote general awareness of the contributions which are and can be made by
the various sectors of the economy and branches of economic activity, including
those which have traditionally enjoyed little prestige, to general development
and to expanding employment;
(f) assist co-operating institutions to provide information and feedback on the
effectiveness of particular training programmes as an integral part of vocational
guidance.
(2) Members should ensure that such programmes are compatible with the right
to freedom of choice in selecting an occupation and to fair promotion opportunities
as well as the right to education.
9. In extending the scope of their systems of vocational guidance, Members
should pay special attention to—
(a) helping children and young persons at school to gain an appreciation of the
value and importance of work and an understanding of the world of work as
well as to familiarise themselves with the conditions of work in as broad a range of
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occupations as possible—taking account of the employment and career opportunities that may be open to them—and with requirements for taking advantage
of these opportunities ;
(b) giving children and young persons who have never been to school, or who left
school early, information on as broad a range of occupations as possible and on
employment opportunities in these occupations, as well as guidance on how they
may gain access to them;
(c) giving adults in employment, including self-employment, information on trends
and objectives in development which concern them and in particular on the
implications of social, technical and economic change for their field of work;
(d) giving unemployed and under-employed persons all the necessary information
and guidance on possibilities of finding employment or improving their employment situation and on means available for achieving this purpose;
(e) giving persons who meet special problems in relation to education, vocational
training or employment, assistance in overcoming them within over-all measures
aiming at social progress.
10. (1) Both group vocational guidance programmes—namely the dissemination
of factual material and counselling for groups of persons who have similar vocational
needs—and individual counselling should be made available.
(2) Individual counselling should be available, in particular, to young persons
and adults requiring specialised assistance in identifying their occupational aptitudes,
abilities and interests, in assessing the educational, vocational training and employment opportunities which are likely to be available to them, and in choosing a line of
education, vocational training or employment.
(3) Individual counselling—and, as appropriate, group vocational guidance activities—should take into account the individual's specific need of information and
support, with particular attention to the physically and mentally handicapped and
disabled as well as to socially and educationally disadvantaged persons. They may
include exercises in seeking and evaluating information and in decision making, as
well as exposure to expanded career choices and goals, in order to develop the capacity
to make an informed choice. They should always take into account the individual's
right to make his own choice on the basis of comprehensive relevant information.
(4) Individual counselling should, whenever required, be supplemented by advice
for remedial action and such other help as may be useful for the purposes of
vocational adjustment.
11. Members whose vocational guidance programmes are in the early stages of
development should, in the first instance, aim at—
(a) drawing the attention of young persons to the importance of choosing general
and vocational education taking full account of existing employment prospects
and of trends in economic and social development, as well as of their personal
aptitudes and interests;
(b) assisting those groups of the population which require help in overcoming
traditional restrictions on their free choice of education, vocational training or
occupation;
(c) meeting the needs of those with special potential in fields of work which are of
major importance.
12. Members should make full use, in their vocational guidance programmes, of
all available facilities and media through which the various groups of the population
concerned can be reached most effectively.
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13. (1) Wherever practicable, appropriate tests of capacity and aptitude—including both physiological and psychological characteristics—and other methods of
examination should be made available for use in vocational guidance as appropriate
to the needs of individual cases.
(2) Such tests and other methods of examination should be used only in
agreement with the person seeking guidance and in conjunction with other methods
of exploring personal characteristics; they should be carried out only by specialists.
(3) The results obtained in the application of such tests and other methods of
examination should not be communicated to a third person without the express
agreement of the person examined.
14. (1) Where tests and other methods of examination are employed in vocational guidance, they should be standardised for the age groups, populations and cultures
concerned and should be validated for the particular purposes for which they are
intended.
(2) There should be a continuing programme for the development and restandardisation, at regular intervals, of such tests and other methods of examination in
order to take account of changing conditions and life styles.
IV. VOCATIONAL TRAINING
A. General Provisions
15. (1) Members should gradually extend, adapt and harmonise the vocational
training systems of their respective countries to meet the needs for vocational training
throughout life of both young persons and adults in all sectors of the economy and
branches of economic activity and at all levels of skill and responsibility.
(2) In doing so they should pay special attention to—
(a) providing opportunities for promotion which should be open, wherever possible,
to persons with the desire and ability to reach higher levels of skill and
responsibility;
(b) improving vocational training in sectors of the economy and branches of
economic activity in which vocational training is largely unsystematic and in
which obsolescent technologies and methods of work prevail;
(c) providing vocational training for members of the population who had not
received adequate attention in the past, in particular for groups which are
economically or socially disadvantaged;
(d) effectively co-ordinating general education and vocational training, theoretical
and practical instruction and initial and further training.
(3) Vocational training programmes should be so conceived as to promote
full employment and the development of the capabilities of each person.
16. Vocational training programmes for individual occupations and branches of
economic activity should, as appropriate, be arranged in progressive stages which
together provide adequate opportunities for—
(a) initial training for young persons and adults with little or no previous work
experience;
(b) further training which should enable persons engaged in an occupation—
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(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(i) to improve their performance or broaden the range of activities which they
can undertake, to proceed to higher-level work or to gain promotion;
(ii) to update their knowledge and skills in the light of developments in the
occupation concerned ;
retraining to enable adults to acquire new qualifications for a different occupational field;
such further education as is necessary to complement the training;
training in safety and health at the place of work, especially for young persons
and adults with little previous work experience;
acquiring information on rights and obligations in employment, including social
security schemes.
17. (1) Every effort should be made to develop and utilise to the full, if necessary
with public financing, existing and potential vocational training capacity, including
the resources available in undertakings, in order to provide programmes of continuing vocational training.
(2) In the provision of training, advantage should be taken, as appropriate, of
mass media, mobile units, and correspondence courses and other self-instruction programmes.
18. Programes of initial training for young persons with little or no work
experience should include in particular—
(a) general education which is co-ordinated with practical training and related
theoretical instruction;
(b) basic training in knowledge and skills common to several related occupations which
could be given by an educational or vocational training institution or in an
undertaking either on or off the job;
(c) specialisation in directly usable knowledge and skills for employment opportunities which already exist or are to be created;
(d) supervised initiation into a real work situation.
19. (1) Full-time courses of initial training should, wherever possible, provide for
adequate synchronisation between theoretical tuition in training institutions and
training given on the job in undertakings in order to ensure that the former is related
to the real work situation; similarly, practical training off the job should, as far as
possible, be related to real work situations.
(2) Training on the job arranged as an integral part of courses given by training
institutions should be planned jointly by the undertakings, institutions and workers'
representatives concerned with a view to—
(a) enabling the trainees to apply in actual working conditions what they have
learned off the job;
(b) providing training in aspects of the occupation which cannot be covered outside
undertakings;
(c) familiarising young persons with little or no work experience with the requirements and conditions they are likely to encounter at work and with their
responsibilities within a working group.
20. Persons entering employment after completing the full-time courses mentioned in Paragraph 19 above should receive—
(a) induction to familiarise them with the nature and objectives of the undertaking
and the conditions in which work is performed there ;
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(b) systematic complementary training on the job, together with the necessary
theoretical courses;
(c) as far as possible, planned experience in a series of activities and functions of
training value, including adjustment to the workplace.
21. The competent authorities should, in line with national planning and national
laws and regulations and after consultation of employers' and workers' organisations,
establish national or regional further-training plans related to employment.
22. (1) Undertakings should, in consultation with workers' representatives, with
the persons concerned and with those in charge of their work, establish and review at
regular intervals further-training plans for persons in their employment at all levels of
skill and responsibility; a joint committee may be established for the purpose.
(2) These plans should—
(a) provide opportunities to qualify for advancement to higher levels of skill and
responsibility;
(b) cover technical and other training and work experience for the persons concerned;
(c) take account of the abilities and interests of the persons concerned as well as of
work requirements.
(3) Persons in charge of the work of others should have an obligation to make an
effective contribution to the success of further-training plans.
(4) Organisational responsibility for the establishment, implementation and
review of further-training plans should be clearly defined and should be assigned, as
far as possible, to a special unit or to one or more persons operating at a level
commensurate with such responsibility.
23. (1) Workers being trained within an undertaking should—
(a) receive adequate allowances or remuneration;
(b) be covered by the social security measures applicable to the regular workforce of
the undertaking concerned.
(2) Workers receiving training off the job should be granted educational leave in
accordance with the terms of the Paid Educational Leave Convention and Recommendation, 1974.
B. Vocational Training Standards and Guidelines
24. (1) Initial and further training leading to recognised occupational qualifications should be covered as far as possible by general standards set or approved by the
competent body, after consultation with the employers' and workers' organisations
concerned.
(2) These standards should indicate—
(a) the level of skills and knowledge required of candidates for the various
vocational training courses;
(b) the level of performance to be attained in each major activity or function of the
occupation concerned during each phase of training and, as far as possible, the
content and duration of training and the facilities and equipment needed to
ensure that the level of performance indicated may be attained;
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(c) the part of the vocational training to be provided by the system of formal
education, by vocational training institutions, by undertakings through training
on the job, or by other means;
(d) the character and duration of any work experience that may be required in
vocational training programmes ;
(e) the training content, on the basis of the principles of multi-purpose training and
occupational mobility;
(f) the methodology to be applied, taking into account the objectives of the training
and the characteristics of the trainees;
(g) any examinations to be taken or other means of assessing achievement;
(h) the certificates to be issued on successful completion of vocational training.
25. (1) The same occupation may be covered by more than one vocational
training standard when, and for as long as, the conditions in which the work is
carried out and the activities it involves vary widely between different sectors of the
economy, branches of economic activity or undertakings of different sizes.
(2) Standards covering the same occupations should be co-ordinated in order to
facilitate job mobility, with full recognition of the qualifications already held and of
work experience in the occupation.
26. (1) Guidelines indicating the desirable organisation and content of vocational
training should be established for occupations, levels of skill and knowledge and
levels of responsibility for which the standards provided for in Paragraph 24 of this
Recommendation are shown not to be appropriate.
(2) Such guidelines may be necessary in particular to cover—
(a) training for future supervisors, specialists and managers and for persons already
employed in these capacities ;
(b) training for training officers and for managers, supervisors and instructors of
vocational training;
(c) vocational training for branches of economic activity in which there are large
numbers of self-employed persons or of small undertakings;
(d) the improvement of vocational training for branches of economic activity in
which there has been little or no provision for the necessary systematic
vocational training, and for undertakings using obsolescent technologies and
methods of work.
(3) Such guidelines may also be appropriate for the first training in employment
of persons who have just completed full-time courses of initial training in educational
and vocational training institutions.
27. Vocational training standards and guidelines should be evaluated and reviewed periodically, with the participation of employers' and workers' organisations,
and adjusted to changing requirements, the periodicity of review being determined by
the rate of change in the occupation concerned.
28. (1) Members should gradually establish standards and guidelines or, as the
case may be, extend their applicability until all major occupations and all levels of
skill and responsibility are covered.
(2) Priority should be given to vocational training for occupations and levels of
skill and responsibility of key importance for social and economic advancement.
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V. TRAINING FOR MANAGERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS
29. (1) Training for management and supervisory functions should be provided
for persons in charge of the work of others, for professional and specialist personnel
participating in management and for persons being prepared to assume management
and supervisory functions.
(2) The competent authorities should, in Une with national planning and national
laws and regulations and after consultation of employers' and workers' organisations,
establish plans for training for management and supervisory functions and for selfemployed persons.
30. (1) The content of programmes of training for management and supervisory
functions should take account of the level of the current and prospective responsibilities of the trainees.
(2) The programmes should be designed in particular to—
(a) develop an adequate knowledge and understanding of the economic and social
aspects of decision making;
(b) foster attitudes and abilities for leading and motivating other persons, while
respecting human dignity, and for developing sound industrial relations;
(c) develop initiative and a positive attitude towards change and a capacity to
appreciate the effect of change on other people;
(d) develop the capacity for assuming new responsibilities on the job ;
(e) develop awareness of the importance of education, vocational guidance and
vocational training for the personnel of the undertaking;
(f) develop awareness of the conditions of workers in their occupational Ufe,
concern for their welfare and knowledge of labour law and of social security
schemes;
(g) develop understanding of the value of efforts towards self-improvement;
(h) provide the basis for further training in accordance with changing requirements.
31. (1) Vocational training programmes for self-employment should take
account of the social situation of the worker and—
(a) include, in addition to training specific to the technical field concerned, training
in the basic principles and practices of business management and of training
other persons;
(b) develop awareness of the need to take initiatives and assess and accept risks.
(2) Such programmes should provide regular opportunities for updating training
and be reinforced by a continuing flow of information on new developments in the
technical field concerned, as well as on sources of finance and, if necessary, on the
most efficient marketing methods.
VI. PROGRAMMES FOR PARTICULAR AREAS OR
BRANCHES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
32. (1) Appropriate programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training
should be established for particular areas or branches of economic activity in which
comprehensive improvement action or major structural change is required.
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(2) Such programmes should form part of national vocational guidance and
vocational training programmes as a whole and be co-ordinated with other action to
develop the area or branch of economic activity concerned.
33. Among the areas or branches of economic activity for which such programmes may be required, particular attention might be given to rural areas, to
branches of economic activity using obsolescent technologies and methods of work,
to industries and undertakings in decline or converting their activities, and to
planned or newly established industries.
A. Rural Areas
34. (1) Programmes for rural areas should aim at achieving full equality of
opportunity of the rural and urban populations as regards vocational guidance and
vocational training.
(2) They should be conceived within the framework of national development
policies, taking account among other things of patterns and trends in migration
between rural and urban areas.
35. (1) Programmes for rural areas should make adequate provision for the
special vocational guidance and vocational training needs of—
(a) agricultural workers, including plantation workers, small owner-occupiers,
tenant farmers and sharecroppers and other persons engaged in agriculture and
related activities, particularly in relation to agrarian reform and other major
changes in supply, production and distribution systems in the areas concerned;
(b) persons engaged in non-agricultural occupations, with special emphasis on
education, communications, transport and other services and craft occupations.
(2) Such programmes should take account of differences in needs according to
the type of rural activity involved, its degree of mechanisation, specialisation and
modernisation and the scale on which it is conducted.
(3) Programmes for rural areas should include training in organising co-operatives and in managing undertakings.
36. (1) Countries in which facilities and programmes of vocational guidance and
vocational training for rural areas are as yet little developed should concentrate
initially on—
(a) providing information for young persons and adults in rural areas on the
objectives of and action proposed for making improvements or major structural
changes in the area and on the implications of such action for their work and
lives ;
(b) providing systematic education and vocational training, full time or part time as
appropriate, for young persons in employment to complement informal learning
on the job;
(c) providing short programmes of upgrading training or of retraining for adults
through existing vocational training, or extension or other advisory services;
(d) developing social and economic leadership in rural areas and encouraging
participation by broader groups of the population in development action ;
(e) encouraging a desire for self-improvement.
(2) Such countries should keep their priorities for rural areas under review so as
to work progressively towards—
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(a) developing comprehensive vocational information and guidance services for the
rural population as a whole;
(b) introducing or generalising systematic initial training for young persons ;
(c) introducing comprehensive programmes of further training on a continuing or
recurrent basis to meet the needs of adults.
37. Countries which, for financial reasons or lack of trained personnel, are not in
a position to provide adequate services for the rural population as a whole, might
consider—
(a) concentrating action temporarily on limited geographical areas where important
lessons may be learnt for subsequent action in other areas;
(b) giving preference to landless labourers and other economically weak groups in
rural areas, which are in greatest need of economic and social justice.
B. Branches of Economic Activity Using Obsolescent Technologies
and Methods of Work
38. (1) Programmes for branches of economic activity and occupations in which
the use of obsolescent technologies and methods of work is widespread should be
developed as appropriate along similar lines to those for rural areas.
(2) The aim should be to provide vocational guidance and vocational training for
persons employed in or entering these branches of economic activity or occupations
which will enable them to participate in or contribute to the modernisation of
methods and products and to benefit from changes introduced.
39. Extension and other advisory services for self-employed persons and small
entrepreneurs in these branches of economic activity and occupations should provide
them with information on possibilities of innovation in their work, and on related
vocational training and other services.
40. In planning vocational training for such branches of economic activity and
occupations particular consideration should be given to—
(a) needs and opportunities for extending the scope of or for specialising the
activities of undertakings, and the vocational training implications of such
extension or specialisation;
(b) possibilities of improving vocational training practices and, in particular, of
providing opportunities for continuing training;
(c) possibilities of combining training services to managers of undertakings with
other action for raising the level of performance;
(d) the creation of new opportunities for gainful employment.
41. Vocational training for such branches of economic activity and occupations—
(a) may be conceived initially as a complement to the learning systems by which
work knowledge and skills are traditionally acquired;
(b) should take account of the needs both of young persons receiving initial training
and of persons already working in these branches of economic activity and
occupations, including the small entrepreneurs and other persons who give
initial training to young persons.
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C. Industries and Undertakings in Decline or Converting Their Activities
42. When industries or undertakings begin to decline, workers affected should in
good time receive vocational guidance and vocational training to facilitate a change
in skills and provide the opportunity of finding new employment.
43. When industries or undertakings change their products and methods of
production or the services they provide, workers affected should in good time receive
training, organised in co-operation with the industries or undertakings concerned, to
enable them to adapt themselves to their new tasks.
D. New Industries
44. In planning vocational guidance and vocational training in connection with
the establishment of new industries, account should be taken of—
(a) needs for workers, specialists, managers and administrators during the construction phase and after the new plants have been commissioned, and of any need
for retraining persons employed during the construction phase with a view to
placing them in other jobs after commissioning;
(b) needs for independent workers and entrepreneurs to undertake subcontracting
for the new industries ;
(c) the need to provide information relating to and vocational training for new
activities rendered possible or necessary by the change in the economic conditions in the region;
(d) the need to provide vocational guidance and vocational retraining for persons
whose knowledge and skills are rendered obsolete by changes in the structure of
demand for labour within the region;
(e) the need to provide new opportunities for independent workers and entrepreneurs whose business may suffer from the competition created by the new
industries.
VII.
PARTICULAR GROUPS OF THE POPULATION
45. (1) Measures should be taken to provide effective and adequate vocational
guidance and vocational training for particular groups of the population so that they
will enjoy equality in employment and improved integration into society and the
economy.
(2) Particular attention should be paid to such groups as—
(a) persons who have never been to school or who left school early;
(b) older workers;
(c) members of linguistic and other minority groups ;
(d) handicapped and disabled persons.
A. Persons Who Have Never Been to School or Who Left School Early
46. Measures should be taken to provide all persons who have never been to
school or who left school before acquiring a general education adequate for
integration into a modernising society and economy with vocational guidance,
general education and training in basic skills, due account being taken of opportunities on the employment market.
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47. Vocational guidance for persons who have never been to school or who left
school before acquiring adequate literacy and numeracy should be as broadly
conceived as possible, while taking account of special educational and vocational
training facihties, and other opportunities for education, training and employment
that may be expected to be available to them.
48. (1) Arrangements for providing such persons with basic skills and general
education might include—
(a) part-time instruction in knowledge and skills relevant to their work, and general
education linked with that instruction, for children employed in the family farm
or business or in other areas of the economy;
(b) courses in relevant basic skills and related general education for young persons
and, if appropriate, adults, to facilitate their entry into systematic vocational
training or to broaden their opportunities for employment and promotion;
(c) arrangements for special vocational training combined with productive work for
young unemployed persons, supplemented as necessary by courses of general
education, with a view to giving them such education, skills and work habits as
are necessary for useful and remunerative economic activity;
(d) instruction in literacy and numeracy, particularly for adults, which is linked with
vocational training in the knowledge and skills required in a particular occupation or type of work and for active participation in development action;
such instruction should be co-ordinated with general measures for the eradication of illiteracy ;
(e) special educational and technical upgrading courses for young persons and adults
in employment to raise the level of their performance or improve their opportunities for advancement;
(f) special courses in skills urgently required in employment for persons with little
or no formal education.
(2) Special vocational training methodologies should be developed and applied
for the arrangements provided for in this Paragraph.
49. The certificates obtainable through such arrangements should be co-ordinated
with those obtainable in the system of formal education and by persons trained by
other means.
B. Older Workers
50. (1) Measures to meet difficulties faced by older workers in employment might
include as appropriate—
(a) identifying and changing as far as possible working conditions which are likely
to accelerate the physical and mental processes of ageing;
(b) providing older workers with the vocational guidance and vocational training
which they require, with special reference to any need for—
(i) updating their knowledge and skills by providing them with relevant
information at the appropriate time;
(ii) upgrading the level of their general education and occupational qualifications by the use of specialists in adult vocational training, so that it may
match that of better educated and trained young persons entering or
already in the same occupation;
(iii) informing them at the appropriate time about facihties available for
further training and carrying out such training at the appropriate moment,
namely before the introduction of new working techniques and working
methods;
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(iv) making available to them, as appropriate, other positions in their own or
in another occupation in which they can make use of their talents and
experience, as far as possible without loss of earnings;
(v) ensuring that they are not debarred from vocational training by unrealistic
age limits for admission;
(vi) developing a vocational training methodology adapted to the needs of
older workers;
(vii) taking all necessary measures for the provision of technically and pedagogically competent instructors, well prepared to carry out further training
adapted to the special requirements of older workers;
(c) encouraging older workers to take advantage of the vocational guidance and
vocational training facilities or opportunities for transfer which will help them to
overcome their problems;
(d) educating the general public, and particularly vocational guidance and vocational training staff, the staff of employment and other relevant social services,
employers and workers, on the adjustments in employment which older workers
may need to make and on the desirability of supporting them in such adjustments.
(2) Measures should also as far as possible be taken to develop work methods,
tools and equipment adapted to the special requirements of older workers and to
provide training in their use.
C. Linguistic and Other Minority Groups
51. Members of linguistic and other minority groups should be provided with
vocational guidance which would inform them in their own language or in a language
with which they are familiar, or if necessary through interpreters, of prevailing
conditions and requirements in employment, of the rights and obligations of all
concerned and of assistance available for solving their particular problems.
52. Special vocational training programmes should be provided as necessary for
linguistic and other minorities. In the case of linguistic minorities such training
should, if possible, be given in the vernacular and should, as appropriate, include
language training.
D. Handicapped and Disabled Persons
53. (1) Whenever they can benefit by it, persons who are handicapped or disabled
should have access to vocational guidance and vocational training programmes
provided for the general population.
(2) Where this is not desirable owing to the severity or the nature of the
handicap or disablement or the needs of specific groups of handicapped or disabled
persons, specially adjusted programmes should be provided.
(3) Every effort should be made to educate the general public, employers and
workers, as well as medical and paramedical personnel and social workers, on the
need for giving persons who are handicapped or disabled vocational guidance and
vocational training which would enable them to find employment suitable to their
needs, on the adjustments in employment which some of them may require and on
the desirability of special support for them in their employment.
(4) Measures should be taken to ensure, as far as possible, the integration or
reintegration of the handicapped and the disabled into productive life in a normal
working environment.
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(5) Account should be taken of the Vocational Rehabilitation (Disabled) Recommendation, 1955.
VIII.
PROMOTION OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY OF WOMEN AND M E N IN
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
54. (1) Measures should be taken to promote equality of opportunity of women
and men in employment and in society as a whole.
(2) These measures should form an integral part of all economic, social and
cultural measures taken by governments for improving the employment situation of
women and should include, as far as possible—
(a) educating the general public and in particular parents, teachers, vocational
guidance and vocational training staif, the staff of employment and other social
services, employers and workers, on the need for encouraging women and men to
play an equal part in society and in the economy and for changing traditional
attitudes regarding the work of women and men in the home and in working life;
(b) providing girls and women with vocational guidance on the same broad range of
educational, vocational training and employment opportunities as boys and
men, encouraging them to take full advantage of such opportunities and creating
the conditions required for them to do so ;
(c) promoting equality of access for girls and women to all streams of education and
to vocational training for all types of occupations, including those which have
been traditionally accessible only to boys and men, subject to the provisions of
international labour Conventions and Recommendations;
(d) promoting further training for girls and women to ensure their personal
development and advancement to skilled employment and posts of
responsibility, and urging employers to provide them with the same opportunities of extending their work experience as offered to male workers with the same
education and qualifications;
(e) providing day-care facilities and other services for children of different ages, in
so far as possible, so that girls and women with family responsibilities have access
to normal vocational training, as well as making special arrangements, for instance
in the form of part-time or correspondence courses, vocational training programmes following a recurrent pattern or programmes using mass media;
(f) providing vocational training programmes for women above the normal age of
entry into employment who wish to take up work for the first time or re-enter it
after a period of absence.
55. Special vocational training arrangements and programmes, similar to those
envisaged in clauses (e) and (f) of subparagraph (2) of Paragraph 54 of this
Recommendation, should be available to men having analogous problems.
56. Account should be taken of the Employment Policy Convention and Recommendation, 1964, in the implementation of measures for the promotion of equality of
opportunity of women and men in training and employment.
IX. MIGRANT WORKERS
57. Effective vocational guidance and vocational training should be provided for
migrant workers, so that they will enjoy equality of opportunity in employment.
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58. Vocational guidance and vocational training for migrant workers should take
into account that they may have a limited knowledge of the language of the country
of employment. Paragraphs 51 and 52 of this Recommendation should be applied to
them.
59. Vocational guidance and vocational training of migrant workers should take
account of—
(a) the needs of the country of employment;
(b) the possible reintegration of migrant workers into the economy of their country
of origin.
60. Account should be taken, as regards vocational guidance and vocational
training for migrant workers, of the relevant provisions of international labour
Conventions and Recommendations concerned with such workers. These questions
should also be the subject of agreements between countries of origin and countries of
employment.
X. TRAINING OF STAFF FOR VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES
61. Provision for the training of staff should cover all persons responsible either
full time or part time for planning, organising, administering, developing, supervising
or giving vocational guidance or vocational training.
62. (1) In addition to receiving training in vocational guidance, including individual counselling, persons giving vocational guidance should be familiarised with the
world of work generally and with the conditions of work and functions of persons
engaged in a broad range of occupations at all levels of skill and responsibility as well
as with the employment and career opportunities in these occupations and with the
training courses and training facilities available for them: they should also be
acquainted with general aspects of collective agreements and of rights and obligations
under labour law.
(2) The training of persons giving vocational guidance should as appropriate
include study of the physiological, psychological and sociological characteristics of
different groups and of specialised guidance methods.
63. (1) Persons engaged in giving vocational training should have comprehensive
theoretical and practical knowledge as well as substantial work experience in the
technical field or functions concerned, together with technical and pedagogical
training acquired in educational and training institutions.
(2) The training of such persons should, as appropriate, include study of the
various characteristics and attitudes of different groups of trainees and of specialised
training methods.
64. (1) Persons engaged in vocational training for particular branches of economic activity should be familiarised with the social, economic and technical aspects
and conditions of the particular branch of economic activity concerned.
(2) For instance, in addition to technical and vocational education and vocational training in their speciality, persons engaged in rural development activities
should receive training in such fields as—
(a) the economics of agriculture, forestry and other rural activities ;
(b) methods and techniques of farm and forest management;
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(c) rural sociology and institutions;
(d) mass communication and extension training techniques;
(e) the activities of co-operatives where such exist.
65. Persons engaged in vocational guidance and vocational training activities for
particular groups of the population should be familiarised with the special social and
economic problems of these groups.
66. (1) Persons responsible for planning, organising, administering or supervising
vocational guidance or vocational training programmes, including directors and
managers of vocational guidance or vocational training institutions or services,
training directors and officers of undertakings, and vocational guidance and vocational training consultants, should have had experience of giving vocational guidance
or vocational training respectively.
(2) Wherever possible, persons with such responsibilities in regard to vocational
training programmes should have had experience of work in undertakings on other
than vocational training duties.
67. All persons engaged in vocational guidance and vocational training activities
should be given frequent opportunities of refreshing and updating their knowledge of
social, economic, technical and psychological elements relevant to their line of work
and of learning about new methods and techniques applicable to their work.
XI.
RESEARCH
68. Members should make provision for research and experimental programmes
designed with a view to—
(a) determining criteria for setting priorities and establishing strategies for the
development of vocational guidance and vocational training for particular
branches of economic activity and groups of the population;
(b) determining and forecasting employment opportunities in the various branches
of economic activity and occupations ;
(c) increasing knowledge of the psychological, sociological and pedagogical aspects
of vocational guidance and vocational training ;
(d) evaluating the internal efficiency and external effectiveness of individual components of the systems of vocational guidance and vocational training;
(e) determining the direct and indirect costs and benefits of alternative patterns and
methods of providing vocational guidance and vocational training;
(f) improving, for the population concerned, the psychological tests and other
methods used for the identification of talent, the appraisal of aptitudes and
interests, and the assessment of levels of knowledge and skill attained through
vocational training;
(g) increasing available information on occupations and their requirements.
XII.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS AND REPRESENTATIVE BODIES
69. (1) Public authorities and bodies concerned with general education and with
vocational guidance, technical and vocational education, vocational training, training
of staff for human resources development and management training, public authorities and bodies concerned with planning and implementation of employment and
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other social and economic development policies, and bodies representative of the
various branches of economic activity and occupations, and of the various groups of
the population concerned, should collaborate in establishing policies, and in planning
and implementing programmes for vocational guidance and vocational training.
(2) Representatives of employers' and workers' organisations should be included
in the bodies responsible for governing publicly operated training institutions and for
supervising their operation; where such bodies do not exist, representatives of
employers' and workers' organisations should in other ways participate in the
setting-up, management and supervision of such institutions.
70. In addition to participating in the establishment of policy and the planning
and implementation of programmes, representative bodies should, subject to national
laws and regulations and within the framework of national planning—
(a) encourage and assist their members to—
(i) provide opportunities and facilities for vocational guidance and vocational
training;
(ii) support the provision of such opportunities and facilities ;
(iii) make full use of them;
(b) provide vocational guidance and vocational training as necessary to complement
the action of other bodies, services or persons and provide information which
will facilitate such action;
(c) participate in research.
71. The respective roles and responsibilities of all those concerned with the
development of human resources should be clearly defined.
72. In administering programmes of vocational guidance and vocational training
provision should be made for—
(a) advising the bodies, services, institutions and undertakings concerned on the
social, technical and methodological aspects involved in the implementation of
the programmes ;
(b) furnishing supporting services and facilities, such as research, standards and
guidelines for the organisation of vocational guidance and vocational training
and audio-visual aids and information on appropriate techniques and methods ;
(c) organising publicly controlled examinations or applying other means of assessing
achievement for occupations covered by vocational training standards;
(d) training of staff;
(e) making available research findings and other experience to persons or bodies
responsible for planning and implementing the programmes ;
(f) providing adequate financial support for implementing the programmes.
XIII.
PERIODICAL REVIEWS
73. Members should periodically review their programmes of vocational guidance
and vocational training with a view to—
(a) achieving the best use of staff, facilities and media;
(b) adjusting the organisation, content and methods of vocational guidance and
vocational training in the light of changing conditions and requirements in the
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various branches of economic activity and the needs of particular groups of the
population, as well as in the light of advances in relevant knowledge;
(c) determining other action which may be required for the effectiveness of national
policies for the furtherance of the goals referred to in Paragraphs 4 to 6 of this
Recommendation.
XIV.
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
74. Members should co-operate with each other to the fullest extent possible,
with the participation, as desired, of governmental and non-governmental regional
and international organisations, as well as non-governmental national organisations,
in planning, elaborating and implementing programmes of vocational guidance and
vocational training.
75. Such co-operation may include—
(a) the provision, on a bilateral or multilateral basis, of assistance to other countries
in the planning, elaboration or implementation of such programmes;
(b) the organisation of joint research and experiments with a view to improving the
efficiency and effectiveness of the planning and implementation of programmes ;
(c) making facilities available or establishing joint facilities to enable persons
concerned with vocational guidance and vocational training to acquire knowledge, skill and experience which are not available in their own countries;
(d) the systematic exchange of information on vocational guidance and vocational
training, including the results of research and experimental programmes, by
means of expert meetings, seminars, study groups or exchange of publications;
(e) the progressive harmonisation of vocational training standards for the same
occupation within a group of countries with a view to facilitating occupational
mobility and access to training abroad;
(f) the preparation and dissemination of basic vocational guidance and vocational
training material and aids, including curricula and job specifications, with a view
to their use in a group of countries or a region with similar requirements or
working towards the harmonisation of vocational training levels and of
vocational guidance practices.
76. Members should consider establishing or contributing to the joint establishment or operation of centres for a region or group of countries to facilitate exchange
of experience and promote co-operation in programme development and methodological research.
XV. EFFECT ON EARLIER RECOMMENDATIONS
77. (1) This Recommendation supersedes the Vocational Guidance Recommendation, 1949, the Vocational Training (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1956, and the
Vocational Training Recommendation, 1962.
(2) The Vocational Rehabilitation (Disabled) Recommendation, 1955, the Vocational Training (Fishermen) Recommendation, 1966, the Special Youth Schemes
Recommendation, 1970, and the Vocational Training (Seafarers) Recommendation,
1970, remain applicable to the categories of persons covered by their terms.
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General Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its Sixtieth
Session which was held at Geneva and declared closed the twenty-fifth day of June
1975.
of June 1975.
BLAS F. OPLE
FRANCIS BLANCHARD
Recommendation 151
Recommendation concerning Migrant Workers1
Considering that the Preamble of the Constitution of the International Labour
Organisation assigns to it the task of protecting " the interests of workers
when employed in countries other than their own ", and
Recalling the provisions contained in the Migration for Employment Convention
and Recommendation (Revised), 1949, and in the Protection of Migrant
Workers (Underdeveloped Countries) Recommendation, 1955, which deal
with such matters as the preparation and organisation of migration, social
services to be provided to migrant workers and their families, in particular
before their departure and during their journey, equality of treatment as
regards a variety of matters which they enumerate, and the regulation of the
stay and return of migrant workers and their families, and
Having adopted the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention
1975, and
Considering that further standards are desirable as regards equality of opportunity
and treatment, social policy in regard to migrants and employment and
residence, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to migrant
workers, which is the fifth item on the agenda of the session, and
adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and
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seventy-five the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Migrant
Workers Recommendation, 1975:
1. Members should apply the provisions of this Recommendation within the
framework of a coherent policy on international migration for employment. That
policy should be based upon the economic and social needs of both countries of
origin and countries of employment; it should take account not only of short-term
manpower needs and resources but also of the long-term social and economic consequences of migration for migrants as well as for the communities concerned.
I. EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND TREATMENT
2. Migrant workers and members of their families lawfully within the territory
of a Member should enjoy effective equality of opportunity and treatment with
nationals of the Member concerned in respect of—
(a) access to vocational guidance and placement services;
(b) access to vocational training and employment of their own choice on the basis
of individual suitability for such training or employment, account being taken
of qualifications acquired outside the territory of and in the country of employment;
(c) advancement in accordance with their individual character, experience, ability
and diligence;
(d) security of employment, the provision of alternative employment, relief work
and retraining;
(e) remuneration for work of equal value;
(f) conditions of work, including hours of work, rest periods, annual holidays with
pay, occupational safety and occupational health measures, as well as social
security measures and welfare facilities and benefits provided in connection with
employment;
(g) membership of trade unions, exercise of trade union rights and eligibility for
office in trade unions and in labour-management relations bodies, including
bodies representing workers in undertakings;
(h) rights of full membership in any form" of co-operative;
(i) conditions of life, including housing and the benefits of social services and
educational and health facilities.
3. Each Member should ensure the application of the principles set forth in
Paragraph 2 of this Recommendation in all activities under the control of a public
authority and promote its observance in all other activities by methods appropriate
to national conditions and practice.
4. Appropriate measures should be taken, with the collaboration of employers'
and workers' organisations and other bodies concerned, with a view to—
(a) fostering public understanding and acceptance of the above-mentioned principles ;
(b) examining complaints that these principles are not being observed and securing
the correction, by conciliation or other appropriate means, of any practices
regarded as in conflict therewith.
5. Each Member should ensure that national laws and regulations concerning
residence in its territory are so applied that the lawful exercise of rights enjoyed in
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pursuance of these principles cannot be the reason for non-renewal of a residence
permit or for expulsion and is not inhibited by the threat of such measures.
6. A Member may—
(a) make the free choice of employment, while assuring migrant workers the right
to geographical mobility, subject to the conditions that the migrant worker has
resided lawfully in its territory for the purpose of employment for a prescribed
period not exceeding two years or, if its laws or regulations provide for contracts
for a fixed term of less than two years, that the worker has completed his first
work contract;
(b) after appropriate consultation with the representative organisations of employers
and workers, make regulations concerning recognition of occupational qualifications acquired outside its territory, including certificates and diplomas;
(c) restrict access to limited categories of employment or functions where this is
necessary in the interests of the State.
7. (1) In order to enable migrant workers and their families to take full advantage
of their rights and opportunities in employment and occupation, such measures as may
be necessary should be taken, in consultation with the representative organisations
of employers and workers—
(a) to inform them, as far as possible in their mother tongue or, if that is not possible,
in a language with which they are familiar, of their rights under national law and
practice as regards the matters dealt with in Paragraph 2 of this Recommendation;
(b) to advance their knowledge of the language or languages of the country of employment, as far as possible during paid time;
(c) generally, to promote their adaptation to the society of the country of employment and to assist and encourage the efforts of migrant workers and their
families to preserve their national and ethnic identity and their cultural ties with
their country of origin, including the possibility for children to be given some
knowledge of their mother tongue.
(2) Where agreements concerning the collective recruitment of workers have
been concluded between Members, they should jointly take the necessary measures
before the migrants' departure from their country of origin to introduce them to the
language of the country of employment and also to its economic, social and cultural
environment.
8. (1) Without prejudice to measures designed to ensure that migrant workers
and their families enter national territory and are admitted to employment in conformity with the relevant laws and regulations, a decision should be taken as soon as
possible in cases in which these laws and regulations have not been respected so that
the migrant worker should know whether his position can be regularised or not.
(2) Migrant workers whose position has been regularised should benefit from all
rights which, in accordance with Paragraph 2 of this Recommendation, are provided
for migrant workers lawfully within the territory of a Member.
(3) Migrant workers whose position has not been or could not be regularised
should enjoy equality of treatment for themselves and their families in respect of
rights arising out of present and past employment as regards remuneration, social
security and other benefits as well as regards trade union membership and exercise
of trade union rights.
(4) In case of dispute about the rights referred to in the preceding subparagraphs,
the worker should have the possibility of presenting his case to a competent body,
either himself or through a representative.
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(5) In case of expulsion of the worker or his family, the cost should not be borne
by them.
II. SOCIAL POLICY
9. Each Member should, in consultation with representative organisations of
employers and workers, formulate and apply a social policy appropriate to national
conditions and practice which enables migrant workers and their families to share in
advantages enjoyed by its nationals while taking account, without adversely affecting
the principle of equality of opportunity and treatment, of such special needs as they
may have until they are adapted to the society of the country of employment.
10. With a view to making the policy as responsive as possible to the real needs of
migrant workers and their families, it should be based, in particular, on an examination
not only of conditions in the territory of the Member but also of those in the countries of origin of the migrants.
11. The policy should take account of the need to spread the social cost of
migration as widely and equitably as possible over the entire collectivity of the country
of employment, and in particular over those who profit most from the work of
migrants.
12. The policy should be periodically reviewed and evaluated and where necessary
revised.
A. Réunification of Families
13. (1) All possible measures should be taken both by countries of employment
and by countries of origin to facilitate the reunification of families of migrant workers
as rapidly as possible. These measures should include, as necessary, national laws or
regulations and bilateral and multilateral arrangements.
(2) A prerequisite for the reunification of families should be that the worker has,
for his family, appropriate accommodation which meets the standards normally
applicable to nationals of the country of employment.
14. Representatives of all concerned, and in particular of employers and workers,
should be consulted on the measures to be adopted to facilitate the reunification of
families and their co-operation sought in giving effect thereto.
15. For the purpose of the provisions of this Recommendation relating to the
reunification of families, the family of the migrant worker should include the spouse
and dependent children, father and mother.
16. With a view to facilitating the reunification of families as quickly as possible
in accordance with Paragraph 13 of this Recommendation, each Member should take
full account of the needs of migrant workers and their families in particular in its
policy regarding the construction of family housing, assistance in obtaining this
housing and the development of appropriate reception services.
17. Where a migrant worker who has been employed for at least one year in a
country of employment cannot be joined by his family in that country, he should be
entitled—
(a) to visit the country of residence of his family during the paid annual holiday to
which he is entitled under the national law and practice of the country of employment without losing during the absence from that country any acquired rights
or rights in course of acquisition and, particularly, without having his employ72
ment terminated or his right to residence in the country of employment withdrawn during that period; or
(b) to be visited by his family for a period corresponding at least to the annual
holiday with pay to which he is entitled.
18. Consideration should be given to the possibility of giving the migrant worker
financial assistance towards the cost of the travel envisaged in the preceding Paragraph or a reduction in the normal cost of transport, for instance by the arrangement
of group travel.
19. Without prejudice to more favourable provisions which may be applicable
to them, persons admitted in pursuance of international arrangements for free
movement of labour should have the benefit of the measures provided for in Paragraphs 13 to 18 of this Recommendation.
B. Protection of the Health of Migrant Workers
20. All appropriate measures should be taken to prevent any special health risks
to which migrant workers may be exposed.
21. (1) Every effort should be made to ensure that migrant workers receive
training and instruction in occupational safety and occupational hygiene in connection with their practical training or other work preparation and, as far as possible,
as part thereof.
(2) In addition, a migrant worker should, during paid working hours and immediately after beginning his employment, be provided with sufficient information in his
mother tongue or, if that is not possible, in a language with which he is familiar, on
the essential elements of laws and regulations and on provisions of collective agreements concerning the protection of workers and the prevention of accidents as well
as on safety regulations and procedures particular to the nature of the work.
22. (1) Employers should take all possible measures so that migrant workers may
fully understand instructions, warnings, symbols and other signs relating to safety
and health hazards at work.
(2) Where, on account of the migrant workers' lack of familiarity with processes,
language difficulties or other reasons, the training or instruction given to other
workers is inadequate for them, special measures which ensure their full understanding should be taken.
(3) Members should have laws or regulations applying the principles set out in
this Paragraph and provide that where employers or other persons or organisations
having responsibility in this regard fail to observe such laws or regulations, administrative, civil and penal sanctions might be imposed.
C. Social Services
23. In accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2 of this Recommendation,
migrant workers and their families should benefit from the activities of social services
and have access thereto under the same conditions as nationals of the country of
employment.
24. In addition, social services should be provided which perform, in particular,
the following functions in relation to migrant workers and their families—
(a) giving migrant workers and their families every assistance in adapting to the
economic, social and cultural environment of the country of employment;
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(b) helping migrant workers and their families to obtain information and advice
from appropriate bodies, for instance by providing interpretation and translation
services; to comply with administrative and other formalities; and to make full
use of services and facilities provided in such fields as education, vocational
training and language training, health services and social security, housing,
transport and recreation: Provided that migrant workers and their families
should as far as possible have the right to communicate with public authorities
in the country of employment in their own language or in a language with which
they are familiar, particularly in the context of legal assistance and court proceedings ;
(c) assisting authorities and bodies with responsibilities relating to the conditions
of life and work of migrant workers and their families in identifying their needs
and in adapting thereto;
(d) giving the competent authorities information and, as appropriate, advice
regarding the formulation, implementation and evaluation of social policy with
respect to migrant workers ;
(e) providing information for fellow workers and foremen and supervisors about
the situation and the problems of migrant workers.
25. (1) The social services referred to in Paragraph 24 of this Recommendation
may be provided, as appropriate to national conditions and practice, by public
authorities, by approved non-profit-making organisations or bodies, or by a combination of both. The public authorities should have the over-all responsibility of ensuring
that these social services are at the disposal of migrant workers and their families.
(2) Full use should be made of services which are or can be provided by authorities, organisations and bodies serving the nationals of the country of employment,
including employers' and workers' organisations.
26. Each Member should take such measures as may be necessary to ensure that
sufficient resources and adequately trained staff are available for the social services
referred to in Paragraph 24 of this Recommendation.
27. Each Member should promote co-operation and co-ordination between
different social services on its territory and, as appropriate, between these services
and corresponding services in other countries, without, however, this co-operation
and co-ordination relieving the States of their responsibilities in this field.
28. Each Member should organise and encourage the organisation, at the national,
regional or local level, or as appropriate in a branch of economic activity employing
substantial numbers of migrant workers, of periodic meetings for the exchange of
information and experience. Consideration should also be given to the exchange of
information and experience with other countries of employment as well as with the
countries of origin of migrant workers.
29. Representatives of all concerned and in particular of employers and workers
should be consulted on the organisation of the social services in question and their
co-operation sought in achieving the purposes aimed at.
III. EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENCE
30. In pursuance of the provision of Paragraph 18 of the Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949, that Members should, as far as possible,
refrain from removing from their territory, on account of lack of means or the state
of the employment market, a migrant worker regularly admitted thereto, the loss by
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such migrant worker of his employment should not in itself imply the withdrawal of
his authorisation of residence.
31. A migrant who has lost his employment should be allowed sufficient time to
find alternative employment, at least for a period corresponding to that during
which he may be entitled to unemployment benefit ; the authorisation of residence
should be extended accordingly.
32. (1) A migrant worker who has lodged an appeal against the termination of his
employment, under such procedures as may be available, should be allowed sufficient
time to obtain a final decision thereon.
(2) If it is established that the termination of employment was not justified, the
migrant worker should be entitled, on the same terms as national workers, to reinstatement, to compensation for loss of wages or of other payment which results from
unjustified termination, or to access to a new job with a right to indemnification.
If he is not reinstated, he should be allowed sufficient time to find alternative
employment.
33. A migrant worker who is the object of an expulsion order should have a right
of appeal before an administrative or judicial instance, according to conditions laid
down in national laws or regulations. This appeal should stay the execution of the
expulsion order, subject to the duly substantiated requirements of national security
or public order. The migrant worker should have the same right to legal assistance
as national workers and have the possibility of being assisted by an interpreter.
34. (1) A migrant worker who leaves the country of employment should be
entitled, irrespective of the legality of his stay therein—
(a) to any outstanding remuneration for work performed, including severance
payments normally due;
(b) to benefits which may be due in respect of any employment injury suffered;
(c) in accordance with national practice—
(i) to compensation in lieu of any holiday entitlement acquired but not used;
(ii) to reimbursement of any social security contributions which have not given
and will not give rise to rights under national laws or regulations or international arrangements : Provided that where social security contributions do
not permit entitlement to benefits, every effort should be made with a view to
the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements to protect the rights
of migrants.
(2) Where any claim covered in subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph is in dispute,
the worker should be able to have his interests represented before the competent body
and enjoy equal treatment with national workers as regards legal assistance.
General Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its Sixtieth
Session which was held at Geneva and declared closed the twenty-fifth day of June
1975.
of June 1975.
BLAS F. OPLE
FRANCIS BLANCHARD
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RESOLUTIONS
I
Resolution concerning Human and Trade Union Rights in Chile1
Deeply concerned at the continuing seriousness of the situation in Chile and by
the violations of civil and trade union rights of workers and trade union organisations, and particularly of freedom of association and of the right to work,
Noting the report of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom
of Association, presented in May 1975, which reveals the serious breaches of freedom
of association which have taken place and which are continuing, with respect, particularly, to the right to establish trade union organisations in full freedom, the latter's
right to meet freely, to elect their representatives, to organise their activities, to
establish federations and confederations, and, more generally, to basic human rights
on which the effective exercise of freedom of association depends, especially the right
of security of the person and protection against arbitrary arrest and imprisonment,
and against torture and maltreatment, and the right to a fair trial before an independent and impartial tribunal,
Noting the report submitted in May 1975 by the Commission of Inquiry established pursuant to article 26 of the Constitution of the ILO in consequence of the
resolution concerning human and trade union rights in Chile, adopted by the Conference at its 59th (1974) Session, which confirmed that tens of thousands of dismissals of workers involved violations of the basic principle of non-discrimination on
the basis of political opinion and, more particularly, of the obligations undertaken
by Chile upon ratification of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
Convention, 1958 (No. Ill),
Finding that no real improvement has been accomplished since the Conference
adopted the above-mentioned resolution one year ago,
Taking into consideration the recommendations presented by both of these commissions regarding the steps to be taken by the Chilean Government to ensure that
freedom of association is respected and that discrimination on the basis of political
opinion is eliminated, as well as to keep the ILO informed of any developments in
the situation ;
1. Urges the Chilean authorities—
(a) to implement as early as possible the recommendations of the above-mentioned
commissions with respect to human and trade union rights;
(b) to release the trade union leaders, and others still in custody on trade union
and political grounds, to put an end to torture and ill treatment, to do away
with the Special Courts and exceptional military jurisdictions and to decree a
general amnesty ;
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(c) to repeal all enactments that limit the free functioning of trade unions and their
right to collective bargaining, to introduce legislation in conformity with the
principles of freedom of association, to respect fully the rights of trade union
organisations to hold meetings in full freedom, to elect their representatives and
to establish federations and confederations of their own choosing;
(d) to repeal those enactments and to put an end to those practices which allow dismissal on grounds of political opinion, contrary to the provisions of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill), and to
review the dismissals which have already taken place on such grounds ;
(e) to supply regularly to the Governing Body, pursuant to the provisions of articles 19 and 22 of the Constitution of the ILO, reports on the application of the
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention,
1948 (No. 87), the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention,
1949 (No. 98), and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111).
2. Invites the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to instruct the
Director-General—
(a) to inform the Government of Chile of the position which the Conference has
taken on this matter;
(b) to take the appropriate steps to request the Government of Chile to submit
reports at regular intervals pursuant to articles 19 and 22 of the Constitution
of the ILO on developments in thefieldscovered by the Freedom of Association
and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Right to
Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill), and in
particular on the measures taken to give effect to the recommendations of the
Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry
in their reports of May 1975, as well as those of the present resolution;
(c) to follow the development of the trade union situation in Chile on a permanent
basis and to submit reports to the Governing Body at its 198th (November 1975)
Session and to the Conference at its 61st (1976) Session.
II
Resolution concerning Rural Development1
Recognising that a high proportion of the world's population lives in rural areas
in conditions of poverty, undernourishment or starvation, without the opportunity
of employment or of making any significant contribution to the development of
society,
Concerned that much of the massive increase in the world's population predicted
by the end of the century will be born into those countries and areas where poverty,
hunger and unemployment are already most acute, and will thus intensify dramatically
the extent of human suffering,
Conscious of the responsibilities of the International Labour Organisation in
combating poverty and developing employment opportunities,
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Welcoming the resolution of the Advisory Committee on Rural Development at
its Eighth Session in October 1974,
Sharing the universal concern at the humanitarian problems of such widespread
hunger and malnutrition expressed at the World Food Conference in November 1974,
Welcoming the establishment as a result of that Conference of the World Food
Council which will now have a key role in furthering the concept of world food
security,
Considering that the objectives of the World Employment Programme and the
International Development Strategy need increasingly urgently to be achieved, and
that the greatest scope for greater employment and development is in rural areas,
Convinced that the most urgent need of the rural poor is for food and worthwhile employment, and that a gigantic and sustained increase in food production is
urgently required if world hunger on an unprecedented scale is to be averted over the
next two decades,
Recognising that any significant expansion of food production cannot materialise
unless adequate resources are made available and appropriate arrangements made
for distribution at both national and international levels,
Believing that the development of agriculture can not only play a significant part
in meeting the universal need for food, but, because of its need for so many other
ancillary services such as fertilisers, machinery, transport, marketing, credit, consumer goods and services, can most rapidly generate other job opportunities and
development in rural areas,
Concerned at the inadequate emphasis placed by the ILO as regards the magnitude
and urgency of the problems of the rural poor,
Considering that there is need for greater priority, urgency and co-ordination of
ILO activities in the field of rural development,
Convinced that rural development cannot be satisfactorily carried out without
the active involvement of the rural workers ;
Invites the Governing Body of the International Labour Office—
(a) to ensure that the structural organisation of the ILO, taking full account of the
principle of tripartism and providing for co-operation and direct contacts between
the various components and sectors responsible for rural development, provides
for specific responsibility for and adequate co-ordination of rural development
activities; reflects an adequate appreciation of the scale and urgency of the human
needs in rural areas ; and is allocated a share of the resources of the ILO commensurate with the size and importance of the problems ;
(b) to examine jointly with appropriate United Nations organisations, and particularly with the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the newly established
World Food Council, as well as with the regional organisations concerned with
development, the best ways and means of implementing urgently a co-ordinated
strategy for rural development which includes provisions for vocational training
and the establishment of independent rural workers' organisations, such as
trade unions, associations of campesinos, and co-operatives, a key element of
which would be a major expansion in world food production, in order rapidly to
reduce world hunger, to ensure appropriate arrangements for distribution and
to generate employment both in industries and services associated with agriculture and in those industries and consumer services which workers in agriculture and ancillary industries would need;
(c) to call upon member States to undertake, in co-operation with the organisations
representing rural workers and employers, programmes to expand food produc78
tion; to provide the resources without which expansion of food production is
impracticable; where appropriate, to stimulate employment in rural areas; to
provide the necessary vocational training; to remove any unreasonable constraints which prevent the establishment of organisations such as farmers'
associations, independent agricultural co-operatives, and trade unions which
have a role to play in the economic development of rural areas ; and to ensure
adequate security of tenure to tenant farmers in order that they derive full
benefit from their increased production.
m
Resolution concerning the Contribution of Small and Medium Undertakings
to Economic and Social Progress and to the Creation of Employment,
in Particular in Developing Countries1
Considering that small and medium undertakings can, and must, contribute, on
a complementary footing with large units of production, to economic growth and
social progress, particularly in developing countries,
Considering that they facilitate the mobilisation of national capital and that their
flexibility and relatively modest capital needs permit the rapid creation of employment in underprivileged areas such as rural or only slightly urbanised regions,
Considering that in many countries the development of small and medium undertakings encounters such obstacles as lack of training of their managers in management and personnel policy and the difficulty for employees in this sector of securing
access to existing facilities for vocational training,
Considering that the International Labour Organisation has acquired considerable
experience in the field of training and support for the development of all types of
undertakings with a view to improving the employment situation in developing
countries,
Recalling, among other provisions, the resolution concerning small-scale industry
in developing countries adopted at the 46th (1962) Session of the International Labour
Conference ;
1. Expresses the hope that the international standards adopted within the framework of the International Labour Organisation will meet the specific needs of small
and medium undertakings and their workers.
Director-General—
(a) to draw the attention of governments to the need to bear in mind, when drawing
up their plans for economic and social development, the contribution of small
and medium undertakings;
(b) to undertake studies, particularly within the framework of the World Employment Programme, of the role of small and medium undertakings in the creation
of productive employment and of the obstacles they encounter;
(c) to prepare a study covering the concepts of small and medium undertakings,
taking into account the different levels of development in the countries concerned,
and concerning labour relations with reference to workers' participation in
decision making, particularly the role of collective bargaining;
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(d) to offer member States coherent technical co-operation programmes in fields
which correspond to the needs of small and medium undertakings;
(e) to organise symposia or round-table discussions to enable the managers and
workers of these undertakings to exchange experiences;
(f) with this end in view, to keep in close touch with the international organisations
of the United Nations family, the competent regional organisations and the
organisations of employers and workers, in particular those which are specially
representative in this sector.
IV
Resolution concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration
of Disabled or Handicapped Persons1
Reaffirming its aim to advance the cause of social justice and its faith in the
dignity of man,
Considering that to provide help for vocational rehabilitation and social reintegration of disabled or handicapped persons is both a humanitarian duty and a requirement imposed by human solidarity and that, moreover, it follows from the right to
work provided for in Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling that the United Nations Declaration on Social Progress and Development stresses the need to protect the rights of disabled workers and to ensure their
welfare and rehabilitation,
Recalling the principle laid down in the Vocational Rehabilitation (Disabled)
Recommendation, 1955 (No. 99), that vocational rehabilitation services should be
made available to all persons with disabilities, whatever the origin and nature of their
disability and whatever their age, provided they can be prepared for, and have
reasonable prospects of, securing and retaining suitable employment,
Referring also to Article 26 of the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964
(No. 121), relating to measures for the prevention of industrial accidents and occupational diseases, rehabilitation services for disabled persons as well as their employment,
Referring to the resolutions of the International Labour Conference concerning
vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons (1965) and disabled workers (1968),
Noting that it is desirable to rehabilitate for work and reintegrate into the community an ever greater number of physically or mentally disabled or handicapped
persons, in the interests of every member State on both economic and social grounds,
Welcoming the fact that the need for special measures to integrate disabled or
handicapped persons is steadily more clearly recognised by public opinion and by
official authorities and referring in this connection to the fact that Rehabilitation
International (ISRD) has declared the 1970s to be the Rehabilitation Decade,
Deploring the fact that too many disabled or handicapped persons, the majority
of whom live in developing countries, have very limited opportunity for work,
Stressing that employment prospects for disabled or handicapped persons can be
considerably improved through technological innovations;
1. Urges member States—
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(a) to recognise that—
(i) all persons should have the right to benefit from vocational rehabilitation
and training in order to be able to perform suitable work, if they so wish;
(ii) a high proportion of disabled or handicapped persons in society is a serious
drain on the national economy and could undermine the development of
the prosperity of the country and therefore the welfare of the population,
unless effective measures are taken;
(b) to provide for—
(i) the integration of disabled or handicapped persons in general training and
employment schemes;
(ii) special services and support for the severely disabled or handicapped.
2. Calls on all public authorities and employers' and workers' organisations to
promote maximum opportunities for disabled or handicapped persons to perform,
secure and retain suitable employment.
3. Requests the Director-General of the International Labour Office—
(a) to compile, according to a uniform pattern, documentation on technical experience, legislation and research in the field of social integration and vocational
rehabilitation of the disabled or handicapped, with a view to informing all
members States and all organisations concerned, in order to increase the effectiveness of services for disabled or handicapped persons ;
(b) to assist developing countries in their efforts to create vocational rehabilitation
facilities and open or sheltered employment opportunities for their disabled
or handicapped persons ;
(c) to take the necessary initiative, by studying all possibilities of launching, at the
most suitable geographic level, a comprehensive campaign for vocational
rehabilitation and social integration of the disabled or handicapped, in co-operation and co-ordination with the United Nations, its specialised agencies and
international, regional and non-governmental organisations concerned, with a
view to promoting the extension and development of rehabilitation services for
the disabled or handicapped;
(d) to accord the highest possible priority to programmes aimed at the vocational
rehabilitation and social reintegration of the disabled or handicapped and to
inform the Governing Body of the International Labour Office as soon as possible on the measures taken in the field of rehabilitation.
V
Resolution concerning Future Action of the International Labour Organisation
in the Field of Working Conditions and Environment1
Considering that the improvement of working conditions and the protection of
the physical and mental health of workers constitute an essential and permanent mission of the International Labour Organisation,
Considering the slow and uneven progress realised concerning hours of work
and associated problems concerning work safety and health primarily because of the
absence of a general strategy relating to an improvement of working conditions and
environment,
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Noting that the utilisation of scientific research and technology, without taking
into account considerations of a social nature, could not only create dangers at the
workplace but could also have an adverse effect on the human environment generally,
Considering that changes in techniques, production methods and the importance
of transfers of technology and the evolution of human society and of social aspirations place the improvement of working conditions and environment in a new and
sometimes different context according to the countries, branches, occupations and
categories of workers,
Referring to the resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference in
1972 and 1974 relating to the working environment,
Having noted the activities anticipated in the ILO's Programme and Budget for
1976-77,
Having received with satisfaction the Report submitted by the Director-General
of the International Labour Office to the 60th Session of the International Labour
Conference and the determination indicated therein to reinforce and renew ILO action
in the field of working conditions and environment,
Considering that ILO action concerning working conditions and environment
should, in taking into account aspirations for a better quality of life, be closely
joined with other activities relating to the protection of the human environment;
1. Solemnly reaffirms that the improvement of working conditions and environment and the well-being of workers remains the first and permanent mission of the
ILO.
2. Earnestly invites member States—
(1) to promote the objectives of an improvement of working conditions and environment with all aspects of their economic, educational and social policy;
(2) to set periodically for themselves a number of definite objectives designed to
reduce as far as possible certain industrial accidents and occupational diseases
or the most unpleasant and tedious of jobs;
(3) to normalise the application of scientific research so that it is carried out for man,
and not against him and against his environment.
3. Supports the world-wide action suggested by the Director-General of the
International Labour Office in his Report with a view to reconsidering the current
activities of the ILO and to launching an international programme for the improvement of working conditions and environment which is designed to promote or support activities of member States in this field.
Director-General, as soon as resources permit—
(1) to prepare and submit to it such a programme based on the general discussion
of his Report to the 60th Session of the International Labour Conference and
after consultation with the competent international organisations as well as with
the national, regional and international bodies specialised in working conditions
and environment, it being understood that, during the preparation of such a
programme, the following should be taken into consideration:
(a) the intention announced by the Director-General during the 59th Session
of the International Labour Conference of initiating a general inquiry into
work whose purpose is to reinforce the effectiveness of action by the International Labour Organisation at all levels;
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(b) the increase of ILO resources devoted to working conditions and environment and the improvement of its technical co-operation methods in this field,
especially in rural areas and in small undertakings;
(c) the continuing examination of international labour standards relating to
working conditions and environment with a view to revising existing standards which are no longer up to date and the adoption of basic standards
designed to guide national policies concerning work safety and health and the
pollution of the human environment caused by industrial and agricultural
techniques;
(d) the systematic use of meetings of Industrial Committees and analogous
bodies to carry out an evaluation of situations concerning working conditions
and environment in different countries and industries and the formulation of
all appropriate recommendations for their improvement; the full utilisation
of the services, in particular through the convening of meetings at regular
intervals, of the Panel of Consultants on Safety in Mines;
(e) the preparation and publication of guides, statute books and teaching
materials in the field of safety and health, hours of work, organisation of
work, job content and ergonomics;
(f) the preparation of guides which allow the best use of the workers' free time
with a view to promoting their self-fulfilment and facilitating their access to
culture and vocational training;
(g) the placement, in different regions, of multidisciplinary teams made up of
specialists in working conditions and environment whose job should be—
(i) to assist governments, employers' and workers' organisations and research and training institutions and bodies in the preparation and
carrying out of programmes for the improvement of working conditions
and environment which correspond to their needs and potential;
(ii) to undertake studies on national and regional situations, gather and
disseminate information and examine progress made in the application
of relevant international labour standards ;
(iii) to organise and conduct symposia, seminars and other specialised
meetings, especially within the framework of industries or particular
branches of activity;
(iv) to participate in United Nations Development Programme national and
regional programming;
(h) the in-depth study of—
(i) the costs of industrial accidents and problems related to the harmonisation of relevant statistics, and of the definition of criteria and limits for
exposure to dangerous substances;
(ii) methods for determining the costs and economic and social advantages
of various measures referring to the improvement of working conditions;
(iii) experiences relating to work organisation and the effects of transfers of
technology on working conditions and environment;
(2) to study the possibility of organising an international tripartite meeting which
would treat various aspects of working conditions and environment and whose
results would later be submitted to the International Labour Conference in order
to allow it to take stock of ILO action and to decide on a future programme of
activities;
(3) to undertake, in collaboration with and with the support of the United Nations
Environment Programme, a coherent programme of ILO action concerning the
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environment which provides especially for educational and training activities in
this field, as well as studies on the economic and social consequences of environmental policies.
VI
Resolution concerning Industrialisation, the Guarantee of Employment and the
Protection of the Incomes of Workers1
Noting with concern that a growing number of industrialised and developing
countries have failed to achieve the objectives of economic and social development
declared by the United Nations,
Recalling that the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), provides that
member States should declare, as a major goal, a policy aimed at ensuring that " (a)
there is work for all who are available for and seeking work; (b) such work is as
productive as possible; (c) there is freedom of choice of employment and the fullest
possible opportunity for each worker to qualify for, and to use his skills and endowments in, a job for which he is well suited, irrespective of race, colour, sex, religion,
political opinion, national extraction or social origin ",
Recalling that the Declaration of Philadelphia concerning the aims and purposes
of the International Labour Organisation, adopted on 10 May 1944, specifically
refers—in Part IV—to the need to assure greater stability in world prices of primary
products in order to achieve the purposes listed,
Noting the widespread phenomenon of inflation, which is diminishing the purchasing power of the workers in many countries and jeopardising the implementation
of the World Employment Programme,
Stressing the solidarity of all peoples towards the establishment of international
economic and commercial relations promoting the strengthening of peace and the
economic and social progress of all mankind,
Convinced that the participation of the workers and the broad popular masses in
the economic, social, political and cultural life of each country, with full enjoyment
of democratic freedoms and trade union rights, constitutes an essential condition
towards ensuring that relations between nations and, within nations, between individuals are free from any form of exploitation,
Solemnly declaring that industrialisation constitutes a dynamic instrument of
growth essential to the economic and social development of the developing countries ;
1. Stresses the interdependence of social progress and economic development, as
well as the importance of an integrated strategy of industrial and agricultural development and the development of all the services ensuring the participation of the broad
masses in the economic, social, political and cultural life of each country.
Director-General to ensure that the report to be submitted to the Tripartite World
Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social Progress and the
International Division of Labour in 1976 covers the fundamental points in the social
objectives of industrialisation strategies as defined by the International Labour
Conference.
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3. Reaffirms the right of all persons to employment and to free choice of employment.
4. Reaffirms the right to a guaranteed income of all persons who are employed,
are wholly or partly unemployed, are in need of vocational retraining or are retired.
5. Invites the Governing Body, in the light of a report to be prepared by the
International Labour Office, to place on the agenda of an early session of the International Labour Conference an item entitled " Safeguarding of the right of employment, assistance to the unemployed and protection of the workers' incomes ", with
a view to the adoption of an international instrument to replace the Unemployment
Provision Convention (No. 44) and Recommendation (No. 44) of 1934.
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Resolution to Place on the Agenda of the Next Ordinary Session of the Conference an
Item Entitled " Establishment of Tripartite Machinery to Promote the Implementation
of International Labour Standards " 1
Having adopted the report of the Committee appointed to consider the seventh
item on the agenda,
Having in particular approved as general conclusions, with a view to the consultation of Governments, proposals for a Convention and a Recommendation
concerning the establishment of tripartite machinery to promote the implementation
of international labour standards,
Decides that an item entitled " Establishment of Tripartite Machinery to Promote
the Implementation of International Labour Standards " shall be included in the
agenda of its next ordinary session for a second discussion, with a view to the
adoption of a Convention and a Recommendation.
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Resolution concerning a Plan of Action with a View to Promoting Equality
of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers2
Noting the obstacles still opposing the achievement of equality of opportunity and
treatment for women workers,
Considering that sustained efforts must be made at the national, regional and
international levels to overcome these obstacles and to enable women to enjoy full
equality with men, without any discrimination with regard to employment and
occupation, vocational training and conditions of life and work,
Having adopted a Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for
Women Workers;
Adopts the following Plan of Action with a view to ensuring the implementation
of the principles set forth in the Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers.
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FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE
Any action aimed at establishing equality of opportunity and treatment of women
workers must be determined on the basis of the fundamental principle that all human
beings (men and women) have the undeniable right to work.
I. NATIONAL ACTION
1. General Policy
Member States should undertake to take specific action within the framework
of national development planning to promote equality of opportunity and treatment
for women workers in education, training, employment and occupation and to set up
effective machinery, on a tripartite basis, and with the participation of women, for
planning, stimulating and evaluating such action and for applying the policy of equal
opportunity and treatment at all levels.
2. Women's Participation in the Workforce
Measures should be taken to guarantee the right to work and to free choice of
profession and occupation, and fully to integrate women on an equal basis and
without discrimination in working life, including, specifically, measures appropriate
in the national circumstances :
(a) to carry on a policy of economic and social development that will ensure full
employment for women and men; and to open all employment opportunities for
women by breaking down any barriers to women's employment in particular
areas of work based on a sex-type division of labour or on the grounds of their
marital status or age ;
(b) to develop counselling, training and employment policies which take account of
individual aptitudes, capacities and interests, irrespective of sex;
(c) to stimulate and create real opportunity for access of women to higher levels
of skill and responsibility in the occupational structures;
(d) to analyse internal regional differences both in women's rate of activity and in
the character of their participation in the workforce and take positive measures
to provide equal work opportunities for both men and women in all regional
development planning and action;
(e) to ensure adequate and appropriate attention to women's integration in work
life in all national economic and social development planning and action;
(f) to ensure adequate and appropriate attention to all special categories of women
who may encounter particular difficulties, such as migrant women who are
frequently the victims of discrimination and exploitation and who also run social
risks;
(g) to apply the same criteria to all workers in cases of redundancy or dismissal;
(h) to promote changes of attitudes towards the employment of women, irrespective
of marital status or age (taking into account the provisions of Conventions and
Recommendations dealing with minimum age of admission to employment),
including the promotion of positive attitudes towards women's employment by
employers and workers and their respective organisations, by men and women
themselves and by society as a whole;
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(i) to devote greater attention to women workers in the rural sector in order to promote fuller participation by such workers in the workforce and in national
development.
3. Vocational Guidance and Training
Equality of opportunity and treatment for girls and women in respect of vocational guidance and training should be promoted to conform to the principles set
forth in the relevant section of the Human Resources Development Recommendation,
1975, which reads as follows:
VIII. PROMOTION OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY OF WOMEN AND MEN IN TRAINING AND
EMPLOYMENT
54. (1) Measures should be taken to promote equality of opportunity of women and men in
employment and in society as a whole.
(2) These measures should form an integral part of all economic, social and cultural measures
taken by governments for improving the employment situation of women and should include, as
far as possible—
(a) educating the general public and in particular parents, teachers, vocational guidance and vocational training staff, the staff of employment and other social services, employers and workers,
on the need for encouraging women and men to play an equal part in society and in the economy
and for changing traditional attitudes regarding the work of women and men in the home and
in working life;
(b) providing girls and women with vocational guidance on the same broad range of educational,
vocational training and employment opportunities as boys and men, encouraging them to take
full advantage of such opportunities and creating the conditions required for them to do so;
(c) promoting equality of access for girls and women to all streams of education and to vocational
training for all types of occupations, including those which have been traditionally accessible
only to boys and men, subject to the provisions of international labour Conventions and
Recommendations ;
(d) promoting further training for girls and women to ensure their personal development and
advancement to skilled employment and posts of responsibility, and urging employers to
provide them with the same opportunities of extending their work experience as offered to male
workers with the same education and qualifications;
(e) providing day-care facilities and other services for children of different ages, in so far as possible,
so that girls and women with family responsibilities have access to normal vocational training,
as well as making special arrangements, for instance in the form of part-time or correspondence
courses, vocational training programmes following a recurrent pattern or programmes using
mass media;
(f) providing vocational training programmes for women above the normal age of entry into
employment who wish to take up work for the first time or re-enter it after a period of absence.
55. Special vocational training arrangements and programmes, similar to those envisaged in
clauses (e) and (f) of subparagraph (2) of Paragraph 54 of this Recommendation, should be available
to men having analogous problems.
56. Account should be taken of the Employment Policy Convention and Recommendation, 1964,
in the implementation of measures for the promotion of equality of opportunity of women and men
in training and employment.
4. Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment
in Employment and Occupation
All necessary measures should be taken:
(a) to ratify, as necessary, the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100),
the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill),
and all other relevant Conventions of the ILO, in so far as they are concerned
with sex discrimination. Workers' and employers' organisations should, through
collective agreements or in other ways, assist in realising full implementation of
the provisions of these instruments ;
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(b) to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women in all sectors of social
and economic activity and at all levels of skill and responsibility;
(c) to ensure women's access to qualified employment in all sectors of economic and
social activity and their in-service training;
(d) to promote, in particular, through government action, equal opportunities for
women, such action to include legislation relating to equality of opportunity for
women workers, and effective machinery under public control, for its enforcement; and to ensure strict application of the principle of non-discrimination in
all sectors and especially those under public control ;
(e) to create inter alia through educational and promotional activities, conducted in
particular through the mass media and schools, social attitudes that are favourable to the employment of women including, especially, married women and
women with family responsibilities;
(f) to ensure that the right to work for women does not depend on the existing
economic situation or on any other consideration and, therefore, that social
measures for families are applied at all times without discrimination so that
women are not discouraged from participation in economic life.
5. Social Security
Measures should be taken to eliminate all discriminatory treatment in social
security schemes, in particular as concerns the payment of benefits, and to review
the position of heads of families and single persons with regard to entitlement to
social security benefits.
6. Review of Protective Legislation
Measures should be taken to review all protective legislation applying to women
in the light of up-to-date scientific knowledge and technological advances and to
revise, supplement, extend to all workers, retain, or repeal such legislation according
to national circumstances, these measures being aimed at the improvement of the
quality of life.
7. Right to Maternity Protection
All necessary measures should be adopted:
(a) in the light of scientific knowledge and technological advances, to extend the
scope and to raise the standards of maternity protection, it being understood
that the costs would be borne by social security or other public funds or by
means of collective arrangements ;
(b) to ensure that all couples and individuals have access to the necessary information, education and means to exercise their basic right to decide freely and
responsibly on the number and spacing of their children;
(c) to make it possible for women workers to take leave for a reasonable time after
the period of maternity leave without relinquishing their employment and all
rights resulting from their employment being fully safeguarded.
8. Strengthening the Social Infrastructure
(1) In order to make women's right to work outside the home without discrimination fully effective in practice, measures should be taken along the lines laid down
in the Employment (Women with Family Responsibilities) Recommendation, 1965
(No. 123), in particular:
(a) to adapt, as far as possible, working life to the needs of workers;
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(b) to develop services and facilities meeting the needs of children of all ages and
other dependants of workers, taking particular account of the migrant mother's
need not to be separated from her children, regardless of her place of origin;
(c) to provide to all workers (men and women) information, assistance, community
services and social amenities, to facilitate the harmonious combination of
home and work responsibilities;
(d) to reduce household drudgery.
(2) Educational and promotional measures should be taken as necessary and
appropriate to encourage a more equitable sharing among family members of
household tasks, including child-rearing.
(3) Special attention should be given to the question of flexible working hours
and of shorter working days for all workers where national circumstances permit,
with a view to facilitating the harmonious accomplishment of family and work tasks
and to promoting practical equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers.
9. Administrative Arrangements to Promote Equality of Opportunity
and Treatment for Women Workers
Measures should be taken as necessary and appropriate:
(a) to establish a national tripartite commission on the status of women workers
to direct action aimed at promoting equality of opportunity and treatment for
women in economic and social life;
(b) to set up a central unit or appropriate administrative machinery which might
serve as the secretariat of the national commission on the status of women
workers. Such unit or machinery should develop and co-ordinate research and
statistics, planning, programming and action on equality of opportunity and
treatment for women workers, and disseminate knowledge and information
pertaining to women's preparation for work life and their integration in the
workforce, and provide a mechanism for systematic consultation with employers'
and workers' organisations.
10. Women's Effective Participation in National, Regional
and International Bodies
(1) The effective participation of women should be ensured in all national
decision-making bodies, government commissions, advisory boards, councils, conferences and in all appropriate national and internal regional and community bodies.
(2) Measures should be taken to ensure that women are considered for and
appointed to delegations on the same basis and by the same standards as men,
whether to the International Labour Conference, to regional conferences of the
ILO or to other national, regional and international meetings convened under the
auspices of the ILO and other intergovernmental organisations.
11. General Measures
In order to ensure full equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers,
measures should be taken to:
(a) achieve equality of opportunity and treatment for all workers in education,
training, employment and occupation ;
(b) change the still widely prevailing traditional attitudes of men and women to
their role at work, in the family and in society.
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III. ILO ACTION
1. Regional Action
Measures should be taken or envisaged to strengthen ILO action at the regional
level with a view to promoting equality of opportunity and treatment for women
workers, in particular:
(a) by placing the question of equality of opportunity and treatment for women
workers on the agenda of future sessions of regional advisory committees and
regional conferences;
(b) by studying the possibility of creating regional commissions on the status of
women workers which will initiate regional and national programmes of action
for the advancement of women in economic, social and cultural life and the
promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment for them and by strengthening the ILO's regional field structure so that these programmes can be implemented effectively and so that the ILO can co-operate closely on questions of
importance to women at the regional level with other organisations of the
United Nations system and with non-governmental organisations, especially
employers' and workers' organisations;
(c) by promoting, in co-ordination with other bodies, in-depth studies on constraints
on women's employment within different cultural and economic patterns and
on possible means of relaxing or abolishing these constraints ;
(d) by ensuring that ILO activities undertaken in the various regions, or its activities
in co-operation with other United Nations agencies in connection with the
World Employment Programme, or through technical co-operation projects,
will promote the effective participation of women in development. Care should
be taken to ensure that these activities do not lead to the perpetuation, maintenance or furthering of discrimination against women and to ensure the implementation of international labour standards, in particular Conventions Nos. 100,
103 and 111.
2. International Action
(1) The necessary measures should be taken with a view to furthering:
(a) the review and revision, if necessary, of ILO standards relating to the employment of women and other relevant instruments, including Conventions Nos. 100
and 111 and all protective instruments, in order to determine whether their
provisions are still adequate in the light of experience acquired since their
adoption and to keep them up to date in the light of scientific and technical
knowledge and social progress;
(b) the development of new standards concerning discrimination on the basis of sex
in areas not covered by existing standards and active promotion of equality de
facto and de jure.
(2) Steps should be taken to initiate or strengthen research activities on problems
of special interest to women, including those relating to the impact of technological
progress on women's employment and conditions and to family care and planning
and other aspects of the social infrastructure. As concerns the rural sector of developing countries, research activities should be initiated on the problems of poverty,
illiteracy and lack of technical skill that have a direct bearing on women's employability and conditions of life and problems relating to family care and planning and
other aspects of social infrastructure.
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(3) Industrial Committees and analogous bodies should be invited to utilise a
greater number of women experts, to give greater consideration to the position and
problems of women within the industries concerned, and to promote further participation by more women's representatives, particularly from economic sectors where
women are employed in the majority.
(4) Measures should be taken to review the contribution and status of women
workers in a changing world at the end of the Second Development Decade and the
beginning of the Third Decade, for example, by providing for a Conference discussion
in 1980 to evaluate progress made towards greater equality of opportunity and
treatment for women workers in practice and to plan further action to this end.
(5) Measures should be taken by the International Labour Office to set an example
in its own organisation so that any discrimination against women may be avoided
and women may have equal opportunity of access to all posts. In addition, a unit
of the International Labour Office should have the responsibility to study more
closely the problems of women workers, to promote equality of opportunity and
treatment for them, and to ensure that the needs of working women receive due
attention in all aspects and all areas of the work of the Office, including employment,
training, industrial relations, labour legislation and administration, social security
and other related problems. The International Labour Organisation should also
restructure and activate its existing tripartite body to promote equality of opportunity
and treatment for women workers in the above-mentioned and other fields.
(6) The ILO, in conjunction with other bodies and experts of the countries
concerned, should collect and analyse statistical and other data on women and men,
pertaining both to developed and developing countries, such as are necessary for
reviewing the status of women workers and measuring their total contribution to
economic and social life.
IX
Resolution concerning Equal Status and Equal Opportunity for Women and
Men in Occupation and Employment1
Considering the need for continued ILO action after the expiry of International
Women's Year with a view to achieving progress in the direction of equal status
and equal opportunities for women and men in occupation and employment, and a
better working environment both for women and men ;
Director-General—
(a) to study the need for new international instruments concerning equal opportunities and equal treatment for women and men in occupation and employment
with a view to supplementing the provisions of the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
Convention, 1958 (No. Ill);
(b) to carry out thorough and sufficiently extensive studies on matters relating to
special protection for women and men as the case may be.
2. Invites the Governing Body—
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(a) to call upon member States to supply reports under article 19 of the Constitution
on the Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3), the Maternity Protection
Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103), and Part VIII (Maternity Benefits) of the
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), with a view
to evaluating whether the provisions of these Conventions are adequate in the
light of today's concept of the right to maternity protection ;
(b) on the basis of the reports under article 19 of the Constitution to be supplied
by member States in 1977 on the Employment (Women with Family Responsibilities) Recommendation, 1965 (No. 123), to place on the agenda of the
earliest possible session of the International Labour Conference the question of
workers with family responsibilities, with a view to the adoption of a new
instrument.
X
Resolution concerning the Granting of Permission to Vote to the Republic of Bolivia1
Having regard to the terms of thefinancialarrangement adopted by the Conference
at its 54th (1970) Session for the settlement of the arrears of contributions of Bolivia
and to the extent that Bolivia has made payments called for under this arrangement
in spite of its continuing economic difficulties;
Decides that Bolivia shall be permitted to vote in accordance with paragraph 4
of article 13 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation.
XI
Resolution concerning the Granting of Permission to Vote to the Yemen Arab Republic2
Having regard to the terms of the financial arrangement adopted by the Conference at its 57th (1972) Session for the settlement of the arrears of contributions
of the Yemen Arab Republic and to the extent that Yemen has made payments
called for under this arrangement in spite of its continuing economic difficulties;
Decides that the Yemen Arab Republic shall be permitted to vote in accordance
with paragraph 4 of article 13 of the Constitution of the International Labour
Organisation.
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Resolution concerning the Confidential Staff List3
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation ;
Decides to delete article 6, paragraph 2 (b) of the Financial Regulations of the
Organisation.
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• Adopted on 18 June 1975.
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xni
Resolution concerning the Establishment of a Publications Revolving Fund
and the Use of Receiptsfromthe Rental of ILO Premises1
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation;
Decides that the Director-General may pay out of revenue received in 1974-75
from the sale of publications an amount of up to $370,000, including the amount
required to meet the cost in 1974-75 of reprints for sales purposes, into a Publications
Revolving Fund to be established on 1 July 1975 and to be used in accordance with
rules established for the Fund under article 40 of the Financial Regulations of the
Organisation;
Notes the action taken by the Governing Body at its 194th Session under article 41
of the Financial Regulations to approve and put into temporary operation, with
immediate effect, an amendment of article 11 of the Financial Regulations to provide
for the payment of income from rentals into the Building and Accommodation
Fund;
Decides to amend article 11 of the Financial Regulations with effect from 1 January
1976, the amended text to read as follows:
1. Except in so far as the Conference may decide otherwise, all income other
than contributions payable by governments, such as income from the sale of
publications and other miscellaneous sources and interest, shall be classed as
miscellaneous income and, subject to the provisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 below,
shall be paid into the part of the Working Capital Fund which stands to the
credit of the Organisation.
2. The Director-General may pay up to 50 per cent of the income from the
sale of publications, including related royalties and fees, into a Publications
Revolving Fund in accordance with rules to be established for the Fund under
article 40 of these Regulations.
3. The Director-General shall pay income from rentals into a Building and
Accommodation Fund, which shall be used subject to the authorisation of the
Governing Body for specific purposes relating to premises belonging to the
Organisation, in particular to meet costs of construction, alterations, repairs and
renewals.
XIV
Resolution concerning the Composition of the Administrative Tribunal
of the International Labour Organisation1
In accordance with article III of the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal ;
Extends the term of office of Mr. André Grisel (Switzerland) and Mr. William
Henry Hastie (United States), respectively, as judge and deputy judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation for a further period of
three years.
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XV
Resolution concerning the Payment of an Additional Annuity into the ILO
Staff Pensions Fund1
Decides that the amount required to cover the additional liabilities of the ILO
Staff Pensions Fund arising out of the adoption for 1975 and 1976 of the measure
whereby pensioners have the possibility of opting for a pension adjustments system
based on the determination of an initial pension in the currency of the country of
residence and subsequent adjustments of that amount from time to time so as to
maintain the same purchasing power in the country of residence shall be amortised
by payment by the International Labour Organisation to the Fund of an additional
annuity of $180,000 a year for ten years commencing on 1 January 1976.
XVI
Resolution concerning the Reimbursement to the Working Capital Fund
of Part of the Withdrawals Made in 1974-75 under Supplementary Credits1
Decides that, notwithstanding article 21, paragraph 3 (a) of the Financial
Regulations, an amount of US $8 million shall be added to the contributions assessed
on member States in 1976 for the purpose of partially restoring the amounts withdrawn from the Working Capital Fund in the financial period 1974-75 to meet contingencies and emergencies under supplementary credits approved by the Governing
Body;
Decides further that this amount of US $8 million shall be added to Part III,
Working Capital Fund (Refund of Withdrawals) of the Programme and Budget for
1976-77;
Notes that the balance of the amounts withdrawn from the Working Capital Fund
in 1974-75 to meet contingencies and emergencies under supplementary credits
approved by the Governing Body will be reimbursed to the Fund in 1977 in accordance with the provisions of article 21, paragraph 3 (a) of the Financial
Regulations.
XVII
Resolution concerning the Adoption of the Programme and Budget for
the 55th Financial Period (1976-77) and the Allocation of
Expenses among Member States2
In virtue of the Financial Regulations, passes for the 55th financial period,
ending 31 December 1977, the budget of expenditure of the International Labour
Organisation amounting to US $143,982,000 and the budget of income amounting to
US $143,982,000;
Notes that Part I (Ordinary Budget) amounts to US $125,607,000;
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• Adopted on 19 June 1975 by 307 votes in favour, 36 against, with 22 abstentions.
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Notes further that Part II (Unforeseen Expenditure) amounts to US $275,000;
Notes further that, notwithstanding article 21, paragraph 3 (a) of the Financial
Regulations, Part III (Working Capital Fund) provides an amount of US $8 million
for the purpose of restoring in part the amounts withdrawn from the Working Capital
Fund in the financial period 1974-75 to meet contingencies and emergencies under
supplementary credits approved by the Governing Body;
Notes further that Part IV (Partial Provision for Effects of Exchange Rate Adjustments) provides an amount of US $10.1 million exclusively for the purpose of meeting
additional costs arising in 1976 from the effects of exchange rate adjustments;
Notes further that no provision has been made at this stage in respect of any
further costs that may arise during the biennium 1976-77 from the exchange rate
position ;
Decides that, notwithstanding article 10, paragraph 1 of the Financial Regulations,
the amounts to be assessed on member States shall be US $81,041,000 for the calendar
year 1976 (i.e. the equivalent of one-half of Parts I and II and the whole of Parts III
and IV of the expenditure budget) and US $62,941,000 for the calendar year 1977,
and resolves that these amounts shall be assessed on member States in accordance
with the scales of contributions recommended for each of these years by the Finance
Committee of Government Representatives;
Requests the Governing Body to make recommendations to the Conference at its
session in 1976 on the extent of the additional financing in Part IV that may be
required to meet additional costs expected to arise during the biennium from the
exchange rate position, and on any supplementary budget for 1977 which may be
required to provide such financing.
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Resolution concerning the Redistribution of the Proposed Expenditure
Budget according to the Revised Programme Structure1
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation ;
Through its adoption of the budgets of expenditure and income of the International Labour Organisation for the 55th financial period (1976-77), endorses the
distribution of estimated expenditures approved by its Finance Committee of Government Representatives for that financial period in accordance with the revised programme structure resulting from the reorganisation of the International Labour
Office on 1 January 1975;
Notes that the document containing the programme and budget for the biennium
1976-77 will be drawn up in such a manner as to reflect the revised programme
structure and the resulting distribution of estimated expenditures ;
Decides as an exceptional measure, affecting the accounts of the Organisation for
the 54th financial period (1974-75) only, to waive the application of article 23 of the
Financial Regulations of the Organisation in so far as it relates to the presentation of
the accounts according to the appropriations appearing in the budget as adopted, in
order to permit the final accounts for that period to be submitted on the basis of the
revised programme structure.
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ADDITIONAL TEXTS AND DECISIONS
Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers1
On the basis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reaffirming the
principle of non-discrimination and proclaiming that all human beings are born
free and equal in dignity and before the law, and declaring that all efforts must be
made to provide every worker, without distinction on grounds of sex, with equality
of opportunity and treatment in all social, cultural, economic, civic and political fields,
Conscious of the resolutions, declarations, covenants, Conventions and Recommendations of the United Nations and the specialised agencies, particularly the
instruments adopted by the International Labour Organisation designed to eliminate
discrimination against women and to promote equality of opportunity and treatment
for them,
Convinced of the special importance of the guarantee of equal rights and opportunities for men and women in their economic and social life and in social development,
Aware of the great economic, social and cultural differences existing among the
various regions and countries of the world and among areas within countries and
which condition the rate of progress towards greater equality of opportunity and
treatment,
Considering that the establishment of a new international economic and social
order in accordance with United Nations Resolutions will contribute towards
ensuring better employment, conditions of work and life for women, especially in
developing countries,
Aware of the need to devote particular attention to the situation of women in
countries under foreign domination or subject to the practices of apartheid,
Aware of the invaluable role of women workers in every national economy and
of the need to enable women to exercise their right to gainful employment, regardless
of family situation, on a footing of equality with men and to maximise their contribution to development,
Aware that the position of women cannot be changed without changing also the
role of men in society and in the family,
Concerned that considerable discrimination against women workers persists and
is incompatible with the interests of the economy, the development of social progress,
social justice, the fundamental rights of men and women, and the «welfare of the
family and society,
Convinced that women's lack of vocational qualifications is one of the causes of
such discrimination,
Convinced that all efforts must be made to promote and ensure equality of
opportunity and treatment for women workers in law and practice,
Conscious of the important responsibility and contribution of the ILO in stimulating efforts to this end,
Aware also of the needs of developing countries and the need to achieve full
employment as a basis for more balanced and equitable economic and social development,
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Adopted by the Conference on 25 June 1975.
Conscious that women's problems in the world of work can be approached and
solved only within the same general framework of economic and social development
as those of men,
Believing that a long-term programme of practical international action will
improve the situation of women and increase their effective participation in all
sectors,
Desirous therefore of setting forth certain principles as targets to be achieved
progressively in relation to the integration of women in economic life, understanding
that such integration presupposes deliberate planning of different social functions;
Solemnly proclaims this Declaration on the occasion of International Women's
Year:
Article 1
(1) There shall be equality of opportunity and treatment for all workers. All
forms of discrimination on grounds of sex which deny or restrict such equality are
unacceptable and must be eliminated.
(2) Positive special treatment during a transitional period aimed at effective
equality between the sexes shall not be regarded as discriminatory.
Article 2
In the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment between women and
men in economic and social life, full account shall be taken of the principles contained
in international resolutions, declarations, covenants, Conventions and Recommendations adopted by the United Nations and by the specialised agencies relating to the
prevention of discrimination against women.
Article 3
All measures shall be taken to guarantee women's right to work as the inalienable
right of every human being and to revise, as necessary, existing laws, collective
agreements, practices or customs which limit the integration of women in the workforce on a footing of equality with men.
Article 4
All measures shall be taken to educate public opinion and to foster social attitudes
and behaviour which encourage and ensure equality between women and men in
working, family and social life.
Article 5
(1) Measures shall be taken to ensure that boys and girls receive the same basic
education and have access to the same forms of vocational orientation and guidance
and to all forms and levels of basic vocational training for all occupations and
professions in accordance with the principles laid down in the Recommendation
concerning human resources development adopted by the Conference at its 60th
Session.
(2) Measures shall be taken to urge institutes of vocational guidance and training
to help and to encourage girls and women to make full use of available orientation,
guidance and training facilities and to choose and enter all occupations freely,
including those hitherto reserved in practice for men.
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(3) Measures shall be taken to ensure the placement of girls and women who
have completed training programmes on an equal footing with similarly qualified
boys and men. For this purpose, maximum encouragement should be given to cooperation between training instructors and the official placement services.
(4) Measures shall be taken to prohibit stipulations regarding the sex of applicants
in public employment notices.
(5) Special measures shall be taken to facilitate the continuing education and
training of women on the same basis as men and to provide retraining facilities for
them, especially during and after periods of absence from the labour force.
Article 6
(1) With a view to stimulating women's integration in the workforce on a
footing of equality with men, all measures shall be taken to encourage a more equitable
balance in their distribution in the various sectors of the economy, in the various
branches, professions and occupations and the various levels of skill and responsibility.
(2) In accordance with the provisions of the Discrimination (Employment and
Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill), and of the Discrimination (Employment
and Occupation) Recommendation, 1958 (No. Ill), there shall be no discrimination
on the grounds of sex in employment or occupation.
(3) There shall be no discrimination against women workers on the grounds of
marital status, age or family responsibilities.
(4) Special measures shall be taken to ensure that the potentialities, aptitudes,
aspirations and needs of women, including those living in rural areas, as well as
those of men are taken fully into account in employment promotion programmes
and strategies.
(5) Positive measures shall be taken to stimulate the equal access of women to
top positions in both the public and the private sectors.
(6) So far as possible, jobs and workplaces shall be so designed as to be suitable
for all workers, women as well as men.
Article 7
(1) Women workers shall be guaranteed the right to equal remuneration for work
of equal value in accordance with the provisions of the Equal Remuneration
Convention, 1951 (No. 100), and the Equal Remuneration Recommendation, 1951
(No. 90).
(2) Special measures shall be taken to ensure equal remuneration for work of
equal value for women also in occupations in which women predominate and to
measure the relative value of their work with full regard to the qualities essential to
performing the job.
(3) Special measures shall be taken to raise the level of women's wages as compared with that of men's and to eradicate the causes of lower average earnings for
women possessing the same or similar qualifications or doing the same work or
work of equal value.
(4) Special measures shall be taken, as necessary and appropriate, to ensure
equality of treatment for workers employed regularly on a part-time basis, the
majority of whom are women, particularly with respect to pro rata fringe benefits.
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Artide 8
(1) There shall be no discrimination against women workers on the grounds
of pregnancy and childbirth and women bearing a child shall be protected from
dismissal on such grounds during the entire period of pregnancy and maternity
leave. They shall have the right to resume their employment without loss of acquired
rights.
(2) Adoptive parents shall also be entitled to time off to care for a child without
losing the right to resume their employment or their acquired rights.
(3) Because maternity is a social function, all women workers shall be entitled
to full maternity protection in line with the minimum standards set forth in the
Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103), and the Maternity
Protection Recommendation, 1952 (No. 95), the costs of which should be borne by
social security or other public funds or by means of collective arrangements.
(4) All couples and individuals have the basic right to decide freely and responsibly
on the number and spacing of their children and to receive the necessary information,
education and means to exercise this right.
Article 9
(1) Protection of women at work shall be an integral part of the efforts aimed at
continuous promotion and improvement of living and working conditions of all
employees.
(2) Women shall be protected from risks inherent in their employment and
occupation on the same basis and with the same standards of protection as men, in
the light of advances in scientific and technological knowledge.
(3) Studies and research shall be undertaken into processes which might have a
harmful effect on women and men from the standpoint of their social function of
reproduction.
(4) Measures shall be taken to extend special protection to women for types of
work proved to be harmful for them from the standpoint of their social function
of reproduction and such measures shall be reviewed and brought up to date periodically in the light of advances in scientific and technological knowledge.
Article 10
In order to ensure practical equality of opportunity and treatment between men
and women workers, all appropriate measures shall be taken to strengthen the
social infrastructure and to provide the necessary supporting services and equipment
in the community, in particular child-care and education services; such services
and facilities shall be designed to meet the needs of children of all ages and the needs
of their parents and shall be subsidised, run or supervised by the competent public
authority.
Article 11
There shall be no discrimination against women in respect of social security and
provisions concerning retirement and pensions, and differences in the treatment of
men and women under such schemes shall be reviewed and revised.
Article 12
Review of the taxation system shall be considered wherever such system constitutes an obstacle to women's employment.
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Artide 13
In order to improve the status of women together with that of men in developing
countries, special efforts shall be made to ensure that women, particularly in rural
areas, are accorded an equitable share of all resources—national and international—
available for development and that they are closely associated with development
planning and implementation at the international, national and community levels.
Article 14
Equality of opportunity and treatment for women and men in working life shall
be guaranteed by means of legislation, collective agreements or contractual arrangements of binding character. Measures shall be taken to enforce application of this
principle, including procedures for complaints, conciliation, appeal and recourse
to the courts.
Article 15
Members shall strengthen their national administrative machinery in order to
give, together with employers' and workers' organisations, full effect to all measures
aimed at preventing all forms of discrimination against women workers and at
promoting and ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for them.
Excerpt from the Report of the Committee on Structure1
The Conference had before it the report of the Committee on Structure,
paragraph 68 of which reads as follows 2 :
68. The text of the Conclusions and Recommendations as they were adopted by the Committee
reads as follows:
Conclusions and Recommendations
The Committee on Structure—
1. Welcomes the conciliatory spirit which prevailed at the meetings of the Working Party, which
enabled it to achieve encouraging results.
2. Notes with satisfaction that some agreements have been reached in the Working Party on
Structure on most of the questions listed in paragraph 3 of its Conclusions and Recommendations 3, namely—
(a) the role of the Conference and the Governing Body;
(b) the Report from the Governing Body and the Director-General ;
(c) the discussion of the programme and budget;
(d) the appointment of the Director-General; and
(e) the procedure for fixing the agenda of the Conference.
3. Requests the Working Party to continue its work on Sections B and C relating to articles 36 and 7
of the ILO Constitution sparing no possible effort to achieve fully acceptable results.
4. Requests the Working Party to pursue the examination of questions which are mentioned in
paragraph 5 of its Conclusions and Recommendations, such as the composition of the nongovernmental groups of the Governing Body, the quorum, the resolutions procedure, and the
proposal concerning the participation of observers in the Governing Body.
1
The full text of this report will be published in the Record of Proceedings of the 60th Session of the
Conference.
• Adopted by the Conference on 25 June 1975.
' See below, pp. 102-105.
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5. Recommends that the Conference should decide that—
(a) the mandate of the Working Party be extended for a year so that it may continue its work,
taking into consideration as far as possible all the proposals and suggestions contained in
Annex II of Report IX and those made during the work of the Committee, and be enabled to
prepare proposals and where appropriate texts of proposals for amendments to the
Constitution of the ILO and the Standing Orders of the Conference and of the Governing
Body; these proposals and texts should be examined at the next session of the Conference;
for this purpose, a Committee on Structure should be established;
(b) the present composition of the Working Party be maintained, with any necessary
adjustments that the groups might wish to make; the composition should therefore be:
Members Appointed by the Conference:
Government members:
Algeria.
Belgium.
Czechoslovakia.
Norway.
Pakistan.
Venezuela.
Substitutes:
Congo.
Egypt.
Hungary.
New Zealand.
Peru.
Sierra Leone.
Employers' members:
Mr. Polyakov (USSR).
Mr. Ibrahimoglu (Turkey).
Mr. Moukoko-Kingue (United Republic of Cameroon).
Substitutes:
Mr. Nowak (Poland).
Mr. Chamakh (Tunisia).
Mr. Bannerman-Menson (Ghana).
Workers' members:
Mr. Agüero Pérez (Cuba).
Mr. Palmer (Sierra Leone).
Mr. Salanne (France).
Substitutes:
Mr. Briki (Algeria).
Mr. Cruzado Zavala (Peru).
Mr. Tan (Philippines).
Members Appointed by the Governing Body:
Government members:
Italy.
Japan.
Mexico.
Nigeria.
USSR.
United States.
Substitutes:
Argentina.
Canada.
Iran.
Mauritania.
Poland.
United Kingdom.
Employers' members:
Mr. Bergenstrôm (Sweden).
Mr. Vitaic Jakasa (Argentina).
Mr. Tata (India).
Substitutes:
Mr. Smith (United States).
Mr. Oechslin (France).
Mr. Yoshimura (Japan).
Workers' members:
Mr. Morris (Canada).
Mr. Mehta (India).
Mr. Pimenov (USSR).
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Substitutes:
Mr. Muhr (Federal Republic of Germany).
Mr. Sánchez Madariaga (Mexico).
Mr. Brown (United States).
(c) substitute members should be able to participate in the Working Party as in the past :
(d) the sessions of the Working Party should not be held in private;
(e) the report of this Committee on Structure, together with the record of the discussion on it in
the Conference, should be transmitted to the Working Party so that the latter may take the
views expressed in the Committee and the Conference fully into account in completing its
work;
(f) it request the Governing Body to decide on the convening, timing and duration of the
Working Party's meetings and the services necessary in the normal way, leaving it to the
Governing Body to make financial provision for them, after consulting its Programme,
Financial and Administrative Committee;
(g) it request the Governing Body that, for reasons of economy, it should endeavour to the
extent possible to arrange meetings of the Working Party, immediately before or after
sessions of the Governing Body.
Text of the Conclusions and Recommendations as Adopted by the Working Party
on Structure at Its Final Sitting
1. The Working Party continued to hold full, frank and constructive discussions on the problems
of structure. It also achieved a breakthrough on some important issues. It reached agreement on
solutions to important problems; it had positive and helpful discussions on possible solutions to
others. These discussions were held in a spirit of conciliation, of constructive dialogue and with the
sincere desire to reach agreed solutions in the interests of the Organisation as a whole.
2. The Working Party noted the positions of principle of certain members on some of the issues
before it. The Working Party also recognised the need for an interconnected set of agreements on the
items under consideration.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
3. The Working Party reached agreement on proposals concerning:
the role of the Conference and Governing Body;
the report from the Governing Body and the Director-General ;
the discussion of the programme and budget;
the appointment of the Director-General ; and
the procedure for fixing the agenda of the Conference.
4. The Working Party made a great deal of progress in its discussions on the issues relating to
articles 7 and 36 of the Constitution and believed that a solution was in sight. It was confident that if
it were enabled to continue its work, it would be in a position to submit concrete and definitive
proposals.
5. The Working Party had not had time, at its third meeting, to deal with other items including
the rule concerning the quorum of the Conference, resolutions procedure, the proposal of the
Spanish Government concerning the participation of observers in the Governing Body, and further
consideration of the composition of the non-governmental groups of the Governing Body. It would
hope to do this at its further sessions.
6. The Working Party, therefore, recommended that its mandate be extended for a year so that
the dialogue might be continued. It recognised that some adjustments in the composition of the
Working Party might become necessary as a result of the elections to the Governing Body and the
composition of the 60th Session of the Conference; this would not prevent the Working Party
continuing its discussions on the basis of the understanding already achieved. It recommended that
the Governing Body be requested to make the necessary financial and administrative arrangements.
7. The Working Party further thought that it would be advisable for the Conference to postpone
discussion of the report and the proposals of the Working Party until the latter has completed its
work. The Working Party might, however, meet during the Conference.
8. The agreements reached on various questions are given below.
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A. ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS ON ILO BODIES
Role of the Conference and Governing Body
9. The respective roles of the Conference and of the Governing Body, as defined by the
Constitution and the Standing Orders and as established by ILO practice, were complementary. The
Conference, representing on an equal footing all Members of the Organisation, must be considered as
the main body of the Organisation.
10. It was therefore appropriate to strengthen its role; the ILO Constitution in its present form
permitted adaptation of methods of work both of the Conference and of the Governing Body so that
the role of the Conference as the main body was reflected in practice.
Report from the Governing Body and the Director-General
11. The Governing Body should submit a report on its work to the International Labour
Conference every year. This would be presented, and completed if necessary, by the Chairman of the
Governing Body in his opening address.
12. This report, and the Director-General's Report, would constitute one item on the agenda of
the Conference. It would be debated in plenary sitting.
13. The section of the Director-General's Report dealing with a theme of social policy would be
discontinued. The Director-General would use the introduction to his Report on the activities of the
ILO to bring any major policy problem to the attention of the Conference.
Discussion of the Programme and Budget
14. The Conference should examine, in alternate years:
(a) proposals for the programme and budget of the ensuing biennium;
(b) information on programme implementation during the preceding biennium, together with
proposals for the next long-term plan.
15. All these matters would be debated by the Conference in plenary sitting. It would, however,
be open to the Conference to set up a special tripartite committee if it so desired.
16. The arrangements for the approval, allocation and collection of the budget should continue
to be considered by the Finance Committee of Government Representatives.
Appointment of the Director-General
17. The informal arrangements at present in force relating to the procedure for the appointment
of the Director-General should be made statutory. The Governing Body should approve regulations
which would provide for:
(a) the notification of a vacancy to governments, as well as to national and international employers'
and workers' organisations;
(b) the submission of nominations by governments and by the organisations of employers and
workers indicated above;
(c) the announcement of the time and place of the election;
(d) the notification to governments, and to the employers' and workers' organisations indicated
above, of nominations received ;
(e) the attendance by an observer of a nominating government or organisation of employers or of
workers, as indicated above, not represented on the Governing Body.
18. In accordance with the provisions of article 8 of the Constitution, the Director-General
should be appointed by the Governing Body, from which he would receive his instructions and to
which he would be primarily responsible. These provisions should remain but they should be
complemented by an additional constitutional procedure providing that the Governing Body should
submit this appointment to the Conference for approval.
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Procedure for Fixing the Agenda of the Conference
19. The Conference should participate in the preparation of its agenda.
20. Two years before the session in question, the Governing Body, at its May Session, should
give preliminary consideration to the agenda. In doing so, it would continue to consider any items
that had been suggested by the Conference itself through resolutions, by Regional Conferences,
Industrial Committees, by Governments, by organisations of employers and workers, and other
bodies. The results of its considerations should be transmitted to the Conference.
21. Delegates to the Conference would express their views on the proposed items during the
debate on the Report of the Director-General and of the Governing Body. The Conference would
thus have the possibility of expressing its views on the subject, if it so wished.
22. The Governing Body would establish the agenda of the Conference at its November Session,
taking into account the views expressed at or by the Conference.
23. At the session itself, the Conference might, in accordance with article 16 of the Constitution,
delete any item or items to which it objected for the session, or include any item or items for the
following session.
B. ARTICLE 36 OF THE CONSTITUTION
24. The Working Party, subject to some reservations recorded in the report on the discussions,
formulated the following proposals:
(a) Article 36 should be amended to delete the provision requiring five of the ten members of chief
industrial importance to have ratified an amendment to the Constitution before it can come into
force.
(b) An amendment would have to be adopted by the Conference by a majority of two-thirds and
would take effect when ratified by two-thirds of the members.
(c) However, if an amendment related to :
(i) the fundamental purposes of the Organisation as set out in the Preamble and in the
Declaration concerning the Aims and Purposes annexed thereto (Preamble; article 1;
Annex);
(ii) the composition and functions of the collegiate organs provided for under the Constitution
(article 1; article 3; article 7; article 17);
(iii) the constitutional provisions concerning international labour Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19-35; article 37);
(iv) article 36 relating to the amendment of the Constitution,
such an amendment should not be considered as adopted unless it fulfilled certain safeguards.
The Working Party considered alternative proposals for adoption by the Conference, but was agreed
on the number of ratifications necessary. An amendment should be adopted by the Conference:
— either by a two-thirds majority of the Conference, including one-third (or one-quarter) of the
votes of each of the three groups; or
— according to an alternative proposal, by a three-fourths majority of the Conference.
It should come into effect when ratified by three-fourths of the member States.
C. COMPOSITION OF THE GOVERNING BODY
Article 7 of the Constitution
25. The Working Party, subject to some reservations recorded in the report on the discussions,
formulated the following proposals :
(a) The size of the Governing Body should be increased to 64. Of these, 32 would be representatives
of governments, 16 would be representatives of employers, and 16 of workers.
(b) The number of government deputy members should not be increased to avoid the Governing
Body becoming excessively large.
(c) Article 7 of the Constitution should be amended as regards the total number of the members of
the Governing Body. The remainder of article 7 would remain unchanged.
(d) The government seats should be distributed equitably among the six regions which formed the
basis of the composition of the Government members of the Working Party, according to
agreements between governments based on the present position and the position emerging from
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the elections to be held in June 1975.1 Such a distribution would not require any change in
article 7 of the Constitution, but could be formulated through some appropriate means. These
arrangements would only concern government seats.
(e) Each region would be required to decide for itself how it wished to ensure continuity in its
representation.
(f) Whatever the arrangements adopted in the Government group, they should in no way affect the
autonomy of the non-governmental groups.
26. The Working Party recognised that a great deal of time and resources had been spent in past
years on questions of structure. It recognised that all members of the Working Party had made
important concessions and sacrifices in order to reach the agreements indicated above. It therefore
recommended that once its proposals had been finalised and accepted by the Conference there should
be a period when no fundamental question of structure should be considered. This period might be
ten years.
27. Certain Government members pointed out that they could not commit their governments to
accepting the Working Party's proposals, but some stated that they would use their best endeavours
to ensure this.
3 May 1975.
Excerpt from thefirstreport of the Standing Orders Committee 2
The Conference had before it the first report of the Standing Orders Committee,
paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of which read as follows 3 :
STANDING ORDERS QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION INSTRUMENT OF AMENDMENT, 1972
4. The Committee considered the proposed amendments to articles 48, 49, 50 and 54 of the
Standing Orders of the Conference, which are purely consequential upon the coming into force of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation Instrument of Amendment, 1972. It
unanimously recommends to the Conference that it make the following changes in Section G of its
Standing Orders:
(a) References in article 48, article 49, paragraph 3, and article 54, paragraphs 1 and 2, to
" fourteen " States selected by the Government electoral college should be altered to
"eighteen";
(b) Article 50, paragraph 2, should provide for the election, by the Employers' and Workers'
electoral colleges, of " fourteen " persons as regular members of the Governing Body, instead of
" twelve " as hitherto.
5. The Committee also had before it proposed amendments to articles 49 and 50 designed to
increase the number of deputy Government members of the Governing Body from 14 to 18, and to
increase the number of deputy Employer and Worker members of the Governing Body respectively
from 12 to 14.
6. The Committee unanimously recommends to the Conference the adoption of the following
amendments necessary for this purpose:
(a) The reference in article 49, paragraph 4, to " fourteen " States selected by the Government
electoral college should be altered to " eighteen " ;
1
Some Government members proposed that the distribution should be:
Region
Regular Members
Deputy Member
Africa
7
5
Asia
7
4
Eastern Europe
4
2
Western Europe
6
3
Latin America
6
4
North America
2
0
Other members said that they were in favour of any distribution that was equitable.
* The full text of this report will be published in the Record of Proceedings of the 60th Session of the
Conference.
* Adopted by the Conference on 7 June 1975.
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(b) Article 50, paragraph 2, should provide for the election, by the Employers' and Workers'
electoral colleges, of " fourteen " persons as deputy members of the Governing Body, instead of
" twelve " as hitherto.
Excerpt from the second report of the Standing Orders Committee1
The Conference had before it the second report of the Standing Orders Committee, paragraphs 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of which read as follows a :
PARTICIPATION OF NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS
IN MEETINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
13. The Committee decided, by 56,463 votes in favour, 14,703 against, with 5,495 abstentions,
to recommend to the Conference the following formulation as a new clause (k) to article 2, paragraph 3, of its Standing Orders: "representatives of liberation movements recognised by the
Organisation of African Unity or the League of Arab States which have been invited by the
Conference or the Governing Body to be represented at the Conference."
15. The report of the Governing Body Committee on Standing Orders and the Application
of Conventions and Recommendations contained a draft of a possible new paragraph 12 for
article 14 of the Standing Orders of the Conference, as follows:
" Representatives of liberation movements which have been invited to attend the Conference
may, with the permission of the President, address the Conference during the discussion of the
Director-General's Report."
No amendments were submitted to that draft. The Committee decided, by 10,058 votes in favour, 650
votes against, with 1,774 abstentions, to recommend that formulation to the Conference as a new
paragraph 12 for article 14 of its Standing Orders.
16. The report of the Governing Body Committee on Standing Orders and the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations contained a draft of a possible new paragraph 10 for article 56
of the Standing Orders of the Conference, relating to Conference Committees, as follows:
" Representatives of liberation movements which have been invited to attend the Conference and
which the Conference has invited to be represented at the Committee may participate, without
vote, in the discussions."
It also contained a proposal by the Government member of Japan to add to that draft the phrase
" when matters pertaining to their respective regions are dealt with "; that proposal was withdrawn
by the Government member of Japan. No amendments were submitted in the Committee. The
Committee decided by 9,943 votes in favour, 782 votes against, with 2,204 abstentions, to recommend
the formulation contained in the report, without the addition proposed by the Government member
of Japan in the Governing Body Committee, to the Conference as a new paragraph 10 for article 56
of its Standing Orders.
17. As proposed by the Governing Body Committee on Standing Orders and the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations in its report, the Committee decided to recommend to the
Conference that the adoption of a new paragraph 10 for article 56 of the Standing Orders of the
Conference should be accompanied by an amendment of article 55, paragraphs 2 and 3, excluding
the applicability of the new provision to the Selection Committee and the Finance Committee of
Government Representatives.
1
The full text of this report will be published in the Record of Proceedings of the 60th Session of the
Conference.
1
Adopted by the Conference on 12 June 1975 as the result of a vote by show of hands : paragraph 13,
by 266 votes in favour, 14 against, with 73 abstentions; paragraph 15, by 281 votes in favour, 2 against, with
44 abstentions; paragraph 16, by 275 votes in favour, 12 against, with 63 abstentions; paragraph 17, by
282 votes in favour, 0 against, with 52 abstentions; paragraph 18, by 279 votes in favour, 13 against, with
59 abstentions; paragraph 19, by 281 votes in favour, 11 against, with 59 abstentions.
106
Conventions and Recommendations contained a draft of a possible new paragraph 11 for article 1 of
the Rules concerning the Powers, Functions and Procedure of Regional Conferences Convened by
the International Labour Organisation, as follows :
" Liberation movements recognised by the Organisation of African Unity or the League of Arab
States which have been invited by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office may be
represented at the Conference."
No amendments were submitted to that draft. The Committee decided, by 10,163 votes in favour, 914
paragraph 11 for article 1 of the Rules.
Conventions and Recommendations contained a draft of a possible new paragraph 7 for article 11 of
the Rules concerning the Powers, Functions and Procedure of Regional Conferences Convened by
the International Labour Organisation, as follows :
" Representatives of liberation movements which have been invited to attend the Conference
may, with the permission of the President, address the Conference during the discussion on the
Director-General's Report."
No amendments were submitted to that draft. The Committee decided by 10,427 votes in favour, 677
paragraph 7 for article 11 of the Rules.
20.'The eommitteenotedthatarticle 21 of the~Rulesrn'âlces^rtiae"ll^pplicâbIê^«toi/î"^«/ân£?ii
to committees.
Excerpt from the twelfth report of the Selection Committee1
The Conference had before it the twelfth report of the Selection Committee,
which contained the following section2:
PROPOSAL CONCERNING THE SIZE OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE
The Selection Committee recommends to the Conference that, in order to reflect the increase in
the membership of the ILO and the desire for greater representativity in its organs, its Standing
Orders be amended to provide for a Selection Committee of 28 Government members, 14 Employers'
members and 14 Workers' members.
Article 4, paragraph 1, and article 25, paragraph 5, of the Standing Orders of the Conference
would then read as follows:
Article 4
1. The Conference shall appoint a Selection Committee consisting of twenty-eight members
nominated by the Government group, fourteen members nominated by the Employers' group and
fourteen members nominated by the Workers' group. In none of these categories shall a country have
more than one member.
Article 25
5. In accordance with Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Standing Orders, the Government group
shall nominate twenty-eight members for the Selection Committee and the Employers' and Workers'
groups shall each nominate fourteen members. In none of these groups shall any Member of the
Organisation have more than one member.
1
The full text of the report will be published in the Record of Proceedings of the 60th Session of the
Conference.
1
Adopted by the Conference on 21 June 1975.
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Vol. LVIII, 1975
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Series A, No. 2
CONTENTS
Information
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194th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (Geneva,
12-15 November 1974)
4-7 March 1975)
Major Advisory and Other Meetings Held
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158
Documents
Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation
(Mexico City, 26 November-5 December 1974): Conclusions, Recommendations and
Resolutions Adopted
:
Advisory Committee on Rural Development (Eighth Session, Geneva, 30 September 11 October 1974): Conclusions Adopted
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments
(Geneva, 26 November-6 December 1974): Conclusions and Resolutions Adopted . . .
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. LVIII
1975
Series A, No. 2
INFORMATION
194th Session of the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office1
(Geneva, 12-15 November 1974)
The 194th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office was
held from Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 November 1974, under the chairmanship of
Mr. Al-ArbiKhattabi:
The agenda was as follows :
1. Approval of the minutes of the 193rd Session.
2. Action on the resolutions adopted by the Conference at its 59th (June 1974)
Session.
3. Trade, development co-operation, employment and labour.
4. Report on the work of—
(a) the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association concerning the Case of Chile ; and
(b) the Commission appointed under article 26 of the Constitution to
examine the observance by Chile of the Hours of Work (Industry)
Convention, 1919 (No. 1), and the Discrimination (Employment and
Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111).2
5. Participation of representatives of liberation movements in the Conference
and in other ILO meetings.
6. Report of the Meeting of Experts on Equality of Remuneration (Geneva,
6-15 May 1974).3
1
The documents and reports submitted to the Governing Body, containing information on the
questions dealt with, will be published later as appendices to the minutes of the session. Some of these
documents and reports are published in the Official Bulletin; each text so published is indicated by a
footnote to the present article giving the number of the Official Bulletin in question and the relevant page.
!
The Governing Body took note of the report before it.
3
Postponed from the 193rd Session.
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7. Report on the Symposium on Workers' Participation in Decisions within
Undertakings (Oslo, 20-30 August 1974).
8. Report on the Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to
Industry, Agriculture and Forestry (Bucharest, 17-20 September 1974).1
9. Repoit^of the Advisory^ Gojnhuttee on Rumi* Development- on its Eighth
10. Report on the Symposium on Workers' Education Needs of Migrant
Workers (Geneva, 21-30 October 1974).1
11. Reports of the Committee on Freedom of Association.
12. Reports of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee.
13. Report of the Working Party on the Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations.
14. Report of the Allocations Committee.2
15. Report of the Committee, oh StandingrOrders and the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations.
16. Report of the International Organisations Committee.
17. Report of the Industrial Activities Committee.
18. Report of the Committee on Operational Programmes.1
19. Report of the Committee on Discrimination.
20. Composition and agenda of committees and of various meetings.
21. International Institute for Labour Studies.2
22. International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training.
23. Report of the Director-General;
24. Programme of meetings.
25. Appointment of Governing Body representatives on various bodies.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 193RD SESSION
The Governing Body approved the minutes of its 193rd Session; it confirmed that
the item " Working Environment " placed on the agenda of the 1976 Session of the
General Conference should be limited to examination of two aspects of the matter,
namely: (a) atmospheric pollution and (b) noise and vibration.
ACTION ON THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE
AT ITS 59TH (JUNE 1974) SESSION
The Governing Body took the decisions summarised below with regard to the
resolutions adopted by the Conference at its 59th Session.3
Resolution on Special Arrangements (Occupational Cancer)
The Governing Body asked the Director-General to examine the existing advisory
machinery which might be used to develop co-operation between the WHO, the
International Agency for Research on Cancer, the International Union against
Cancer and the ILO, and to report to the Governing Body at a later session.
1
The Governing Body postponed consideration of this item to its 195th Session.
* The Governing Body had no paper before it on this item of its agenda.
• The text of these resolutions will be found in Official Bulletin, 1974, No. 1.
110
The Director-General was also asked to submit to it proposals for the establishment of a panel of consultants on occupational cancer.
The Governing Body took note of the information concerning a possible standing
Committee of Experts contained in the Office paper and invited the Director-General
to consider holding in due course a symposium on questions of occupational cancer
prevention in the context of his proposals for future ILO activities.
Note was taken of the Worker members' concern that workers' circles should be
duly represented at future meetings on occupational cancer held by the WHO or
other international organisations.
Resolution on the Social and Economic Consequences of Preventive Action
(Occupational Cancer)
The Governing Body took note of the information in the Office paper. It invited
the Director-General to bear in mind the concern expressed by the Conference at the
possible social and economic consequences of early preventive action for employers
and workers and to take account of that concern in drafting proposals for future ILO
activities.
Resolution concerning Paid Educational Leave
The Governing Body invited the Director-General—
(a) when communicating the resolution to governments to draw their special
attention to subparagraphs (b) and (c) of its first operative paragraph,
requesting them to draw the attention of employers' and workers' organisations
to those provisions when transmitting the resolution to them; and
(b) to take account of the requests contained in subparagraph (a) of the first
operative paragraph of the resolution in drafting proposals for future ILO
programmes.
Resolution concerning Human and Trade Union Rights in Chile
The Governing Body took note of the information supplied.1
Resolution concerning Future ILO Action in the Field of Migrant Workers
The Governing Body took note of the information in the Office paper regarding
the steps which the Director-General had taken or proposed to take pursuant to the
resolution.
Note was taken of the texts adopted by the ICFTU World Conference on
Migrant and Stateless Workers which had been circulated to the Governing Body.
Resolution concerning the Drought-Stricken Sdhel Region and Other Regions
and the Role of the International Labour Organisation
The Governing Body took note of the information in the Office paper regarding
the steps which the Director-General had taken or proposed to take pursuant to the
resolution.
Resolution concerning the Working Environment
The Governing Body took note of the information in the Office paper concerning
action already taken on the resolution and the effect which the Director-General
intended to give to it in his programme and budget proposals for 1976-77.
» See p. 109, note 2.
Ill
Resolution concerning the Convocation by the ILO of
a Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social Progress
and the International Division of Labour
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General, when transmitting the
resolution to the governments of member States and through them to the employers'
and workers' organisations, to draw the attention of governments to the appeal
contained in operative paragraph 1 of the resolution.
It took note of the action which the Director-General had taken or proposed to
take in accordance with operative paragraph 2 of the resolution.
The Governing Body also endorsed in principle the holding during the 1976-77
biennium, in accordance with the proposals set forth in the Office paper, of a
Tripartite World Conference as contemplated in operative paragraph 3 of the
resolution, it being understood that the Director-General would submit further
proposals at the appropriate time.
It was understood that the further material to be submitted by the DirectorGeneral would cover the financial, legal and constitutional aspects of the problem
and would include a progress report on the preparatory work for the Conference to
be submitted at the Governing Body's next session.
Resolution concerning the Policy of Discrimination, Racism and Violation of
Trade Union Rights Practised by the Israeli Authorities in Palestine
and in Other Occupied Arab Territories
The Governing Body instructed the Director-General—
(a) to communicate the resolution to the Israeli authorities;
(b) to ensure for the regions concerned by the resolution, as far as possible in the
languages of the country, the widest dissemination of ILO documents concerning the exercise of civil liberties and trade union rights;
(c) to submit to the Governing Body at its next session a report and proposals
concerning the implementation of the operative part of the resolution ;
(d) to keep the Conference informed of the measures taken in application of the
resolution.
TRADE, DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION, EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to draw the specific attention of governments, employers' and workers' organisations, and international
organisations concerned with trade policy decisions to the Office study concerning
the effects of expansion of trade on employment in developing and developed
countries.
PARTICIPATION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LIBERATION
MOVEMENTS IN THE CONFERENCE AND IN OTHER ILO MEETINGS
The Governing Body instructed its Committee on Standing Orders and the
Application of Conventions and Recommendations to prepare, as a matter of
urgency, the necessary statutory changes so that the Governing Body could take the
desired decision in full knowledge of all the facts, in any event at the very beginning
of the Governing Body's next session (February-March 1975).
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REPORT OF THE MEETING OF EXPERTS ON EQUALITY OF REMUNERATION
(Geneva, 6-15 May 1974)
The Governing Body took note of the report of the meeting and authorised the
Director-General to—
(a) distribute it to the governments of member States and, through them, to the
employers' and workers' organisations, to the inter-governmental organisations
concerned and to the non-governmental organisations having consultative status
with the ILO ; and
(b) take account of the experts' suggestions in submitting programme proposals to
the Governing Body.
REPORT ON THE SYMPOSIUM ON WORKERS' PARTICIPATION
IN DECISIONS WITHIN UNDERTAKINGS
(Oslo, 20-30 August 1974)
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to convey its deep gratitude
to the Government of Norway for the facilities placed at the disposal of the
symposium, to the Norwegian International Development Agency (NORAD) for its
co-operation, and to the Government and the employers' and workers' organisations
for their cordial welcome.
The Governing Body postponed further consideration of the report to its next
session.
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
The Governing Body had before it the 146th, 147th and 148th Reports of its
Committee on Freedom of Association.1
146th and 147th Reports
These Reports were examined and approved at the eighth sitting.
148th Report
The Governing Body decided to examine the 148th Report of the Committee on
Freedom of Association at its 195th Session.
REPORTS OF THE PROGRAMME, FINANCIAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
The Governing Body took the following action on the basis of the reports of its
Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee and of the recommendations
contained therein.
The Governing Body took note of the Report on the In-Depth Review of
International Labour Standards, which contained suggestions concerning further
study of the Review, in particular the suggestion that a working party be set up
within the Committee.
The Governing Body took note of information submitted to it concerning
financial questions (programme implementation of the Programme and Budget for
1972-73; the 1974-75 Regular Budget Account; the position of the Working Capital
Fund; the report of the Board of Trustees of the Special Payments Fund; support
1
For the text of these Reports see Official Bulletin, 1975, Series B.
113
costs for programmes financed from outside sources); concerning personnel questions (a statement by a staff representative; the report of the Administrative Board of
the ILO Staff Pension Fund; and other personnel questions) and concerning
administrative questions (reports of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination
and of the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit).
Concerning salary scales and allowances of the professional and higher categories,
the Governing Body authorised the Director-General, if the United Nations General
Assembly at its 29th Session decided to improve these salary scales and allowances,
to apply parallel measures in the ILO with effect from the same date as that on which
the United Nations General Assembly decisions were effective and requested the
Director-General to submit to it at its February-March 1975 Session consequential
amendments to the Staff Regulations. The Governing Body took the necessary
measures to finance the resulting additional cost in 1975.
Concerning the action taken by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and
the proposals concerning the ILO Pension Fund, the Governing Body decided that if
the measures for the Joint Pension Fund were adopted:
(a) the existing measures for the adjustment of pensions of the ILO Staff Pension
Fund and the Judges' Pension Fund should be supplemented in 1975 by the
measures described in detail in the report (opportunity to opt, under certain
conditions, from 1 January 1975 or a later date, for the adjustment of pensions
on the basis of the national consumer price index of the pensioner's country of
residence);
(b) it would recommend the Conference to authorise the payment into the Fund of
an additional annuity of $180,000 a year for ten years beginning on 1 January
1976.
With regard to the establishment of a Publications Revolving Fund the Governing Body decided to recommend to the Conference the adoption of the following
resolution at its next session :
Decides that the Director-General may pay, out of revenue received in 1974-75 from the sale
of publications, an amount of up to $370,000, including the amount required to meet the cost in
1974-75 of reprints for sales purposes, into a Publications Revolving Fund to be established on
1 July 1975 and to be used in accordance with rules established for the Fund under Article 40 of
the Financial Regulations of the Organisation; and
Further decides to amend Article 11 of the Financial Regulations of the Organisation as
from 1 January 1976, the amended text to read as follows:
" 1. Except in so far as the Conference may decide otherwise, all income other than
contributions payable by governments, such as income from the sale of publications and other
miscellaneous sources and interest, shall be classed as miscellaneous income and, subject to the
provisions in paragraph 2 below, shall be paid into the part of the Working Capital Fund which
stands to the credit of the Organisation.
" 2 . The Director-General may pay up to 50 per cent of the income from the sale of
publications, including related royalties and fees, into a Publications Revolving Fund in
accordance with rules established for the Fund under Article 40 of these Regulations."
Subject to the adoption by the Conference of the resolution set out above, the
Governing Body approved the Director-General's substitution, as from 1 January
1976, for the present texts of Internal Financial Rules 3.30 and 3.40 of texts reflecting
the amendments above and, subject to the adoption by the Conference of the
resolution set out above, also approved rules deriving from this, governing the
operation of the Publications Revolving Fund.
With regard to the financial situation in the biennium 1974-75 the Governing
Body—
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(a) noted that it would be necessary to use in 1975 the amount of $3,300,000 already
provided under Part IV of the budget1 ;
(b) further noted that the effects of inflation, currency changes and the shortfall in
programme support costs for extra-budgetary accounts, together with the
additional activities for which financing had already been authorised by the
Governing Body, were estimated to involve an overspending of $8.5 million in
addition to the approved budget of $95.1 million, if approved programme levels
were to be fully maintained ;
(c) took note of the economy measures being put into effect by the Director-General
which were expected to produce savings of $3 million;
(d) decided to hold no meeting of the Inter-American Advisory Committee during
the current biennium which, with the decision already taken to hold only one
meeting of the African Advisory Committee, would result in a saving of
$0.2 million; and
(e) decided to cover by means of a supplementary credit the balance of additional
expenditure resulting from currency changes, the current high rate of inflation
and the shortfall of income from the UNDP for programme support costs
which, after deduction of the net supplementary credits of $0.9 million already
authorised by the Governing Body, was estimated at $4.4 million. This supplementary credit was to be financed by withdrawal from the Working Capital
Fund, subject to reimbursement in 1977 of any such withdrawal in accordance
with Article 21.3 (a) of the Financial Regulations.
With regard to the financing of the Commission appointed at the 193rd Session
under article 26 of the Constitution to examine the observance by Chile of the Hours
of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1), and of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill), the Governing Body, after taking
account of the resources already made available for the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission in the Case of Chile, adopted measures for itsfinancingin 1974-75.
With regard to the Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income
Distribution and Social Progress and the International Division of Labour 2 the
Governing Body adopted measures for financing the cost of preparatory work in
1975.
Measures were also adopted for financing the additional expenditure involved
should the Conference at its June 1975 Session amend its Standing Orders in line with
the decisions which the Governing Body was called on to propose under the fifteenth
item on its agenda.3
A decision was also taken to meet the cost of the proposed ceremonies and
hospitality in connection with the inauguration of the new building.
After examining the Report of the Building Subcommittee the Governing Body—
(a) approved the action taken by the Director-General to ensure the completion of
the new headquarters building with the exception of the items temporarily
deferred;
(b) decided to consider taking appropriate action to ensure the availability of
additional funds sufficient to complete the building as planned; and
(c) authorised the Director-General to proceed with the award of the additional
contracts and the placing of the additional orders which would be required for
that purpose.
1
" Partial provision for effects of exchange rate adjustments.'
•See p. 112 above.
a
See p. 117 below.
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The Governing Body also took note of the proposed arrangement for the
payment of 3 million Swiss francs to the Property Foundation for International
Organisations as a first annuity on its loans to the ILO, on the understanding that the
amount of subsequent annuities would be adjusted to ensure the full repayment of
the loan within the period of 40 years originally provided for. It also authorised the
payment into the Building and Accommodation Fund, for the purpose of meeting
part of the estimated cost over-run and related obligations arising out of the
construction of the new building, of the balance of the 1974-75 budgetary credit
under the relevant article for the first annuity.
With regard to the use of receipts from trie rental of ILO premises the Governing
Bodyfa,) in accordance with Article 41 of the Financial Regulations approved and put
into temporary operation, with immediate effect, an amended text of Article 11
of the Financial Regulations1, and decided to report on this action to the
Conference at its 60th (June 1975) Session;
(b) authorised the Director-General to draw upon the Building and Accommodation Fund to meet such expenditure in excess of the resources so far approved as
might be necessary for the construction of the new headquarters building as now
planned.
(c) noted that, the Governing Body having approved the text given in subparagraph (a) above and having taken the decision set out above 2 concerning the
use of receipts from the sale of publications, the Director-General would put
before the Conference for adoption at its June 1975 Session a complete revised
text of Article 11 of the Financial Regulations which would take account of all
the changes envisaged by the Governing Body and would become effective in full
from 1 January 1976; and
(d) subject to its action as regards the amendment of Article 11 of the Financial
Regulations, approved the Director-General's addition to the Internal Financial
Rules of the new rule concerning the treatment of receipts from rentals.
REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE FINANCING
OF CONFERENCE DELEGATIONS
Concerning the report of the Working Party the Governing Body requested the
Director-General—
(a) to ask the governments of all member States to supply, in time for submission to
the Working Party at the Governing Body's next session, information on
the actual costs which they had incurred in sending delegates and advisers to
recent sessions of the General Conference, on the number of such participants
who had borne their own costs and, where applicable, on the obstacles standing
in the way of a broader participation in the Conference; and
1
This text was as follows :
" 1. Except in so far as the Conference may decide otherwise, all income other than contributions
payable by governments, such as income from the sale of publications and other miscellaneous sources and
interest, shall be classed as miscellaneous income and, subject to the provisions in paragraph 2 below, shall
be paid into the part of the Working Capital Fund which stands to the credit of the Organisation. Income
from the sale of publications shall be on a net basis, after offsetting the cost of reprints required for sales
purposes.
" 2. The Director-General shall pay income from rentals into a Building and Accommodation Fund,
which shall be used subject to the authorisation of the Governing Body for specific purposes relating to
premises belonging to the Organisation, in particular to meet costs of construction, alterations, repairs and
renewals."
•See p. 114 above.
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(b) to submit to the Working Party, at the Governing Body's next session,
information on what amendments to the ILO Constitution might be appropriate
if it were decided to recommend that the Organisation participate in financing
the expenses of Conference delegations.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS
AND THE APPLICATION OF CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application of Conventions and Recommendations.
With regard to the choice of Conventions and Recommendations on which
reports under article 19 of the Constitution were to be requested for 1976 and 1977,
the Governing Body decided to invite governments to submit reports in 1976, on the
Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118), and in 1977, on
the Employment (Women with Family Responsibilities) Recommendation, 1965
(No. 123), it being understood that, as regards Convention No. 118, governments
which had ratified it in respect of certain branches of social security only would be
invited to submit reports on the same basis concerning the branches of social security
which had not been accepted at the time of ratification.
The Governing Body took note of the part of the Report dealing with the revision
of the Memorandum concerning the obligation to submit Conventions and Recommendations to the competent authorities (article 19 of the Constitution).
With regard to the arrangements concerning the request for reports under
article 22 of the Constitution, set forth in the schedule to the Labour Standards
(Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 83), the Governing Body
endorsed the Committee's opinion that it was not necessary to establish a separate
report form for Convention No. 83 but that governments which had ratified the
Convention should be requested to establish the reports due on the Conventions
which had thus become applicable in the various territories on the basis of the
existing report forms; it agreed that those report forms should be sent to governments with an accompanying explanatory note.
Standing Orders.
With regard to Standing Orders questions arising from the coming into force of
the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation Instrument of Amendment, 1972, the Governing Body decided to replace the word " fourteen " in
paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 5 of its Standing Orders by the word " eighteen ".
The Governing Body also made the following amendments in its Standing
Orders :
(i) in article 15, paragraph 2, concerning the compulsory distribution of resolutions, amendments or motions, the number " ten " should be replaced by the
figure " 1 4 " ;
(ii) in article 17, paragraph 2, concerning requests for ballot votes, the
figure " 17 " should be replaced by the figure " 23 ";
(iii) in article 19, concerning the quorum, the figure " 25 " should be replaced by
the figure " 3 3 " ;
(iv) in article 20, paragraph 2, concerning requests for special meetings of the
Governing Body, the numbers " ten ", " seven " and " seven " should be
replaced by the figures " 16 ", " 12 " and " 12 ".
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The Governing Body decided to submit to the Conference for adoption the
following amendments to the Standing Orders of the Conference which were directly
consequential upon the amendment of the Constitution:
(i) references in articles 48, 49, paragraph 3, and 54, paragraphs 1 and 2, to
" fourteen " States selected by the Government electoral college should be
altered to " eighteen " ;
(ii) article 50, paragraph 2, should provide for the election, by the Employers'
and Workers' electoral colleges, of " fourteen " persons as regular members
of the Governing Body, instead of " twelve " as hitherto.
The Governing Body also decided to recommend the Conference to amend the
Standing Orders of the Conference so as to increase the number of deputy
Government members of the Governing Body from 14 to 18 and to increase the
number of deputy Employers' and Workers' members of the Governing Body respectively from 12 to 14.1
REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COMMITTEE
The Governing Body took note of the annual report of the Administrative
Committee on Co-ordination for 1973-74.
With regard to the activities of the Economic and Social Council it requested the
Director-General to expand and accelerate the studies on the social and labour
aspects of the activities of multinational enterprises and decided to review at its
195th Session the role the ILO could best play in this field.
With regard, moreover, to the ILO contribution to the Second United Nations
Development Decade review and appraisal the Governing Body authorised the
Director-General to transmit to the United Nations under his own authority the
report on mid-term review of progress in the labour and social sectors in developing
countries and requested him to inform the United Nations that the Governing Body
might wish further views to be submitted as an outcome of a discussion to be held at
its 195th Session.
REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for Mines Other than Coal Mines:
Invitation of International Non-Governmental Organisations
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following
international non-governmental organisations to be represented at this meeting:
International Confederation of Executive Staffs.
International Metalworkers' Federation.
Miners' International Federation.
Miners' Trade Unions International (WFTU).
World Federation for the Metallurgie Industry (WCL).
Periodic Reports on the Effect Given to Requests of Industrial Committees:
Ninth Session of the Inland Transport Committee
The Governing Body took note of this section of the report.
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Adopted by the Conference on 7 June 1975. See Official Bulletin, 1975, Series A, No. 1, p. 105
(excerpt from the first report of the Standing Orders Committee).
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Arrangements for the Fifth General Review of the Membership of the Industrial
and Analogous Committees
The Governing Body decided that the fifth general review of the membership of
the Industrial and analogous Committees should take place in November 1976.
Criteria and Procedures for Reviewing the Membership of Industrial
and Analogous Committees
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to consult the government
as well as the workers' and employers' organisations of each member State, in
accordance with established procedure, about any specific proposed change in the
procedures used in November 1970, at the fourth general review of the membership
of the Industrial and analogous Committees, which they wished to be considered by
the Industrial Activities Committee at its meeting in November 1975, inviting them
to send their replies so as to reach the Office no later than 1 September 1975.
Programme of Industrial Activities, 1976-77
Major Meetings.
The Governing Body decided that the following seven major industrial meetings
should be held in the biennium 1976-77, the first four being accorded priority in the
first half of the biennium :
Coal Mines Committee (Tenth Session).
Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee (Ninth Session).
Metal Trades Committee (Tenth Session).
Committee on Work on Plantations (Seventh Session).
Tripartite Technical Meeting for Civil Aviation.
Textiles Committee (Tenth Session).
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Food Products and Drink Industries.
The Governing Body determined the agenda of the Tenth Session of the Coal
Mines Committee as follows :
1. General Report, dealing particularly with—
(a) action taken in the various countries in the light of the conclusions and
resolutions adopted at previous sessions of the Committee ;
(b) steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed by
the Committee, and other activities of the International Labour Organisation
in the field of the coalmining industry; and
(c) recent events and developments in coal mines.
2. The training and retraining of coal miners.
3. Safety and health in coal mines.
It was understood that the subject of hours of work in coal mines would be dealt with
in the General Report.
The Governing Body also determined the agenda of the Ninth Session of the
Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee as follows :
resolutions adopted at previous sessions of the Committee;
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the Committee, and other activities of the International Labour Organisation
in the field of the construction industry; and
(c) recent events and developments in the construction industry.
2. Stabilisation of employment and earnings in the construction industry.
3. The training of managers and workers in the construction industry.
It was understood that problems arising from the international migration of
manpower in the construction industry would be dealt with in the context of item 2.
Smaller Meetings.
The Governing Body decided that the first of the smaller meetings to be held in
the 1976-77 biennium should be the Joint Meeting on Conditions of Work and
Employment in Postal and Telecommunications Services.
Other Questions
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to make provision, in the
programme for its 195th Session, for a meeting of the Industrial Activities Committee.
The Governing Body took note of the section of the report dealing with the recent
death of Mr. T. Anyoji, Workers' member of the Committee.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISCRIMINATION
The Governing Body postponed consideration of the report on ILO action on
discrimination in employment and occupation to its next session.
COMPOSITION AND AGENDA OF COMMITTEES AND OF VARIOUS MEETINGS
Standing Bodies
Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations.
The Governing Body reappointed the following members of the Committee for a
period of three years :
Sir Adetokunbo Ademóla (Nigeria).
Mr. P. B. Gajendragadkar (India).
Mr. E. García Sayán (Peru).
Mr. A. Gubinski (Poland).
To fill the seat which had become vacant owing to the death of Chief Justice Earl
Warren (United States), the Governing Body appointed the following person as a
member of the Committee for a period of three years :
Mr. Frank W. McCulloch (United States), Professor of Law at the University of
Virginia, former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (1961-70),
arbitrator for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
The Governing Body noted that Professor L. A. Lunz (USSR), whose mandate
had expired, had indicated, after serving on the Committee since 1965, that for
reasons of health he was unable to continue as a member of the Committee, and it
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expressed its thanks to Professor Lunz for his services. To fill the seat which had thus
become vacant, the Governing Body appointed the following person as a member of
the Committee for a period of three years :
Mr. Grigory Tunkin (USSR), Professor of International Law at the University of
Moscow, President of the Soviet International Law Association, former
member of the UN International Law Commission, member of the Institute of
International Law, member of the Curatorium of the Academy of International Law at the Hague.
Panel of Consultants on Safety in Mines.
The Governing Body appointed the following person, nominated after consultation with the Government of Japan, as a member of the Panel for a period expiring
on 31 March 1977:
Mr. Toshio Wakiyama (Japan), Mine Inspector, Chief of Coal Division, Industrial Location and Environmental Protection Bureau, Ministry of Trade and
Industry.
Panel of Consultants on the Problems of Women Workers.
The Governing Body appointed the following person, nominated after consultation with the Government of Japan, as a member of the Panel for a period expiring
on 31 May 1977:
Mrs. Ryoko Akamatsu (Japan), Head of the Women Workers' Division,
Women's and Minors' Bureau, Ministry of Labour.
Panel of Consultants on the Problems of Young Workers.
The Governing Body appointed the following person to replace Mr. Yuzuru
Yamada (Japan) as a member of the Panel for a period expiring on 31 May 1977:
Mr. Izaya Honda (Japan), Head of the Young Workers' Division, Women's and
Minors' Bureau, Ministry of Labour.
The Governing Body appointed the following person to replace Mr. Jôrg Müller
(Switzerland) as a member of the Panel for a period expiring on 31 May 1977:
Mr. H. Rudin (Switzerland), Delegate of the Swiss Textile Industry Employers'
Association.
Committee of Social Security Experts.
Experts Nominated on the Proposal of Governments.
Experts on Social Security in General.
The Governing Body appointed the following person as a member of the
Committee for a period expiring on 31 December 1978:
Mr. Pedro Calosi Razzeto (Peru), Technical Adviser to the Peruvian social
insurance system.
Experts on Actuarial Questions.
The Governing Body appointed the following person to replace Mr. C. E. Clarke
(United Kingdom) as a member of the Committee for a period expiring on
31 December 1978:
Mr. G. G. Newton (United Kingdom), Government Actuary's Department.
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Experts Nominated after Consultation with the Workers' Group of the Governing
Body. A
In accordance with the agreement reached at the Governing Body's 190th Session
(May-June 1973) that the term of office of the serving members of the Committee,
due to expire on 31 December 1973, should be renewed for a further period of five
years, the Governing Body renewed the term of office of the following members of
the Committee for a period expiring on 31 December 1978:
Mr. H. J. Aldana (Mexico), Mexican Social Security Institute.
Mr. M'Hamed Ouestlati (Tunisia), Tunisian General Labour Union.
Mr. Bert Seidman (United States), Director, Department of Social Security,
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
The Governing Body appointed the following persons to replace members whose
services were no longer available:
Mr. W. B. Boye Tugbeh (Liberia), General Secretary, Liberian Confederation of
Labour.
Mr. Frank Chafe (Canada), Director, Government Employees Department,
Canadian Congress of Labour.
Mr. Alois Dragaschnig (Austria), Federation of Austrian Social Insurance
Institutes.
Mr. V. R. Hoshing (India), General Secretary, Bombay Textile Labour Association, Indian National Trade Union Congress.
Mr. Peter Jacques (United Kingdom), Secretary, Social Insurance Department,
Trades Union Congress.
Mr. Alfred Schmidt (Federal Republic of Germany), Social Policy Department,
Executive Board, German Confederation of Trade Unions.
Mr. Jozsef Vincze (Hungary), Officer in charge of social security affairs, General
Council of Hungarian Trade Unions.
Substitutes:
Mr. Robert Bono (France), National Secretary, French Democratic Confederation of Labour.
Mr. Karl Bourema (Upper Volta), member of the Executive Board, Volta
Organisation of Free Trade Unions.
Mr. Jean Dubois (France), Officer in charge of social security affairs, General
Confederation of Labour.
Mr. J. Figueroa (Ecuador), General Secretary, Ecuadorian Confederation of
Class Organisations.
Mr. D. P. Kawadkar (India), Maharashtra Colliery Workers' Union.
Mr. Karl Nanderup Dahl (Norway), Attorney in law, Confederation of Trade
Unions in Norway.
Mr. E. O. A. Odeyemi (Nigeria), Acting General Secretary, United Labour
Congress of Nigeria.
Mr. Jean Rasolondraibe (Madagascar), Administrator, National Social
Insurance Fund.
Mr. Gustavo Serpa (Colombia), member of the Executive Board, Confederation of Colombian Workers.
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Advisory Committee on Rural Development.
The Governing Body appointed, in replacement of Mr. J. J. Kisa (Kenya), the
following person, nominated after consultation with the Government of Kenya, as
a member of the Committee for a period expiring on 31 December 1978:
Mr. Japeth Lijoodi (Kenya), Principal Economist, Economic Planning Division,
Ministry of Agriculture.
Meetings
Sixth Session of the African Advisory Committee.
The Governing Body fixed as follows the agenda of the Sixth Session of the
Committee :
1. Harmonisation of social security systems in African countries.
2. Evaluation of ILO activities in the African region.
Meeting of Experts on Noise and Vibration in the Working Environment.
Experts Nominated after Consultation with the Employers' Group of the Governing
Body.
The Governing Body noted that its Officers had approved the following nominations:
Mr. Mohamed El Meccawi Mustafa (Sudan), General Manager, Khartoum
Spinning and Weaving Co. Ltd.
Professor Gideon Gerhardsson (Sweden), Industrial Medicine and Hygiene
Office, Swedish Employers' Confederation.
Mr. Federico Groenewold Alexandry (Mexico), specialist in acoustics.
Mr. Gerhard Hübner (Federal Republic of Germany), Head of the Laboratory
for the Control of Machinery Noise (Siemens A.G. Berlin).
Substitutes:
Mr. Anwarul Alam (Bangladesh), Branch Manager, Dacca Factory, Bangladesh Tobacco Co. Ltd.
Mr. Salvador Francisco Alonso Pedrosa (Chile), Chief of the Education
Department of the Prevention Division, Chilean Association for Production and Commerce.
Mr. under Çavusoglu (Turkey), Consulting Engineer, Izocam A.S. Ankara
Teknik Biirosu.
Mr. Jean-Paul Delpech (France), Deputy Director, Safety and Conditions of
Work Branch, Union of Metallurgical and Mining Industries.
Mr. Terje Due-Strand (Norway), Medical Director, Division of Occupational
Health and Medicine, Norwegian Employers' Confederation.
Mr. Kenneth P. Duncan (United Kingdom), Director of Health and Safety,
British Steel Corporation.
Mr. John H. Johnston (Canada), Manager, Industrial Hygiene Division,
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Mr. Oreste Sappa (Italy), Automobile Division, FIAT Corporation.
Mr. Tran-Thanh-Ben (Republic of Viet-Nam), Industrial Services Adviser,
ESSO Eastern Inc.
Mr. Maxwell B. Twum-Antwi (Ghana), Chartered Engineer, State Gold
Mining Corporation.
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Body.
The Governing Body noted that its Officers had approved a proposal by the
Director-General that Mr. J. Chalmers (United Kingdom), who had been appointed
at the last session but was unable to attend the meeting, should be replaced by
Mr. Gopeshwar (India), Indian National Trade Union Congress, who had been
appointed as a substitute at the same session.
Joint IMCO-ILO Committee on Training.
Agenda.
The Governing Body approved the following agenda for the meeting of the
Committee to be held from 27 to 31 January 1975:
1. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen.
2. Adoption of the agenda.
3. Elaboration of the Document for Guidance, 1970 \ as amended, to include a
section for engineer officers.
4. Consideration of and comment on IMCO draft proposals for:
(a) mandatory minimum requirements for the certification of officers in charge
of a navigational watch;
(b) mandatory minimum requirements for the certification of masters and chief
mates of vessels of 1,600 grt and over;
(c) mandatory minimum requirements to ensure the continued proficiency and
updating of knowledge for masters and deck officers;
(d) mandatory minimum requirements for the certification of engineer officers in
charge of a watch in a traditionally manned engine room, or the designated
duty engineer in periodically unmanned engine rooms ;
(e) mandatory minimum requirements to ensure the continued proficiency and
updating of knowledge for certificated engineer officers ;
(f) mandatory minimum requirements for junior ratings forming part of a
navigational watch.
5. Noting of the IMCO draft recommendation on principles and operational
guidance for deck officers in charge of a watch in port.
6. Consideration of proposals for amending IMCO Assembly Recommendation
No. A.VIII/Res. 286 concerning the training and qualifications of officers and
crews of ships carrying hazardous and noxious chemicals in bulk.
7. Other business.
8. Report of the proceedings.
Composition.
The Governing Body approved the replacement of Mr. H. Rake (Federal
Republic of Germany), whose services were no longer available, and Mr. J. Slater
(United Kingdom), deceased, by the following persons, nominated after consultation
with the Seafarers' group:
Mr. K. M0ls Sorensen (Denmark), General Secretary, Danish Merchant Navy
Officers' Association.
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ILO : Document for guidance, 1970: an international maritime training guide (Geneva, doc. JCST/2/
1970/3, 1971 ; mimeographed).
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Mr. E. Nevin (United Kingdom), General Secretary, Merchant Navy and Airline
Officers' Association.
Substitute:
Mr. Shannon J. Wall (United States), President, National Maritime Union of
America.
Symposium on Workers'" Education Methods and Techniques for Rural Workers and
Their Organisations.
Agenda.
The Governing Body approved the following agenda for the meeting:
1. Categories of rural workers and their organisations and the nature of the
education required to meet their needs.
2. Methods, techniques and institutions required in order to develop practical
programmes to meet the educational needs of organisations of rural workers.
3. The scope, form and content of the activities through which the ILO Workers'
Education Programme can assist in meeting the educational requirements of
organisations of rural workers.
Composition.
persons, nominated after consultation with the Workers' group, to attend the meeting:
Mr. M. Abdelahmid (Egypt), President, General Trade Union of Agriculture.
Mr. D. Agoumba (Dahomey), President, Federation of Agricultural Workers and
Rural Animators (FEDATAR).
Mr. T. S. Bavin, General Secretary, International Federation of Plantation,
Agricultural and Allied Workers.
Mr. M. G. Bayarte (Mongolia), Central Council of Mongolian Trade Unions.
Mr. A. Bondioli (Italy), Research Office, Italian General Confederation of
Labour (CGIL).
Mr. H. Cassirer (France), Educational Consultant.
Mr. C. Chavez (United States), President, United Farm Workers of America
(AFL-CIO).
Mr. S. Correa, Asian regional representative of the International Federation of
Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers.
Mr. J. Diallo, Education Officer, Pan-African Foundation for Economic, Social
and Cultural Development.
Mr. P. Freiré, Educational Consultant, World Council of Churches.
Mr. J. Hubregtse (Netherlands), Member of the Executive Board, Agricultural
and Food Workers' Union (AVB-NVV).
Mr. Mohamed Khan (Malaysia), Assistant General Secretary, National Union of
Plantation Workers.
Mr. C. Kowlessur (Mauritius), Education Officer, Mauritius Labour Congress.
Mr. Y. Levi (Israel), Afro-Asian Institute for Co-operative and Labour Studies.
Mr. J. Montemayor (Philippines), President, Federation of Free Farmers.
Mr. Victor Moreno Aguirre (Colombia), Secretary for Agrarian Affairs, Confederation of Colombian Workers; President, National Agrarian Trade Union
Federation.
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Mr. J. de la Plana (Venezuela), Director of the " Humberto Váldez " Latín
American Institute of Social Studies (ILATES).
Mr. J. Pollard (United Kingdom), Principal, Berkshire College of Agriculture.
Mr. N. Robello, Centre for Technical Co-operation and Research in the Field of
Workers' Education (CECOTRET).
Mr. A. Sulin Méndez (Honduras), Organising Secretary, National Association of
Peasants of Honduras.
Mr. J. Tehle (Czechoslovakia), Education Officer, World Federation of Trade
Unions.
Mr. F. Vargas (Venezuela), Member of the Executive Board, Venezuela Peasant
Federation.
Substitutes:
Mr. E. Colbert (United States), education expert attached to the Swedish
International Development Agency (SIDA).
Mr. C. Deguenon (Dahomey), General Workers' Union of Dahomey.
Mr. C. Gambali (Congo), Confederation of Trade Unions of the Congo.
Mr. R. Lajoinie (France), Federation of Agriculture, General Confederation
of Labour (CGT).
Mr. H. E. Mora Carrero (Venezuela), Director of Training and Organisation,
National Confederation of Peasants.
Mr. Nguyen-Tri-Sü (Republic of Viet-Nam), Director of the Workers' Education Centre (INEFOS), Vietnamese Confederation of Labour.
Mr. Rampartap Singh (Trinidad and Tobago), General Secretary, AllTrinidad Sugar Estate and Factory Workers' Trade Union.
Mr. J. J. Vargas Correa (Colombia), National Agrarian Trade Union Federation.
The Governing Body also authorised its Officers to approve one nomination still
outstanding.
It further noted that the Director-General intended to invite the Food and
Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation and the United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development to be represented at the meeting and that international nongovernmental organisations having consultative status with the ILO would also be
invited.
It also authorised the Director-General to invite the following international nongovernmental organisations to be represented at the meeting :
International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers.
Trade Unions International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers.
World Federation of Agricultural Workers.
Technical Conference on the Public Service.
The Governing Body noted that it was intended to invite the following intergovernmental organisations to attend the meeting:
United Nations.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
Commission of the European Communities.
League of Arab States.
Organisation of African Unity.
Organisation of American States.
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international non-governmental organisations to be represented at the Conference in
view of their particular interest in the items on the agenda:
International Confederation of Public Service Officers.
International Council of Nurses.
International Federation of Employees in Public Service.
International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions.
International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
International Society for Labour Law and Social Legislation.
International Union of Police Associations.
Latin American Confederation of State Workers.
Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International.
Public Services International.
Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees.
World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession.
World Confederation of Teachers.
World Federation of Teachers' Unions.
The Governing Body decided that—
(a) the conference should be called " Technical Conference on the Public Service " ;
(b) the composition of the conference should be bipartite, with equal representation
on both sides ; and
(c) three Employers' members of the Governing Body should be appointed to
attend the conference in addition to the Governing Body delegation already
provided for in the Programme and Budget.
Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia.
The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the composition
of the meeting and approved the following agenda:
1. Background to the land tenure situation in Asia, with particular reference to the
condition of tenants, sharecroppers and similar categories of agricultural workers.
2. Agrarian reform laws and programmes in Asia and the role played in their
formulation and implementation by organisations of tenants, sharecroppers and
similar categories of agricultural workers.
3. Proposed programmes of action for governmental, voluntary and international
agencies to assist in improving the condition of tenants, sharecroppers and similar
categories of agricultural workers.
Joint ILO-WHO Committee on Occupational Health (Seventh Session).
of the meeting and approved the following agenda, which had been drawn up in
consultation with the WHO :
1. Extent of occupational safety and health problems of migrant workers.
2. Factors affecting safety and health of migrants.
3. Existing occupational health services for migrant workers.
4. Preventive measures.
5. Conclusions and recommendations.
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Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining.
of the meeting and approved the following agenda :
1. Creation of an adequate framework for collective bargaining.
2. Collective bargaining as an instrument for bringing about constructive labourmanagement relations.
3. Collective bargaining at the enterprise, industry-wide and national levels and
problems of co-ordination.
4. Methods of handling disputes arising in connection with collective bargaining.
5. Collective bargaining in the context of social and economic developments.
Meeting of Experts on Migrant Workers.
of the meeting and approved the following agenda :
1. Review of the ILO programme for migrant workers.
2. Proposals for the future orientation of the ILO programme for migrant workers.
Meeting of Experts on New Wage Systems and Structures in Industrialised Countries.
of the meeting and approved the following agenda:
1. Review of developments and trends in wage and salary systems within enterprises.
2. The implications for enterprises of changes in economic conditions, technology,
work organisation systems and workers' attitudes and behaviour.
3. Suggestions for action at enterprise, national and international levels.
Symposium on Economic Education for Trade Unionists: Composition.
The Governing Body noted that, to fill the three vacancies among the regular
members resulting from the agreement reached at its last session that three other
persons should be invited to attend the meeting as representatives of their organisations rather than as regular members, the Officers had approved the following
nominations made after consultation with the Workers' group:
Mr. Guido Baglione (Italy), Director of Education, Italian Confederation of
Workers' Unions (CISL).
Mr. Oscar Martinez, Director of Training, Latin American Workers' University,
Venezuela.
Mr. G. Perumal (Malaysia), Malaysian Trades Union Congress.
The Governing Body further noted that, to replace Mr. Bell (Canada) and
Mr. Odhner (Sweden), who had been appointed at its last session but were unable to
attend, the Officers had approved the following nominations made after consultation
with the Workers' group:
Mr. Paul Brennan (Canada), Research Department of the United Steelworkers of
America, Canadian Office.
Miss Britt Sweno (Sweden), Secretary of Education, Swedish Trade Union
Confederation (LO).
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Symposium on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment in the European
Region.
The Governing Body took note of the information supplied.
Information on Symposia and on Seminars and Similar Meetings Providedfor under the
Regular Budget for 1974-75
Information was provided on the Seminar on National and International Labour
Standards for Labour Administration Officials of Asian Countries and on the
European Round Table on Career Planning and Development.
Meetings Financed from Extra-Budgetary Sources
Additional Information on Meetings.
The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the following
meetings : Asian Regional Seminar on Management of Family Planning Programmes
in the Organised Sector; Sub-Regional Arab Workshop for Trade Unions and
Workers' Educators in the Field of Population ; Regional Seminar on the Role of
Occupational Health and Welfare Services in Family Planning; African Regional
Seminar on Wages (English-Speaking Countries); Latin American Regional
Workers' Education Seminar on Workers' Representatives at the Level of the
Undertaking; and Latin American Regional Seminar on Co-operative Management
and Accounting.
Other Forthcoming Meetings.
meetings : Programme of Meetings of the Inter-American Centre for Labour Administration (CIAT); Regional Course on Vocational Training Systems Design;
Regional Seminar on Human Resources and Tourism (Americas); Asian Regional
Seminar on Fiscal, Financial and Monetary Policies for Employment Promotion;
Workshop on Employment Functions and Responsibilities of Asian Ministries of
Labour; Regional Seminar on the Organisation and Development of Disabled
Persons' Co-operatives (Asia); Seminar on Maritime Training for South American
Countries ; Inter-Regional Training Course for Managers of Vocational Rehabilitation Centres and Sheltered Workshops; Middle East Regional Seminar on New
Methods and Techniques in Workers' Education; Inter-Regional Seminar on Financial Management for Rural Co-operatives; International Seminar on the Role of
Trade Unions and Educational Reform; Asian Regional Seminar on Co-operative
Management; Seminar on Training Needs for Labour Administrators in Asia; and
Seminar on the Vocational Rehabilitation of the Disabled.
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNICAL
AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
The Governing Body had before it the report of the twentieth session of the
Board of the Centre and took note of the revised budget of the Centre for the period
1 August 1974-31 July 1975.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
Part I
The Governing Body took note of the Office paper in which the Director-General
announced that he proposed to discontinue the present practice concerning this first
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part of the report and to replace it by the submission twice a year (at the May and
November sessions of the Governing Body) of a report to the Programme, Financial
and Administrative Committee on the progress being made in the implementation of
the approved programme of work and the difficulties encountered. The first of the biannual reports would be submitted to the Governing Body at its May 1975 session.
Part II
Obituary
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to convey its sympathy on
the death of Yujiro Ohno, Assistant Director-General of the International Labour
Office, to his family and to the Government of Japan; on the death of Toshichika
Anyoji, Workers' member of the Governing Body and Workers' delegate of Japan to
the Conference, to his family and to the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan and
the All Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union ; on the death of Earl Warren,
former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and member of the
Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, to his family;
on the death of Sir Joseph Hallsworth, United Kingdom delegate to the Conference
and Workers' Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body (1941-45), to hisfamilyand to the
Trades Union Congress of the United Kingdom; on the death of Henryk Altman,
Polish Government delegate to the Conference and former member of the Governing
Body, to his family and to the Polish Government; on the death of Paul G. Hoffman,
Director of the United Nations Development Programme, to his family, to the
United States Government and to the Governing Council of the UNDP; and
on the death of Louis Saillant, former Secretary-General of the World Federation of
Trade Unions, to his family, to the French General Confederation of Labour and to
the World Federation of Trade Unions.
Composition of the Governing Body and Its Committees
The Governing Body noted that the late Toshichika Anyoji had been replaced as
a regular Workers' member of the Governing Body by Mr. Haraguchi (Japan); that
Mr. Fogam, who had resigned, had been replaced as a regular Workers' member by
Mr. Odeyemi (Nigeria) and that Mr. Moyal, who had resigned, had been replaced as
a deputy Workers' member by Mr. Ben-Israel (Israel).
It appointed Mr. Haraguchi, Mr. Odeyemi and Mr. Ben-Israel as replacements
for Mr. Anyoji, Mr. Fogam and Mr. Moyal respectively in the Governing Body
committees of which the latter had been members.
The Governing Body noted that Mr. Erdmann and Mr. Waline, who had
resigned, had been replaced as regular Employers' members of the Governing Body
by Mr. Lindner and Mr. Oechslin respectively.
The Governing Body decided that Mr. Erdmann should be replaced by
Mr. Lindner on the Governing Body committees of which Mr. Erdmann was a
member or substitute member, that Mr. Waline should be replaced by Mr. Verschueren ' as a member of the Committee on Freedom of Association and by
Mr. Vitaic Jakasa as a member of the Board of the International Institute for Labour
Studies (Mr. Oechslin taking Mr. Vitaic Jakasa's place as a substitute member), and
that Mr. Oechslin should replace Mr. Waline on the other Governing Body
committees of which Mr. Waline was a member or a substitute member and should
replace Mr. Waline as a substitute member of the Board of the Turin Centre.
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It was noted that the Employers' group would propose a replacement for Mr. Verschueren as
substitute member of the Committee on Freedom of Association at a later date.
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Progress of International Labour Legislation
Internal Administration
Publications and Documents
The Governing Body took note of these sections of the Report.
Consideration of Questions of Structure at the 60th Session of the Conference
The Governing Body decided to include in the agenda of the 60th Session of the
Conference an item entitled " Report of the Working Party on Structure ".
The ILO and the Further Evolution of the World Situation with regard
to Energy, Raw Materials and Prices
Award of the International Labour Organisation Prize for Social Progress
Action Taken on Resolutions Adopted by the Second European Regional Conference
(Geneva, 14-23 January 1974)
Replies Supplied by Governments to the Appeal of the Governing Body (192nd Session)
concerning the Ratification of Certain Conventions Dealing with Fair Labour Standards
General Instruction concerning the Reorganisation of the International Labour Office
Entry into Force of the Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution
of the International Labour Organisation, 1972
Participation of Non-Governmental Organisations in the 60th (1975) Session
of the International Labour Conference
Request Made by the Government of Israel for a Special Survey to Be Carried Out
in the Light of Certain Allegations
relating to Discrimination in the Field of Employment
The Governing Body postponed consideration of these reports to its next session.
Report of the Officers of the Governing Body
Requests by Non-Governmental Organisations to Be Represented at the Tenth Conference of American States Members of the ILO.
The Governing Body decided to invite the following organisations to be represented at the Tenth Conference of American States Members of the ILO:
Interamerican Textile, Leather and Garment Workers' Federation.
Trade Union International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries
Workers (WFTU).
Request by a Non-Governmental Organisation to Be Represented at the Eighth Asian
Regional Conference of the ILO.
The Governing Body decided to invite the Public Services International to be
represented at the Eighth Asian Regional Conference of the ILO.
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Request for Regional Consultative Status.
The Governing Body granted regional consultative status in respect of the
American region to the Permanent Congress of Trade Union Unity of the Workers
of Latin America (CPUSTAL).
PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS
The Governing Body approved the following programme of meetings for the
remainder of 1974 and for 1975:
Date
1974
26 November 5 December
2 - 1 0 December
9-18 December
1975
13-20 January
14-24 January
27-31 January
4-13 February
17 February 7 March
13-26 March
7 - 16 April
21 - 30 April
6 -16 May
26-31 May
4-25 June
Immediately after
the Conference
5-11 August
16-26 September
30 September 9 October
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Title of Meeting
Tenth Conference of American States Members
of the ILO
Second Tripartite Technical Meetings for Hotels,
Restaurants and Similar Establishments
Meeting of Experts on Noise and Vibration in
the Working Environment
Symposium on Economic Education for Trade
Unionists
Working Party on Structure
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the
Woodworking Industries
Joint IMCO-ILO Committee on Training
Symposium on Workers' Education Methods and
Techniques for Rural Workers and Their
Organisations
195th Session of the Governing Body and Its
Committees
Committee of Experts on the Application of
Technical Conference on the Public Service
Symposium on Equality of Opportunity and
Treatment in Employment in the European
Region
Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for Mines
Other than Coal Mines
Committees
60th Session of the International Labour Conference
197th Session of the Governing Body
Joint ILO-WHO Committee on Occupational
Health (Seventh Session)
Iron and Steel Committee (Ninth Session)
Eighth Asian Regional Conference
Place
Mexico City
Geneva
Turin
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Colombo
Title of Meeting
Date
1975
13-24 October
13-24 October
27 October 5 November
10 - 21 November
9-19 December
First Half1
Second Quarter
Last Quarter
Place
Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference
Meeting of Experts on Migrant Workers
Meeting of Experts on New Wage Systems and
Structures in Industrialised Countries
Committees
Committee of Social Security Experts
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective
Bargaining
Joint Committee on the Public Service (Second
Session)
Chemical Industries Committee (Eighth Session)
African Advisory Committee (Sixth Session)
Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in
Asia
Joint FAO-UNESCO-ILO Advisory Committee
on Agricultural Education and Training
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
a
Asia
Geneva
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNING BODY REPRESENTATIVES
ON VARIOUS BODIES
The Governing Body appointed the following delegation to represent it at the
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries (Geneva, 1424 January 1975):
Chairman and Government
Mr. Purpura.
group representative:
Mr. Bastid.
Employers' group:
Workers' group:
Substitute: Mr. Wijesinghe.
Mr. Sudono.
OTHER MATTERS
Arrest and Detention of Mr. Beyene Solomon, Deputy Workers' Member of the
Governing Body, and of Other Trade Union Leaders in Ethiopia
Note was taken of the Director-General's statement regarding action taken or
proposed with a view to securing the release of the arrested trade union leaders.
1
Dates to be proposed later.
* To be proposed later.
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195th Session of the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office1
(Geneva, 4-7 March 1975)
held in Geneva from Tuesday 4 to Friday 7 March 1975 under the chairmanship of
Mr. Al-Arbi Khattabi.
The agenda was as follows:
1. Approval of the minutes of the 194th Session.
2. Action on the resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at
its 59th (June 1974) Session.
3. Report on the work of—
(a) the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association concerning the Case of Chile; and
Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111).
4. Report on the Symposium on Workers' Participation in Decisions within
Undertakings (Oslo, 20-30 August 1974).2
5. Report on the Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to
Industry, Agriculture and Forestry (Bucharest, 17-20 September 1974).2
6. Report of the Advisory Committee on Rural Development on its Eighth
Session (Geneva, 30 September- 11 October 1974).2
7. Report on the Symposium on Workers' Education Needs of Migrant
Workers (Geneva, 21-30 October 1974).a
8. Record of the Tenth Conference of American States Members of the
International Labour Organisation (Mexico City, 26 November- 5 December
1974).
9. Report on the Meeting of Experts on the Social Responsibilities of Management in Asia (Bangkok, 28 October - 1 November 1974).
10. Report on the Meeting of Experts on Noise and Vibration in the Working
Environment (Turin, 2-10 December 1974).
11. Report on the Symposium on Economic Education for Trade Unionists
(Geneva, 9-18 December 1974).3
' See footnote 1, p. 109 (194th Session).
• Postponed from the 194th Session.
'The Governing Body postponed consideration of this item to its 196th Session.
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15. Report of the Allocations Committee. 1
16. Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations.
17. Report of the International Organisations Committee.
19. Report of the Committee on Operational Programmes.2
20. Report of the Committee on Discrimination.3
21. Activities of the International Occupational Safety and Health Information
Centre (CIS) in 1974.3
23. International Institute for Labour Studies.
24. International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training.1
25. Report of the Director-General.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 194TH SESSION
The Governing Body approved the minutes of its 194th Session.
ACTION ON THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE AT ITS 59TH (JUNE 1974)
SESSION4
The Governing Body took note of the measures taken or contemplated in
connection with the resolution concerning the policy of discrimination, racism and
violation of trade union freedoms and rights practised by the Israeli authorities in
Palestine and in the other occupied Arab territories and instructed the DirectorGeneral to pursue such action along the lines indicated.
(b)
REPORT ON THE WORK OF—
(a) THE FACT-FINDING AND CONCILIATION COMMISSION ON
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION CONCERNING THE CASE OF CHILE; AND
THE COMMISSION APPOINTED UNDER ARTICLE 26 OF THE CONSTITUTION
TO EXAMINE THE OBSERVANCE BY CHILE OF THE HOURS OF WORK
(INDUSTRY) CONVENTION, 1919 (No. 1), AND THE DISCRIMINATION
(EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION) CONVENTION, 1958 (No.
Ill)
The Governing Body took note of the report and agreed that a record of the
discussion in the Governing Body should be communicated to the members of the
Commissions.
1
No paper was before the Governing Body on this item of its agenda.
* Postponed from the 194th Session.
' The Governing Body took note of the report before it.
4
For the text of these resolutions see Official Bulletin, 1974, No. l,pp.31-46. As regards the resolution
concerning the convocation by the ILO of a tripartite world conference on employment, income distribution
and social progress and the international division of labour, see 196th Session in: Official Bulletin,
1975, Series A, No. 3.
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REPORT ON THE SYMPOSIUM ON WORKERS' PARTICIPATION
IN DECISIONS WITHIN UNDERTAKINGS
(Oslo, 20-30 August 1974)
The Governing Body took note of the Office paper and of a written statement by
the representative of the World Federation of Trade Unions.
REPORT ON THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
OF ERGONOMICS TO INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
(Bucharest, 17-20 September 1974)
The Governing Body took note of the Office paper and expressed its warm thanks
to the Romanian Government for the excellent facilities put at the disposal of the
Symposium and for the cordial welcome and hospitality extended to all the
participants.
REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ON ITS EIGHTH SESSION
(Geneva, 30 September -11 October 1974)
After having taken note of the report and conclusions adopted by the Committee,
the Governing Body—
(a) authorised the Director-General to communicate the Committee's report and
conclusions to the governments of member States and through them to the
employers' and workers' organisations, as well as to the international intergovernmental organisations and to the non-governmental organisations with
consultative status and other non-governmental organisations concerned ; and
(b) requested the Director-General to take account of the Committee's conclusions
when submitting future programme proposals to the Governing Body.
REPORT ON THE SYMPOSIUM ON WORKERS' EDUCATION NEEDS
OF MIGRANT WORKERS
(Geneva, 21-30 October 1974)
After having taken note of the report the Governing Body—
(a) authorised the Director-General to forward the report to governments of
member States and, through them, to the employers' and workers' organisations,
international governmental organisations, non-governmental organisations
having consultative status and other non-governmental organisations concerned,
and to any other interested persons ; and
(b) requested the Director-General to take account of the suggestions in the paragraphs of the report relating to the role of the ILO in the development of
workers' education for migrants with a view to drafting proposals for ILO action
in this field.
RECORD OF THE TENTH CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN STATES
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
(Mexico City, 26 November - 5 December 1974)
The Governing Body expressed its deep gratitude to the Government and to the
employers' and workers' organisations of Mexico for the facilities placed at the
Conference's disposal and for the cordial welcome extended to it.
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It authorised the Director-General to transmit the conclusions, recommendations and resolutions adopted by the Conference and grouped under the title " The
Mexico City Declaration "—
(a) to the governments of the ILO member States and through them to the
employers' and workers' organisations;
(b) to the international organisations concerned; and
(c) to the non-governmental organisations with consultative status and the other
non-governmental organisations concerned.
Conclusions and Recommendations on the Improvement of the Conditions of Life
and Work of Peasants, Agricultural Workers and Other Comparable Groups
The Director-General was requested—
(a) to draw the attention of the governments of the American States Members of the
ILO to the recommendations contained in these conclusions as regards the
principles to be applied and the methods to be followed ; and
(b) to take into account the suggestions in paragraph 3 (vi) of the conclusions in
preparing proposals for ILO programmes of activity.
Resolution on Strengthening and Furthering of Tripartite Co-operation
The Director-General was invited—
ILO to the recommendations in section I of the operative part of this resolution
with regard both to the principles which should be applied and to the methods to
be followed in the matter of tripartite co-operation;
(b) to take into account the recommendation in section II of the resolution when
drawing up proposals for ILO programmes of activity; and
(c) to draw that same recommendation to the attention of the governments of the
American States Members of the ILO.
Resolution concerning the Intensification of ILO Activity to Strengthen Certain Aspects
of Tripartism in the American Region
The Director-General was asked to take account, in preparing proposals for ILO
programmes of activity, of the request made in this resolution.
Resolution concerning the Respect and Exercise of Human and Trade Union Rights
The Governing Body—
(a) invited the Director-General to draw the special attention of the governments of
the American States Members of the ILO to the appeal addressed to them in
paragraph 1 of the resolution; and
(b) asked him to take the necessary steps to have studies carried out on the subjects
listed in paragraph 2 of the resolution with a view to considering new measures
to ensure full respect for trade union rights.
Resolution concerning the Role of International Labour Standards in the Countries
of the Americas
ILO to paragraphs 1 to 3 of the resolution and invite them to consider what
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further measures may be required in their countries to give effect to the
recommendations in those paragraphs;
(b) to take the necessary steps to take account of the wishes expressed in paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 of the resolution; and
(c) to take account of paragraph 6 of the resolution in submitting proposals for the
agenda of sessions of the Inter-American Advisory Committee and regional ILO
conferences in the Americas.
Resolution concerning Social Development and Employment in the Americas
(a) asked the Director-General to draw the attention of the governments of the
American States Members of the ILO to paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the
resolution and invite them to consider what further measures may be required in
their countries to give effect to the recommendations in those paragraphs, and
especially the recommendation regarding the ratification and application of the
international labour Conventions mentioned in paragraph 5 ;
(b) decided to take account of the suggestions in paragraph 4; and
(c) invited the Director-General to take account of the wishes expressed in paragraph 3 in preparing the working papers for the Tripartite World Conference on
Employment.
Resolution concerning Social and Labour Aspects of Latin American Integration
The Director-General was invited to take account of the wishes expressed in this
resolution in drawing up proposals for ILO programmes of activity.
Resolution concerning Migrant Workers
ILO to operative paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c) of the resolution;
(b) to take account of paragraph 2 (a) and (b) in drawing up ILO programmes of
activity; and
(c) to draw the attention of the International Labour Conference at its 60th Session
to paragraph 2 (c) of the resolution.
Resolution concerning ILO Activities on Behalf of Women
(a) to bear in mind, when drawing up proposals for ILO programmes of activity in
the American region, the request contained in operative paragraph 1 of the
resolution;
(b) to co-ordinate to the maximum extent possible ILO activities in this area with
other activities of the United Nations system aimed at raising the status of
women and preventing discrimination against them; and
(c) to take into consideration the wish expressed by the Conference in operative
paragraph 2 of the resolution in drawing up the agenda of the next session of the
Inter-American Advisory Committee.
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REPORT ON THE MEETING OF EXPERTS ON THE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT IN ASIA
(Bangkok, 28 October - 1 November 1974)
The Governing Body expressed its warm thanks to the Government of Thailand
for the facilities placed at the disposal of the meeting and for the hospitality extended
to the participants.
It took note of the report and authorised the Director-General—
(a) to distribute the report to the governments of member States and, through them,
to the employers' and workers' organisations, to the inter-governmental organisations concerned, to the non-governmental organisations having consultative
status with the ILO and to institutions concerned with management training;
and
(b) to take account of the experts' recommendations in submitting programme
proposals to the Governing Body.
REPORT ON THE MEETING OF EXPERTS ON NOISE
AND VIBRATION IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
(Turin, 2-10 December 1974)
The Governing Body took note of the experts' report and authorised the
Director-General to take account of their suggestions in drawing up programme
proposals, and in particular proposals relating to the setting of international
standards concerning the working environment.
The Governing Body had before it the 148th, 149th and 150th Reports of its
148th and 149th Reports
These Reports were examined and approved at the eighth sitting.
150th Report
The Governing Body decided to examine the 150th Report at its 196th Session.
REPORTS OF THE PROGRAMME, FINANCIAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
On the basis of the reports of its Programme, Financial and Administrative
Committee and of the recommendations contained therein the Governing Body took
the decisions that are summarised below.
After having examined the report concerning the financial situation in the
biennium 1974-75 the Governing Body decided, in particular, to finance the further
additional expenditure resulting from currency changes by means of a supplementary
credit to be found by withdrawals from the Working Capital Fund. It noted, in this
connection, that it was expected that withdrawals already authorised would exhaust
the Working Capital Fund before the end of 1975 and that in the absence of special
measures the Fund would not be reimbursed for withdrawals under the supplemen1
These reports are reproduced in a separate issue of the Official Bulletin, 1975, Series B.
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tary credits until 1977. In those circumstances, the Governing Body recommended
that the Conference should, by adopting a resolution 1, take special measures, in
departure from the Financial Regulations, for the reimbursement of part of the
withdrawals made in 1974-75 under supplementary credits.
The Governing Body decided—
(a) to issue a special appeal to all member States to complete payment of their 1975
contributions and any outstanding arrears as soon as possible; and
(b) to invite all member States to examine urgently whether they could make
advance payment of their 1976 contributions, if possible in the first days of
November 1975.
As regards the programme and budget proposals for 1976-77, on the understanding that the rate of 2.51 Swiss francs to the dollar provided for in Part IV of the
proposed expenditure budget would be reviewed at its May 1975 session, the
Governing Body decided to recommend to the International Labour Conference a
resolution1 concerning the adoption of the Programme and Budget for the 55th
financial period (1976-77) and the allocation of expenses among member States in
that period. It also decided to recommend the Conference, through its final
adoption of the Programme and Budget of the Organisation for 1976-77, to endorse
the distribution of estimated expenditure approved by its Finance Committee of
Government Representatives for that biennium in accordance with the new programme structure resulting from the reorganisation of the Office on 1 January 1975.
It further recommended the Conference to note that the document containing the
Programme and Budget for 1976-77 as adopted would then be drawn up in such a
manner as to reflect the new programme and the new distribution of estimated
expenditure.
As regards the International Civil Service Commission the Governing Body
authorised the Director-General to accept the Statute of this Commission and
requested him to submit a consequent amendment to the Staff Regulations at its May
1975 Session.
On the report of its Building Subcommittee, the Governing Body approved the
principle of a proposal for the exchange of land and authorised the Director-General
to sign the proposed agreement, provided the text was deemed satisfactory by the
Officers of the Governing Body.
The Governing Body accepted the contributions and gifts offered or expected in
connection with the current activities of the International Institute for Labour
Studies.
As regards the in-depth review of international labour standards, the Governing
Body requested the Director-General to consult member States and employers' and
workers' organisations in this connection and to bring the results of that consultation
to the attention of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee so as to
permit it, at the November 1975 Session of the Governing Body, to consider the
arrangements to be made for further consideration of the review.
As regards the Administrative Tribunal, the Governing Body decided to submit
to the Conference a resolution 2 concerning extensions of terms of office. It also
approved the recognition by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and by the European
Free Trade Association of the jurisdiction of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO.
The Governing Body approved, with effect from 1 January 1975, amendments to
the Staff Regulations concerning the salary scales and allowances of the Professional
1
The Conference adopted this resolution without modification. See Official Bulletin, 1975, Series A,
No. 1, p. 94.
* The Conference adopted this resolution without modification. See ibid., p. 93.
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and higher categories and modifications to the salaries of the Director-General and
the Deputy Directors-General. It also decided to submit to the Conference a
resolution 1 to delete the article of the Financial Regulations of the Organisation
relating to the confidential staff list of the ILO and approved an amendment to the
rules for the payment of travel expenses of members of the Governing Body and of
members of committees.
Finally, the Governing Body took note of information, supplied to it on a regular
basis, relating to various personnel and administrative matters.
REPORT ON THE WORKING PARTY ON THE FINANCING
OF EXPENSES OF CONFERENCE DELEGATIONS
The Governing Body decided to make provision for holding a meeting of the
Working Party at its next session, in May 1975.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS AND
THE APPLICATION OF CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application of Conventions and Recommendations
The Governing Body approved the report form for the Dock Work Convention,
1973 (No. 137).
Standing Orders
Participation of National Liberation Movements in Meetings of the International
Labour Organisation.
The Governing Body decided to transmit the report of its Committee on Standing
Orders and the Application of Conventions and Recommendations to the International Labour Conference at its 60th (1975) Session, and to recommend the
Conference—
(a) to set up a Committee on Standing Orders immediately after the opening of the
session and to ensure that that Committee submitted its recommendations to the
Conference without delay ;
(b) that the Director-General should be requested to invite the applicant organisations to be present in Geneva at the appropriate time in order that they might be
granted the necessary status as soon as the Conference had taken its decision.
REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS COMMITTEE
The Governing Body took note of the sections of the report relating to the
following questions : mid-term review and appraisal of the Second United Nations
Development Decade and establishment of a new international economic order;
World Population Conference; World Food Conference; and the impact of multinational enterprises on the development process and international co-operation.
It also took note of the appeal made by the General Assembly of the United
Nations at its 29th Session for the resumption by the specialised agencies of cooperation with the Government of Portugal and of the General Assembly resolutions
on decolonisation and, in particular, the requests addressed to the specialised
agencies and the measures taken by the ILO to give effect thereto.
1
The Conference adopted this resolution without modification. See Official Bulletin, 1975, Series A,
No. 1, p. 92.
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As regards International Women's Year, the Governing Body—
(a) endorsed the Director-General's proclamation on the occasion of International
Women's Year; and
(b) requested the Director-General, within the limits of existing resources, to
develop ILO activities relating to International Women's Year along the lines
indicated in this section of the report and to co-operate as appropriate with the
United Nations and the specialised agencies in IWY activities, including preparations for and participation in the World Conference to be held in Mexico
City, and with non-governmental organisations.
The Governing Body also approved the understanding arrived at between the
Director-General of the ILO and the Secretary-General of IMCO concerning the
Joint IMCO-ILO Committee on Training.
Furthermore, the Governing Body took note of the report of the Joint
FAO-ILO-IMCO Meeting of Consultants on Safety on Board Fishing Vessels and
endorsed the views expressed by the consultants with regard to:
(a) co-operation between the FAO, the ILO and IMCO with a view to establishing
in due course voluntary guidelines regarding the design, construction and
equipment of vessels of less than 24 metres in length and of categories other than
those covered by Part B of the Code of Safety for Fishermen and Fishing
Vessels ;
(b) procedures to be followed for amending the Code ; and
(c) the provision in fishing grounds of vessels to provide hospital, rescue and
emergency repair facilities and weather information.
It decided to keep those matters under continuing review.
It also took note of the report on the Third Session of the Joint FAO-UNESCOILO Advisory Committee on Agricultural Education, Science and Training, and in
particular of the elements of specific concern to the ILO, and invited the DirectorGeneral to take those recommendations into account in framing his programme and
budget proposals.
In addition, the Governing Body authorised the Director-General, subject to
reciprocity, to invite the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) to ILO
meetings in which the CMEA had indicated an interest.
As regards the ILO-WHO-IAEA Symposium on Radiation Protection in Mining
and Milling of Uranium and Thorium, the Governing Body invited the DirectorGeneral to express warm thanks to the French Government for the excellent faciUties
provided for the symposium and for the cordial welcome and hospitality shown to all
the participants.
Programme of Industrial Activities, 1976-77
Major Meetings.
The Governing Body determined as follows the agenda for the five major
meetings listed below:
Metal Trades Committee (Tenth Session).
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(b) steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed
by the Committee, and other activities of the International Labour
Organisation in the field of the metal trades;
(c) recent events and developments in the metal trades.
2. Safety, health and working environment in the metal trades: new approaches.
3. Employment consequences of scientific, technological and stuctural developments in the metal trades of industrialised and developing countries.
Committee on Work on Plantations (Seventh Session).
resolutions adopted at previous sessions of the Committee ;
Organisation in the field of work on plantations;
(c) recent events and developments in work on plantations.
2. Collective bargaining problems and practices on plantations and the exercise of
trade union rights.
3. Housing, medical and welfare facilities and occupational safety and health on
plantations.
Tripartite Technical Meeting for Civil Aviation.
1. General Report.
2. Occupational health and safety in civil aviation.
3. Employment security in civil aviation.
It was understood that the report submitted on the first item would provide a general
picture of the state of the civil aviation industry, considered more particularly from
the point of view of social and labour problems ; that the second item would also
cover the question of working conditions in so far as they affect occupational health
and safety; and that the third item would include the questions of training and
retraining.
Textiles Committee (Tenth Session).
Organisation in the field of the textile industry;
(c) recent events and developments in the textile industry.
2. Training requirements in the textile industry in the light of changes in the
occupational structure.
3. Conditions of work in the textile industry, including problems related to
organisation of work.
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Food Products and Drink Industries.
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resolutions adopted by the first Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Food
Products and Drink Industries (1963);
by the first Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Food Products and
Drink Industries, and other activities of the International Labour Organisation in the field of these industries ;
(c) recent events and developments in the food products and drink industries.
2. Labour and social problems arising out of seasonal fluctuations of the food
products and drink industries.
3. Appropriate technology for employment creation in the food processing and
drink industries of developing countries.
It was understood that occupational safety and health would be included among the
topics covered by the general report.
Smaller Meetings.
The Governing Body decided to include the following smaller meetings in the
programme of industrial meetings for the biennium 1976-77:
1. Meeting on Employment and Working Conditions of Professional and SemiProfessional Workers.
2. Meeting of Experts on Safety Problems in the Construction and Operation of
Off-Shore Drilling Installations in the Petroleum Industry.
Repercussions of a Possible Postponement of the Eighth Session of the Chemical
Industries Committee.
Seventh Session of the Advisory Committee
on Salaried Employees and Professional Workers:
Effect to Be Given to the Conclusions and Resolutions of the Committee
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General—
(a) to communicate the reports, conclusions and resolutions adopted by the Advisory Committee on Salaried Employees and Professional Workers at its Seventh
Session (i) to governments, informing them that the Governing Body had taken
note of those documents and requesting them to communicate the texts to the
employers' and workers' organisations concerned, and (ii) to the international
employers' and workers' organisations having consultative status; and
(b) to draw the special attention of governments to the report and Conclusions
(No. 71) concerning conditions of work and life of employees in commerce and
offices, and to the report and Conclusions (No. 75) concerning the problems and
opportunities of employment and re-employment of older employees in commerce and offices.
It requested the Director-General to take account, in future proposals to the
Governing Body concerning the ILO Programme and Budget, of the wishes
expressed by the Advisory Committee in its resolutions Nos. 72, 73, 74, 76 and 77.
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Effect Given to the Conclusions and Resolutions Adopted by the Advisory Committee at
Its Previous Sessions.
The Governing Body requested the Director-General—
(a) to draw the attention of governments and, through them, that of the employers'
and workers' organisations concerned, as well as that of the international
employers' and workers' organisations having consultative status, to the
conclusions and resolutions mentioned in section I, Group C, of the classification adopted by the Advisory Committee; and
(b) to continue to bear in mind the conclusions and resolutions listed in section II,
Group B, of the said classification with a view to giving effect under the ILO
Programme of Industrial Activities to the requests addressed to the Office which
they contain.
It also requested the Director-General to submit to it at a future session, within
the framework of the Long-Term Plan relating to the Programme of Industrial
Activities, proposals for dealing with those problems which are common to nonmanual employees in the various industrial sectors.
The Director-General was also requested, in the letter addressed to governments
requesting them to provide for the Eighth Session of the Advisory Committee
information on the effect given to the conclusions and resolutions adopted at
previous sessions, to draw particular attention to the need for them to consult the
employers' and workers' organisations concerned.
ILO Activities Relating to Salaried Employees and Professional Workers.
The Governing Body requested the Director-General, when submitting proposals
concerning ILO activities relating to salaried employees and professional workers, to
bear in mind the suggestions contained in resolution No. 78.
Language Facilities for Future Sessions of the Advisory Committee.
The Director-General was invited to bear in mind in any general review of the
language services provided for sessions of Industrial or analogous Committees the
suggestion made by the Advisory Committee in resolution No. 79 for making
documentation available for future sessions of the Advisory Committee in German
and one of the Scandinavian languages and for providing interpretation in one of the
Scandinavian languages.
ILO Programme of Activities on Multinational Enterprises in the Areas Covered by the
Terms of Reference of the Advisory Committee.
As regards this programme, the Governing Body—
(a) requested the Director-General to take into account the Advisory Committee's
resolution (No. 80) in connection with current ILO activities relating to
multinational enterprises ; and
(b) decided to take that resolution into account when considering the agenda for
future sessions of the Conference.
Problems of Handicapped Workers.
The Governing Body noted that the Director-General was taking steps, within the
ILO's vocational training programme, to devote increasing attention to mentally
handicapped workers.
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Preparatory Meeting for Civil Aviation:
Effect to Be Given to the Conclusions of the Meeting
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to communicate the report
and conclusions of this Meeting (a) to governments, informing them that the
Governing Body had taken note of those documents and requesting them to
communicate the texts to the employers' and workers' organisations concerned, and
(b) to the international employers' and workers' organisations having consultative
status.
Application of International Labour Standards by States Members of the ILO.
The Governing Body also requested the Director-General, when communicating
the report and conclusions of the Preparatory Meeting for Civil Aviation to governments, to draw their attention, and through them the attention of the employers'
and workers' organisations concerned, to the view expressed by the Preparatory
Meeting in paragraph 4 of its conclusions.
Requests for Studies and Research.
On this point, the Governing Body requested the Director-General, when drawing
up the over-all programme of work of the Office, to take into account the requests for
studies and research made by the Preparatory Meeting in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of its
conclusions.
Report of the Meeting of Experts on Hours of Work and Rest Periods
in Road Transport
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to communicate the report
and conclusions of this Meeting (a) to governments, informing them that the
communicate the texts to the employers' and workers' organisations concerned, and
(b) to the international employers and workers' organisations having consultative
status.
Furthermore, it—
(a) requested the Director-General to take account of the report and conclusions of
the Meeting of Experts on Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport
when drawing up proposals for ILO activities relating to that subject; and
(b) decided to bear in mind the possibility of including the subject of hours of work
and rest periods in road transport in the agenda of a future session of the
Conference.
Composition of the Joint Committee on the Public Service (Second Session)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES
The Governing Body took note of the sections of the report relating to the
following questions: ILO technical co-operation activities in 1974; magnitude and
balance of operational activities under the ILO ordinary budget for the period 197677, and future trends ; further developments relating to the capacity of the United
Nations development system; reports of the Joint Inspection Unit relating to
technical co-operation matters; progress report on the action taken in respect of the
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conclusions and recommendations adopted by the Governing Body at its 188th Session (November 1972) concerning methods of securing more effective tripartite
participation in the ILO's technical co-operation programme; and matters relating to
population activities, with reference to technical co-operation.
Agenda for the Next Meeting of the Committee on Operational Programmes
The agenda for the next meeting of the Committee on Operational Programmes
at the November 1975 Session of the Governing Body was fixed as follows:
1. ILO technical co-operation activities in 1974.
2. Further developments relating to the capacity of the United Nations development system.
3. Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit relating to technical co-operation matters.
4. Report of the tripartite evaluation team on the technical co-operation programme of the ILO in an African country.
COMPOSITION AND AGENDA OF COMMITTEES AND OF VARIOUS MEETINGS
Standing Bodies
Committee of Social Security Experts.
Composition: Experts on Social Security in General.
The Governing Body reappointed the following person as a member of the
Committee for a period expiring on 31 December 1978:
Mr. J. PopoviS (Yugoslavia), Counsellor, Federal Assembly.
Meeting of Selected Members of the Committee of Social Security Experts.
Composition.
The Governing Body decided to invite the following 17 members of the Committee, appointed after consultation with governments, to attend the meeting:
Mr. A. Ba (Mauritania), Director-General, National Social Security Fund.
Mr. V. Babkin (USSR), Vice-Minister, Ministry of Social Security, RSFSR.
Mr. G. Amaya Barrios (Panama), General Adviser, Social Security Fund.
Mr. L. J. Daniels (Australia), Director-General, Department of Social Security.
Mr. P. N. Fuenzalida (Chile), Adviser on Social Security, Ministry of Labour and
Social Welfare.
Mr. L. Giergielewicz-Mozajski (Poland), Director, Medical Division, Social
Insurance Institute.
Mr. F. P. Gweba (Tanzania), Director, National Provident Fund.
Mr. A. E. Hess (United States), Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration.
Mr. F. B. Hindmarsh (United Kingdom), Under Secretary, Department of Health
and Social Security.
Mr. M. Idri (Algeria), Director, Social Security Fund of Constantine.
Mr. B. Kondo (Japan), Professor, Kansai Gakuin University.
Mrs. M. Kubernátová (Czechoslovakia), Deputy Chief, Department of Pensions
and Sickness Insurance, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
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Mr. T. N. Lakshminarayanan (India), Director-General, Employees' State
Insurance Corporation.
Mr. L. Lamers (Netherlands), Director-General of Social Welfare, Ministry of
Social Affairs.
Mr. M. Majidi (Iran), Deputy Administrator-General, Social Insurance Organisation.
Mr. J. E. Osborne (Canada), Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy and Program
Development and Co-ordination, Department of National Health and Welfare.
Mr. P. Ramholt (Norway), Director, Social Insurance Department, Ministry of
Social Affairs.
Agenda.
1. Unemployment protection under social security: principles of new international standards.
2. Social security indicators: first appraisal of their development.
3. Social security issues affecting women.
4. Review of the social security activities of the ILO.
Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations.
To fill the seat which had become vacant owing to the expiration of Professor
Ruiz Moreno's mandate, the Governing Body appointed the following person as a
member of the Committee for a period of three years :
Sir William Randolph Douglas (Barbados), Chief Justice of Barbados.
The Governing Body expressed its thanks to Professor Ruiz Moreno, who had
been a member of the Committee since 1956, for his services during that period.
Panel of Consultants on Occupational Cancer.
The Governing Body took note of the information supplied.
Panel of Consultants on the Problems of Women Workers.
The Governing Body appointed the following person to replace Mr. T. R. R.
Wijewickrema (Sri Lanka) as a member of the panel for a period expiring on 31 May
1977:
Mr. A. L. Perera (Sri Lanka), Secretary for Industrial Relations, Ceylon Estates
Employers' Federation.
Meetings
Symposium on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment in the European
Region.
The Governing Body approved the following nominations :
Persons Nominated on the Proposal of Governments after Appropriate Consultations :
Mr. Giovanni Falchi (Italy), Ambassador, Director-General for Emigration and
Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Substitute :
Mr. Gian-Carlo Antonucci (Italy), Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.
Mr. Kreuzaler (Federal Republic of Germany), Government Counsellor, Federal
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
Mr. Jean-Daniel Leroy (France), Adviser, Population and Migration Division,
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Population.
Mr. Milija Novakoviô (Yugoslavia), Senior Adviser, Federal Secretariat for
Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Kjell Oberg (Sweden), Director-General, National Board of Immigration and
Naturalisation.
Mr. Tom Rees (United Kingdom), Deputy Director, Runnymede Trust.
Persons Nominated after Consultation with the Employers'1 Group of the Governing
Body :
Mr. Daniel De Norre (Belgium), Head of the Employment and Training Branch,
Federation of Belgian Enterprises.
Miss Cornelie Hak (Netherlands), Head of Department, Federation of Netherlands Industry.
Mr. Luis Morales (Portugal), Adviser, Confederation of Portuguese Industry.
Mr. Hans-Goran Myrdal (Sweden), Deputy Director, Swedish Employers' Confederation.
Mr. E. Schwarb (Switzerland), Secretary of the Central Union of Swiss
Employers' Associations.
Mr. Rolf Weber (Federal Republic of Germany), Deputy Head of Department,
Confederation of German Employers' Associations.
Substitute :
Mr. J. A. P. Grevers (Netherlands), Secretary of the Federation of Netherlands Industry.
Persons Nominated after Consultation with the Workers' Group of the Governing
Body :
Mr. Walter Cerfeda (Italy), Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL).
Mr. Karl Nandrup Dahl (Norway), Legal Department, Confederation of Trade
Unions in Norway (LO).
Mr. Edmund Duda (Federal Republic of Germany), Adviser on Labour Market
Policy, German Confederation of Trade Unions.
Mr. Pierre Evin (France), National Secretary, French Democratic Confederation
of Labour (CFDT).
Mr. Georges Grinberg (Belgium), Research Branch, Belgian General Federation
of Labour (FGTB).
Mr. Bj0rn Petterson (Sweden), Labour Market Policy Department, Swedish
Confederation of Trade Unions.
Substitutes :
Mrs. L. A. Kubiak (USSR), Head of the Housing and Public Services
Department, Ail-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.
Mr. Jacques Leroy (France), Employment and Vocational Training Committee, General Confederation of Labour (CGT).
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Mrs. S. Masselang (Belgium), Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade
Unions (CSC).
Joint ILO-WHO Committee on Occupational Health (Seventh Session).
The Governing Body approved the following nominations:
Experts Nominated on the Proposal of Governments after Appropriate Consultations :
Dr. Rothan (France), Head of Medical Inspectorate of Labour and Manpower,
General Directorate of Labour and Employment.
Mr. Grover C. Wrenn (United States), Chief, Division of Health Standards
Development, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department of Labor.
Body :
Dr. José M. Diaz Sánchez (Spain), Hospital Director, Sanatorio Las Flores,
Madrid.
Dr. L. V. R. Fernando (Sri Lanka), Medical Director, Planters' Association
Estates Health Scheme.
Substitutes :
Mr. Ahmet Berberoglu (Turkey), Director, Eregli Coal Mines Inc.
Mr. Chung Kyou-Chul (Republic of Korea), Director, Institute of Industrial
Medicine, Seoul.
Mr. André Cordy (Belgium), Labour Relations Adviser, Federation of Belgian
Enterprises.
Mr. Ilhami Dogruman (Turkey), Joint Turkish-German Medicine Plant
Corporation, Istanbul.
Dr. Hannu Suutarinen (Finland), Chief Medical Expert, Finnish Employers'
Confederation.
Dr. Antonio Terra Ilarraz (Uruguay), Professor in the Faculty of Medicine.
Body :
Dr. Gudmun Harlem (Norway), Confederation of Trade Unions in Norway
(LO).
Mr. Heinz Richter (Federal Republic of Germany), German Confederation of
Trade Unions.
Substitute :
Dr. Jean Paris (France), Chairman, Occupational Health Committee, General
Confederation of Labour (CGT).
Meeting of Experts on Migrant Workers.
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Body :
Mr. Jorge Alvarez Olloniego (Uruguay), Legal Adviser to the Uruguayan
Association of Commerce.
Mr. Zeynel Ergin (Turkey), Assistant Technical Manager, Eregli Coal Mines Inc.
Mr. V. L. S. Jayasekera (Sri Lanka), Assistant Secretary of the Ceylon Estates
Mr. Manuzio Mochi-Onori (Italy), Adviser to the General Confederation of
Italian Industry.
Mr. Hans-Gôran Myrdal (Sweden), Deputy Director, Swedish Employers' Confederation.
Mr. E. A. Nelms (Malawi), Executive Secretary, Employers' Consultative Association of Malawi.
Mr. M. Parion (France), International Federation of European Building and
Public Works Contractors.
Mr. Tauno Ranta (Finland), Director, Finnish Employers' Confederation.
Mr. E. S. Sandilands (United Kingdom), Legal Adviser, Engineering Employers'
Federation.
Mr. Rolf Weber (Federal Republic of Germany), Deputy Head of Department,
Confederation of German Employers' Associations.
Substitutes :
Mr. Daniel De Norre (Belgium), Head of the Employment and Training
Branch, Federation of Belgian Enterprises.
Mr. J. A. P. Grevers (Netherlands), Secretary of the Federation of Netherlands Industry.
Mr. Luis Morales (Portugal), Adviser, Confederation of Portuguese Industry.
Mr. M. E. Schwarb (Switzerland), Secretary of the Central Union of Swiss
Employers' Associations.
Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia.
Body :
Mr. Silverio Bajenting (Philippines), Vice-President, Federation of Free Workers.
Mr. G. M. Khode (India), General Secretary, Indian National Rural Labour
Federation.
Mr. Nurchalis Majid (Indonesia), Vice-Chairman, Federation of Islamic Trade
Unions.
Mr. Mohamed Ali Yahaya bin (Malaysia), Deputy Secretary-General, Malaysian
Trades Union Congress.
Substitutes :
Mr. Hartono (Indonesia), Vice-Chairman, Federation of Islamic Trade
Unions.
Mr. Nguyên-Huu-The (Republic of Viet-Nam), Vietnamese Confederation of
Labour.
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The Governing Body authorised its Officers to approve the remaining nominations.
Preparatory Maritime Technical Conference.
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to add the German
Democratic Republic and Indonesia to the list of countries to be invited to send
delegations to the Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference.
Information on Symposia and Seminars and Similar Meetings Provided for
under the Regular Budget for 1974-75
The Governing Body took note of the information supplied to it on the Seminar
on Conditions of Work and Life of Migrant Workers in West African Countries and
on the Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Latin American and Caribbean Symposium on
Organisations.
Information on Meetings Financed from Extra-Budgetary Resources
The Governing Body took note of the new or additional information supplied to
it on the following meetings: Regional Seminar for Arab Countries on Manpower
and Employment Planning; Workshop on Employment Functions and Responsibilities of Asian Ministries of Labour; Regional Seminar on Human Resources and
Tourism (Americas) ; African Regional Training Course for Managers of Vocational
Rehabilitation Centres and Sheltered Workshops; Seminar on the Vocational
Rehabilitation of the Disabled; Regional Seminar on the Management of Construction Projects in Asia; Seminar on Commercial Training (English-speaking African
countries); Industrial Relations Symposium for Asian Countries; Annual Seminar
for Students Leaving the International Institute for Public Administration, Paris;
Meeting of High-Level Asian Labour Administrators; and Regional Seminar on
Trade Unions and Co-operatives (French-speaking African countries).
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES
The Governing Body took note of the report on the 16th Session of the Board of
the Institute.
Obituary
the death of Mr. Abbas Ammar, former Deputy Director-General of the ILO, to his
family; on the death of U Thant, former Secretary-General of the United Nations,
to his family; on the death of Mr. Francisco Olivo, a former Workers' delegate of
Venezuela to the International Labour Conference and subsequently a Workers'
deputy member of the Governing Body, to his family and to the Venezuelan Confederation of Workers; on the death of Mr. Albert Monk, a former Workers'
member of the Governing Body, to his family and to the Australian Council of Trade
Unions ; on the death of Mr. Vadakke Menon, a former representative of the Indian
Government on the Governing Body and subsequently Director of the ILO Branch
Office in New Delhi, to his family; and on the death of Dr. Friedrich Sitzler, a former
member of the Government delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany to several
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sessions of the International Labour Conference and subsequently a member of the
ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, to his family.
Composition of the Governing Body
The Governing Body took note of this section of the report. It noted that
Mr. Seidman, who had resigned, had been replaced as a regular Workers' member of
the Governing Body by Mr. Irving Brown (United States); and that the late
Francisco Olivo had been replaced as a deputy Workers' member by Mr. José
González Navarro (Venezuela).
It appointed Mr. Brown and Mr. González Navarro as replacements for
Mr. Seidman and Mr. Olivo respectively in the Governing Body committees and
other bodies concerned.
The Governing Body took note of these sections of the Report.
The ILO and the Further Evolution of the World Situation with regard to Energy, Raw
Materials and Prices
Award of the International Labour Organisation Prize for Social Progress
(Geneva, 14-23 January 1974)
Replies Supplied by Governments to the Appeal of the Governing Body (192nd Session)
concerning the Ratification of Certain Conventions Dealing with Fair Labour Standards
Entry into Force of the Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution
Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association : Case of Lesotho
Social and Labour Bulletin: Further Information
The Governing Body took note of these reports.
Appointment of Deputy Directors-General
The Governing Body noted that, after having duly consulted the Officers of the
Governing Body, the Director-General had decided to appoint Mr. Bertil Bolin
(Sweden) and Mr. John W. McDonald Jr. (United States) as Deputy DirectorsGeneral for a period of five years from 15 December 1974.
Appointment of Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies
The Governing Body further noted that the Director-General had decided to
detach Mr. Albert Tévoédjrè (Dahomey) from his previous post and appoint him
Director of the Institute with effect from 15 February 1975, with the rank of Deputy
Director-General.
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The Governing Body decided to invite the following organisations to be represented at the 60th (1975) Session of the International Labour Conference, it being
understood that it would be for the Selection Committee of the Conference to
consider their requests to participate in the work of the committees dealing with the
items on the agenda in which they had expressed an interest:
African Committee for Trade Union Co-ordination of Action against Apartheid.
Caribbean Employers' Confederation.
Confederation of International Contractors' Associations.
International Alliance of Women.
International Association of Crafts and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.
International Association for Social Progress.
International Catholic Migration Commission.
International Council of Women.
International Federation of Building and Woodworkers.
International Federation of Business and Professional Women.
International Federation of Chemical and General Workers' Unions.
International Federation of Commercial, Clerical and Technical Employees.
International Federation of University Women.
International Organisation for Commerce.
International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation.
International Transport Workers' Federation.
International Union of Family Organisations.
Trade Unions International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers.
Trade Unions International of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers.
Trade Unions International of Food, Tobacco, Hotel and Allied Industries
Workers.
Trade Unions International of Transport Workers.
World Federation of Trade Unions of Non-Manual Workers.
World Young Women's Christian Association.
Request Made by the Government of Israel
for a Special Survey to Be Carried Out in the Light of Certain Allegations
Relating to Discrimination in the Field of Employment
The Governing Body agreed that it should be left to the Director-General and its
Officers to consider what effect should be given to the request made by the
Government of Israel.
Procedure for the Appointment of Conference Committees
The Governing Body appointed the following three persons to serve as the
Appeals Board, should it be required to meet, for the 60th (1975) Session of the
Conference :
Mr. J. A. Barboza-Carneiro (Brazil).
Mr. H. H. Koch (Denmark).
Mr. Léon-Eli Troclet (Belgium).
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The Governing Body authorised the Director-General, if the Board was required
to meet and any of the above-mentioned persons was unable to serve, to convene
other members of the Panel so as to ensure that the Appeals Board was duly
constituted.
Participation of Non-Metropolitan Territories as Observers in the 60th (1975) Session
The Governing Body agreed that Bermuda and St. Lucia should be invited,
through the Government of the United Kingdom, to send tripartite observer
delegations to the 60th Session of the International Labour Conference.
Report of the Officers of the Governing Body
Request by a Non-Governmental Organisation to Be Represented at the Technical
Conference on the Public Service.
The Governing Body decided to invite the Caribbean Public Services Association
to be represented at the Technical Conference on the Public Service.
Requests by Non-Governmental Organisations to Be Represented at the 60th (1975)
Session of the International Labour Conference.
Subcommittee on the Status of Women of the Special Committee of International
Non-Governmental Organisations on Human Rights (Geneva);
Trade Unions International of Textile, Clothing, Leather and Fur Workers.
Incomplete Delegations at Tripartite Meetings.
The Governing Body took note of the fact that, notwithstanding the resolution
concerning the strengthening of tripartism (1971), a large number of delegations
continued to be incomplete. It was understood that the Director-General would
continue to draw the attention of governments failing to send complete delegations to
their obligations in that respect.
Dissolution of the Pan-African Workers'1 Congress.
The Governing Body noted that the Pan-African Workers' Congress had been
removed from the list of organisations with regional consultative status.
Requests for Regional Consultative Status.
The Governing Body granted regional consultative status in respect of the African
region to the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity and in respect of the
European region to the European Trade Union Confederation.
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to accept on its behalf a
formal invitation to hold the Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia in
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an Asian country when such an invitation was received and to fix the exact dates and
place of the meeting in consultation with the host government.
It expressed gratitude to the Mexican Government for its generous invitation and
agreed to the holding of the Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Latin American and
Caribbean Symposium on Copyright and the Rights of Performers, Producers of
Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations at Oaxtepec from 27 to 31 October
1975.
The following programme of meetings for the remainder of 1975 was approved by
the Governing Body:
Programme for 1975
Date
Title of meeting
13-26 March
7-16 April
21-30 April
28 April - 3 May
6-16 May
Second quarter 1
26-31 May
4-25 June
Immediately after
the Conference
Committee of Experts on the Application of
Symposium on Equality of Opportunity and
Treatment in Employment in the European
Region
Working Party on Structure
Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for Mines
Other than Coal Mines
Asia
196th Session of the Governing Body and its
Committees
60th Session of the International Labour Conference
Place
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Asia 1
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
2
It was noted that the Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining was
not to be cancelled altogether, but merely postponed.
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNING BODY REPRESENTATIVES
ON VARIOUS BODIES
(Geneva, 7-16 April 1975)
Conference :
Government Group: Mr. Klotz.
Employers' Group: Mr. Végh Garzón.
Substitute: Mr. Yoshimura.
Workers' Group:
M. Zaidi.
1
Dates and exact place to befixedin agreement with the host government following receipt of a formal
invitation.
•Not reproduced. For the programme fixed at the 197th Session of the Governing Body, see Official
Bulletin, 1975, Series A, No. 3.
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It appointed in addition the following three Employers' members to attend the
Conference :
Mr. Yoshimura.
Mr. Wijesinghe.
Mr. Asfour.
Substitute : Mrs. Sasso-Mazzufferi.
Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for Mines Other than Coal Mines
(Geneva, 6-16 May 1975)
Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for Mines Other than Coal Mines :
Chairman and Government Group Representative: Mr. Ouldamar.
Employers' Group:
Mr. Lee.
Substitute: Mr. Wijesinghe.
Workers' Group:
Mr. Mehta.
OTHER MATTERS
Detention of Mr. Beyene Solomon, Deputy Workers' Member of the Governing Body,
and of Other Trade Union Leaders in Ethiopia
Note was taken of information supplied regarding action taken in the matter and
of the Director-General's intention to continue action with a view to securing the
release of the detained trade union leaders and to report to the Governing Body
again at its May 1975 Session.
Composition of the Working Party on Structure
The Governing Body added to the list of those appointed from among its own
members to the Working Party on Structure :
Substitute Employers' Member : Mr. Tata.
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The following meetings have taken place during the period covered by the present
issue of the Official Bulletin. In addition to the sources of fuller information indicated
by footnote, limited quantities of reports and preparatory documents relating to
meetings may be purchased from ILO Publications, International Labour Office,
CH-1211 Geneva 22.
ILO-WHO-IAEA Symposium on Radiation Protection in Mining and Milling of Uranium and
Thorium (Bordeaux, 9-11 September 1974)}
The Symposium dealt with the following subjects: epidemiology and radiotoxicology; maximum permissible levels; technical and administrative measures for
radiation protection; radiation monitoring in the working and general environments ; and medical supervision and the disposal of radioactive waste.
Advisory Committee on Salaried Employees and Professional Workers (Seventh Session,
Geneva, 17-27 September 1974)?
Agenda :
1. General Report, dealing particularly with:
(a) action taken in the various countries in the light of the conclusions adopted
at the previous sessions of the Advisory Committee ;
the Advisory Committee; and
(c) recent events and developments affecting salaried employees and professional
workers.
2. Conditions of work and life of employees in commerce and offices.
3. Problems and opportunities of employment and re-employment of older
employees in commerce and offices.
Texts adopted s :
Conclusions (No. 71) concerning conditions of work and life of employees in
commerce and offices.
Resolution (No. 72) concerning international statistics on conditions of work for
Resolution (No. 73) concerning the effective application of certain international
Conventions and Recommendations to workers in commerce and offices.
Resolution (No. 74) concerning occupational safety and health in commerce and
offices.
Conclusions (No. 75) concerning problems and opportunities of employment and reemployment of older employees in commerce and offices.
1
See p. 142 above.
• See pp. 144-145 above.
* These will be reproduced in a subsequent issue of the Official Bulletin.
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Resolution (No. 76) concerning the effects of inflation on the retirement pensions of
Resolution (No. 77) concerning the problems of older employees in commerce and
offices.
Resolution (No. 78) concerning future ILO activities relating to salaried employees
and professional workers.
Resolution (No. 79) concerning the use of the German and Scandinavian languages
in the Advisory Committee on Salaried Employees and Professional Workers.
Resolution (No. 80) concerning a programme of activities on multinational enterprises in the areas covered by the terms of reference of the Advisory Committee
on Salaried Employees and Professional Workers.
Resolution (No. 81) concerning handicapped workers.
Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to Industry, Agriculture and Forestry
(Bucharest, 17-20 September 1974)?
The Symposium examined a wide range of problems, including physiological,
psychological, social and environmental factors affecting the application of
ergonomics in the metal trades, building, agriculture and forestry.
Advisory Committee on Rural Development (Eighth Session, Geneva, 30 September -11 October
1974)?
Agenda :
1. Technical review of ILO rural development activities since 1965 and suggestions
for the future orientation of the ILO's work.
2. Manpower and training needs for rural development.
3. Incomes of agricultural workers, with particular reference to developing countries.
Texts adopted: See pages 179-183 below.
Preparatory Meeting for Civil Aviation (Geneva, 3-10 October 1974)?
Agenda :
Identification of social and labour problems and scope for ILO action in the field of
civil aviation.
The Preparatory Meeting adopted conclusions recommending the convening of a
tripartite technical meeting for civil aviation.4
Symposium on Workers' Education Needs of Migrant Workers (Geneva, 21-30 October 1974) ?
Agenda :
1. Identification of the aims of workers' education for migrant workers and of
educational activities in relation to migration questions for native-born workers.
1
The record of the Symposium will be published at a later date.
* See p. 136 above.
• See p. 146 above.
•At its 194th Session the Governing Body decided to include a Tripartite Technical Meeting for Civil
Aviation among the seven major industrial meetings to be held in the biennium 1976-77.
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2. Compilation and analysis of the kinds of activities undertaken by trade unions
and workers' education institutions for migrant workers' education.
3. Compilation of the types of activities undertaken by trade unions for the
education of national workers about the problems of migrant workers and
migration.
4. Analysis of the programmes and of the pedagogical methods used, identification
of the problems encountered and needs for specific action.
5. Suggestions about the role of the ILO in the solution of problems posed by
workers' education for migrants and on the subject of migration.
After discussing all the items on the agenda the participants adopted a number of
suggestions concerning the role that might be played by the ILO in this field.1
Meeting of Experts on Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport (Geneva,
21-30 October 1974)?
Agenda :
Examination of all the problems covered by the Hours of Work and Rest Periods
(Road Transport) Convention, 1939 (No. 67), in the light of recent developments
and the results of the Ninth Session of the Inland Transport Committee, and
formulation of recommendations regarding the nature and form of action to be
taken.
Meeting of Experts on the Social Responsibilities of Management in Asia (Bangkok,
28 October - 1 November 1974)?
Agenda :
1. The social elements of managerial responsibility in Asia : concepts, objectives and
research findings.
2. Current issues and problems.
3. Roles of governments, institutions and employers' and workers' organisations.
4. Conclusions relating to action appropriate to Asia.
Working Party on the Structure of the ILO (Geneva, 28 October - 2 November 1974)?
A report on the first and second meetings of the Working Party on Structure is to be
found in Report IX (Report of the Working Party on Structure) prepared for the
60th (1975) Session of the International Labour Conference.
Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation
(Mexico City, 26 November - 5 December 1974) ?
Agenda :
2. Improvement of the conditions of life and work of peasants, agricultural workers
and other comparable groups.
3. Furthering and strengthening of tripartite co-operation.
1
See ILO: Symposium on workers' education needs of migrant workers (Geneva, doc. ILO/WED/S.28/
D.4, 1974; mimeographed).
'See p. 146 above.
" See p. 139 above.
« See Official Bulletin, 1974, No. 1, p. 47.
'See p. 136 above.
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Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments
(Geneva, 26 November - 6 December 1974) }
Agenda :
1. General Report, covering in particular the following points :
(a) action taken in the various countries in the light of the conclusions adopted
by the first Tripartite Technical Meeting on Hotels, Restaurants and Similar
Establishments, 1965;
(b) action taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed by
the first Tripartite Technical Meeting;
(c) recent events and developments affecting hotels, restaurants and similar
establishments.
2. Conditions of work and life of migrant and seasonal workers employed in hotels,
restaurants and similar establishments.
3. The training of managers and workers for hotels, restaurants and similar
establishments.
Meeting of Experts on Noise and Vibration in the Working Environment (Turin, 2-10 December
1974).*
Agenda :
1. Development of exposure standards from available criteria.
2. Control and prevention of occupational noise and vibration, including technical
prevention and control, monitoring of exposure and medical supervision.
3. Suggested action at the plant, national and international levels.
After a general discussion of the items on the agenda the experts listed possible items
for inclusion in an international instrument, drew up proposals concerning a code
of practice 3 and made recommendations in respect of other possible international
action.
Symposium on Economic Education for Trade Unionists (Geneva, 9-18 December 1974) .*
Agenda :
1. Identification of areas of major interest for trade union economic education and
the training needs involved.
2. Analysis of different ways of improving the economic knowledge of workers
(education, training, provision of information), including the role of trade unions
in economic education.
3. Planning and implementation of programmes of economic education, development of teaching methods, preparation of study materials and promotion of
research work.
4. Contribution of the ILO to economic education, especially in the development of
technical co-operation projects.
The participants, having discussed all the items on the agenda, made a number of
specific suggestions for action by the ILO through its Workers' Education
Programme and for follow-up activities related to the work of the Symposium.
1
See p. 132 above.
* See p. 139 above.
• Protection of workers against noise and vibration in the working environment (Geneva, doc. MENV/
1974/D.2 (Rev.); mimeographed).
4
See p. 128 above.
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DOCUMENTS
Tenth Conference of American States
Members of the International Labour Organisation
(Mexico City, 26 November - 5 December 1974) 1
CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
(THE MEXICO CITY DECLARATION)
At its final plenary sitting on 5 December 1974, the Tenth Conference of American States
Members of the International Labour Organisation decided to group under the title " The
Mexico City Declaration " the conclusions, recommendations and resolutions adopted by
the Conference, the text of which follows.
Conclusions and Recommendations concerning the Improvement
of the Conditions of Life and Work of Peasants,
Agricultural Workers and Other Comparable Groups2
A. Global Policies
1. (a) A new orientation should be given to the policies adopted in different fields, such as
investment, taxation, credit, education and training, technology, etc., in order to
give direct priority attention to the social groups most affected, namely those found
in the traditional rural and informal urban sectors;
(b) This new orientation should be adapted to the need for raising the levels of
employment, productivity and income of the population groups whose only
subsistence basis lies in economic sectors which, up to the present, have been
neglected in the development strategies;
(c) Appropriate population policies should be designed as an integral part of a
development policy aimed at higher levels of employment and better income
distribution;
(d) Attention must be given to economic planning when considering the development of
the rural sector and the urban informal sector. Such planning should include the
analysis of items such as an inventory of natural and human resources technology
and skill requirements, the supply structure and its distribution and marketing;
(e) The functions of ministries of labour should be strengthened and increased and their
technical staff strengthened in order to ensure an effective labour administration and
adequate protection for the working and living conditions not only of workers in the
formal sector, but especially of those in both the urban and rural informal sectors,
promoting their organisation and their access to those benefits already existing for
the other social groups;
(f) Programmes of workers' education should be established and those existing should
be broadened with the aim of giving the workers the necessary knowledge to actively
'See above, pp. 136-138.
•Adopted at the ninth plenary sitting, 4 Dec. 1974.
participate in the formulation and implementation of the employment and development strategies.
B. Sectoral Policies
2. (a) There is need to promote the application of comprehensive agrarian reforms, to
conceive land settlement programmes in countries with unworked productive lands,
to establish fair agricultural price policies, to redirect marketing and credit policies
in order to provide, above all, for the needs of small rural producers, to promote
small-scale non-agricultural rural activities, and to raise the levels of welfare of these
groups through the provision of more and extended social health services, education
and housing;
(b) In the area of specific policies for rural area migrants, the migrations should be
planned in the light of the effective employment opportunities; temporary migrations should be eliminated or reduced by creating complementary jobs in the
receiving areas; vocational training of migrants should be facilitated and active
participation of the unions promoted both in the areas of origin and the receiving
areas;
(c) Active integration of peasants should be promoted by facilitating conditions and
setting the necessary legal standards for their organisation in trade unions, producer
co-operatives, community organisations and other forms of integration, depending
on the existing characteristics of each country;
(d) Adequate vocational training programmes should be established for rural groups,
aiming at giving them the skills necessary for effective use of the available natural
resources and technology;
(e) Informal urban activities should be promoted through credit, technical assistance,
machinery for marketing and closer links with the formal sector, through subcontracts which ensure a stable demand for their products;
(f) The informal groups in the urban areas should receive training in order to attain a
greater output in their present activities and to offer them the necessary skills to fill
the new jobs that are being created;
(g) The organisation of the population in the informal urban sector should be facilitated
by promoting their participation in the existing machinery, such as employers'
associations in the case of small entrepreneurs and trade unions for the workers,
or through other forms of organisation, such as neighbourhood groups, etc.
C. Action in the International Field
3. (a) The existing machinery for regional economic integration should be strengthened
and advantage be taken of the opportunities offered by the expanded market in
terms of a better utilisation of manpower;
(b) Access to the markets of the developed countries should be facilitated for exports of
the countries of the region, principally those that require for their production major
use of manpower, and deterioration of the terms of trade should be avoided ;
(c) International labour standards should be established which effectively protect
migrant workers against discrimination and guarantee them access to all benefits
granted to other workers. Participation of trade unions and employers' organisations of the countries of origin and of the receiving countries in the formulation and
implementation of such agreements should be ensured;
(d) The Conference expresses agreement with, and support of, the decision of the
Governing Body of the ILO approving the proposal of the 59th Session of the
International Labour Conference to convene a tripartite world conference on
employment, income distribution, social progress and the international division of
labour;
(e) A change in the priorities for external financing should be promoted, so as to
provide for a greater participation in projects for the traditional rural sector and
small-scale undertakings, and in more labour-intensive projects. This would require
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also the creation or strengthening of national machinery for the channelling of such
financing;
(f) International technical assistance should be adapted to the requirements of the new
employment strategy. Especially, in connection with the technical assistance of the
ILO in the region, the Regional Employment Programme for Latin America and the
Caribbean (PREALQ should be strengthened in the tasks related to the evaluation,
study and training in the formulation of policies aimed at alleviating the problem of
unemployment, underemployment and poverty facing the region. Similarly, the
programmes of ILO workers' education should be adapted to incorporate the
contents of this report.
The policies recommended in the preceding paragraphs should be drawn up, adopted
and put into force by the governments and the international agencies in constant
consultation with the representative organisations of employers and workers. Similarly, they
should take into account the Conventions and Recommendations of the ILO.
Resolution concerning the Strengthening and Furthering
of Tripartite Co-operation1
The Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour
Organisation, having met in Mexico City from 26 November to 5 December 1974,
Convinced of the value of the principles of tripartite co-operation and of the need to
strengthen their application in the region,
Understanding that tripartism should operate within the evolution of each society as a
dynamic element and as an element of co-operation, guaranteeing full freedom of
association and independence of the three different sectors which are involved in the
tripartite process and which form a part of each society,
Persuaded that it is necessary to enlarge the basis of such co-operation and promote
tripartism in the fields of labour and social policy,
Considering that the observance of the principle of freedom of association and the
strengthening of the representative bodies are basic to the full development of countries,
Noting the provisions of various Conventions, Recommendations and resolutions
adopted by the ILO which enunciate the relevant principles of tripartite co-operation,
Noting further the relevant conclusions adopted by the Fourth Session of the InterAmerican Advisory Committee, held in Lima in September 1973;
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Recommends the governments of the region :
(a) to establish, at the national and regional level, tripartite bodies in keeping with the
degree of economic and social development and the political and cultural circumstances
of each country;
(b) to follow, in establishing such bodies,flexiblecriteria that take into account the interests
of the parties and the institutional framework of each country and to seek to adjust to
the greatest possible extent the general scope of action of such bodies, as well as the
powers with which they are vested, to the particular conditions of each country;
(c) to secure in the composition and structure of such bodies all due respect for the
principles of equity and equality of treatment and for the autonomy of each group;
(d) to adopt adequate standards for the regular, expeditious and effective functioning of
tripartite bodies;
(e) to ensure that the powers of such bodies bear a close relationship to the range and
subject-matter for which they were established ; and, in the case of bodies with general
competence, to impart to their operations a consultative and informative role oriented
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Adopted at the ninth plenary sitting, 4 Dec. 1974.
towards social change, without thereby excluding the possibility of specialised bodies or
bodies concerned with specific matters being endowed with the necessary powers to
fulfil their tasks;
(f) in order to give real meaning to tripartite bodies, to facilitate the strengthening of the
participating organisations and, in particular, to guarantee full freedom of association,
as defined in Convention No. 87, which provides that workers have the freedom to
establish and to join trade union organisations of their own choosing;
(g) to consider the strengthening of labour administrations and, in particular, labour
ministries as an essential factor in the promotion and development of tripartite cooperation;
(h) to ensure that the rights and independence of employers' organisations be fully
respected so that they may participate effectively in the work of tripartite co-operation;
(i) to ensure, in determining the objectives and nature of tripartite co-operation bodies,
that they do not replace representative bodies of the nation, which have been set up in
accordance with its political organisation, or take the place of collective bargaining
processes;
(j) allowing for the special conditions of each country, to include among the fields of
competence particularly suited to tripartite co-operation policies relating to wages,
industrial relations, social security, promotion of equal rights, occupational safety and
health, protection of migrant workers, conditions of work, participation in the process
of economic and social planning under conditions of economic and political independence, inflation, vocational training, productivity and the protection of the environment
with particular reference to the work environment ;
(k) to give special attention to the use of tripartite co-operation as a means of strengthening
international technical co-operation and subregional integration schemes;
(I) to consider with particular interest the establishment of national tripartite machinery to
assist governments to improve the implementation of ILO standards and to advise
governments regarding the ratification possibilities of other ILO instruments;
(m) to apply the principles of tripartism to the methods of participation existing in the
government and in the public sector of each country.
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Recommends the International Labour Office and the American States Members of the
International Labour Organisation to give special attention to the study of other modes and
practices of co-operation, consultation and participation which, within the spirit of
tripartism, have arisen in the region.
Resolution concerning the Intensification of ILO
Activity to Strengthen Certain Aspects of Tripartism
in the American Region 1
The Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation, having met in Mexico City from 26 November to 5 December 1974,
Recalling the adoption by the International Labour Conference in 1971, by an
overwhelming majority and unopposed, of a resolution concerning the strengthening of
tripartism in the over-all activities of the International Labour Organisation,
Welcoming the intensification of ILO activity in implementation of this resolution, which
means a strengthening of the employers' and workers' organisations, particularly in the
developing countries, as reflected in the programme and budget for 1974-75,
Welcoming similarly the decision of the Governing Body to include as an item on the
agenda of the 1975 International Labour Conference " Establishment of national tripartite
machinery to improve the implementation of ILO standards ", and the placing of the item
1
Adopted at the tenth plenary sitting, 5 Dec. 1974.
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"Labour administration: role, functions and organisation" on the agenda of the 1976
International Labour Conference,
Aware of the need for more vigorous action on the part of regional advisers whose
responsibilities are the technical co-operation programmes with the employers' and workers'
organisations which should be carried out in consultation with the Employers' and Workers'
members of the Governing Body that belong to the region and with the ILO employers' and
workers' relations services,
Stressing the need to place adequate means at the disposal of the regional advisers for the
effective accomplishment of their activities,
Considering the advisability of granting greater opportunities to the regional advisers of
discussing the problems presented by the employers' and workers' organisations in the
region, of informing these organisations of possible technical assistance that the ILO can
offer, and of formulating significant programmes of technical assistance with the view of
better identifying the needs of these organisations and of providing them with more
adequate assistance,
Considering the need to give regional advisers the means to establish contact with the
employers' and workers' organisations in each region, and with representatives of these
organisations on occasions such as regional conferences and the International Labour
Conference;
Requests the Governing Body of the ILO, when examining the proposed programme and
budget for 1976-77, to include sufficient resources so that the regional advisers, who work
with the occupational organisations, can intensify their action, establishing stronger working
relations with these organisations in their respective countries, as well as on regional or
international levels, when these meet collectively either on the occasion of the annual
sessions of the International Labour Conference or during regional conferences.
Resolution concerning the Respect and Exercise of
Human and Trade Union Rights1
Recognising the paramount importance of guaranteeing the exercise of basic human
rights to all inhabitants of the countries of the region,
Desirous of giving a new impetus to the action of governments, workers and employers
and their organisations, as well as of the ILO, with a view to securing the ratification and
effective application of the ILO Conventions relating to freedom of association,
Moved by the deep conviction that the full recognition of and respect for basic human
rights and, in particular, trade union rights is an essential condition for the progress of the
peoples of America,
Recalling that trade union rights in particular were proclaimed in the Preamble to the
ILO Constitution and in the Declaration of Philadelphia and were established in the
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87),
the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and the
Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135),
Reiterating the resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference concerning
the abolition of anti-trade union legislation, in 1957, and concerning trade union rights and
their relation to civil liberties, in 1970,
Affirming the will of governments, employers and workers to contribute resolutely to
securing the full application of the principle of freedom of association and the active
participation of workers and employers in the formulation and implementation of policies
and programmes of economic and social development in conditions of freedom, dignity,
economic security and equality of opportunity,
Recalling the preoccupation expressed repeatedly at successive meetings by the Conference of American States Members of the ILO and, in particular, the resolutions adopted by
'Adopted at the tenth plenary sitting, 5 Dec. 1974.
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the Ninth Conference, which met in Caracas in April 1970, concerning social participation in
the development process and concerning ILO action in this field;
1. Urges once again the governments of the American States Members of the ILO which
have not yet done so to ratify and apply without delay the Freedom of Association and
Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Right to Organise and
Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and the Workers' Representatives
Convention, 1971 (No. 135), and, while taking steps to effect such ratification, to adopt
measures at the national level which would guarantee the strict observance of the principles
enunciated in those Conventions. In this regard, recommends the governments of all
American States Members of the ILO which have not yet done so to be guided, in adopting
and applying such measures, by the resolution concerning trade union rights and their
relation to civil liberties, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 54th Session
(1970). The resolution places special emphasis on the following civil liberties:
(a) the right to freedom and security of person and freedom from arbitrary arrest and
detention;
(b) freedom of opinion and expression and, in particular, freedom to hold opinions without
interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media
and regardless of frontiers;
(c) freedom of assembly;
(d) the right to a fair trial by an independent and impartial tribunal;
(e) the right to protection of the property of trade union organisations.
2. Reiterates urgently the invitation made by the General Conference to the Governing
Body in 1970 to carry out as soon as possible the necessary studies with a view to
considering new measures designed to ensure full and universal respect for trade union rights
in the widest sense of the term and, to that effect, recommends that particular attention be
paid to the following:
(a) the right of trade unions to exercise their activities in the undertaking and other
workplaces;
(b) the right of trade unions to negotiate wages and all other conditions of work;
(c) the right of participation of trade unions in undertakings and in the general economy;
(d) the right to strike;
(e) the right to participate fully in national and international trade union activities;
(f) the right to inviolability of trade union premises as well as of correspondence and
telephonic conversations ;
(g) the right to protection of trade union funds and assets against intervention by the public
authorities;
(h) the right of trade unions to have access to media of mass communication;
(i) the right to protection against any discrimination in matters of affiliation and trade
union activities;
(j) the right of access to voluntary conciliation and arbitration procedures; and
(k) the right to workers' education and vocational training.
3. Renews the recommendation made at the Ninth Conference held in Caracas in 1970
that, where appropriate, recourse should be had to the procedures established by the
International Labour Organisation for the defence of trade union rights.
Resolution concerning the Role of International Labour
Standards in the Countries of the Americas1
1
Adopted at the tenth plenary session, 5 Dec. 1974.
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Considering that the Inter-American Advisory Committee at its Third Session examined
the situation in the countries of the Americas with regard to the ratification and application
of ILO Conventions,
Considering that the Governing Body of the ILO is presently engaged in an in-depth
review of the international labour standards programme,
Considering that international labour standards, and in particular those relating to
fundamental human rights, have been and continue to be of the greatest importance to the
attainment of the ILO's objectives,
Considering that all development policies should be based on the objective of achieving a
better life and of assuring for all peoples the full enjoyment of freedom and dignity to which
they have a right,
Considering that workers, both rural and urban, can improve their living conditions if
international labour standards and the principles of social justice on which they rest are
applied in full,
Considering that women should as a matter of urgency attain full equality of rights with
men,
Considering that important Conventions have not yet been ratified by a sufficient
number of countries and that the necessary measures should be taken to examine carefully
the possibility of fully ratifying and applying them,
Considering the great usefulness of tripartite consultative machinery in which all
questions relating to the ratification and application of ILO instruments can be discussed,
Considering that it would be advisable to strengthen the measures that contribute to a
better understanding of the obligations deriving from international labour standards and
which facilitate their implementation;
1. Calls on all American States Members of the ILO to establish tripartite consultative
machinery in which the representatives of governments, workers and employers can
periodically and systematically review the status of ILO standards in law and in practice,
with a view to advising governments on the measures to be taken to ratify new Conventions
and to apply international labour standards more fully.
2. Recalls in this regard the fundamental importance of the ratification and application
of ILO Conventions for the workers of the Americas, and in particular Conventions Nos. 87,
98, 135, 29, 105, 100, 111, 122, 131, 81, 129, 102, 107 and 138.1
3. Requests the governments of the American States to attach due importance to the
ratification and application of the above-mentioned Conventions, so that the results may be
apparent at the next Conference to be held on this continent.
4. Invites the International Labour Office to intensify its action to collaborate with the
countries of the Americas in order that ILO standards may find expression in their social
policies and legislation.
5. Expresses the wish that the ILO participate in meetings of the regional or subregional
organisations of the American continent at which questions relating to labour policies and
standards are discussed.
6. Expresses also the hope that future sessions of the Inter-American Advisory
Committee and of the Conference of American States Members of the ILO will continue to
1
The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87); the
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98); the Workers' Representatives
Convention, 1971 (No. 135); the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29); the Abolition of Forced
Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105); the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100); the
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. I l l ) ; the Employment Policy
Convention, 1964 (No. 122); the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131); the Labour
Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81); the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129);
the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102); the Indigenous and Tribal
Populations Convention, 1957 (No. 107); and the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138).
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explore feasible and acceptable measures for translating the ILO's principles and standards
into practice in the American continent.
7. Invites the Governing Body of the ILO to ensure that in the preparation of the abovementioned meetings due attention is given to the role of ILO standards in regional and
subregional development plans.
Resolution concerning Social Development and
Employment in the Americas1
Having examined the items on its agenda,
Reflecting the discussions and conclusions and the resolutions adopted by the technical
committees charged with examining questions relating to the improvement of the conditions
of life and work of peasants, agricultural workers and other comparable groups and the
strengthening and furthering of tripartite co-operation,
In the light of the discussion concerning the Report of the Director-General of the ILO
and of the resolutions submitted for consideration at this session of the Conference,
Desiring to reflect the aspirations and preoccupations expressed in the course of the
deliberations by the representatives of governments, workers and employers of the American
countries,
Animated by the desire to strengthen the action of the International Labour Organisation in the American continent, within the policy of decentralisation which is being pursued,
with a view to the fulfilment of the objectives enunciated in its Constitution and in the
Declaration of Philadelphia, in order better to carry out policies, programmes and guidelines
established by the International Labour Conference and in support of the role of the ILO in
the joint effort of the international community to apply the International Development
Strategy,
Conscious that it is incumbent on the International Labour Organisation to work
primarily for a solution to the social and labour problems within its sphere of competence,
taking into consideration national and international economic and financial policies or
measures in the light of the right of all human beings to " pursue both their material wellbeing and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity, of economic
security and equal opportunity ",
Recognising the urgent need to resolve the problems of unemployment, underemployment, the lowering of standards of living and diminished income caused or aggravated by
economic instability, inflation, the energy crisis, unequal distribution of income, sectoral and
regional disequilibrium, defective international economic and commercial relations and the
present international division of labour, as well as other complex factors,
Persuaded that attention must be paid both to economic aims and requirements and to
social, institutional and political aspects of development,
Having regard to the Declaration concerning Development for Social Progress, the
measures proposed in the International Strategy for Development and the pronouncements
in the Declaration concerning the Establishment of a New International Economic Order,
adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, as well as the principles included
in the Quito Appraisal, approved by the Economic Commission for Latin America at its
15th Session,
Emphasising that this implies passing from the recognition of the interdependence of all
peoples to their active solidarity in the establishment of international economic and
commercial relations in which countries at various stages of development and with
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distinctive social and economic systems participate with a view to promoting economic and
social progress and, in particular, the realisation of full employment and the resulting
improvement of standards of living, conditions of work and welfare;
1. Urges the American States Members of the ILO, in co-operation with the countries
with which they maintain economic and commercial relations, to contribute actively to the
establishment of equitable relations which promote economic and social progress, to eliminate
adverse repercussions of the present situation on employment, income and standards of
living and to contribute to the accomplishment of socially desirable objectives for each
national community, in accordance with the need for balanced and independent social and
economic development.
2. Advocates the formulation and application of a new strategy of economic and social
development which will contribute to the raising of the levels of productive employment,
income, training, productivity and welfare of the least-developed sectors of the economy,
redeeming from poverty the most vulnerable social groups in the traditional rural sector as
well as in the marginal urban sector.
3. Expresses its pleasure at the convocation of the Tripartite World Conference on
Employment, Income Distribution, Social Progress and the International Division of
Labour, at which extremely important aspects of economic and social development may be
examined in an integrated manner, and in this regard draws attention to its desire that the
situation of American countries may be particularly taken into account.
4. Recommends that the International Labour Office accelerate its research and study
concerning the social consequences of the activities of multinational enterprises, especially in
relation to employment, so that the Governing Body of the ILO may examine, as soon as
possible, the advisability of formulating international principles and guidelines in this regard
and the establishment of a special tripartite committee.
5. Emphasises especially the importance for workers of the Americas of the full
implementation by governments of the countries of the region of international labour
standards concerning freedom of association (Conventions Nos. 87, 98 and 135), employment policy (Convention and Recommendation Nos. 122), discrimination in employment
and occupation (Convention and Recommendation Nos. Ill), minimum age (Convention
No. 138 and Recommendation No. 146), minimum wage fixing (Convention No. 131 and
Recommendation No. 135), tenants and sharecroppers (Recommendation No. 132) and
labour inspection (Conventions Nos. 81 and 129 and Recommendation No. 133), and
requests the American States Members of the ILO to give to these standards the importance
which they merit and, when possible, to ratify the relevant Conventions and to undertake
and to continue their efforts to arrive rapidly at tangible results in their implementation.
6. Expresses the desire that policies and measures may be adopted which, in line with the
objectives of full employment and in conformity with the Recommendation concerning
Employment Policy, 1964 (No. 122), protect workers and consumers from the pernicious
effects of inflation, guarantee income security, preserve the purchasing power of wages and
promote forms of credit favourable to the workers.
7. Draws attention to the importance of the active participation and collaboration of
workers and employers and their organisations in the determination of the objectives and
programmes of economic and social development and in the tasks and benefits deriving from
the common effort, and recommends to governments that they consider the advisability of
establishing at the national and regional levels tripartite organisations adapted to the
requirements and circumstances of each country and with functions relating to labour and
social policies which are attributed to them in each case.
8. Expresses the conviction that the International Labour Office should continue and
strengthen the decentralisation of its activities and services with a view to a successful
adaptation of the general action of the ILO to the conditions and problems proper to the
American region and, in particular, to those of developing countries of this region and of its
principal subregions.
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Resolution concerning Social and Labour Aspects
of Latin American Integration1
Considering that the countries of Latin America have instituted programmes of regional
and subregional integration, in order to achieve harmonious and accelerated development,
Considering that this integration cannot become an effective reality unless special
attention is devoted to the social and labour problems involved in the process,
Considering that such social and labour problems come within the sphere of activities of
the ILO,
Considering that the ministries of ¡labour of the countries parties to the Cartagena
Agreement have resolved to pursue the process of social and labour integration through the
institutionalisation of tripartite machinery for promoting greater harmonisation and consistency between policies and legislation relating to these fields,
Considering that the international labour Conventions and Recommendations, by their
very nature, constitute an effective common denominator in the harmonious development of
the various policies and legislations;
1. Recommends the Governing Body of the ILO to invite the Director-General to draw
up, as soon as possible, a technical co-operation project for countries which are members of
regional and sub-regional organisations for Latin American integration, as well as for those
organisations, in order to contribute to finding co-ordinated and uniform solutions to social
and labour problems.
2. Requests the Governing Body of the ILO to invite the Director-General to implement, as soon as possible, a programme of technical co-operation intended to enable
ministers of labour of the countries of the Andean group better to promote the process of
integration in the fields of labour legislation and administration, social security, migrant
labour and vocational training and other matters deemed advisable.
3. Recommends to the Director-General that a study be undertaken, as soon as possible,
concerning the possibility of harmonising differing national legislation, having regard to
international labour Conventions and Recommendations ratified by each country and in
conformity with standards of regional and subregional integration agreements.
Resolution concerning Migrant Workers1
Reaffirming its faith in the principles proclaimed in the United Nations Charter and in
the Declaration of Philadelphia and recalling that the purpose of the standard-setting
activities of the International Labour Organisation is to promote social justice and equity
both internationally and within each nation,
Considering that, by virtue of its Constitution, it is the responsibility of the ILO to seek
better conditions of life and work for the working classes and that one of its first duties is to
deal with problems affecting the workers, particularly those in need of special protection,
Recalling that the Preamble to the ILO Constitution states that " the failure of any
nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way of other nations
which desire to improve the conditions in their own countries ",
Considering that among the principal causes of migration is the unfair distribution of
income and division of labour and that a solution to the situation requires concerted
international action to ensure balanced development among nations,
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Recognising that the magnitude and proportions that migratory movements of workers
have acquired in our times necessitate active and growing international co-operation both at
the bilateral and at the multilateral levels,
Recalling the various instruments adopted by the ILO in connection with this problem,
and in particular the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97), the
Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949 (No. 86), the Protection of
Migrant Workers (Underdeveloped Countries) Recommendation, 1955 (No. 100), the Social
Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117), the resolution concerning
ILO action for promoting the equality of migrant workers in all social and labour matters
(1971) and, at the regional level, the resolution concerning immigration (First American
Regional Conference, 1936), the resolution concerning the protection of social security rights
of migrant workers (Fifth American Regional Conference, 1952) and the resolution
concerning social security for migrant and non-national workers (Seventh American
Regional Conference, 1961),
Recalling that in other agencies forming part of the United Nations system important
resolutions have also been adopted in this respect, such as those of the Economic and Social
Council, the General Assembly of the United Nations and the Commission on Human
Rights concerning the exploitation of labour through illicit and clandestine trafficking (197273),
Recalling that the ILO has requested the collaboration of the World Employment
Programme to determine the relationship between emigration on the one hand and
development and employment on the other, so that countries may formulate their national
employment objectives in such a way as to absorb an increasing proportion of their
population of working age in modern-type activities and to reduce to a minimum the
negative effects of emigration,
Recalling that the ILO intends to step up its activities on behalf of migrant workers and
to establish further standards as well as new instruments in order to provide complete
protection, full evidence of which is seen in the inclusion of aspects connected with this
subject on the agenda of the 60th Session of the International Labour Conference,
Convinced that one of the primary aims of the countries in the area is to provide their
entire population of working age with productive and adequately remunerated employment,
but recognising at the same time that despite the efforts undertaken it has not been possible
to achieve this aim satisfactorily and that it is to a large extent this shortcoming that has
prompted migration abroad, particularly by rural workers,
Recognising that the problem of migrant workers can be fully solved only through a
systematic effort to achieve greater and sustained economic growth in which full employment policies are harmoniously combined with a fairer distribution of wealth at the
international level and within each country,
Considering that the status of illegal immigrant places the migrant worker in a position
in which he is liable to be exploited and taken advantage of,
Recalling that the General Assembly of the United Nations, during its recent 29th
Session, has adopted a resolution urging all the governments of the world to respect the
human rights of migrant workers, regardless of whether or not their entry has been legal,
and to grant them the same treatment as that accorded to national employees or wage
earners,
Taking into consideration the fact that at the regional level, by means of the Andean
instrument concerning labour migration (Caracas, 1973), provisions have been adopted to
facilitate: the establishment of local offices in areas where there is a heavy concentration of
migrants whose situation is illegal; the adoption of measures to put these migrants' papers in
order; an improvement in collaboration between the countries concerned; and full
recognition of labour rights,
Stressing that the fundamental rights of man are not conditional upon being a national
of a State but derive from the essential characteristics of the human being, irrespective of
race, colour, sex, language, religion or political opinion;
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1. Appeals:
(a) to States in which there is a high rate of migration abroad, to take into consideration in
their national development programmes the fact that migration is a problem whose
solution requires the application of a coherent employment policy;
(b) to States with a large incoming flow of migrant workers without documents, to abolish
all practices contrary to or adversely affecting the fundamental rights of man;
(c) to the States of origin of the migrants as well as the receiving States, in collaboration
with the organisations of employers and workers, to conclude agreements directed to
the régularisation of the situation of these workers.
2. Recommends:
(a) that all texts issued by the bodies making up the United Nations system which refer to
migrant workers should cover those persons who exercise a lawful activity, on their own
account or under a contract of employment, in the territory of another State, without
being in possession of official papers authorising their stay and activity, and that when
specific mention is made of migrant workers whose situation is illegal, they should be
called " migrant workers without official papers ";
(b) that the ILO should promote activities connected with the study of the problems of
migrant workers without official papers in order to advise member States on the
formulation and application of relevant specific policies that take into consideration not
only short-term manpower needs and resources but also the long-term social and
economic consequences of migration;
(c) that the Conference refer the problems arising out of the legalisation of the position of
migrant workers without official papers and the labour guarantees to which they are
entitled to the 60th Session of the International Labour Conference so that they may be
considered when the item concerning migrant workers on its agenda is examined and
discussed.
Resolution concerning ILO Activities on Behalf of Women1
The Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation, having met in Mexico City from 26 November to 5 December 1974,
Considering the importance of the present and potential contribution of women to the
development of the countries of America,
Mindful of the need to improve the socio-economic status of women and to ensure that
they play their full role in the development process in rural as well as non-rural sectors of the
economy,
Noting that 1975 has been declared International Women's Year by the United Nations
General Assembly,
Noting, moreover, that an item on the agenda of the 1975 Session of the International
Labour Conference deals with equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers,
Convinced that action at the regional level should complement and strengthen that taken
at the international level,
Bearing in mind the resolution concerning the economic and social advancement of
women in developing countries, unanimously adopted by the 48th Session of the International Labour Conference, which, inter alia, calls upon the ILO to amplify its programme of
activity directed expressly towards the economic and social advancement of women and to
organise as soon as possible regional meetings with a view to promoting their advancement,
Convinced that all activities expressly designed to raise the status of women, and
consequently to increase the productivity and standard of living of families, should be an
integral part of the ILO programme in the American region;
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Adopted at the tenth plenary session, S Dec. 1974.
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1. Requests the Governing Body to invite the Director-General to intensify ILO
activities in favour of women in the countries of the American region, especially with regard
to broadening employment and vocational training opportunities, in particular for rural
workers, and to promote non-aUscriminatory treatment for women in these same areas.
2. Recommends that the Governing Body consider the possibility of including in the
agenda of the next session of the Inter-American Advisory Committee the problem of
employment of women in the countries of the regions, as a preparatory measure for a
subsequent discussion of the same item at the Conference of American States Members of
the ILO.
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Advisory Committee on Rural Development
(Eighth Session, Geneva, 30 September - 11 October 1974) 1
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED
Conclusions concerning a Technical Review of ILO Rural Development
Activities since 1965 and Suggestions for the
Future Orientation of the ILO's Work
The Advisory Committee on Rural Development,
Having examined the working paper prepared by the Office entitled " Technical Review of
ILO Rural Development Activities since 1965 and Suggestions for the Future Orientation
of the ILO's Work",
Being conscious of the fact that the vast majority of the world's population, particularly
of those living in poverty and starvation conditions, live in rural areas,
Being of the view that, with the degree of hunger now existing in the world and the
increase in world population which will occur over the next two decades, there will be a need
for a massive and sustained increase in food production,
Believing that the widening of employment opportunities in rural areas, particularly in
developing countries, could be most rapidly achieved by intensifying agricultural development,
Considering that since the last session of the Permanent Agricultural Committee in 1965
the efforts of the ILO deployed in the rural development field have not expanded
commensurately with the magnitude and complexity of the rural development problems in
developing countries, though a number of worthwhile but limited efforts have been made,
Being of the opinion that the ILO's rural activities have lacked focus regarding activities
for which the ILO is generally recognised as having a primary responsibility and a clear
mandate, such as the improvement of the lot of the poorest sectors of the rural population
which have suffered most from the lack of means for productive and gainful employment
opportunities,
Being aware of the growing magnitude and urgency of the problems and of the need for
immediate action,
Trusting that the advice of the Committee will be of immediate relevance for the future
orientation of the ILO's work in the rural development field;
Recommends as follows:
1. Drawing on its international experience, the activities of the ILO in the field of rural
development should primarily aim at advising and assisting member countries in the
formulation and implementation of programmes which will offer, immediately and on a
sustained basis, employment opportunities to the poorest sections of the rural population
who, for want of means, lack such opportunities.
2. The ILO should be able to provide useful and effective assistance by means of a
geographically and functionally well balanced programme of research, technical cooperation including workers' education, and standard setting for the encouragement and
development of rural workers' organisations and their members and for the training of
skilled rural manpower, especially at the lower levels.
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See above, p. 136.
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3. The ILO should earmark more resources for the supply of up-to-date facts and
information which are essential for policy formulation, for assistance to experimental
projects, for demonstration, and particularly for dissemination of successful rural
experience in other countries.
4. In its collaboration with other international agencies in the field of rural development,
the ILO should maintain the focus recommended by the Committee in the foregoing
paragraphs.
5. Recognising that the interests of the rural population, including those of the poorest
sections, cannot be adequately served in the absence of equitable prices for primary
commodities vis-à-vis prices for manufactured goods, the ILO should impress upon the
international agencies concerned the importance of this factor to rural development.
6. With a view to placing the rural activities of the ILO on a substantial and sustained basis,
the ILO should examine the necessity of improving its structural organisation for all
rural matters, and particularly of setting up a separate rural development department.
7. Considering the need for substantial programmes in the rural field, the ILO should
ensure a more equitable distribution of its resources for rural development, through
reallocations within its budget and through the mobilisation of additional resources,
especially by endeavouring to obtain more resources from the United Nations Development Programme.
8. The ILO should supply the members of the Committee with information on the ILO's
rural development activities on a regular basis, in order to enable the Committee to fulfil
its advisory functions effectively and to maintain its interest.
9. The ILO should also consider convening meetings of this Committee at more regular
intervals and in between sessions call on the members of the Committee for advice and
assistance in specific matters.
Conclusions concerning
Manpower and Training Needs for Rural Development
Noting that, while most developing countries are mainly dependent on agriculture as a
source of employment and of the incomes of rural people, the bulk of the agricultural labour
force is engaged in subsistence or quasi-subsistence farming,
Considering that there can be no development without full and active participation of the
rural population through all the economic, social and political bodies which represent it,
Recognising that, to be effective, rural development programmes require a multitude of
skills for both men and women, namely:
— those for persons directly engaged in agricultural activities, such as farmers, tenants,
sharecroppers and farm workers, including those engaged in livestock production,
fishery, forestry and plantations;
— those for persons engaged in non-agricultural activities such as the repair and maintenance of farm machinery, motor vehicles, household goods, electric and diesel pumps,
food processing and other agro-based industries;
— those for persons engaged in administering and servicing rural areas, such as government
officials of various ministries, local council members, members and other personnel in
co-operatives, health services, extension services, education and training services,
transport services, credit institutions, water and electricity supplies; and
— those responsible for rural organisations, in particular agricultural trade unions,
Noting that the absence of complete and fully reliable data pertaining to the rural
population of developing countries constitutes a serious constraint on the assessment of
rural manpower availability and requirements;
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Recommends that in spite of existing data gaps efforts be made to determine effectively
the training needs in rural areas on the basis of a continuous assessment of manpower needs
for rural development, both qualitatively and quantitatively, as an integral part of over-all
development planning in rural areas;
Recommends that the present data base and current techniques of manpower assessment
be improved and adapted to the needs of human resources development planning and
programming for rural areas;
Recommends that the ILO encourage governments to adopt a co-ordinated approach to
the development of human resources in rural areas, ensuring full participation by all those
who are concerned with rural development, in particular employers' and workers' organisations, in the planning and implementation of human resources development programmes for
rural areas;
Recommends that such an approach be based on the following principles:
(a) shaping and orientation of the learning system through full co-ordination of the formal
and non-formal systems of education and training with the development of the
indigenous and the informal learning systems;
(b) maximising the potential of individuals at all levels by all possible means, including
workers' education;
(c) consolidating the planning and programming of human resources development activities, within the framework of an integrated rural development programme.
Conclusions concerning
Incomes of Agricultural Workers, with Particular
Reference to Developing Countries
Recognising that development and economic and social progress are largely dependent
on the development of the rural economy and on the improvement of conditions of the
populations living from agriculture,
Stressing the importance of the problems of wages and incomes in the agricultural sector,
especially in developing countries, and the need to take urgently all possible measures to
increase the resources available to agricultural workers as a whole as well as to narrow the
gaps existing among the incomes of farmers and, on the other hand, between incomes in the
agricultural sector and in the other sectors of the economy,
Considering, although there is an almost unlimited field of measures to be taken to
improve wages and incomes of agricultural workers, that it seems nevertheless indispensable
to concentrate efforts in the spheres in which the needs are most pressing and in the activities
likely to have the most decisive and immediate effects on the situation of incomes of the
workers concerned,
Realising the magnitude and the seriousness of poverty and the number of economically
weak agricultural workers, as well as the disparities of income affecting them, leading in
particular to rural exodus,
Being aware of the multitude and diversity of the factors which have a direct or an
indirect influence on the composition, the level and trends of wages and incomes of
agricultural workers and of the important role played in this regard by the demographic
factor, the availability of land and inputs, the employment situation, the price system and
the activities of workers' organisations,
Recognising the great diversity of conditions in industrialised countries and developing countries in relation to the relative size of the rural population and extent of land
resources, and the diversity of specific problems posed to the three main categories of
agricultural workers, that is, wage earners, tenants and sharecroppers, and small farmers,
Referring to the instruments and resolutions adopted by the International Labour
Conference in recent sessions, in particular to the Freedom of Association and Protection of
the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Right to Organise and Collective
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Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), the 1965 resolution on agrarian reform, the
Tenants and Sharecroppers Recommendation, 1968 (No. 132), the Labour Inspection
(Agriculture) Convention and Recommendation (Nos. 129 and 133 respectively) and the
Minimum Wage Fixing Convention and Recommendation, 1970 (Nos. 131 and 135
respectively),
Noting that the International Labour Conference is examining the possibility of adopting
one or more instruments on the role of organisations of rural workers in economic and
social development,
Having examined the working document prepared by the Office on " Incomes of
Agricultural Workers, with Particular Reference to Developing Countries";
Considers that to deal effectively with the income problems of the rural poor, a certain
number of national measures should be taken, including in particular:
A. General Measures :
(a) planniag of agricultural development and increase of incomes within the framework of
planning of national economic development, rural development, education, and
employment promotion;
(b) the reorientation for the benefit of the agricultural sector of public expenditure, of
investment, of infrastructural improvements and of state subsidies and allowances;
(c)' the formulation and implementation of an action programme aimed expressly at raising
the income levels of agricultural workers where they are below a minimum subsistence
level as defined on a national basis;
(d) improvement of the distribution of land and access to water supplies, taking into
account the economic necessity of avoiding excessive fragmentation;
(e) ensuring the supply of necessary inputs at prices commensurate with those of
agricultural products;
(f) the creation and development of independent organisations, trade unions and others, in
the service of agricultural workers ;
(g) organisation of a system of long-term credit and loans at low rates of interest
through appropriate institutions;
(h) development of independent co-operatives managed by workers and/or their representatives;
(i) re-examination of the structure of agricultural prices so as to limit the cost of agricultural inputs and consumer goods from other sectors and, at the same time, to
stabilise and to ensure adequate price levels for agricultural products.
B. Specific Measures :
(a) unemployed, underemployed and landless:
— programmes to provide immediate and sustained employment for all who have no
gainful work and who are willing to work at a minimum wage;
(b) wage earners:
— development of protective regulations as concerns in particular methods of payment
of wages and equal pay, and non-discrimination in regard to sex and nationality;
— the establishment, by legislation or other means, of a statutory minimum wage;
— control or abolition of the system of engagement and remuneration through
subcontractors;
— application of the three measures mentioned above by strengthening labour
inspection control by tripartite organisations;
(c) tenants, sharecroppers and small farmers :
— development of general protection of tenants and sharecroppers by regulation of all
contractual terms and conditions;
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— reinforcement of security and stability of tenure through written contracts, specifying minimum duration, with provision for renewal and compensation in cases of
expulsion;
— implementation of a fair sharing of the produce through long-term leases at a
reasonable rent and by fair methods of sharing of harvests;
— improvement of professional and managerial capacities;
— organisation of adequate market information;
-— setting up of storage and processing facilities;
— granting of long-term credits and commercial loans at low interest rates ;
— establishment of insurance against natural hazards ;
— development of remunerative employment outside agriculture;
Recommends in consequence that the International Labour Office, in collaboration with
other United Nations agencies and in particular with the FAO, as well as with other
international governmental and non-governmental organisations concerned, should, within
the framework of its research as well as practical activities, encourage countries to orient
their economic and social development plans, the promotion of employment, and rural and
agricultural development towards increasing agricultural incomes and in particular those of
agricultural workers.
To this end, the ILO should:
1. pursue global and detailed surveys and studies on the wages and incomes of different
categories of agricultural workers, in industrialised countries and in developing countries, so as to pinpoint the ways and means through which these incomes are derived,
their distribution, their level and their evolution, with the aim of helping countries to
elaborate short-term programmes and long-term policies in this respect. The results of
these surveys should be examined and compared within the framework of national expert
meetings, on a regional or sub-regional basis;
2. re-examine and develop appropriate statistical methods to establish reliable statistics on
the real incomes of the different categories of agricultural workers and on the trends of
these incomes over long periods;
3. organise the gathering and systematic diffusion of the information thus collected on
income levels and other related subjects, such as the use of different agricultural
techniques or the results of agricultural development projects;
4. introduce training programmes for leaders of trade unions and other rural workers'
organisations which, among other things, could include the economic and social
problems of rural labour, to make these leaders more effective in increasing rural
incomes and promoting general development;
5. put into effect all appropriate means to ensure the ratification and implementation of
pertinent international standards; and
6. impress upon the international agencies concerned the importance of providing market
information and of guaranteeing stable and equitable prices to the producers of
agricultural raw materials.
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Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels,
Restaurants and Similar Establishments
(Geneva, 26 November - 6 December 1974) 1
CONCLUSIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Conclusions (No. 13) concerning Conditions of Work and
Life of Migrant and Seasonal Workers Employed in Hotels,
Restaurants and Similar Establishments2
The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments,
Having been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and
having met in Geneva from 26 November to 6 December 1974,
Having examined the various aspects of conditions of work and life of seasonal and
migrant workers employed in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments;
Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following conclusions:
General Considerations
1. The conclusions (Nos. 1 and 2) of the first Tripartite Meeting concerning methods of
remuneration and concerning the organisation of work schedules and paid holidays in
hotels, restaurants and similar establishments continue to provide suitable guides as to
principles and methods of handling questions relating to remuneration and for regulating
standards relating to conditions of work.
2. The Meeting supports these conclusions as well as all the resolutions of the First
Meeting and asks that effect be given to them as regards hotels, restaurants and similar
establishments in all countries, and that to this end governments, employers' and workers'
organisations and other bodies concerned make further efforts to ensure their progressive
application.
3. Workers are extensively employed in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments in
many countries in widely different conditions on a seasonal basis. Migrant workers, i.e.
persons coming from outside the country concerned, are also extensively employed in the
industry in many countries. Both seasonal workers, who may be nationals or non-nationals,
and other migrant workers are sometimes employed in circumstances that lend themselves to
discrimination or to non-observance of the standards laid down by national laws or
regulations, awards or collective agreements or those usual as regards other workers in the
industry and locality concerned.
4. In addition, therefore, to any other measures for abolishing or controlling discriminatory or abusive practices referred to in subsequent paragraphs of these conclusions and
in so far as they are within the control of employers, the latter should take effective steps,
either individually or through the appropriate employers' organisation, or both, to eliminate
them. They should seek the co-operation of the appropriate trade union organisations to
that end whenever this is necessary.
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See above, p. 161.
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5. Both migrant and seasonal workers in the industry should enjoy the effective exercise
of trade union rights and freedoms in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of
Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), the Right to
Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and, in so far as migrants are
concerned, of the Migration for Employment (Revised) Convention, 1949 (No. 97).
6. The traditional mobility of workers in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments
should be facilitated to the greatest possible extent in the interests of both the employers and
the workers concerned. As regards particularly those categories of skilled employees for
whom sojourns in different countries are a normal part of training or career development,
administrative formalities should be reduced and expedited.
7. In order to assist the categories of skilled employees referred to in paragraph 6 to find
employment for the purpose of taking advantage of opportunities for further training,
professional or linguistic, the national employers' and workers' organisations concerned,
with the co-operation of their governments, should seek the collaboration of international
organisations of employers and workers in the industry in order to develop existing facilities
for placement, to establish registers of qualified candidates for employment or further
training in another country and, more generally, to ease administrative formalities between
one country and another.
Contracts of Employment
8. It would be desirable to ensure that seasonal workers and migrants for employment in
hotels, restaurants and similar establishments should be engaged under individual written
contracts of employment based on a model contract drawn up in co-operation by the
representatives of the appropriate employers' and workers' organisations and the competent
authority of the country concerned, in accordance with national practice. The provisions of
such contracts should not be less favourable than those of any relevant collective
agreements.
9. All such individual contracts of employment should set forth the general conditions of
engagement and of employment and, as far as migrant workers are concerned, should be
handled in conformity with the provisions of Article 22 (2) of the Annex to the Migration
for Employment (Revised) Recommendation, 1949 (No. 86). They should, to the extent
appropriate, contain the necessary information specified in Article 22 (3) of that Annex, such
as:
(a) the full name of the worker as well as the date and place of birth, his family status, his
place of residence and of recruitment;
(b) the nature of the work, and the place where it is to be performed;
(c) the occupational category in which he is placed;
(d) remuneration for ordinary hours of work, overtime, night work and holidays, and the
medium for wage payment;
(e) bonuses, indemnities and allowances, if any;
(f) conditions under which and the extent to which the employer may be authorised to
make any deductions from remuneration;
(g) conditions regarding food if food is to be provided by the employer;
(h) the duration of the contract as well as the conditions of renewal and denunciation of the
contract;
(i) the conditions under which entry and residence in the territory of immigration are
permitted;
(j) the method of meeting the expenses of the journey of the migrant and the members of his
family1;
(k) in case of temporary migration, the method of meeting the expenses of return to the
home country or the territory of migration, as appropriate;
(I) the grounds on which a contract may be prematurely terminated.
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The words in italics refer to cases of permanent migration.
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10. Such individual contracts of employment should also contain provisions:
(a) for adjustments of wages so as to ensure that, in the same conditions as for other
workers and for equal work, the seasonal or migrant worker is paid a wage equal to that
of workers of the same category doing the same work in the establishment and that he
receives, in the same conditions as for other workers, all bonuses and advantages in
cash or in kind at the current rates;
(b) concerning the mode and periodicity of payment of wages;
(c) which limit deductions from wages to those permitted under conditions and to the
extent prescribed by national laws or regulations or fixed by collective agreement or
arbitration award;
(d) to ensure that at the end of his contract the worker receives a certificate indicating the
dates of commencement and termination of the employment and the nature of the work
performed.
Seasonal Workers
11. Non-observance of the appropriate standards referred to in paragraph 3 has been
noted particularly as regards maximum hours of work per day, spread-over of working
hours, maximum hours of work per week and daily and weekly rest periods, payment or
compensation for overtime hours, provisions for holidays with pay and wage rates
corresponding to professional qualifications and experience.
12. Regardless of the frequency or infrequency of these or other irregular practices in
particular countries, localities or sectors of the industry, steps should be taken to eradicate
them so as to ensure that seasonal workers are paid wages and afforded conditions of work
in full conformity with the appropriate legislation, collective agreements or other provisions
and that no discrimination exists between them and other workers in the industry on any
relevant matter. In this connection reference is made to paragraph 47 of the conclusions
(No. 1) concerning methods of remuneration in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments dealing with labour inspection and to paragraphs 45 to 48 of the conclusions (No. 2)
concerning the organisation of work schedules and paid holidays, both referred to above.
Stress is particularly laid on paragraphs 47 and 48 of the latter conclusions which call for
posting of notices in establishments concerning the main features of hours of work and
holidays and for the keeping by employers of special registers containing appropriate details
on these matters in respect of each worker.
13. Inspection services should, where necessary, make special efforts to ensure the more
effective application of the appropriate standards as regards seasonal workers, whether
nationals or non-nationals, in the industry, including the effective application of the
principle of non-discrimination.
14. Efforts should be made to ensure improved employment security for seasonal
workers.
Migrant Workers
15. Migrant workers, as indicated, are extensively employed in hotels, restaurants and
similar establishments in many countries. In the absence of adequate control measures, such
workers may also be subject to discrimination or abuses in employment. Without being
specific as regards their incidence in particular countries or localities the following practices,
among others, are said to exist in relation to migrant workers :
(a) differences between rates of pay for national as compared with migrant workers to the
detriment of the latter;
(b) keeping migrant workers on minimum rates for too long;
(c) underpayment of migrant workers in relation to their qualifications;
(d) exclusion of migrant workers in whole or in part from a share of the " pool " or of the
proceeds of the service tax;
(e) underpayment of migrant workers who have entered the country illegally;
(f) payment of what is in effect overtime work at ordinary rather than overtime rates;
(g) a tendency to reserve the higher category posts for nationals.
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16. In addition to action on the lines indicated in respect of seasonal workers in
paragraphs 12 and 13 above, all countries should ensure the effective application to all
migrants employed in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments within their jurisdiction
of the provisions of the Migration for Employment (Revised) Convention, 1949 (No. 97), and
of those of the Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949 (No. 86). In
particular they should ensure the effective application within their territory of treatment no
less favourable than that which they apply to their nationals in respect of all the matters
enumerated in Article 6 of Convention No. 97.
17. In view of the importance of Convention No. 97 for migrant workers in hotels,
restaurants and similar establishments, the member States which have not yet done so
should be invited to ratify this Convention. In the countries where it has not been ratified it
is desirable that practice should be brought into harmony with the provisions of its Article 6
and that, in so far as these are within the control of employers, they should be applied by
them.
18. Steps should be taken to promote the adaptation of migrant, including seasonal
migrant, workers by ensuring adequate housing for them.
19. In all cases where the length of the migrant's contract so justifies, steps should be
taken to provide facilities for further training and for learning the language of the host
country.
Social Security in Relation to Seasonal and Migrant Workers
20. Measures should be taken to eliminate the disadvantages from which seasonal,
seasonal migrant and migrant workers in the industry may suffer because of the terms of
national social security legislation as compared with other workers. These disadvantages
may include, as regards seasonal workers, exclusion from certain social security benefits, or
eligibility for them in limited conditions, longer waiting periods for unemployment insurance
combined with the greater risk of unemployment between seasons and lower rates or shorter
duration of benefits because of the limited duration of employment. Migrant workers,
seasonal or otherwise, may, in addition, be excluded from or have limited rights to certain
benefits. As regards migrant workers some of these disadvantages could be eliminated or
reduced if all member States were to ratify and effectively apply the provisions of the
Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118). Bilateral agreements in
the form of conventions on social security should be developed between countries of
emigration and immigration so as to ensure effectively to migrant workers the benefits of
social security and retirement pensions.
Conclusions (No. 14) concerning Vocational Training of Managers and Workers
in Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments1
Having examined the various structures, systems, means and methods relating to training
at the various levels of qualification for management personnel and workers of hotels,
restaurants and similar establishments,
Noting the principles and standards concerning vocational training established by the
international instruments adopted by the International Labour Conference and, in particular, those contained in the Vocational Training Recommendation, 1962 (No. 117), the
Vocational Guidance Recommendation, 1949 (No. 87), and the Special Youth Schemes
Recommendation, 1970 (No. 136), and the principles and standards resulting from the
discussions on the development of human resources which took place during the 59th (1974)
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Adopted unanimously.
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Session of the International Labour Conference with a view to establishing international
instruments relating to vocational training and guidance,
Taking into account the results of the First Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels,
Restaurants and Similar Establishments which met in Geneva in 1965 and, in particular, the
resolution (No. 8) concerning young workers, the resolution (No. 12) concerning vocational
training in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments, and also paragraph (c) of the
resolution (No. 3) concerning the development of tourism and related industries, and
paragraph (b) of the resolution (No. 7) concerning the legal protection of foreign workers,
Considering the special features of work in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments
and the difference in the economic and social conditions existing in the various countries;
Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following conclusions:
1. Recognising the importance of tourism both for creating employment and as a source
of foreign currency, most countries have endeavoured to plan in such a way as to provide for
a harmonious development of their accommodation facilities, but this alone seems insufficient to meet the needs of expanding tourism unless there is the required number of workers
with the skills needed to operate the hotels and tourism undertakings. Hotel training
therefore contributes towards full employment and job satisfaction but it is also a
prerequisite for the growth of tourism and, consequently, for the economic and social
development of the various countries.
2. Offering, as it does, an attractive range of jobs which are sometimes new and which
very often provide an outstanding opportunity for personal fulfilment, hotels, restaurants
and similar establishments form a particularly fertile sector for human resources development and permanent training in particular.
Organisation and National Structures for Training
3. Hotel training establishments, institutions, schools and schemes should be available
free of charge to all, irrespective of sex, race, creed or political belief.
4. Hotel training establishments, institutions, schools and schemes should associate
closely, on a tripartite (or joint) basis, employers' and workers' organisations and
governments, in consultation with educationalists.
5. Members should adopt and develop training policies and comprehensive programmes
to cover vocational guidance and initial and further training at all levels of qualification by
promoting a close association between public employment services and the vocational
training establishments.
6. These policies and programmes should encourage and help all persons, on an equal
basis, to develop and use their capabilities for work in their own best interests, in the interests
of the industry as a whole, and in accordance with their own aspirations.
7. Vocational guidance and vocational training for migrant workers in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments should take into account their limited knowledge of the
language of the host country and make provision for teaching therein.
8. Vocational guidance and vocational training for migrant workers in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments should take into account the relevant provisions of
international labour Conventions and Recommendations concerned with such workers.
These questions should also be the subject of agreements between the countries of origin and
of employment.
9. In all countries funds should be made available for training in hotels, restaurants and
similar establishments, and the allocation of these funds should take into account the needs
of all groups of employees.
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Training Systems
10. Members should establish and develop open, flexible and complementary systems of
general, technical and vocational education, educational and vocational guidance and
vocational training, whether within the system of formal education or outside it.
11. Members should gradually extend their systems of vocational guidance, with a view
to providing comprehensive information and the broadest possible guidance on employment
and career opportunities offered by hotel and tourist undertakings to young persons and
adults.
12. It would be useful to set up international agreements aimed at standardising
programmes and duration of apprenticeship schemes with a view to establishing equivalence
in apprenticeship certificates delivered by the different countries.
13. Accelerated training should be designed mainly for basic and subsequent training,
particularly for updating knowledge and skills, for upgrading, for specialisation and for
retraining and redeployment within the industry.
14. Migrant and seasonal workers should have the same right of access to accelerated
training as national workers, on an equal footing.
15. Training geared to the career development of the employees and management
personnel of hotels, restaurants and similar establishments should be considered as a
national objective.
16. Training programmes for hotels, restaurants and similar establishments should be
planned in progressive stages to provide fuller opportunities for:
(a) induction training for young persons with little or no previous experience, as well as
initial training for all new entrants into the hotel industry;
(b) further training which should enable persons already engaged in an occupation to
improve their performance or broaden the range of their activities, to proceed to higherlevel work or gain promotion, to update their knowledge and skills in the light of
developments in the occupation concerned and to acquire new qualifications for a
different occupational field;
(c) special training on conditions of work and life in hotels, restaurants and similar
establishments with particular attention to health, hygiene, safety and fire hazard
aspects of work;
(d) persons training in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments to be adequately
remunerated in accordance with criteria established by law or regulation, by collective
agreement or by the rules of the undertaking concerned.
17. Taking into account the highly specialised nature of the various tasks and
responsibilities of professions in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments, training
systems should give specialists who have already received hotel training the possibility of
reaching managerial positions.
18. In order to ensure the desirable mobility of employment within the industry and the
maximum efficiency of training activities, these comprehensive systems of vocational
guidance and training at all levels should be expanded to include, where appropriate, on the
one hand, community catering (such as, for example, industry, hospitals, schools, etc.) and,
on the other hand, tourist enterprises other than hotels and restaurants (such as, for
example, travel agencies and tourist offices).
Means and Methods
19. The principal objective of hotel training programmes should be to improve the
quality of professional performance and, consequently, working conditions in hotels,
restaurants and similar establishments.
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20. In initial and further training programmes, advantage should be taken, in accordance
with needs and possibilities, of mass media, mobile units and self-instruction programmes,
and every eifort should be made to utilise to the full, if necessary with public financing,
available training opportunities.
21. As regards initial and further training in training institutes, the type of institution
with a training hotel and/or restaurant seems to correspond satisfactorily to the particular
needs of the industry. A training hotel or restaurant integrated within the training institution
affords the possibility of practical training under permanent joint supervision of registered
trainers/instructors. Moreover, the training hotel or restaurant should be utilised as a model
and experiment for training and upgrading managers. This method permits persons
undergoing initial training to adapt efficiently and rapidly to the working environment. For
the purpose of practical training, the training hotel or establishment could easily include, on
the one hand, an element of community catering (meals for trainees, students and
instructors) and, on the other hand, an element covering tourist office and travel agency
operations.
22. Nevertheless, in order for this type of institution to achieve the anticipated
pedagogical results it is necessary to ensure that the organisation and the size of the training
hotel are such as to permit an efficient rotation of trainees and students and to prevent their
work in the hotel from absorbing all the time of the trainees and students. Ideally care
should be taken to ensure that the persons responsible for the course are also responsible for
the running of the training hotel.
23. All training schemes should include practical, on-the-job training periods in hotels,
restaurants and similar establishments, no matter what type of training establishment is
involved. This practical training should be organised and supervised by Members in
collaboration with employers, workers and trainers/instructors.
24. All training programmes should be based on a detailed, in-depth study of the tasks
involved in each category of employment. Where necessary, therefore, Members should take
measures to establish on a tripartite basis, in collaboration with the training establishments,
job descriptions that enable the t§aining objectives to be denned.
25. Active teaching methods should be used, particularly as regards training and further
training during employment. Moreover, training and upgrading methods involving the use
of modules of employable skills, to permit the accumulation of training elements, offer
important advantages, particularly as regards flexibility and the need to adapt training to
individual capabilities, as well as the scope of training activities.
26. Taking into account the experiences of certain countries in the field of modular
training, it would be advisable for exchanges of information and teaching materials to take
place at an international level to permit all Members, notably developing countries, to
benefit from these experiences.
27. On-the-job training and further training should take place during paid working
hours and conform to the provisions of ILO Recommendation No. 117 of 1962. There
should also be provision for paid educational leave during a specific period and in relation to
a specific objective for approved and recognised courses, in accordance with the instruments
on paid educational leave adopted by the 59th (1974) Session of the International Labour
Conference. Training should follow the principles relating to permanent training outlined
above.
28. International hotel and restaurant companies should ensure, in co-operation with the
employers' and employees' organisations of the countries concerned, the training of national
workers employed in multinational hotel and restaurant chains in developing countries in
order that they may assume higher-level posts which are often held by foreigners.
29. Correspondence courses might be of considerable help, particularly for retraining
and upgrading, provided that efficient controls are carried out by existing training bodies
operating on a tripartite basis.
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30. Taking into account the differences existing between countries, it does not seem
possible to establish recruitment levels for candidates for training which could be applied at
the international level to the various categories of training and employment.
31. Large-scale information campaigns should be undertaken in order that persons may
become acquainted with employment and career opportunities offered by hotels, restaurants
and similar establishments and to eliminate the prejudices from which certain jobs in this
industry often suffer. However, in order for these campaigns to be successful, it is necessary
to put into effect all appropriate means of further training with a view to ensuring concrete
promotion prospects.
32. Persons responsible for the work of others, supervisors and specialists participating
in the management of hotels, restaurants and similar establishments and persons intending
to take up managerial, supervisory and training functions should benefit from specific
training designed in particular to :
(a) develop an adequate knowledge and understanding of the economic, social and human
implications of decision-making and of labour-management relations;
(b) foster the right aptitudes and behaviour for supervising other persons and making them
understand their responsibilities;
(c) develop initiative and a positive attitude towards the frequent changes which occur in
hotels, restaurants and similar establishments;
(d) develop the capacity for assuming new responsibilities on the job;
(e) develop in trainees full awareness of the importance of providing vocational guidance
and vocational training for staff of hotels, restaurants and similar establishments;
(f) provide the basis for further training in accordance with changing requirements.
33. Members should endeavour to give pedagogical training to all persons who will
supervise the work of others.
34. Particular importance should be given to the training of trainers/instructors. It
would be advisable, for developing countries in particular, to envisage establishing, at the
national or regional level, training means for trainers/instructors, utilising, if appropriate,
assistance provided within the framework of technical co-operation programmes.
35. It is of primary importance that measures be taken to ensure that trainers/instructors
in educational institutions may benefit from periodic and regular practical working
experience in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments. To this end, Members should
promote agreements between training institutions, trade unions and the management of
hotels, restaurants and similar establishments for generalising and regulating practical
training periods.
36. On the one hand, the special character of hotels, restaurants and similar establishments requires that managers and workers have a wide experience of work in different
countries. On the other hand, the fluctuations in tourist seasons frequently allow managers
and workers free time during certain periods of the year. These two factors permit the
promotion and organisation of further training abroad which is particularly useful at
supervisory and managerial levels. Members should therefore take measures to facilitate
exchanges of professionals between different countries in order to meet the needs of
developing countries.
Consultations between Employers, Workers and Governments
37. Every effort should be made to promote the setting up or creation of joint or
tripartite bodies for consultations and co-operation at all levels between representatives of
employers' and workers' organisations and government departments on all questions of
common interest having a bearing on the vocational guidance, training and upgrading of
management personnel and workers in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments. These
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consultations should be held at the national and regional level and within the framework of
the International Labour Organisation in order to prepare the guidelines for training and its
supervision.
Resolution (No. 15) concerning Technical
Co-operation Activities in the Tourist Industry1
having met in Geneva from 26 November to 6 December 1974;
Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following resolution:
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is requested to invite the
Director-General to take measures in order to make available sufficient funds within the
framework of the multilateral technical co-operation programmes to provide, in the light of
the conclusions adopted by the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants
and Similar Establishments, 1974:
(a) scholarships and other appropriate means of assistance for the training of managerial
staff and trainers/instructors in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments;
(b) skilled trainers/instructors for training purposes in developing countries;
(c) the equipment necessary for training in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments in
developing countries;
(d) consultations with panels of experts selected among the governments, employers' and
workers' organisations at regional and inter-regional levels with a view to standardising
training systems, methods and material, and disseminating related information.
Furthermore, the Governing Body of the International Labour Office is requested to
invite the Director-General to ensure that bilateral technical co-operation programmes in
the field of training for hotels, restaurants and similar establishments take into account the
conclusions adopted by the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants
and Similar Establishments, 1974.
Resolution (No. 16) concerning the Tripartite
Structure and the Programme of Work of the ILO 1
Considering the principles and tripartite structure on which the International Labour
Organisation is based,
Considering that, in order to carry out its functions, the International Labour
Organisation has developed a number of technical and educational programmes in the field
of technical assistance to developing countries or of vocational training,
Considering that the objectives of these programmes are to meet the economic and social
needs of the various branches of industrial activity, including hotels, restaurants and similar
establishments,
Considering that, to achieve these objectives, the social and trade union aspects of these
activities must be given the same consideration as their technical and economic aspects,
Considering that the necessary conditions to achieve these objectives must include the
participation of trade union organisations in all aspects of these programmes;
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The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited to request the
Director-General :
(a) to continue to ensure that the tripartite structure of the International Labour
Organisation applies equally to all programmes of technical assistance or vocational
training undertaken by the ILO itself or in co-operation with other institutions;
(b) to conduct future programmes in respect of hotels, restaurants and similar establishments in conformity with the above-mentioned objectives and conditions ;
(c) to develop these programmes in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments.
Resolution (No. 17) concerning Future Action of the ILO
in the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Industry1
Considering that the hotel and restaurant industry has become an important branch of
activity and, in many countries, a major economic growth industry of vital interest to the
country,
Considering that rapidly evolving social problems arising in this industry, as well as,
above all, the underprivileged position of certain categories of workers in the industry, in
particular women workers, young workers, unskilled workers, seasonal workers and migrant
workers,
Considering the need to improve the means of following up the implementation of the
resolutions and conclusions adopted at tripartite technical meetings;
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited :
1. to consider the need to establish, for the hotel, restaurant and catering industry, a
permanent Industrial Committee charged with the task of examining the problems that
arise in this industry;
2. to include in the agenda of the next Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants
and Similar Establishments the following items:
(a) social problems in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments in developing
countries;
(b) the reasons for the instability of employment in these establishments, it being
understood that the economic and social consequences of the activities of multinational companies in the industry would be dealt with in the General Report to be
submitted to the meeting;
3. to request the Director-General, meanwhile, to carry out surveys on these questions and
to publish the results of these inquiries.
Resolution (No. 18) on the Implementation of the Conclusions
and Resolutions Adopted by the First Tripartite Technical Meeting1
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Noting that in several countries the parties to collective agreements as well as legislative
bodies have sought to take into account the resolutions and conclusions adopted by the First
Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments, held in
1965, whilst in several other cases these resolutions and conclusions have not been
implemented,
Noting in addition that, while several countries in different stages of development
recognise that much remains to be done to implement the resolutions and conclusions
adopted, others fail to provide the requested information and that certain replies refer to
legislation which is not easily accessible to the Meeting;
Director-General :
1. to remind governments and workers' and employers' organisations at regular intervals of
the resolutions and conclusions adopted and of the responsibilities resulting from
paragraphs 20-26 of the text on the Purposes and Functions of Industrial and analogous
Committees adopted by the Governing Body at its 154th Session (March 1963);
2. to complete replies received from governments by consulting the workers' and employers' organisations concerned and to publish all the information received;
3. where possible, to provide complete and comparable information and to publish it in a
form providing a useful source of information for the interested parties, that is to say,
not only governments but also workers' and employers' organisations.
Resolution (No. 19) concerning the Application of
the Provisions of Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 1
Considering the unanimous decision of the First Tripartite Technical Meeting of 1965 to
call for the ratification of Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 by all countries and for the
application of the provisions of these Conventions to persons employed in the hotel and
restaurant industry,
Considering that certain member States of the ILO have not taken steps leading to
ratification of these two Conventions, and also considering the non-implementation of
Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 by some countries which have ratified them,
Considering the importance of respecting rights relating to freedom of association and
trade union rights as regards all persons employed in hotels, restaurants and similar
establishments, with special reference to seasonal and migrant workers,
Recalling the resolution (No. 4) concerning freedom of association and trade union
rights adopted by the First Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar
Establishments in which the governments and the employers' and workers' organisations
concerned were urged to denounce all cases where these Conventions are not effectively
respected and implemented as regards persons employed in hotels, restaurants and similar
establishments, making use, where appropriate, of the procedures laid down for the
application of international labour Conventions and for the examination of alleged
violations of freedom of association;
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited to continue to draw
the attention of member States to the need for ratification of Conventions Nos. 87 and 98
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and to the need to apply their principles to all persons, without discrimination, who are
employed in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments.
Resolution (No. 20) concerning Safety, Health and Welfare1
Noting that in many countries employees of the hotel industry are by the very nature of
their jobs required to live either in the hotel or in nearby annexes owned by the hotel
companies;
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited to draw the attention
of all member States to the need for all employers and workers to be highly vigilant with
respect to safety matters and to devote special attention to fire hazards, hygiene and living
conditions.
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Official Measures Taken regarding Decisions of the International Labour Conference:
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Ratifications of International Labour Conventions and Declarations concerning the
Application of Conventions to Non-Metropolitan Territories
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Documents
Technical Conference on the Public Service (Geneva, 7-16 April 1975): Conclusions Adopted
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Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries (Geneva, 14-24 January
1975): Conclusions and Resolutions Adopted
242
Understanding between the Director-General of the International Labour Office and the
Secretary-General of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation
concerning the Terms of Reference, Responsibilities and Working Arrangements of the
Joint IMCO-ILO Committee on Training (London, 22 May 1974)
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Office Publications and Documents
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The Genera] Index for 1975 will be found at the end of this issue.
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INFORMATION
of the International Labour Office1
(Geneva, 30-31 May 1975)
held in Geneva from Friday 30 to Saturday 31 May 1975 under the chairmanship of
Mr. Khattabi.
1. Approval of the minutes of the 195th Session.
2. Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and
Social Progress and the International Division of Labour: Further information and proposals.
3. Agenda of the 1977 Session of the International Labour Conference.
4. Reports on the work of—
(a) the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association concerning the Case of Chile ; and
Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111).
5. Report of the Symposium on Economic Education for Trade Unionists
(Geneva, 9-18 December 1974).2
6. Report of the Symposium on Workers' Education Methods and Techniques
for Rural Workers and Their Organisations (Geneva, 4-13 February 1975).
1
The documents and reports submitted to the Governing Body, containing information on the
questions dealt with, will be published later as appendices to the minutes of the session. Some of these
documents and reports are published in the Official Bulletin; each text so published is indicated by a
footnote to the present article giving the number of the Official Bulletin in question and the relevant page.
* Postponed from the 195th Session.
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7. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and
Recommendations (45th Session, Geneva, 13-25 March 1975).1
8. Report of the Technical Conference on the Public Service (Geneva, 7-16
April 1975).
9. Report of the Symposium on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in
Employment in the European Region (Geneva, 21-29 April 1975).
10. Report of the Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia. 1
11. Report of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission concerning the
Case of Lesotho.2
15. Report of the Allocations Committee.
18. International Institute for Labour Studies.3
19. International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 195TH SESSION
The Governing Body approved the minutes of its 195th Session.
TRIPARTITE WORLD CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYMENT, INCOME DISTRIBUTION
AND SOCIAL PROGRESS AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR:
FURTHER INFORMATION AND PROPOSALS
The Governing Body approved the following agenda for the Tripartite World
Conference:
1. National employment strategies and policies with particular reference to developing countries.
2. International manpower movements and employment.
3. Technologies for productive employment creation in developing countries.
4. The role of multinational enterprises in employment creation in the developing
countries.
5. Active manpower policies and adjustment assistance in developed countries.
1
The Governing Body took note of the report before it.
' The Commission's final report will be submitted to the Governing Body at its session to be held
immediately after the 61st Session of the Conference.
* No paper was submitted to the Governing Body on this item of its agenda.
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It decided, subject to the adoption of the Programme and Budget for 1976-77 by
the International Labour Conference at its 60th (1975) Session1, that—
(a) the Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and
Social Progress and the International Division of Labour should be held in
Geneva from 4 to 17 June 1976;
(b) the Director-General should submit to the Governing Body at its 198th
(November 1975) Session draft standing orders for the Conference.
It was understood that the Governing Body would be informed at its 198th
(November 1975) and 199th (February-March 1976) Sessions of the progress of
preparations for the conference and that copies of draft papers as they were prepared
would be made available to Governing Body members.
The Governing Body also took note of a statement by the representative of the
World Federation of Trade Unions relating to further information and proposals in
regard to the Tripartite World Conference on Employment.
With respect to the 61st (1976) Session of the International Labour Conference,
the Governing Body—
(a) decided that the first discussion of the item " Labour administration : role,
functions and organisation " should be postponed to the following (1977)
ordinary session of the Conference ;
(b) decided to postpone to its 198th (November 1975) Session further consideration
of the proposal that it might wish to endorse the issuing by the Director-General
of an appeal for a moratorium on the submission at the 61st (1976) Session of
the Conference of resolutions relating to matters not included in the Conference
agenda; and
(c) endorsed the issuing of an appeal to all participants in the Conference with a
view to ensuring that there should be no general discussion on the DirectorGeneral's Report submitted to the Conference under Item I of the agenda.
AGENDA OF THE 1977 SESSION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE
The Governing Body noted that at its 1977 Session the Conference would
necessarily have before it the following items :
Report of the Director-General ;
Programme and budget proposals and other financial questions ;
Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations.
It further noted that the following items were likely to be carried forward for
second discussion from the 1976 Session:
Working environment (atmospheric pollution ; and noise and vibration) ;
Employment and conditions of work and life of nursing personnel ;
and that, in accordance with the decision taken under the second item on the
Governing Body's agenda2, the following item would be before the Conference in
1977 for first discussion:
Labour administration : role, functions and organisation.
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The Programme and Budget were adopted by the Conference on 19 June 1975.
See this page, section (a) regarding the 61st Session of the Conference.
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With a view to determining whether to include any new items on the agenda of
the 1977 Session beyond those indicated above, the Governing Body decided that at
its 198th (November 1975) Session law and practice reports or more detailed
proposals should be submitted to it on the following four subjects :
Freedom of association and procedures for determining conditions of employment in the public service;
New social security standards on employment benefits ;
Revision of the Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised),
1932 (No. 32);
Hours of work and rest periods in road transport.
REPORTS ON THE WORK OF
(a) THE FACT-FINDING AND CONCILIATION COMMISSION ON
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION CONCERNING THE CASE OF CHILE; AND
(b) THE COMMISSION APPOINTED UNDER ARTICLE 26 OF THE CONSTITUTION
TO EXAMINE THE OBSERVANCE BY CHILE OF THE HOURS OF WORK
(INDUSTRY) CONVENTION, 1919 (No. 1), AND THE DISCRIMINATION
(EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION) CONVENTION, 1958 (No.
Ill)
Report of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association
concerning the Case of Chile
The Governing Body decided—
(a) to note with grave concern the Commission's report;
(b) to call upon the Government of Chile to implement the recommendations of the
Commission and to give the Director-General a progress report not later than
1 October 1975 on the action taken;
(c) to request the Director-General to provide the Chilean Government with copies
of the report and ask it to take the necessary measures for its widest distribution
in Chile ;
(d) to transmit the report:
(i) to the 1975 Session of the International Labour Conference;
(ii) to the United Nations ;
(iii) to all member governments of the ILO and to organisations of employers
and workers ; and
(iv) to public information media;
(e) to ask the Director-General to submit to the Governing Body at its November
1975 Session a full report on the action taken by Chile to implement the
recommendations of the Commission ;
(f) to take note of the fact that the Government of Chile has replied favourably to
the request of the Governing Body in connection with the setting up and
operation of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of
Association.
Report of the Commission Appointed under Article 26 of the Constitution
to Examine the Observance by Chile of
the Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1), and
the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill)
The Governing Body took note of the report.
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REPORT OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION
FOR TRADE UNIONISTS
(Geneva, 9-18 December 1974)
The Governing Body took note of the report and authorised the Director-General
to transmit it to governments and through them to workers' and employers'
organisations, to the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation, and to the international non-governmental organisations
with consultative status.
Furthermore, it invited the Director-General to take account of the suggestions in
the paragraphs of the report concerning the role of the ILO with respect to economic
education for trade unionists in formulating future proposals for ILO action.
REPORT OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON WORKERS' EDUCATION METHODS
AND TECHNIQUES FOR RURAL WORKERS AND THEIR ORGANISATIONS
(Geneva, 4-13 February 1975)
The Governing Body took note of the report and authorised the Director-General
to transmit it to governments of member States and through them to the workers'
and employers' organisations, to the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture
Organisation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
and the United Nations Development Programme, and to non-governmental organisations having consultative status and other non-governmental organisations concerned, as well as to other interested circles.
It also invited the Director-General to take account of the suggestions in
paragraphs 9 and 56 to 64 of the report in formulating future proposals for ILO
action in this field.
Furthermore, it was agreed that the Director-General would, in the communication transmitting the report to the governments of member States, include forms for
the use of the employers' and workers' organisations in acknowledging the receipt of
the report transmitted to them through their governments; such forms, duly
completed, would be sent back direct to the ILO.
REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to transmit the report and
conclusions of the Technical Conference on the Public Service to the governments of
ILO member States and through them to the employers' and workers' organisations,
to the international organisations concerned, and to the non-governmental organisations with consultative status and the other non-governmental organisations concerned.
REPORT OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
AND TREATMENT IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE EUROPEAN REGION
(a) took note of the report ;
(b) authorised the Director-General to communicate it to governments of member
States and, through them, to employers' and workers' organisations, as well as
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to international intergovernmental organisations and to the non-governmental
organisations having consultative status and other non-governmental organisations concerned ;
(c) requested the Committee on Discrimination to examine the report at the
198th Session of the Governing Body (November 1975), together with previous
reports concerning other regions, and to submit proposals concerning any
further effect to be given to it in relation to future ILO action on elimination of
discrimination.
It was agreed that the report should be revised to incorporate the statement made
by the worker participants in the Symposium and reproduced in the annex to the
report.
The Governing Body had before it the 150th, 151st and 152nd Reports of its
150th Report
The 150th Report was examined and approved at the second sitting, but the
Governing Body postponed examination of the case relating to Jamaica pending
consideration by the Committee of the further information supplied by the Government.
151st Report
The 151st Report was examined and approved at the second sitting.
152nd Report
The Governing Body decided to examine this report at its session immediately
following the Conference.
REPORTS OF THE PROGRAMME, FINANCIAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
On the basis of the reports of its Programme, Financial and Administrative
Committee and of the recommendations contained therein the Governing Body took
the decisions that are summarised below.
As regards the Draft Programme and Budget for 1976-77, the Governing Body,
on the basis of proposals submitted to it in connection with budgetary adjustments,
confirmed the amount provided in respect of 1976 in Part IV (Partial provision for
effects of exchange rate adjustments) as recommended by it to the Conference for
adoption. It also modified the Draft Programme recommended by it to the Conference to provide for various adjustments in connection with the World Employment
Conference, other meetings, the ILO house journal and contributions to pensions
funds, none of which involved any change in the over-all budget. Lastly, it approved
several regradings, the corresponding changes to be made in the Draft Programme
and Budget for 1976-77 as recommended by the Governing Body to the Conference.
The Governing Body reappointed Mr. Lars Lindmark external auditor of the
Organisation and Mr. Sven D. Ivarsson deputy external auditor for a further period
of two years from 1 April 1976.
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The texts of these reports are reproduced in Official Bulletin, 1975, Series B.
As regards personnel questions, the Governing Body approved, with effect from
1 June 1975, amendments to the Staff Regulations relating to the repatriation grant
(Article 11.15), the definition of dependants for the purposes of compensation in the
event of illness, injury or death resulting from the performance of official duties
(Annex II), and the addition to the Staff Regulations of amendments to make it
possible to give effect to decisions taken by the International Civil Service Commission (Article 14.5). It took note of a statement by the staff representative and of
information concerning the ILO Staff Pensions Fund.
Finally, the Governing Body also took note of current information on various
other financial and administrative matters.
REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE FINANCING
OF THE EXPENSES OF CONFERENCE DELEGATIONS
The Governing Body decided to report on the situation to the Conference and, in
its new composition which would result from the elections of June 1975, to proceed
with further consideration of the various issues of principle and practice which had
now been identified in relation to the financing of expenses of Conference delegations.
REPORT OF THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE
The Governing Body took note of the sections of the report that concerned the
contributions of Haiti, the assessment of the contributions of new member States and
the scales of contributions to the budget for 1976 and 1977 (adjustment of the scales
consequent on entry of new Member).
It also authorised the Allocations Committee to continue its work, if necessary,
after the meetings of the Governing Body on 31 May 1975 and to submit its report
direct to the Finance Committee of Government Representatives of the Conference.
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and
Similar Establishments: Effect to Be Given to the Conclusions
and Resolutions of the Meeting
(a) to communicate the reports, conclusions and resolutions adopted by the Second
Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments—
(i) to governments, informing them that the Governing Body had taken note of
those texts and inviting them to transmit the texts to the employers' and
workers' organisations concerned; and
(ii) to the international organisations of employers and workers which have
consultative status;
(b) to draw the particular attention of governments to the Report and Conclusions
(No. 13) concerning Conditions of Work and Life of Migrant and Seasonal
Workers Employed in Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments and to
the Report and Conclusions (No. 14) concerning Vocational Training of
Managers and Workers in Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments.
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Effect Given to the Conclusions and Resolutions Adopted by the First Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments
The Governing Body asked the Director-General—
(a) to draw the attention of governments and, through them, that of the employers'
and workers' organisations concerned and also the attention of the international
organisations of employers and workers which have consultative status to the
conclusions and resolutions set out in section I, Group C, of the classification
adopted by the Working Party on the Effect Given to the Conclusions and
Resolutions Adopted by the First Tripartite Technical Meeting; and
(b) to continue to give attention to the conclusions and resolutions set out in
section II, Group B, of the classification, with a view to giving effect to the
requests addressed to the Office therein under the ILO's Programme of
Industrial Activities.
It also instructed the Director-General to take any measures which might be
necessary to give effect to the suggestions contained in resolution No. 18 on the
implementation of the conclusions and resolutions adopted by the First Tripartite
Technical Meeting.
Establishment of a Standing Industrial Committee for the Hotel, Restaurant and
Catering Industry
The Governing Body decided, in carrying out the fifth general review of the
membership of the Industrial and analogous Committees (November 1976), to take
account of the wish expressed in resolution No. 17 concerning future action of the
ILO in this field.
Agenda of the Next Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar
Establishments and Future ILO Activities in that Field
The Governing Body asked the Director-General, in the proposals he would
submit to it concerning the Programme of Industrial Activities, to take account of
the request made by the meeting that he should carry out surveys on the social
problems in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments in developing countries
and the reasons for instability of employment in these establishments, subjects
proposed for inclusion in the agenda of the next meeting, and publish the results of
those surveys.
ILO Technical Co-operation Activities in Vocational Training in the Tourist Industry
The Governing Body asked the Director-General to take account, in the proposals
which he would submit to the Governing Body concerning the ILO's operational
programmes, of the wish expressed by the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting in
resolution No. 15 concerning technical co-operation activities in the tourist industry.
It also asked the Director-General to take any necessary measures to give effect to
the suggestions in the above-mentioned resolution and in resolution No. 16
concerning the tripartite structure and programme of the ILO.
Application of Conventions Nos. 87 and 98
The Director-General was requested, when communicating the reports, conclusions and resolutions adopted by the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting to
governments, to draw their special attention to resolution No. 19 concerning the
application of the provisions of these Conventions.
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Safety, Health and Welfare
Similarly, the Governing Body authorised the Director-General, in communicating the reports, conclusions and resolutions adopted by the Second Tripartite
Technical Meeting to governments, to draw their special attention and that of the
employers' and workers' organisations concerned to resolution No. 20 concerning
safety, health and welfare.
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries:
Effect to Be Given to the Conclusions and Resolutions of the Meeting
(a) to communicate the texts adopted by the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting
for the Woodworking Industries (i) to governments, informing them that the
communicate the texts to the employers' and workers' organisations concerned,
and (ii) to the international organisations of employers and workers having
consultative status ; and
(b) to draw the special attention of governments to (i) the Report and Conclusions
(No. 5) concerning the Woodworking Industries and the Creation of Employment, (ii) the Report and Conclusions (No. 6) concerning the Training of
Managers and Workers in the Woodworking Industries, and (iii) the Memorandum [No. 7] concerning the Effect Given, and to Be Given, to the Conclusions
and Resolutions of Tripartite Technical Meetings for the Woodworking Industries.
The Woodworking Industries and the Creation of Employment
The Governing Body also authorised the Director-General, when planning the
future work of the Office, to bear in mind the wish expressed by the meeting in
paragraph 11 of Conclusions No. 5 concerning the woodworking industries and the
creation of employment.
The Training of Managers and Workers
The Governing Body further authorised the Director-General to bear in mind,
when planning the future programme of work of the Office, the views expressed by
the meeting in paragraph 32 of Conclusions No. 6 concerning the training of
managers and workers in the woodworking industries.
The Director-General was also authorised—
(a) to bear in mind, in connection with the technical co-operation activities of the
Office, the views expressed in paragraphs 33 to 38 of Conclusions No. 6; and
(b) to bring Conclusions No. 6 to the attention of the International Centre for
Advanced Technical and Vocational Training and the Inter-American Vocational Training Research and Documentation Centre (CINTERFOR), drawing
the attention of those two bodies to paragraphs 32 and 35 of that text.
Action to Implement the Conclusions and Resolutions of ILO Tripartite Technical
Meetings for the Woodworking Industries
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to publish in the Official
Bulletin the Classification of the Conclusions and Resolutions Adopted by the First
Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries, 1967, and, with an
appropriate reference number, the Memorandum concerning the Effect Given, and to
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Be Given, to the Conclusions and Resolutions of Tripartite Technical Meetings for
the Woodworking Industries.
Furthermore, as regards the Memorandum [No. 7] concerning the Effect Given,
and to Be Given, to the Conclusions and Resolutions of Tripartite Technical Meetings
for the Woodworking Industries, the Governing Body—
(a) fully endorsed the views set forth in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the Memorandum;
(b) authorised the Director-General, when preparing for any further major
industrial meeting which might, as part of the ILO Programme of Industrial
Activities, be held for the woodworking industries, to give effect to the wish
expressed in paragraph 5 of the Memorandum ; and
(c) authorised the Director-General to bear in mind, when planning the future
programme of work of the Office, the wishes set forth in paragraph 6 of the
Memorandum.
Revision of the Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119)
The Governing Body requested the Director-General, when planning the future
work of the Office in the field of occupational safety, to bear in mind the views of the
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries as set forth in
its resolution No. 8 concerning the improvement of protective devices for machinery
in these industries.
Future ILO Action for the Woodworking Industries
(a) authorised the Director-General, when planning the future programme of work
of the Office, to bear in mind the wishes of the meeting as set forth in resolution
No. 9 concerning future ILO activities, in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of
resolution No. 10 concerning the studies to be undertaken and in paragraph (3)
of resolution No. 11 concerning the establishment of a tripartite committee of
the ILO for these industries; and
(b) decided to bear in mind, when considering future proposals for the programme
and budget of the Organisation, the wishes expressed by the meeting in
paragraph (4) of resolution No. 10 and in paragraphs (1) and (2) of resolution
No. 11.
Second Session of the Joint Committee on the Public Service
The Governing Body took note of the composition of the Joint Committee. 1
Invitation of Non-Governmental International Organisations to the Second Session
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following nongovernmental international organisations to be represented at the Second Session of
the Joint Committee on the Public Service :
Caribbean Public Services Association.
International Council of Nurses.
International Federation of Employees in Public Service.
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International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
International Union of Police Associations.
Latin American Confederation of State Workers.
World Trade Union Confederation of Teachers.
Ninth Session of the Iron and Steel Committee :
Invitation of Non-Governmental International Organisations
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following nongovernmental international organisations to be represented at the Ninth Session of
the Iron and Steel Committee :
Trade Unions International of Workers in the Metal Industry (WFTU).
World Federation for the Metallurgie Industry (WCL).
Eighth Session of the Chemical Industries Committee :
Invitation of Non-Governmental International Organisations
The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following nongovernmental international organisations to be represented at the Eighth Session of
the Chemical Industries Committee:
International Federation of Chemical and General Workers' Unions.
International Federation of Christian Trade Unions in Various Industries.
International Federation of Executive Staffs in the Chemical and Allied Industries.
International Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Workers.
Trade Unions International of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers.
World Federation of Trade Unions of Non-Manual Workers.
It also authorised the Director-General to invite the European Council of
Chemical Manufacturers' Federations (CEFIC) to be represented at the Eighth
Session of the Chemical Industries Committee.
Revised Programme of Industrial Meetings, 1976-77
The Governing Body decided that the programme of major industrial meetings
for 1976-77 should consist of the following:
1976—Chemical Industries Committee (Eighth Session);
Coal Mines Committee (Tenth Session) ;
Committee on Work on Plantations (Seventh Session);
1977—Building, Civil Engineering and Public Works Committee (Ninth Session);
Metal Trades Committee (Tenth Session) ;
Tripartite Technical Meeting for Civil Aviation;
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it being understood that the Ninth Session of the Building, Civil Engineering and
Public Works Committee would be held early in 1977 and that the Tenth Session of
the Textiles Committee and the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Food
Products and Drink Industries would be held early in 1978.
Other Questions
Memorandum of the International Trade Union Seminar on the Social Consequences
Automation and Technological Advance in Rail Transport (Frankfurt-on-Main, 23
October 1974)
COMPOSITION AND AGENDA OF COMMITTEES AND
OF VARIOUS MEETINGS
Standing Bodies
Panel of Consultants on Occupational Cancer
The Governing Body approved the appointment of the following persons,
nominated after consultation with the Employers' group, as members of the Panel
for a period expiring on 31 May 1980:
Dr. Cyrus Eskandari (Iran), Chief Occupational Physician, Petroleum Industry,
Abadan.
Dr. Alexander Munn (United Kingdom), Division Medical Officer, Imperial
Chemical Industries Ltd.
Dr. Georges Smagghe (France), Medical expert, Head of Medical and Toxicology
Department, Ugine-Kuhlman S.A.
Substitutes :
Dr. James Wallace Charters (Canada), Corporate Medical Director, Steel
Company of Canada Ltd.
Dr. S. Holmes (Nigeria), Chief Physicist, TBA Industrial Products Ltd.
Dr. Lepoutre (Belgium), Occupational Physician, Eternit S.A.
Dr. Pablo Purriel (Uruguay), Assistant Director, Institute of Phthisiology.
Dr. P. V. Thacker (India), Chief Industrial Health Officer, Tata Services Ltd.
Mr. Ugo Viviani (Italy), Head of Social Welfare Department, Montedison
Company.
Panel of Consultants on Workers' Education
The Governing Body approved the appointment of the following persons as
members of the Panel for a period expiring on 31 May 1980:
Mr. Khelifa Abid (Tunisia), Deputy General Secretary of the Tunisian General
Labour Union, responsible for vocational and trade union training.
Mr. Max Bailor (Sierra Leone), Director, Education Department, Sierra Leone
Labour Congress, Freetown.
Mr. Tom Bavin1, General Secretary, International Federation of Plantation,
Agricultural and Allied Workers, Geneva.
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Reappointment.
Mr. Daniel Benedict1, Education Director, International Federation of Free
Teachers' Unions, Brussels.
Mr. André Braconier1, General Secretary, International Federation of Free
Teachers' Unions, Brussels.
Mr. Peer Carlsen 1, Deputy General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels.
Mr. M. A. Chansarkar 1 (India), Director, Central Board for Workers' Education, Nagpur.
Mr. Bernardo Cobos * (Mexico), Director, Workers' Education Institute, Confederation of Mexican Workers, Mexico City.
Mr. Marcel David 1 (France), Director, Institute of Labour and Social Studies,
Sorbonne University, Paris.
Mr. Walter Davis 1 (United States), Education Director, American Federation of
Labor-Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO), Washington, DC.
Mr. J. Delaby (France), member of the Governing Board, International Trade
Union Technical Co-operation Institute, Bierville.
Mr. Jean Diallo1, Education Officer, Panafrican Foundation for Economic,
Social and Cultural Development, Bathurst, Gambia.
Mr. J. C. Dikshit (India), Director, Central Institute of Workers' Education,
Indian National Trade Union Congress.
Mr. René Duhamel1 (France), Secretary, General Confederation of Labour, Paris.
Mr. Heinz Eckert (Federal Republic of Germany), Chief, Trade Union Training
Department, Executive Board, German Confederation of Trade Unions
(DGB).
Mr. Akiva Eger x (Israel), Director, Afro-Asian Institute for Co-operative and
Labour Studies, Tel Aviv.
Mr. El-Sayed Moustafa Abdul-Latif El-Zeftawy (Egypt), Secretary for Workers'
Education and Training, Egyptian Federation of Labour; Member of the
Technical Committee of the Egyptian Institute for Workers' Education,
Cairo.
Mr. Pierre Galoni1 (France), Confederal Secretary, General Confederation of
Làbour-Force Ouvrière, Paris.
Mr. Angelo di Gioia 1 (Italy), Director, Giuseppe Vittorio Trade Union School,
Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), Rome.
Mr. S. Halin (Sweden), Swedish Trade Union Congress (LO), Stockholm.
Mr. Bert Hepworth 1 (Canada), Education Director, Canadian Labour Congress,
Ottawa.
Mr. M. D. Hughes (United Kingdom), Principal, Ruskin College, Oxford.
Mr. K. Hummel, General Secretary, International Federation of Workers'
Educational Associations, Vienna.
Mr. Roy Jackson (United Kingdom), Head, Education Department, Trades
Union Congress, London.
Mr. J. R. Kidd x (Canada, Institute of Adult Education, University of Toronto.
Mr. R. Lebescond 1 (France), Expert for Permanent Education, French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT), Paris.
Mr. H. Levine 1 (United States), Director, Labour Education Centre, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Mr. R. R. Martin1, Director, Training and Research Institute, Brotherhood of
Asian Trade Unionists, Manila.
Mr. J. U. Montemayor* (Philippines), General Secretary, Federation of Free
Farmers, Manila.
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Mr. Franz Mrkvicka1 (Austria), Education Officer, Austrian Federation of Trade
Unions, Vienna.
Mr. Daniel Pedersen1, Director of Education, International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions, Brussels.
Mr. José Jesus de la Plana1, Director, Latin American Institute of Social Studies
" Humberto Valdez " (ILATES), Caracas.
Mr. N. Rebello, Centre of Technical Co-operation and Research in the Field of
Workers' Education (CECOTRET), Geneva.
Mr. Peter Rosenfeld 1 (United Kingdom), Education Officer, Union of Shop,
Distributive and Allied Workers, Manchester.
Mr. Henri Sinno, Education Officer, World Federation of Trade Unions, Prague.
Mr. Bernard Tampungu1 (Zaire), Education Officer, National Confederation of
Workers of Zaire (UNTZA), Kinshasa.
Mr. Nguyen van Tanh, Assistant General Secretary in charge of education,
World Confederation of Labour, Brussels.
Mr. C. Wedelx (Federal Republic of Germany), Education Officer, Friedrich
Ebert Foundation, Bonn.
Mr. Afif Zeinaty 1 (Lebanon), Member, Permanent Committee of Trade Union
Training and Workers' Education, Beirut.
Joint Committee on the Public Service
The Governing Body approved the appointment of the following persons as
members of the Committee :
Mr. Antonio Baldassini (Argentina), General Secretary, Federation of Postal and
Telegraph Employees.
Mr. André Braconier (Belgium), Belgian General Federation of Labour (FGTB) ;
General Secretary, International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions.
Mr. Rafael Chacon Mogollón (Venezuela), Venezuelan Confederation of Workers (CTV) ; National Federation of Workers in Educational Institutes.
Mr. Mohammed Ezzedine (Tunisia), Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT);
General Secretary of the Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Workers' Federation.
Mr. Frank van Hest (Netherlands), Central Secretary, Catholic Union of Public
Services Staff.
Mr. Mario Hikl (Canada), Legislative Director, Canadian Union of Public
Employees.
Mr. G. Kandasamy (Singapore), General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of
Public Employees.
Mr. J. Lorenò (Czechoslovakia), Chairman, Federation of State Services Workers.
Mr. William McClennan (United States), President, Public Employees Department, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organisations
(AFL-CIO).
Mr. G. Makeyev (USSR), President, State Institutions Workers' Unions.
Mr. Sigward Marjasin (Sweden), Swedish Municipal Workers' Union.
Mr. Kimani Wa Nyoike (Kenya), General Secretary, Kenya Civil Servants'
Union.
Mr. Kazuo Oikawa (Japan), President, All-Japan Telecommunications Workers'
Union (SOHYO).
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Mr. C. T. H. Plant (United Kingdom), Member, General Council, Trades Union
Congress; General Secretary, Inland Revenue Staff Federation.
Mr. Blaise Robel (Madagascar), Federation of National Public Servants.
Mr. Gerhard Schmidt (Federal Republic of Germany), Member of the Executive
Board, German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB).
Substitutes :
Mr. Martin Akquaye (Ghana), Ghana Trade Union Congress; General
Secretary, Post and Telecommunications Workers' Union.
Mr. Zouhair Ashour (Syrian Arab Republic), President, Occupational Federation of Public Service Workers.
Mr. Thomas Bediako (Ghana), National Association of Teachers.
Mr. Miklos Besenyel (Hungary), General Secretary, Hungarian Postal and
Telegraph Employees' Union.
Mr. André Delaveau (France), French Democratic Confederation of Labour
(CFDT) ; General Secretary, General Federation of Government Servants.
Mr. Angel Garcia (Cuba), President, National Union of Medical Workers.
Mr. Derek Gladwin (United Kingdom), National Union of General and
Municipal Workers.
Mr. S. V. Gole (India), General Secretary, National Municipal and Local
Bodies Workers' Federation.
Mr. Carlos A. Herrera Morillo (Costa Rica), National Association of
Teachers.
Mr. T. Narendran (Malaysia), Deputy President, Malaysian Trades Union
Congress; President, CUEPACS.
Mr. François Nouroumby (Congo), General Secretary, Federation of
Employees of the General Administration and of Municipalities.
Mr. Hans Waas (Austria), Civil Servants' Union.
Mr. L. C. D. Wickremasinghe (Sri Lanka), President, Union of Post and
Telecommunication Officers.
Joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation
concerning the Status of Teachers
The Governing Body approved the appointment of Mr. Rex Nettleford (Jamaica)
as a member of the Committee until 31 December 1976, in replacement of Mr. Zin
Henry (Jamaica) who had resigned.
Meetings
Meetings of Experts on Migrant Workers
Composition
The Governing Body authorised its Officers to approve nominations for participation in the Meeting to be made on the proposal of governments from the following
countries :
Regular members :
Algeria.
Argentina.
France.
Federal Republic of Germany.
Ghana.
Italy.
Mexico.
United States.
Upper Volta.
Yugoslavia.
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Substitutes :
Canada.
Colombia.
Ivory Coast.
Mali.
Morocco.
Spain.
Sweden.
Switzerland.
Turkey.
Venezuela.
persons, nominated after consultation with the Workers' group, to attend the
meeting:
Mr. Gilberto Acosta Bernal (Mexico), Federation of Workers of Mexico (CTM).
Mr. Giambattista Cavazzuti (Italy), Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions
(CISL).
Mr. Louis Chedemois (France), General Confederation of Labour (CGT).
Mr. Georges Cogne (Belgium), Belgian General Federation of Labour (FGTB).
Mr. Americo da Costa Perreira (Portugal), Central Association of Trade Unions.
Mr. Alfredo Di Pacce (Argentina), Social Training Institute for the South
(INCASUR).
Mrs. Ursula Engelen Kefer (Federal Republic of Germany), German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB).
Mr. Urs Hauser (Sweden), Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).
Mr. Patrick Kerwin (Canada), Canadian Labour Congress.
Mr. Manuel Maduro (Luxembourg), Confederation of Luxembourg Christian
Trade Unions (LCGB).
Substitutes :
Mr. ônder Aker (Turkey), Confederation of Turkish Workers' Unions (TurkIs).
Mr. W. Cerfeda (Italy), Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL).
Mr. P. Evain (France), French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT).
Agenda
The Governing Body approved the following revised agenda for the meeting :
1. Review of the ILO programme for migrant workers and proposals for its future
orientation.
2. Exchange of views on the problems raised by the departure from their countries
of employment and the return to their countries of origin of migrant workers who
have lost their employment as a result of the present economic difficulties.
Meeting of Selected Members of the Committee of Social Security Experts
persons to attend the meeting:
Members of the Committee Nominated to Attend the Meeting after Consultation
with the Employers' Group of the Governing Body :
Mr. Marwan Nasr (Lebanon), Executive Officer, Association of Lebanese Industrialists.
Substitute :
Mr. Kyuma Tanno (Japan), Executive Director, International Division, Japan
Federation of Employers' Associations.
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Mr. David Richmond (Kenya), Member, Advisory Council, Kenya National
Security Fund; Executive Officer, Federation of Kenya Employers.
Substitute :
Mr. A. J. Etukudo (Nigeria), Secretary, Nigeria Bankers' (Employers')
Association.
Mrs. G. Seeuws (France), Director, Social Security Division, Federation of
Metallurgical and Mining Industries.
Substitute :
Mr. Werner Doetsch (Federal Republic of Germany), Director, Social Security
Division, German Confederation of Employers' Associations.
Dr. A. Terra Illaraz (Uruguay), Professor of Medicine; Industrialist; Member,
Central Family Allowances Board and Chamber of Industry.
Substitute :
Mr. Rafael Lebrija Saavedra (Mexico), Employer Representative, Technical
Board, Mexican Social Insurance Institute.
Members of the Committee Nominated to Attend the Meeting after Consultation
with the Workers' Group of the Governing Body :
Mr. M'Hamed Ouestlati (Tunisia), Tunisian General Labour Union.
Mr. Alfred Schmidt (Federal Republic of Germany), Social Policy Department,
Executive Board, German Confederation of Trade Unions.
Mr. Bert Seidman (United States), Director, Department of Social Security,
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organisations.
Mr. Jozsef Vincze (Hungary), Officer in charge of social security affairs, General
Council of Hungarian Trade Unions.
Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia
persons, nominated after consultation with the Employers' group, to attend the
meeting:
Mr. E. Ratnanayake (Sri Lanka), Labour Relations Officer, Ceylon Estates
Mr. Oentoeng Soetomo, SH (Indonesia), Employers' Association of Indonesia
(PUSPI).
Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining
persons, nominated after consultation with the Employers' group, to attend the
meeting :
Mr. Nério S. W. Battendieri (Brazil), Attorney-at-law, Legal Adviser, National
Confederation of Industry.
Mr. Wilfried Beirnaert (Belgium), Assistant to the Director-General, Federation
of Belgian Enterprises.
Mrs. Sevil Calp (Turkey), Vice-President, Turkish Coal Mines Employers'
Association.
Mr. Sidney Chambers (Jamaica), Executive Vice-President, Jamaica Employers'
Federation.
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Mr. Vilhelm Dahl (Norway), Deputy Director-General, Norwegian Employers'
Confederation.
Mr. Murrey Dubinsky, (Canada), Vice-President (Corporate Affairs) and Company Secretary, Trimac Ltd.
Mr. Raúl García Astaburuaga (Chile), Attorney-at-law, Employers' representative on the Committee on Reform of the Labour Code in Chile.
Mr. Basilio Horta (Portugal), Executive Committee Member, Confederation of
Portuguese Industry.
Mr. Ichiro Miyamoto (Japan), Secretary-General, Japan Federation of Employers' Associations.
Mr. J. C. Ramsay (United Kingdom), Personnel Director, British Aluminium Co.
Ltd.
Mr. David Richemond (Kenya), Executive Director, Federation of Kenya
Employers.
Mr. O. S. van der Veen (Netherlands), Secretary, Federation of Netherlands
Industry.
Mr. R. L. N. Vijayanagar (India), Secretary, Millowners' Association, Bombay.
Mr. Whang Jung-Hyun (Republic of Korea), Secretary-General, Korean Employers' Association.
Mr. Ebenezer Ato Williams (Ghana), Barrister-at-law, Assistant Chief Executive,
Ghana Employers' Association.
Substitutes :
Mr. Enzo Boghetich (Italy), Head of Collective Agreements and Trade Union
Relations Department, General Confederation of Italian Industry.
Mr. Mete Bozkurt (Turkey), Head of Personnel Department, Joint TurkishGerman Medicine Plant Corporation.
Mr. S. R. De Silva (Sri Lanka), Deputy Secretary, Employers' Federation of
Ceylon.
Mr. Peter Knevels (Federal Republic of Germany), Attorney-at-law, Head of
Wages and Collective Bargaining Policy Department, Confederation of
German Employers' Associations.
Mr. Raúl Lerena Castro (Uruguay), Attorney-at-law, Legal Adviser, National
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. A. L. Perera (Sri Lanka), Secretary of Industrial Relations, Ceylon
Estates Employers' Federation.
Mr. Ame Sandell (Sweden), Deputy Director, Negotiation Department,
Swedish Employers' Confederation.
Mr. Peniti Somerto (Finland), Head of Collective Bargaining Department,
Finnish Employers' Confederation.
Mr. Cetin Tokcan (Turkey), General Manager, Eczacibaji Holding Inc.
Information on Symposia and on Seminars and Similar Meetings
Provided For under the Regular Budget, 1974-75
meetings: Round Table on the Role of Employers' Organisations in Latin America;
Seminar on National and International Labour Standards for Labour Administration Officials of Countries of the Caribbean ; Study Meeting on International
Labour Standards for Workers' Delegates and Advisers Attending the Eighth Asian
Regional Conference.
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Information on Meetings Financed from Extra-Budgetary Resources
meetings: Asian Regional Seminar on the Role of Labour Administrations in
Population Education and Family Planning in the Organised Sector; Asian Regional
Symposium of National Specialists on Population Aspects of Rural Social Security;
Subregional Seminar on Co-operative Education and Family Welfare (Central
America); Dock Labour Seminar for Latin America; Seminar on Co-operative
Management (English-speaking African countries).
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNICAL
AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Report on the Twenty-First Session of the Board of the Centre
The Governing Body took note of the Centre's revised Programme and Budget
for the period 1 August 1973-31 July 1975 and of the Programme and Budget for the
period 1 August 1975-31 July 1977.
Obituary
the death of Mr. Claude Jodoin, a former Workers' delegate of Canada to the
International Labour Conference and a former Workers' deputy member of the
Governing Body, to his family and to the Canadian Labour Congress ; on the death
of Mr. Konrad Nordahl, a former Workers' delegate of Norway to the International
Labour Conference, a former Workers' deputy member, and subsequently a regular
member, of the Governing Body, to his family and to the General Confederation of
Trade Unions in Norway; and on the death of Lord McNair of Gleniffer (United
Kingdom), a former member and Reporter of the Committee of Experts on the
Application of Conventions, Chairman of the Committee on the Freedom of
Employers' and Workers' Organisations, established in 1955, to his son and
daughters.
Composition of the Organisation
Composition of the Governing Body
Internal Administration
The Governing Body took note of these sections of the report.
The Governing Body decided that a meeting of all European regular and deputy
members of the Governing Body should be held after the 198th Session of the
Governing Body, on 24 and 25 November 1975.
It fixed the agenda of the meeting as follows :
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1. Review of current European activities and those proposed in the Programme and
Budget for 1976-77 in the light of the resolutions adopted by the Second
European Regional Conference and recent events and developments in Europe.
2. Form and periodicity of future meetings to discuss European activities and
programmes of the ILO and their financial implications.
Action on the Resolution concerning the Policy of Discrimination, Racism
and Violation of Trade Union Freedoms and Rights Practised by the Israeli Authorities
in Palestine and in the Other Occupied Arab Territories
The Governing Body took note of the measures mentioned in the report and
instructed the Director-General to report to it on any developments in the situation.
Appointment of Deputy Director-General
Appointment of Assistant Director-General
The Governing Body noted that, after having duly consulted the Officers of the
Governing Body, the Director-General had decided to appoint Mr. Surendra K. Jain
(India) as Deputy Director-General and Dr. Salih K. Burgan (Jordan) as Assistant
Director-General for a period of five years from 1 June 1975.
Reports of the Working Party on Structure
The Governing Body took note of these reports.
Participation of Non-Metropolitan Territories as Observers in
the 60th (1975) Session of the International Labour Conference
The Governing Body agreed that Papua New Guinea should be invited through
the Government of Australia, Surinam through the Government of the Netherlands,
Angola through the Government of Portugal and Belize through the Government of
the United Kingdom to send tripartite observer delegations to the 60th Session of the
International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions.
International Council of Social Democratic Women.
International Federation of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers.
International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations.
International Young Christian Workers.
Latin American Central of Workers.
Trade Unions International of Workers in the Metal Industry.
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Union of European Associations of Bank Employees.
Women's International Democratic Federation.
World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations.
Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body
Representation of the International Secretariat for Volunteer Service at the International Labour Conference
The Governing Body decided to extend to the International Secretariat for
Volunteer Service an invitation to be represented at the 60th and subsequent sessions
of the International Labour Conference.
Representation of the East African Community at the International Labour Conference
The Governing Body decided to extend to the East African Community an
invitation to be represented at the 60th and subsequent sessions of the International
Labour Conference.
Request by a Non-Governmental Organisation to Be Represented at the 60th (1975)
Session of the International Labour Conference
The Governing Body decided to invite the International Catholic Girls' Society to
be represented at the 60th (1975) Session of the International Labour Conference, it
being understood that it would be for the Selection Committee of the Conference to
consider its request to participate in the work of the committees dealing with the
items on the agenda in which it had expressed an interest.
OTHER MATTERS
Arrest and Detention of Mr. Beyene Solomon, Deputy Workers' Member of •
the Governing Body, and of Other Trade Union Leaders in Ethiopia
Note was taken of the Director-General's statement regarding further action to
secure the release of the arrested trade union leaders.
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of the International Labour Office1
(Geneva, 26 June 1975)
held in Geneva on Thursday 26 June 1975.
1. Election of Officers for 1975-76.
2. Appointment of Governing Body committees and of members of regional
advisory committees and various bodies.,
3. Report of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of
Association concerning Lesotho.
4. Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association.
5. Report of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee.
8. Questions arising out of the 60th Session of the International Labour
Conference.
ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY
FOR 1975-76
The Governing Body elected Mr. P. H. Cook, representative of the Government
of Australia on the Governing Body, as its Chairman for the year 1975-76.
It elected Mr. Bergenstrôm as Employers' Vice-Chairman and Mr. Morris as
Workers' Vice-Chairman for the year 1975-76.
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNING BODY COMMITTEES AND OF
MEMBERS OF REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND VARIOUS BODIES
Appointment of Governing Body Committees
On the proposal of the groups the Governing Body constituted its various
committees as follows:
'See footnote 1, p. 193 (196th Session).
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Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee
Government group :
Brazil.
Canada.
Cuba.
France.
Hungary.
India.
Iran.
Italy.
Japan.
Substitutes :
Argentina.
Australia.
Austria.
Burundi.
China.
Colombia.
Greece.
Indonesia.
Kuwait.
Employers'" group :
Mr. Abate.
Mr. Bergenstròm.
Mr. Coates.
Mr. Conde Bandrés.
Mr. Moukoko Kingue.
Mr. Oechslin.
Mr. Ola.
Substitutes :
Mr. Asfour.
Mr. Chambers.
Mr. Diallo Dramey.
Mr. Lindner.
Workers' group :
Mr. Brown.
Mr. Makhlouf.
Mr. Mehta.
Mr. Morris.
Mr. Muhr.
Mr. Odeyemi.
Substitutes :
Mr. Coffie.
Mr. González Navarro.
Mr. Haraguchi.
Mr. Hawke.
Liberia.
Mexico.
Pakistan.
Tunisia.
USSR.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Yugoslavia.
Zaire.
Norway.
Poland.
Romania.
Somalia.
Sri Lanka.
Thailand.
Togo.
Turkey.
Venezuela.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Polites.
Richan.
Smith.
Végh Garzón.
Vitaic Jakasa.
Yoshimura.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Martínez Espino O.
Nasr.
Polese.
Zalila.
Pimenov.
Plant.
Salanne.
Sánchez Madariaga.
Sunde.
Zaidi.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Herreras.
Robel.
Sudono.
Weissenberg.
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Allocations Committee
Government group :
Canada.
China.
Colombia.
France.
India.
Substitutes :
Indonesia.
Italy.
Liberia.
Poland.
Togo.
USSR.
United States.
Japan.
Mexico.
Romania.
United Kingdom.
Committee on Standing Orders and the Application of Conventions and
Recommendations
Government group :
China.
Cuba.
France.
Guinea.
Hungary.
Iran.
Substitutes :
Australia.
Canada.
Honduras.
India.
Employers'" group :
Mr. Abate.
Mr. Bannerman-Menson.
Mr. Diallo Dramey.
Mr. Oechslin.
Substitutes :
Mr. Ahmed.
Mr. Ola.
Workers' group :
Mr. Fassina.
Substitutes :
Mr. Herreras.
Mr. Makhlouf.
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Italy.
Japan.
Tanzania.
USSR.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Indonesia.
Mauritius.
Panama.
Sri Lanka.
Sudan.
Mr. Polites.
Mr. Smith.
Mr. Vitaic Jakasa.
Mr. Polese.
Mr. Verschueren.
Mr. Mendoza.
Mr. Weissenberg.
Mr. Mercado.
Mr. Solomon.
Industrial Activities Committee
Government group :
Argentina.
Australia.
Colombia.
Hungary.
India.
Italy.
Substitutes :
Brazil.
Canada.
China.
Cuba.
Greece.
Indonesia.
Mexico.
Japan.
Panama.
Somalia.
Tunisia.
USSR.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Norway.
Poland.
Sudan.
Tanzania.
Turkey.
Yugoslavia.
Employers' group :
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ahmed.
Bannerman-Menson.
Chambers.
Coates.
Lindner.
Martínez Espino O.
Ola.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Polese.
Polites.
Richan.
Tata.
Végh Garzón.
YUanes Ramos.
Zalila.
Substitutes :
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Abate.
Bergenstròm.
Conde Bandrés.
Moukoko Kingue.
Oechslin.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Seydi.
Smith.
Verschueren.
Vitaic Jakasa.
Yoshimura.
Workers' group :
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ben-Israel.
Brown.
Coffie.
Fassina.
Haraguchi.
Mehta.
Substitutes :
Mr. Hawke.
Mr. Makhlouf.
Mr. Morris.
Mr. Pimenov.
Mr. Mercado.
Mr. Muhr.
Mrs. Munteanu.
Mr. Salanne.
Mr. Sudono.
Mr. Sunde.
Mr. Plant.
Mr. Sánchez Madariaga.
Mr. Weissenberg.
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International Organisations Committee
Government group :
China.
Honduras.
Indonesia.
Iran.
Kuwait.
Substitutes :
Austria.
Brazil.
Canada.
Colombia.
France.
Hungary.
India.
Employers' group :
Mr. Ahmed.
Mr. Conde Bandrés.
Mr. Martínez Espino 0 .
Mr. Moukoko Kingue.
Substitutes :
Mr. Abate.
Mr. Bergenstròm.
Mr. Chambers.
Workers' group :
Mr. Brown.
Mr. Hawke.
Substitutes :
Mr. Ben-Israel.
Mr. Fassina.
Mr. Gharib.
Mr. Mehta.
Committee on Operational Programmes
Government group :
Argentina.
Brazil.
Burundi.
Canada.
Colombia.
France.
India.
Iran.
Italy.
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Mexico.
Poland.
Sudan.
USSR.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Italy.
Liberia.
Sri Lanka.
Thailand.
Tunisia.
Venezuela.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Smith.
Tata.
Yllanes Ramos.
Yoshimura.
Mr. Seydi.
Mr. Végh Garzón
Mr. Kikongi di Mwir
Mr. Sunde.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mendoza.
Muhr.
Pimenov.
Robel.
Salanne.
Norway.
Pakistan.
Romania.
Somalia.
Sri Lanka.
Togo.
USSR.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Yugoslavia.
Substitutes :
Austria.
China.
Cuba.
Greece.
Guinea.
Indonesia.
Japan.
Employers' group :
Mr. Ahmed.
Mr. Bannerman-Menson.
Mr. Chambers.
Mr. Coates.
Mr. Martínez Espino O.
Mr. Nasr.
Substitutes :
Mr. Abate.
Mr. Asfour.
Mr. Bergenstròm.
Mr. Conde Bandrés.
Workers' group :
Mr. Brown.
Mr. Coffie.
Mr. Herreras.
Mr. Kikongi di Mwinsa.
Substitutes :
Mr. Gharib.
Mr. Haraguchi.
Mr. Hawke.
Mr. Mendoza.
Mr. Mercado.
Kuwait.
Liberia.
Panama.
Thailand.
Tunisia.
Turkey.
Zaire.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Polese.
Seydi.
Smith.
Végh Garzón.
Zalila.
Mr. Lindner.
Mr. Oechslin.
Mr. Yoshimura.
Mr. Mehta.
Mrs. Munteanu.
Mr. Pimenov.
Mr. Plant.
Mr. Robel.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Morris.
Salanne.
Sudono.
Weissenberg.
Committee on Freedom of Association
Government group :
India.
Substitute : Guinea.
Italy.
Substitute : France.
Employers' group :
Mr. Ghayour.
Mr. Verschueren.
Venezuela.
Substitute : Argentina.
Mr. Vitaic Jakasa.
Substitutes :
Mr. Ola.
Mr. Richan.
Workers' group :
Mr. Morris.
Mr. Odeyemi.
Substitutes :
Mr. Robel.
Mr. Sudono.
Mr. Vegh Garzón.
Mr. Yoshimura.
Mr. Sánchez Madanaga.
Mr. Sunde.
Committee on Discrimination
Government group :
France.
India.
Panama.
Sudan.
Substitutes :
Hungary.
Employers' group :
Mr. Ola.
Mr. Verschueren.
Substitutes :
Mr. Ahmed.
Mr. Chambers.
Workers' group :
Mr. Gharib.
Mr. Mercado.
Substitutes :
Mr. Haraguchi.
Mr. Makhlouf.
USSR.
United States.
Zaire.
Mr. Vitaic Jakasa.
Mr. Yoshimura.
Mr. Morris.
Mr. Odeyemi.
Mr. Mehta.
Working Party on the Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations
Government group :
Australia.
Substitute : France.
Employers' group :
Mr. Oechslin.
Mr. Smith.
Substitutes :
Mr. Ghayour.
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United States.
Mr. Vitaic Jakasa.
Mr. Nasr.
Workers' group :
Mr. Makhlouf.
Mr. Morris.
Mr. Plant.
Appointment of Members of Regional Advisory Committees
and Various Bodies
Composition of the Regional Advisory Committees for the Period 1975-1978 1
Board of the International Institute for Labour Studies
The Governing Body appointed the following of its members as members of the
Board of the International Institute for Labour Studies for a period of three years :
Government group : Mr. Ago (Italy).
Mr. Lechuga Hevia (Cuba).
Employers' group : Mr. Nasr.
Mr. Vitaic Jakasa.
Substitutes : Mr. Coates.
Mr. Diallo Dramey.
Mr. Martínez Espino O.
Mr. Moukoko Kingue.
Mr. Ola.
Mr. Polese.
Mr. Seydi.
Mr. Yoshimura.
Workers' group :
Mr. Weissenberg.
Mr. Zaidi.
Substitutes : Mr. Brown.
Mr. Makhlouf.
Mr. Plant.
Board of the International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training
(Turin)
The Governing Body appointed the following of its members as members of the
Board of the International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training
for a period of three years :
Government group :
Brazil.
Colombia.
France.
Guinea.
India.
Japan.
Romania.
Sudan.
Thailand.
United Kingdom.
2
Substitute : Venezuela.
1
See Official Bulletin, 1975, Series A, No. 1, pp. 5-8.
' One seat remains vacant for a State of chief industrial importance.
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Employers' group :
Mr. Asfour.
Mr. Chambers..
Mr. Ghayour.
Substitutes :
Mr. Coates.
Mr. Diallo Dramey.
Mr. Martinez Espino O.
Mr. Moukoko Kingue.
Workers' group :
Mr. Ben-Israel.
Mr. Fassina.
Mr. Haraguchi.
Substitutes :
Mr. Kikongi di Mwinsa.
Mr. Makhlouf.
Mr. Polese.
Mr. Végh Garzón.
Mr. Zalila.
Mr. Ola.
Mr. Richan.
Mr. Seydi.
Mr. Mercado.
Mr. Odeyemi.
Mr. Robel.
Mr. Mendoza.
Mr. Solomon.
REPORT OF THE FACT-FINDING AND CONCILIATION COMMISSION
ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION CONCERNING LESOTHO
The Governing Body took note of the report of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission and requested the Director-General—
(a) to transmit the report to the Economic and Social Council ; and
(b) to include in the annual report of the International Labour Organisation to the
United Nations an account of the work of the Commission.
It was agreed that the Director-General would inform the Governing Body in
November of the action taken by the Government of Lesotho to give effect to the
recommendations in paragraphs 126, 127, 130, 131, 133, 134 and 135 of the report of
the Commission.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
The Governing Body had before it the 152nd report of its Committee on Freedom
of Association.1
The report was examined and approved at the second sitting.
REPORT OF THE PROGRAMME, FINANCIAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
On the basis of reports and proposals presented to it orally, the Governing Body
took the decisions that are summarised below.
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For the text of this report see: Official Bulletin, 1975, Series B.
As regards the financial situation in the biennium 1974-75, the Governing Body
renewed its appeal to all member States to complete payment of their 1975
contributions and any outstanding arrears as soon as possible.
With respect to the financing of possible further meetings of the Working Party
on Structure, the Governing Body decided that the cost of any meetings to be held
during the remainder of 1975 should be met within the level of credits already
approved, i.e. the Programme and Budget for 1974-75 plus approved supplementary
credits.
Furthermore, it was agreed that the question of the interpretation of article 18 of
the Standing Orders of the Conference (proposals involving expenditure) should be
referred for examination to the Committee on Standing Orders and the Application
of Conventions and Recommendations at the Governing Body's 198th (November
1975) Session.
Finally, it was also agreed that at the Governing Body's 198th Session the
Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee should examine means of
expediting the consideration of in-depth reviews, including the possibility of setting
up a special subcommittee.
COMPOSITION AND AGENDA OF COMMITTEES
AND OF VARIOUS MEETINGS
Composition of Standing Bodies
Panel of Consultants on Occupational Cancer
The Governing Body approved the appointment of the following persons,
nominated after consultation with the Workers' group, as members of the Panel for a
period expiring on 31 May 1980:
Mr. E. Bolinder (Sweden), Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions.
Mr. Jean Paris (France), General Confederation of Labour (CGT).
Composition and Agenda of Meetings
The Governing Body decided to refer to its Officers the question whether the
governments of the countries in the list of substitutes as well as the organisations
which had nominated the substitute Employers' and Workers' experts should, in the
event of the experts nominated by them not being invited to replace a regular
member at the meeting, be invited to send observers to the meeting at their own
expense, should they so desire.
The Governing Body approved the following nominations for participation in the
Meeting, made after consultation with the Employers' group:
Mr. R. Pedroza (Philippines), Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce of the
Philippines.
Substitute :
Mr. B. G. Arcinas (Philippines), Attorney-at-Law, Vice-Chairman, Commission on Labour-Management Relations, Chamber of Commerce of the
Philippines.
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The Governing Body authorised its Officers to approve on its behalf the
nominations still outstanding.
Joint Committee on the Public Service (Second Session)
The Governing Body approved the appointment of the following Governments as
members of the Joint Committee on the Public Service :
Australia.
Malaysia.
Canada.
Poland.
Colombia.
Tanzania.
Egypt.
USSR.
France.
United Kingdom.
United States.
Iran.
Venezuela.
Japan.
Zaire.
It appointed Mr. G. M. J. Veldkamp, former Minister of Social Affairs and
Public Health of the Netherlands, as Chairman of the Second Session of the Joint
Committee on the Public Service.
Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Dock Work
1. Provision of advice for the revision of the Protection against Accidents (Dockers)
Convention, 1932 (No. 32).
2. Revision of the ILO Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Dock Work (1958).
It took note of the information supplied to it concerning the composition of the
meeting.
persons, nominated after consultation with the Workers' group, to attend the
meeting :
Mr. Sadok Allouche (Tunisia), Tunisian General Labour Union.
Mr. G. Ben-Israel (Israel), Histadrut (General Federation of Labour in Israel).
Mr. F. Chafe (Canada), Canadian Labour Congress.
Mr. G. Diaz Raga (Colombia), Confederation of Colombian Workers (CTC).
Mr. G. Dombal (Chad), General Union of Workers of Chad (UNATRAT).
Mr. E. I. Eframenko (USSR), All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.
Mr. Gonzalo Esponda (Mexico), Mexican Confederation of Workers.
Mr. K. H. Frôbich (Federal Republic of Germany), German Confederation of
Trade Unions.
Mr. V. G. Gopal (India), Indian National Trade Union Congress.
Mr. S. Halvorsen (Norway), Confederation of Trade Unions in Norway.
Mr. Alhaji Yinusa Kaltungo (Nigeria), United Labour Congress of Nigeria.
Miss J. Lahot (France), French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT).
Mr. A. Mironczuk (Poland), Central Council of Trade Unions in Poland.
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Mr. Peralta (Dominican Republic), Autonomous Confederation of Christian
Trade Unions.
Mr. D. Valcavi (Italy), Confederation of Italian Workers' Unions.
Substitutes :
Mr. O. Calvetti (France), General Confederation of Labour (CGT).
Mr. A. Montero (Costa Rica), General Confederation of Costa Rican
Workers.
Mr. G. Muti (German Democratic Republic), Confederation of Free German
Trade Unions.
Mr. B. Tugbeh (Liberia), Liberian Confederation of Labour.
Information on Seminars and Similar Meetings Provided For under
the Regular Budget for 1974-75
The Governing Body took note of the information supplied to it on the following
meetings: Round Table on the Role of Employers' Organisations in the Englishspeaking Caribbean; and Asian Regional Seminar on Occupational Safety and
Health in relation to Productivity.
Obituary
the death of Mr. Erik Dreyer, a former Government delegate of Denmark to the
International Labour Conference, of which he was twice President, and a former
representative of the Danish Government on the Governing Body, to his family.
Establishment of a Tripartite Team for the Evaluation of
ILO Technical Co-operation Activities
The Governing Body appointed the following tripartite evaluation team which
would, subject to the agreement of the Government of Ghana, visit that country for a
period of one week immediately preceding the Sixth Session of the African Advisory
Committee:
Government member : Mr. Muñoz Ledo.
Employers' member : Mr. Bannerman-Menson.
Workers'" member :
Mr. Odeyemi.
The terms of reference for the team were established as follows :
In consultation with the government authorities, representatives of national
employers' and workers' organisations, the UNDP Resident Representative and
in co-operation with the interested ILO office in the field:
(a) to evaluate the ILO's technical co-operation programme in the country,
having regard to the objectives and standards of the Organisation and in
particular the principle of tripartite participation at all stages of those
activities (preparation of the country programme, selection of projects and
project implementation) ;
(b) to ascertain whether on-going projects are being carried out according to
plan and to what extent they reflect the preoccupations of the employers' and
workers' organisations;
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(c) to analyse difficulties encountered, propose solutions, prepare recommendations and report the main findings to the Advisory Committee (Lomé,
1-12 December 1975).
QUESTIONS ARISING OUT OF THE 60TH SESSION
OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE
Procedure for the Further Examination of Questions of Structure
The Governing Body decided that the Working Party on Structure should meet
from 3 to 8 November 1975.
Resolution concerning Human and Trade Union Rights in Chile
The Governing Body instructed the Director-General—
(a) to communicate the resolution to the Government of Chile and so inform it of
the position which the Conference had taken on the matter;
(b) to confirm—in accordance with article 19 of the Constitution of the ILO and on
the basis of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining
Convention, 1949 (No. 98)—the request made to the Government of Chile to
supply, not later than 1 October 1975, information on the effect given to the
recommendations of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission, and
request also by the same date full information on the effect given to the
Conference resolution;
(c) to confirm the request made to the Government, in accordance with article 22
of the Constitution of the ILO, to supply by 15 October 1975 a report on the
national policy adopted in this field and the action taken to give effect to the
recommendations contained in the report of the Commission of Inquiry as well
as to the Conference resolution ;
(d) to follow the development of the trade union situation in Chile on a permanent
basis and to submit reports to the Governing Body at its 198th (November 1975)
Session and to the Conference at its 61st (1976) Session;
(e) to submit to the Governing Body in due course, having regard to the development of the situation, proposals for subsequent reports on the subject in virtue
of articles 19 and 22 of the Constitution.
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to convey its gratitude to
the Government of the Philippines for its generous invitation and agreed to the
holding of the meeting in Baguio City from 21 to 27 October 1975.
The Governing Body requested the Director-General to convey its gratitude to
the Government of Togo for its generous invitation and agreed to the holding of the
Sixth Session of the African Advisory Committee in Lomé from 1 to 12 December
1975.
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Programme of Meetings for the Remainder of 1975 and for 1976
The Governing Body approved the following programme of meetings for the
remainder of 1975 1 and for 1976:
Date
Place
Title of Meeting
1975
5-11 August
16-26 September
30 September 9 October
13-24 October
15-24 October
21-27 October
27-31 October
10-21 November
1-12 December
Joint ILO-WHO Committee on Occupational
Health (Seventh Session)
Geneva
Asia
Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Latin American and
Caribbean Symposium on Copyright and the
Rights of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
Committees 2
Joint Committee on the Public Service (Second
Session)
Committee of Social Security Experts
Geneva
Geneva
Baguio City
Geneva
Lomé
Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Dock
Work
Chemical Industries Committee (Eighth Session)
Committees
Joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the
Status of Teachers (Third Session)
Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
Coal Mines Committee (Tenth Session)
Symposium on the Effects of Inflation and Currency Instability on Pension Schemes
Geneva
Geneva
Colombo
Oaxtepec
Geneva
Geneva
1976
13-21 January
4-12 February
16 February 5 March
8-19 March
18-31 March
28 April - 6 May
end of April
(5 days)
10-21 May
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
1
This programme does not cover meetings of the Working Party on Structure set up jointly by the
Conference and the Governing Body; see p. 226 above.
* To be followed on 24 and 25 November by a meeting of European members and deputy members
of the Governing Body, in accordance with the decision taken by the Governing Body at its 196th Session
(30-31 May 1975).
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Date
Title of Meeting
Place
1976
24-29 May and
immediately
after the
Conference
2-23 June
4-17 June
September
(3 days)
September
(3 days)
13-29 October
October2
October or
November
(10 days)
8-19 November3
November
(10 days)
8-16 December
4th quarter
(9 days)
4th quarter
(9 days)
5
5
Committees
Geneva
61st Session of the International Labour Conference
Tripartite World Conference on Employment,
Income Distribution and Social Progress and
the International Division of Labour
Meeting of Experts on Industrial Relations
Information Systems
Symposium on New Trends in the Optimisation
of the Working Environment
62nd (Maritime) Session of the International
Labour Conference
Joint Maritime Commission (22nd Session)
Joint Meeting on Conditions of Work and
Employment in Postal and Telecommunication
Services
201st Session of the Governing Body and its
Committees
Meeting of Experts on Small Enterprise Development Schemes in Africa
Committee on Work on Plantations (Seventh
Session)
Meeting of Experts on Accident Prevention on
Board Ships at Sea and in Ports
Symposium on Shift Work and New Patterns of
Working Time in Industrialised Countries
Inter-American Advisory Committee (Fifth Session)
Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Symposium on Ratification and Application of the Rome Convention
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
i
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
An African
country 4
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
An American
country *
An Asian
country 4
1
To be proposed later.
• During the 62nd (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference.
* Owing to a clerical error the dates in the paper submitted to the Governing Body were wrongly
given as 8-13 November. The dates 8-19 November are determined in accordance with the Standard
Programme of Governing Body meetings.
* Exact place to be proposed later.
* Dates to be proposed later.
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNING BODY REPRESENTATIVES ON VARIOUS BODIES
(Geneva, 16-26 September 1975)
On the basis of nominations submitted by the groups the Governing Body
appointed the following delegation to represent it at the Ninth Session of the Iron
and Steel Committee :
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Government group representative
and Chairman :
Employers' group :
Workers' group :
Mr. Dube.
Mr. Montt Balmaceda.
Substitute : Mr. Smith.
Mr. Odeyemi.
(Geneva, 13-24 October 1975)
appointed the following delegation to represent it at the Preparatory Technical
Maritime Conference :
Government group :
Employers' group :
Workers' group :
Mr. Cooper.
Mr. Yoshimura.
Substitute : Mr. Conde Bandrés.
Mr. Pimenov.
(Colombo, 30 September - 9 October 1975)
appointed the following delegation to represent it at the Eighth Asian Regional
Conference :
Government group :
Employers' group :
Workers' group :
The Chairman of the Governing Body.
Mr. Nasr.
Substitute : Mr. Seydi.
Mr. Plant.
Substitutes : Mr. Muhr.
Mr. Mercado.
(Lomé, 1-12 December 1975)
appointed the following delegation to represent it at the Sixth Session of the African
Advisory Committee:
Government group :
Employers' group :
Workers' group :
Mr. Naszkowski.
Mr. Végh Garzón.
Substitute : Mr. Lee.
Mr. Weissenberg.
Joint Committee on the Public Service (Second Session)
(Geneva, 25 November - 3 December 1975)
appointed the following delegation to represent it at the Second Session of the Joint
Committee on the Public Service :
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Government group :
Employers' group :
Workers' group :
230
Mr. Klotz.
Mr. Yoshimura.
Substitute : Mr. Asfour.
Mr. Haraguchi.
The following meetings have taken place during the period covered by the present
issue of the Official Bulletin. In addition to the sources of fuller information indicated
by footnote, limited quantities of reports and preparatory documents relating to
meetings can be purchased from ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH1211 Geneva 22.
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries (Geneva, 14-24 January
1975) 1
Agenda:
1. General Report dealing in particular with—
(a) action taken in the various countries in the light of the conclusions
adopted by the First Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking
Industries, 1967;
by the First Tripartite Technical Meeting; and
(c) recent events and developments in the woodworking industries.
2. The woodworking industries and the creation of employment.
3. The training of managers and workers in the woodworking industries.
Texts adopted : See pages 242-253 below.
Joint IMCO-ILO Committee on Training2 (Fourth Session, Geneva, 27-31 January 1975)
The Joint Committee considered in detail each of the items on its agenda as
determined by the Governing Body at its 194th Session. The main views
expressed and decisions taken by the Joint Committee were as follows:
elaboration of the Document for Guidance—1970, as amended, to include a
section for engineer officers; mandatory minimum requirements for the
certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch, of masters and chief
mates of certain ships and of engineer officers carrying out certain duties;
mandatory minimum requirements to ensure the continued proficiency and
updating of knowledge of masters and deck officers as well as of engineer
officers; and mandatory minimum requirements for junior ratings forming
part of a navigational watch ; IMCO draft Recommendation on Principles and
Operational Guidance for Deck Officers in Charge of a Watch in Port and
IMCO Recommendation concerning the Training and Qualifications of
Officers and Crews of Ships Carrying Hazardous and Noxious Chemicals in
Bulk.
' See above, pp. 201-202.
• See below, p. 254.
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Symposium on Workers' Education Methods and Techniques for Rural Workers and Their
Organisations (Geneva, 4-13 February 1975) 1
Agenda :
1. Categories of rural workers and their organisations and the nature of the
education required to meet their needs.
2. Methods, techniques and institutions required in order to develop practical
programmes to meet the educational needs of organisations of rural workers.
3. The scope, form and content of the activities through which the ILO Workers'
Education Programme can assist in meeting the educational requirements of
organisations of rural workers.
On the basis of this agenda the following questions were dealt with: workers'
education needs of rural workers; workers' education methods and techniques; training institutions and personnel; the financial resources to be
devoted to workers' education; and the role of the ILO Workers' Education
Programme.
Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
(45th Session, Geneva, 13-25 March 1975)
Under its terms of reference the Committee examined the information and reports
supplied by States Members of the International Labour Organisation in
accordance with articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution. The Committee
then adopted a report in two volumes for submission to the 60th Session of
the International Labour Conference.2
Technical Conference on the Public Service (Geneva, 7-16 April 1975) l
Agenda :
1. Freedom of association in the public service.
2. Procedures for determining conditions of employment in the public service.
Symposium on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment in the European Region
(Geneva, 21-29 April 1975) 1
Agenda :
1. Problems and policies relating to the promotion of equality of opportunity
and treatment for migrant workers in the European region :
(a) examination of discriminatory practices to which migrant workers are
subjected in the field of employment, conditions of work and, generally,
conditions of life related to employment;
1
See above, p. 197.
* ILO : Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations,
Report III (Part 4A : General Report and Observations concerning Particular Countries), (Part 4B : General
Survey of the Reports relating to the Equal Remuneration Convention (No. 100) and Recommendation
(No. 90), 1951), International Labour Conference, 60th Session, Geneva, 1975.
232
(b) examination of methods to prevent or eliminate such practices, through
legislation, administrative action, informational and educational activities
and action by employers' and workers' organisations and other bodies
concerned.
2. General exchange of views on problems of equality of opportunity and
treatment arising with regard to other categories of workers, including women
and older workers.
In the course of the discussions the participants devoted particular attention to
the following three aspects : 1. the security of employment of workers, both
immigrant and national, in times of crisis; 2. the problems of migration termed
abusive or irregular; and 3. the problems created for the countries of origin by
migration.
Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for Mines Other than Coal Mines (Geneva, 6-16 May
1975)
Agenda :
(a) action taken in the various countries in the light of the conclusions
adopted by the previous Tripartite Technical Meetings for Mines Other
than Coal Mines;
by the previous Meetings ; and
(c) recent events and developments in mines other than coal mines.
2. Vocational training and retraining in mines other than coal mines.
3. The welfare of workers in mines other than coal mines.
Texts adopted :
Conclusions (No. 13) concerning vocational training and retraining in mines
other than coal mines.
Conclusions (No. 14) concerning the welfare of workers in mines other than coal
mines.
Resolution (No. 15) concerning hours of work in mines of all kinds.
Resolution (No. 16) concerning multinational enterprises engaged in mining other
than coal mining.
Resolution (No. 17) concerning safety in mines.
Resolution (No. 18) concerning the establishment of an Industrial Committee for
mines other than coal mines and the agenda of the next meeting for mines
other than coal mines.
Resolution (No. 19) concerning the publication of the classification of the
conclusions and resolutions adopted by Tripartite Technical Meetings for
Mines Other than Coal Mines.
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Joint ILO-WHO Committee on Occupational Health (Seventh Session, Geneva, 5-11
August 1975)
Agenda :
1. Extent of occupational safety and health problems of migrant workers.
2. Factors affecting safety and health.
3. Existing occupational health services for migrant workers.
4. Preventive measures.
5. Conclusions and recommendations.
The experts drew up a number of conclusions and recommendations which are
listed at the end of their report. In particular they recommended measures to
organise the emigration of workers by means of co-operation agreements
between countries, to ensure equal conditions and opportunities for migrants
and nationals and to promote the adjustment of migrants, their nutritional
education and the elimination of the causes of disease.
234
Official Measures Taken regarding Decisions
of the International Labour Conference1
Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution
The following ratifications or acceptances of the Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, 1972, have been communicated to the Director-General
of the International Labour Office in accordance with Article 5 of the above-mentioned Instrument
and have been received on the dates indicated below:
State
Czechoslovakia
Mexico
Ecuador
Date of receipt of
ratification or
acceptance
15 July 1975
22 July 1975
29 September 1975
This Instrument entered into force on 1 November 1974.
' Period covered: 1 July to 30 November 1975.
• For the text of this Instrument of Amendment see Official Bulletin, 1972, No. 1, pp. 20-21.
235
Ratifications of International Labour Conventions a
concerning the Application of Conventions to Non-Met
IO
OS
The publication of information concerning action taken in respect
of international labour Conventions and Recommendations does not
imply any expression of view by the International Labour Office on
the legal status of the State having communicated such information
(including the communication of a ratification or declaration), or on its
authority over the territories in respect of which such information is
communicated ; in certain cases this may present problems on which
the ILO is not competent to express an opinion.
State
Notice is hereby give
Labour Office has regi
national labour Conve
tion of Conventions
of article 20 of the C
isation, particulars of
communicated to the
registration in accord
United Nations.
Convention
I. Ratifications
Costa Rica
3
Czechoslovakia
1
Ecuador
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention,
1946 (No. 77)
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 (No. 78)
Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88)
1
2
2
German Democratic
Republic
Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127)
Germany, Federal
Republic of
Guatemala
India
Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115)
Japan]
Certifications of Ships' Cooks Convention, 1946 (No. 69)
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
The minimum age of 16 years has been specified pursuant to Article 2
2
Sweden
Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the minimum le
In accordance with Article 15, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the oblig
in respect of employedpersons in economic sectors other than agriculture
Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 9
1970 (No. 133)
LO
00
State
Convention
Turkey
Yugoslavia
II. Declarations
Netherlands
Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971, (No. 135)
Applicable without modification : Surinam
United Kingdom
Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95)
Applicable with modifications : Hong Kong
Article 4, paragraph 2(b) : There is no statutory requirement that th
attributed to allowances in kind is fair a
Article 9 : There is no statutory provision which specifically prohibit
or retaining employment.
Article 15(d) : There is no mandatory provision in the law which r
of adequate records in an approved form and manne
Notification of the Coming into Force of the Paid Educational Leave Co
Article 13 of the Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140), adopted by the Int
on 24 June 1974, provides that the Convention shall come into force twelve months after the d
the International Labour Organisation have been registered.
The ratifications by Hungary and Sweden were registered by the Director-General of the I
23 September 1975 respectively. The Convention will accordingly come into force on 23 Septe
The present notification is made in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of the Con
In conformity with article 20 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisatio
Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of th
DOCUMENTS
(Geneva, 7-16 April 1975) *
CONCLUSIONS ADOPTED
1. Having discussed the reports on the items of its agenda prepared by the Office, the
Conference expressed the view that it should be possible for all member States to ratify, and
fully apply in practice, the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise
Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), and agreed that those member States which have not yet ratified these
Conventions should be urged so to do.
2. Convention No. 87 applies fully to public servants except that it leaves the application
of its provisions to the police and armed forces to be determined by national laws and
regulations. The Conference considered that member States should be encouraged to
examine the application of the principles embodied in Convention No. 87 to the police and
armed forces, in a manner appropriate to the particular circumstances of each country.
3. The Conference noted that Convention No. 98 applies to workers generally, including
those in the public service, except that the extent of its application to the police and armed
forces is left to individual States and that it does not deal with the position of public servants
engaged in the administration of the State. Difficulties of interpretation have arisen and, as
the supervisory bodies of the ILO have pointed out on a number of occasions, some
governments have applied the relevant provisions of Convention No. 98 in a manner which
excludes large groups of public servants from coverage by the Convention.
4. Having noted the expansion of the public service activities in many countries, and the
ever wider acceptance of the principles contained in Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 as a basis
for the conduct of industrial relations in this area, and
5. Recalling and reaffirming the resolution of the First Session of the Joint Committee
on the Public Service, which invited the Governing Body to put in motion procedures which
would, if possible, lead to the adoption of a suitable international instrument on the subjects
which are on the agenda of the Technical Conference;
6. The Conference adopts the following resolution :
7. The Governing Body of the ILO is invited to consider the possibility of including in
the agenda of an early session of the International Labour Conference an item on the
subjects which are on the agenda of the Technical Conference, with a view to the adoption of
a suitable international instrument based on the preliminary outline approved by the
Technical Conference. The Conference expresses the hope that the law and practice report
that will be submitted to the Governing Body and the International Labour Conference will
include an elucidation of the scope of the terms " public service " and " public servants ".
The Conference further requests the Governing Body of the ILO to instruct the DirectorGeneral to undertake a study on the situation of trade union rights in the public service as
compared to that prevailing in the private sector.
> See above, pp. 197 and 232.
239
Preliminary Outline of a Possible
International Instrument on the Public Service
General
1. The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention,
1948 (No. 87), is applicable to all public servants subject to the determination by national
laws and regulations of the extent to which the guarantees provided for in the Convention
shall apply to the police and armed forces.
2. The Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), does not
deal with the position of public servants engaged in the administration of the State and
leaves to the individual States the extent of its application to the police and armed forces.
3. While the Collective Agreements Recommendation, 1951 (No. 91), and the Voluntary
Conciliation and Arbitration Recommendation, 1951 (No. 92), do not exclude any categories
of workers from their scope they do not take into account certain special problems arising in
the public service.
Scope of the instrument
4. The instrument should deal with the position of all public servants, recognising,
however, that the extent to which the guarantees provided for in the instrument should apply
to the armed forces and police should be determined by national laws or regulations.
Definitions
5. Careful consideration should be given to the definition, express or implied, for the
purpose of the instrument, of the term " public servants "—and consequently of the term
" public authority "—having regard to the great diversity of practice among member States
(e.g. as to the respective functions of central and local government; federal, state and
provincial authorities; state-owned undertakings and various types of autonomous or semiautonomous public bodies).
6. In this instrument the term " public servants' organisation " should mean any
organisation of persons employed by a public authority which exists to further and defend
the interests of such persons, including any organisation whose membership consists of
public servants together with other categories of workers.
Procedures for recognition
7. In countries where recognition procedures exist, they should not prejudice the free
establishment of public servants' organisations beyond establishing that an organisation
seeking recognition is of a representative and durable character and complies with national
provisions designed to prevent the proliferation of organisations covering the same
categories of workers.
Protection of the right to organise
8. (1) Public servants should enjoy adequate protection against all acts of anti-union
discrimination in respect of their employment.
(2) Such protection should apply more particularly in respect of acts calculated to:
(a) make the employment of a public servant subject to the condition that he shall not join
or shall relinquish membership of a public servants' organisation;
(b) cause the dismissal of or otherwise penalise a public servant by reason of membership of
a public servants' organisation or because of participation in the normal activities of
such organisation.
9. (1) Public servants' organisations should be permitted to enjoy complete independence from the public authority which employs the public servants whom they organise.
They should, in particular, enjoy freedom from any acts of interference by the public
authority in their establishment, functioning or administration which would restrict or
impede the lawful exercise of their rights.
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(2) Acts which are designed to promote the establishment of public servants' organisations under the domination of a public authority, or to support public servants' organisations by financial or other means with the object of placing such organisations under the
control of a public authority, should be deemed to constitute acts of interference within the
meaning of these provisions.
10. Such facilities should be accorded to public servants' organisations as are appropriate to enable their representatives properly to carry out their trade union responsibilities
both during and outside their hours of work. The nature and scope of these facilities should
generally be a matter for negotiation between the employing authorities and the public
servants' organisations or be determined by other appropriate measures.
Determination of conditions of employment
11. Measures appropriate to national conditions should be taken, where necessary, to
encourage and promote the fullest development and utilisation of machinery for negotiation
between the relevant public authorities and public servants' organisations of terms and
conditions of employment, or such other methods as will allow public servants to participate
in decisions on these matters.
12. (1) In the case of formal agreements, the period during which they are to operate
should normally be specified together with the procedures for reviewing and renewing them.
(2) The procedures for giving effect to settled terms and conditions of employment, and
for establishing the persons or bodies competent to negotiate on behalf of the public
authority or otherwise settle such terms and conditions, should be determined by national
laws or regulations or by other appropriate means.
Settlement of disputes
13. The instrument should provide that the settlement of disputes arising out of terms
and conditions of employment should be sought, in such a manner as may be appropriate to
national conditions, through negotiation between the parties or through jointly agreed
independent and impartial machinery, such as mediation, conciliation and voluntary
arbitration, with a view to making it unnecessary for public servants' organisations to have
recourse to such other steps as are normally open to organisations of other workers in
defence of their legitimate interests.
Other questions
14. The instrument should provide that public servants should have the same civil and
political rights as all other citizens, subject only to the obligations arising from their status
and the nature of their functions.
241
Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries
(Geneva, 14-24 January 1975) x
CONCLUSIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Conclusions (No. 5) concerning the Woodworking Industries
and the Creation of Employment2
The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries of the
International Labour Organisation,
Having met at Geneva from 14 to 24 January 1975;
Adopts this twenty-fourth day of January 1975 the following conclusions:
1. Good prospects for the expansion of employment in the woodworking industries in
the developing countries exist both on account of the enormous unsatisfied needs of home
markets for low-cost housing and furniture and on account of the growing opportunities for
international trade in wood and wood-based products. However, success in taking advantage of these prospects will depend on improved organisation and management of these
industries and on the adaptation of wood and wood fibres to new uses and new markets.
Developing countries seeking to create employment through expansion of the woodworking
industries should therefore give priority to such problems as: improving the regularity of
supplies of timber through more effective utilisation of forest resources; the observance of
internationally accepted dimension and quality standards and of delivery schedules;
improved control of arrangements for drying, preservation and packing; and improved
transport facilities. The governments of these developing countries should, in consultation
with employers' and workers' organisations, establish long-term plans covering all these
objectives.
2. The prospects for the expansion of employment in the woodworking industries are
particularly good in countries with plentiful timber resources, but examples of the successful
development of woodworking industries in some countries without timber resources suggest
that all developing countries should examine what possibilities may exist for further
development of these industries in their own national circumstances.
3. While low production costs should be aimed at—and these are essential in particular
for expansion of home markets—they should be achieved by improved technical and
commercial efficiency. Wages in the woodworking industries should be fair and not fall short
of those in manufacturing industries generally. As the industries progress, wages should
permit a steady increase in purchasing power for the workers concerned. In export markets,
good and consistent quality are more important than low prices.
4. Production for export should be aimed at only if it can be developed in conjunction
with production for home use.
5. The choice of industry and the choice of location should to a large extent be
determined by national circumstances (for instance, in the tea-growing countries it is natural
that a plywood industry for the production of tea-chests should be introduced). Considera1
See above, pp. 201 and 231.
• Adopted unanimously.
242
tion should also be given to factors such as the over-all number of jobs to which the
development will lead and the most efficient use of scarce capital and foreign exchange.
Special attention should be given to industries which can be located in rural areas and which
can thus contribute towards a more even distribution of employment opportunities and
incomes. Saw-milling, veneer production and plywood manufacture would clearly be
suitable industries for countries with appropriate forest resources. Other industries suitable
for many countries would be the production of wood-wool cement boards and blocks,
flooring strips and blocks, particle board, furniture manufacture, pallets, window-frames,
doors and similar joinery products.
6. In view of their serious employment problems, the developing countries should bear
constantly in mind the general desirability of choosing methods of operation which will
provide the greatest number of jobs for a given outlay of capital. While certain processes are
necessarily carried out by mechanised methods, alternative ways of operation exist in some
other processes and in ancillary jobs; these should always be explored.
7. Industrialised countries should endeavour to continue to provide assistance towards
the growth of viable woodworking industries in the developing countries, provided that this
is requested by the governments concerned. Where more than one industrialised country is
giving assistance in this field in the same country, efforts should be made to co-ordinate the
assistance. Assistance may take forms such as: capital aid; technical advice; help with the
training of management, technical, skilled and unskilled personnel (either within the donor
country or in the developing country concerned) ; and the carrying out of any research which
may be useful. In offering such assistance, donor countries should bear in mind the priority
that the developing countries have to give to employment creation.
8. A method of helping to solve the problems of shortages of capital and skills can be
provided by encouraging direct investment by foreign enterprises. Developing countries may
welcome mutually advantageous investment. Such investment should contribute to the social
and economic well-being of the recipient country. The question of reinvestment of profits
should be worked out jointly to the mutual satisfaction of the investor and of the country
concerned. It is up to the government concerned to ensure that the activities of such foreign
enterprises conform to national employment and industrialisation policies.
9. It is recognised that more employment opportunities can be created and that the
foreign exchange position can be improved if processing is done at home. Therefore,
developing countries should examine the possibilities of carrying out processing operations
themselves.
10. In the long run a more rational international division of labour which takes account
of—among other things—the employment needs of different countries will bring benefits to
the world community as a whole. Meanwhile, any barriers to trade in wood and in wood
products should be removed or lowered by the governments of importing countries or by
their regional groupings, in accordance with the trade agreements in force and with the
decisions of the competent international organisations.
11. There is no reason at present to believe that the penetration of imports of wood and
of wood products from the developing countries into the industrialised countries will have a
serious effect on employment in the woodworking industries in the latter countries as
compared with the fluctuations to which such employment is already subject on account of
changes in demand and technological innovation. Many of the new products of developing
countries will in practice be complementary rather than competing, and increased trade can
lead to employment expansion in other branches of industry. However, the situation should
be kept under constant review by the ILO, as it would be undesirable for the creation of
employment in some parts of the world to lead to the creation of unemployment in others.
Any cases of workers in the woodworking industries of the industrialised countries losing
their employment because of import penetration from the developing countries should be
dealt with by appropriate social adjustment assistance measures and retraining.
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Conclusions (No. 6) concerning the Training of Managers and
Workers in the Woodworking Industries1
Having met at Geneva from 14 to 24 January 1975,
Having discussed the report (Report IH) on " The training of managers and workers in
the woodworking industries " which had been prepared by the International Labour Office,
Recalling the Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140), and the Paid
Educational Leave Recommendation, 1974 (No. 148),
Recalling the parts regarding " Keeping Abreast with Progress " and " Repercussions on
the Individual " in the Conclusions (No. 1) concerning technological changes in the
woodworking industries,
Believing that life-long education and training is essential for the improvement of the
woodworker's standard of qualifications and for obtaining more self-fulfilment and
satisfaction,
Noting that in several—and in particular developing—countries, training activities are
uncoordinated and often overlap and duplicate each other;
Adopts this twenty-fourth day of January 1975 the following conclusions:
1. While there are common features of the training problems in the woodworking
industries in developed and developing countries, some special characteristics of these
problems—such as changes in occupational structure—in the developing countries need
careful examination. In finding solutions to these problems, experience and models from
some developed countries could serve as a guide but have to be adapted to the specific
conditions in each developing country.
2. Programmes for learning should be both employment- and future-oriented, and
should accordingly take into consideration the requirements of the woodworking industries
and those of the individual. Training is not an end in itself but a means of developing a
person's occupational capacity and of integrating him into society.
3. Training programmes and activities should be conceived mutatis mutandis on the basis
of a realistic assessment of quantitative and qualitative manpower requirements in the
woodworking industries.
4. Within the framework of manpower requirements, equality of access to training
should be ensured by governments, employers and trade unions. Where they do not already
exist, appropriate measures should be taken to provide equal opportunities for women
workers.
5. Special consideration should be given to handicapped workers and to their vocational
rehabilitation.
6. In view of the vital importance of accident prevention and occupational health in the
life of workers, training in accident prevention and occupational health should be an integral
part of all vocational training programmes.
The Impact of Technological Changes
7. Innovations and technological changes are essential for the advancement and
development of the woodworking industries. The introduction of such innovations should be
accompanied by appropriate measures to prevent and even eliminate disadvantages to the
workers.
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8. Technological changes have direct and indirect repercussions on the employment of
workers, on the occupational structure of the woodworking industries and in particular on
training requirements. The Meeting therefore endorses the conclusions adopted by the first
Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries in 1967 and in particular
paragraph 33 of Conclusions No. 1 concerning technological changes, which paragraph
states that: " Adequate facilities should be provided for the vocational retraining of
woodworkers whose skills are rendered redundant by technological change " and that
" realistic assessment of the effects of technological changes upon future manpower
requirements in the woodworking industries and of the repercussions of such changes upon
the skills required should be made in each country by employers' and workers' organisations, taking account of the existing labour market. " Competent authorities should also
participate in this latter process.
Changes in Educational and Training Programmes
9. In several—and in particular developing—countries, young persons entering training
in the woodworking industries are often ill-prepared for it. It is therefore essential that
changes be introduced in the general education system so as to provide for a sound general
education. In particular, curricula of schools should be better geared to preparing youth for
employment in industry and should include pre-vocational training subjects.
10. In reviewing educational and training programmes, attention is invited to two
elements regarding the composition of official bodies concerned with formulating the broad
lines of vocational education policy which have an impact on training problems in the
woodworking industries :
(a) the necessity of having adequate educational expert knowledge available; and
(b) the necessity of associating representatives of employers' and workers' organisations
with such bodies.
11. Training programmes should be conceived to ensure greater mobility of workers.
Such programmes should therefore form part of a life-long education and training system.
12. Training programmes should be conceived in such a way as to cater not only for
workers in the modern sector of the woodworking industries but also for workers in the
traditional and intermediate sectors.
Measures for Improvement of Training
13. In view of the fact that the quality of any training system depends on the
qualification of vocational teachers, instructors, training officers, advisers and supervisors,
and in view of the shortages of competent teaching staff for the woodworking industries in
several—and in particular developing—countries, special attention should be paid by the
responsible authorities to ensuring an adequate supply of such key staff.
14. To ensure better mobility of woodworkers during their working life, young trainees
should in the course of their initial training receive a broad basic training in a number of
related activities in the woodworking industries. All training should be on a scientific basis.
15. Adequate emphasis should be given to measures suitable for raising the quality of
training. Such measures might include: the creation of competent training, advisory and
specialist technical services ; adequate apprenticeship control ; the regular review of training
standards; the application of modern training methods; the provision of incentives to
trainers and to trainees ; and the review of the suitability of curricula, equipment manuals
and training materials.
16. The establishment and enforcement of national training standards, guidelines and
certification for the woodworking occupations would be instrumental in improving the
general quality of training. The undertaking of occupational research—including job, task
and skill analysis and related pedagogical and curricula research—and development are
other measures suggested.
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17. Optimum use should be made of systematic training facilities, whether on-the-job,
in-plant, industrial training centres or technological institutions.
18. Consideration should be given to the use, in remote areas, whenever necessary, of
mobile training units to train woodworkers for whom adequate transportation facilities are
not available.
19. Within the framework of a life-long education and training concept, measures should
be taken to provide further training and retraining for woodworkers so as to enable them to
improve their qualifications and so as to meet the aspirations of each individual. The
provision of paid educational leave for workers who intend to follow such courses should be
considered.
20. Due to the rapid technological changes in the woodworking industries and to the
increasing need for woodworkers at the technician level, efforts should be made to provide
more facilities and opportunities for the training of technicians, taking account of the labour
market.
21. Attention should be given in all—and in particular in developing—countries where
shortages of managerial and entrepreneurial skills exist to the training of managers and of
small entrepreneurs. Such training could be in the form of short courses, where questions
such as general management, marketing, financing, personnel and industrial relations can be
discussed.
Training Methods and Techniques
22. Training methods and techniques should be constantly revised and adapted to the
changing needs of the woodworking industries.
23. Whenever possible, maximum use should be made of modern training technology
such as audio-visual aids, programmed learning, training packages and management
casework methods.
Administration and Financing of Training
24. An appropriate structure should be set up to supervise and control the administration and implementation of training activities in the woodworking industries.
25. One of the main problems in producing trained manpower in several—and in
particular developing—countries is finance. Efforts should therefore be made by the
authorities concerned in each country to provide adequate funds for training purposes. In
this respect, consideration should, taking account of the conditions in each country, be given
to suchfinancingmethods as levy systems, national training funds, and the establishment of
group training schemes in a certain region or area.
Co-ordination and Planning of Human Resources Development Programmes
26. While in many countries substantial efforts have been made to train and prepare
people for the woodworking industries, policies and programmes in several—and in particular
developing—countries are not conceived in a coherent and co-ordinated manner, with the
result that there is duplication and overlapping of effort, as well as waste of resources.
Special attention should therefore be given to ensuring that maximum use is made of
available resources to provide—quantitatively, qualitatively and at the required time—the
woodworking industries with the trained personnel needed for the development of these
industries.
27. As far as possible it is desirable that member States set up plans or programmes for
the development of human resources in the woodworking industries within the framework of
their national plans or programmes. A human resources development plan or programme
for the woodworking industries should provide a comprehensive system for the development
of human resources at all levels in the woodworking industries.
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28. Such plans or programmes should be designed not only to achieve the maximum
potential of the individual in terms of usefulness as manpower, but also with a view to
ensuring the individual's self-fulfilment and enjoyment of life.
29. Employers' and workers' organisations should be associated with the planning and
implementation of all activities aimed at developing human resources in the woodworking
industries.
30. Efforts should be made to set up, where they do not exist, vocational guidance and
orientation services so as to help young people and adults in developing their careers
according to their aptitudes and aspirations, taking into account the conditions in the labour
market.
31. Vocational guidance, orientation and career development programmes should be
based on the most up-to-date information. Competent authorities should therefore, in
collaboration with employers' and workers' organisations, make all relevant information
available to those who need it to perform their task as efficiently as possible.
International Technical Co-operation
32. The ILO could make a valuable contribution by assisting member countries by
means of: its research activities; the collection and dissemination of information; and
technical co-operation. While recognising the ILO's financial constraints in recent years, the
Meeting considers that it is of the utmost importance to bring into effect as soon as possible
paragraph 32 of the Conclusions (No. 1) adopted by the first Tripartite Technical Meeting
for the Woodworking Industries, which paragraph requests the ILO " to take whatever steps
may be necessary to collect, translate and disseminate information on vocational training
methods available in the woodworking industries, in the interests of both developed and
developing countries."
33. In ILO technical co-operation activities relating to training in the woodworking
industries the main emphasis should be put on: the training of trainers so as to create a
multiplier effect; the training of those workers who have the least educational levels and
technical skills; and on training methods and techniques and the use of new training
technologies.
34. In the framework of technical co-operation activities, special attention should be
given to the training of managers at all levels as well as to the training of small
entrepreneurs.
35. The International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training (Turin)
and the Inter-American Research and Documentation Centre on Vocational Training
(" CINTERFOR ", Montevideo) could play a vital role in undertaking research activities
such as those mentioned in paragraph 32 above. In the organisation of training programmes
for workers, managers and entrepreneurs from developing countries, woodworking occupations should be taken into account.
36. Within the framework of ILO technical co-operation activities, consideration should
be given to projects for the vocational rehabilitation and training of handicapped persons for
employment (in sheltered workshops if necessary), and to the development of special
equipment for the use of the disabled.
37. The development of regional co-operation would help in the better utilisation of
resources available for training, and would thus avoid duplication of efforts.
38. Suppliers of industrial equipment should be encouraged to make a significant
contribution to raising the skill level in woodworking industries. In this connection, it is
suggested that such suppliers should provide the various categories of users with relevant
information regarding the skills and training required for the installation, operation,
maintenance and repair of the equipment, including safe industrial practices.
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Classification1 of Conclusions and Resolutions Adopted by the First Tripartite Technical
Meeting for the Woodworking Industries, 1967
Section I : Conclusions and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof, Calling for Action in the Countries
Group A : Conclusions and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof, Which Are No Longer of Current Concern
None.
Group B : Conclusions and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof, Which for the Time Being Would Not
Appear to Call for Further Information
None.
Group C : Conclusions and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof, on Which Further Information Is Considered
Desirable
No. 1. Conclusions concerning technological changes in the woodworking industries (with the exception of paragraphs 8 and 32, both of which relate to action by the ILO).
No. 2. Conclusions concerning safety, health and welfare in the woodworking industries (with the
exception of paragraphs 7, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 31 and 37, all of which relate to action by the ILO).
Section II : Conclusions and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof, to Which Effect Is to Be Given by the Office
Group A : Conclusions and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof, Which Are No Longer of Current Concern
to the Office
No. 2. Conclusions concerning safety, health and welfare in the woodworking industries (paragraphs
7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 31 and 37 only).
Group B : Conclusions and Resolutions, or Parts Thereof, Which Should Continue to Receive the
Attention of the Office
No. 1. Conclusions concerning technological changes in the woodworking industries (paragraphs 8—
calling for Office studies on labour-intensive woodworking techniques—and 32—calling for Office
action relating to methods of vocational training in the woodworking industries—only).
No. 2. Conclusions concerning safety, health and welfare in the woodworking industries (paragraph
17—calling for Office action relating to the collection and to the international comparison of statistics
on occupational safety and health in the woodworking industries—only).
No. 3. Resolution: concerning an ILO programme for workers employed in the woodworking
industries.
No. 4. Resolution concerning a systematic study of the measures appropriate for solving the social
problems due to unemployment, underemployment and unused production capacity in the woodworking industries of developing countries.
Memorandum (No. 7) concerning the Effect Given, and to Be Given, to the Conclusions and
Resolutions of Tripartite Technical Meetings for the Woodworking Industries 1
The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries,
Recalling the decision taken by the Governing Body at its 154th Session (March 1963)
and set forth in paragraph 24 of the document " Purposes and Functions of Industrial and
analogous Committees ", whereby a procedure was established in order to allow major
industrial meetings of the ILO to assess the impact of their conclusions and resolutions and
the effect which they have had in the different countries,
Having noted that, in accordance with the above-mentioned procedure, the DirectorGeneral, by letter dated 1 February 1974, requested the government of each of the
124 countries which on that date constituted the membership of the International Labour
Organisation for information concerning the position in their respective countries on the
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matters dealt with in the Conclusions adopted at the first Tripartite Technical Meeting for
the Woodworking Industries, 1967,
Having noted that by 1 August 1974 only 26 governments had provided such
information, and
Having noted the information which was provided by these 26 governments and which
was accordingly presented in Part 1 (" Action taken by governments and by the woodworking industries ") of the General Report which was before the Meeting,
Having noted with appreciation :
(1) the decisions of the Governing Body at its 174th Session (March 1969) that:
(a) all ILO action for specific branches of economic activity (including the woodworking industries) should be integrated in the major ILO Programme of
Industrial Activities; and
(b) that " sufficient " staff should be allocated to " keep under continuing study and to
disseminate information concerning the social problems arising out of economic
and other developments " in the major industries (including the woodworking
industries) covered by the ILO Programme of Industrial Activities;
(2) the adoption by the International Labour Conference, at its 57th (1972) Session, of a
resolution concerning the ILO Programme of Industrial Activities, in which resolution
the Conference:
(a) reaffirmed its full support for the general concept of the Programme and, in
particular, for its objectives, means of action and competence; and
(b) called for priority to be given to the full implementation of the ILO Programme of
Industrial Activities as formulated and determined by the Governing Body and by
the Conference itself,
Having noted the information provided in Part 2 (" Action taken by the ILO ") of the
General Report concerning the steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and
inquiries proposed by the first Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries, 1967, and
Having noted with satisfaction that, pursuant to wishes expressed by the 1967 Meeting,
the Governing Body included on the agenda of the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for
the Woodworking Industries technical items on: (i) the woodworking industries and the
creation of employment, and (ii) the training of managers and workers in the woodworking
industries; and that the Office had accordingly prepared reports on these two items;
Concurs in the following observations of the Working Party on the Effect Given to the
Conclusions and Resolutions Adopted by the First Tripartite Technical Meeting for the
Woodworking Industries :
Action by Governments and by the Woodworking Industries
1. The Working Party expresses its thanks to those governments which provided the
Office with highly satisfactory information concerning the action which had been taken in
their respective countries to implement the Conclusions adopted by the 1967 Meeting.
2. The Working Party deplores the fact that no less than 98 of the 124 States Members to
whom the Director-General's request for information was addressed did not forward any
information whatsoever, and that several of the replies which were sent were not of sufficient
quality.
3. The Working Party stresses the need for governments:
(i) to transmit the conclusions and resolutions adopted by major industrial meetings of the
ILO to the employers' and workers' organisations concerned, emphasising the importance of giving detailed consideration to the practical implementation of these texts,
which provide guidance for the solution of some of the most important problems arising
in the industries concerned;
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(ii) to make provision for continuing procedures at the national level, in accordance with
the working methods and practices of the ILO, and in collaboration with the employers'
and workers' organisations concerned, for the examination—for instance by national
tripartite or bipartite committees for the woodworking industries—and for the implementation of the conclusions and resolutions of major industrial meetings of the ILO ;
and
(iii) before sending their answers to the Office concerning the action taken to implement the
conclusions and resolutions of major industrial meetings of the ILO, to consult the
employers' and workers' organisations concerned and to associate these bodies, in so
far as possible, with the preparation of their answers.
4. The Working Party considers that the Governing Body should be urgently requested
to endorse fully the views set forth in paragraphs 1 to 3 above.
5. For any further major industrial meeting which may, as part of the ILO Programme
of Industrial Activities, be held for the woodworking industries, the Working Party
considers that the Governing Body should be invited to request the government of each
State Member of the International Labour Organisation to provide—in accordance with the
procedure set forth in paragraph 24 of the document " Purposes and Functions of Industrial
and analogous Committees "—information concerning the action taken in its country to
implement the:
Conclusions (No. 1) concerning technological changes in the woodworking industries (with
the exception of paragraphs 8 and 32, both of which relate to action by the ILO); and
Conclusions (No. 2) concerning safety, health and welfare in the woodworking industries
(with the exception of paragraphs 7, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 31 and 37, all of which relate to
action by the ILO).
Action by the International Labour Organisation
6. The Working Party considers that the Governing Body should be invited to request
the Director-General:
(i) to secure, for the continuing action of the ILO relating to the woodworking industries,
within the major ILO Programme of Industrial Activities, the services of an industrial
specialist who, from personal experience within the woodworking industries, is familiar
with the social, technological and economic realities of these industries;
(ii) to ensure that, in the technical reports for each ILO meeting for the woodworking
industries, any list of points suggested by the Office for discussion is as detailed and
concrete as possible, so as to assist the meeting in formulating useful recommendations,
the practical implementation of which could, moreover, thereby be more readily
verified; and
(iii) to provide, in the programme of work of the Office, for the ILO action necessary to
implement the
Conclusions (No. 1) concerning technological changes in the woodworking industries
(paragraphs 8—calling for Office studies on labour-intensive woodworking techniques
—and 32—calling for Office action relating to methods of vocational training in the
woodworking industries—only) ;
Conclusions (No. 2) concerning safety, health and welfare in the woodworking industries
(paragraph 17—calling for Office action relating to the collection and to the international
comparison of statistics on occupational safety and health in the woodworking industries—only) ;
Resolution (No. 3) concerning an ILO programme for workers employed in the
woodworking industries; and
Resolution (No. 4) concerning a systematic study of the measures appropriate for solving
the social problems due to unemployment, underemployment and unused production
capacity in the woodworking industries of developing countries.
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Resolution (No. 8) concerning the Improvement of Protective Devices for Machinery in the
Woodworking Industries in Accordance with the
Demands of Technological Developmentl
Considering that the International Labour Conference adopted in 1963 the Guarding of
Machinery Convention (No. 119), which has been ratified by a large number of States
Members of the ILO,
Considering that as a result of the achievements of technological development, particularly with respect to labour protection, this Convention may technically no longer be fully
suited to the requirements imposed on modern machinery, and particularly on machinery in
the woodworking industries,
Considering the necessity for the maximum protection of workers in their workplaces
and for the fullest utilisation of protective devices on the machinery and in the processes
involved—for which both employers and workers are responsible;
Adopts this twenty-third day of January 1975 the following resolution:
Director-General to take the necessary steps to revise the Guarding of Machinery
Convention, 1963 (No. 119), in order to bring it into line with modern techniques of labour
protection.
Resolution (No. 9) concerning Future ILO Activities relating to
the Woodworking Industries 1
Considering the need for research in the development of appropriate techniques for
woodworking, particularly in the developing countries,
Stressing the need for studies of ways and means of training both managers and workers
for promoting the growth and expansion of woodworking industries in developing countries,
Emphasising the need to develop training curricula, teaching techniques, and, where
appropriate, trade testing and certification in the woodworking industries, and
Deploring the absence of concerted action at the international and regional levels for an
exchange of information on problems and technological developments in the woodworking
industries;
Adopts this twenty-third day of January 1975 the following resolution :
The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries invites the
Governing Body of the International Labour Office to request the Director-General—
(a) to intensify the ILO's technical co-operation activities in the woodworking industries;
(b) to examine the possibility of assisting developing countries in the latest technology
research and in training in those industries, including through regional institutes
established for that purpose; and
(c) to seek, within the framework of existing collaboration between the ILO and other
United Nations bodies, financial and technical means for achieving the abovementioned purposes.
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Resolution (No. 10) concerning the Future ILO Programme in the Field of
the Woodworking Industries *
Recalling the decision of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to
strengthen the industrial activities of the International Labour Organisation and to integrate
them into a major Programme of Industrial Activities of the International Labour
Organisation,
Regretting that it has been necessary for the International Labour Organisation to
reduce its activities, thus causing a delay in convening the Second Tripartite Technical
Meeting, and
Recalling that the Long-Term Plan (1976-81) of the Organisation does not sufficiently
reflect the economic and social problems resulting from developments in the woodworking
industries over the past few years and that it may have to be reconsidered;
Adopts, this twenty-third day of January 1975 the following resolution:
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited—
(1) to request the Director-General, in the framework of the full implementation of the
Programme of Industrial Activities of the International Labour Organisation in
accordance with the resolution adopted by the International Labour Conference at its
57th Session, to take the steps required for the undertaking of the necessary research
and investigations into the following subjects :
(a) the relationship between multinational enterprises in the woodworking industries
and social policy; in this connection the Director-General should be requested—
(i) to consider including the woodworking industries among the sectors to be
studied with regard to social policy problems within the multinational
framework; and
(ii) to urge governments, multinational enterprises and the employers' and
workers' organisations concerned to provide the ILO with information
enabling it to carry out surveys and studies, including, where appropriate, field
studies with the collaboration of all parties concerned, so as to establish the
basic facts and to identify possible problems;
(b) aid to developing countries to promote the expansion of their woodworking
industries;
(c) the use of various techniques for employment creation in the woodworking
industries of developing countries;
(d) collective agreements in the woodworking industries in different countries;
(e) the condition of women workers in the woodworking industries, with special
reference to wage levels and to access to vocational training; and
(f) safety and health in the woodworking industries, especially with regard to
technological changes;
(2) to consider, in the light of the above-mentioned research and investigations, and in
order to provide continuity between the major meetings, the possibility of convening
small-size meetings of experts;
(3) to intensify technical co-operation activities in the woodworking industries, which
activities should fully reflect the tripartite character of the ILO and should contribute to
the application of ILO standards; and
(4) to allocate the resources necessary for carrying out the above-mentioned programme.
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Resolution (No. 11) concerning the Establishment of a Tripartite Committee of the
International Labour Organisation for the Woodworking Industries,
and the Agenda of the Next Meeting for These Industries 1
Considering that the importance of the woodworking industries has been steadily
increasing in the world and that technological development and the concentration of
production into ever greater units in these industries may result in new technological and
social problems,
Considering that these problems could be solved wholly or in part through international
co-operation, particularly within the framework of the ILO, and that it may therefore be
useful to replace ILO tripartite technical meetings for the woodworking industries by a
tripartite committee for the woodworking industries;
Adopts this twenty-third day of January 1975 the following resolution:
The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited—
(1) to consider favourably the possibility of establishing a standing Industrial Committee
for the woodworking industries;
(2) to convene meetings for the woodworking industries at intervals sufficiently short to
keep pace with technological changes and to match the importance of these industries;
(3) to consider the following subjects—which are of key importance for the maintenance
and development of economically and socially sound and effective woodworking
industries—when determining the agenda of the next meeting for these industries :
(a) occupational safety and health in the woodworking industries;
(b) labour-management relations in the woodworking industries; and
(c) active labour-market policies, both short-term and long-term, to secure full
employment in the woodworking industries.
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Understanding between the Director-General of the International
Labour Office and the Secretary-General of the Inter-Governmental
Maritime Consultative Organisation concerning the Terms of
Reference, Responsibilities and Working Arrangements of the Joint
IMCO-ILO Committee on Training
(London, 22 May 1974)
1. Article I of the Agreement between the ILO and IMCO provides for close cooperation and regular consultation between the two organisations in regard to matters of
common interest. The Director-General of the ILO and the Secretary-General of IMCO
recognise that the formulation of international instruments or documents for guidance
concerning maritime training, qualifications or certification is a matter of common interest
to both organisations on which there should be consultation with a view to ensuring that
standards are up to date and complete, that duplication and conflict are avoided and that the
work of the two organisations is mutually supporting.
2. Article III of the Agreement between the ILO and IMCO provides for the reference to
a joint committee of any questions of common interest which it may appear desirable to
refer to such a committee. In pursuance of that provision there has been established a Joint
IMCO-ILO Committee on Training which has been entrusted with the task of considering
the appropriateness of international formulation of standards of training and qualifications
for all seafarers, and in particular the training and qualifications required to use shipborne
navigational equipment, consideration being given in the course of this work to the question
of standardisation of licences required for masters, mates, chief engineers and other ships'
officers.
3. The training, qualifications and certification of sea-going personnel are fundamental
factors in promoting the safety and efficiency of navigation and the protection of the marine
environment as well as in improving the occupational safety, professional qualifications and
career structure of crews. The various elements of this training, qualifications and
certification are inter-connected, and the activities of the ILO and IMCO are complementary. Therefore, instead of attempting to draw a firm line of demarcation between areas in
which the ILO and IMCO would respectively enjoy exclusive competence in respect of the
training and certification of sea-going personnel, which is not practically feasible, the ILO
and IMCO will co-operate as closely as possible to discharge jointly their respective
responsibilities in this field and to promote the best use of the resources available to both
organisations. For this purpose the following arrangements will be made.
4. Proposals on the formulation of international standards concerning maritime training, qualifications or certification, whether in the form of documents for guidance or of more
formal international instruments, will normally be submitted to the Joint IMCO-ILO
Committee on Training by either organisation or by both. The two organisations may agree
that, for reasons of timing or otherwise, reference of particular proposals is unnecessary or
inappropriate. The Joint Committee will meet as required to carry out functions described in
this understanding, taking into account budgetary allocations.
5. The Joint Committee will examine the proposals in an advisory capacity. The
Members of the Committee will be appointed as experts. The Joint Committee will be
expected to report and make recommendations on the substance of the matters referred to it
and, as appropriate, other related matters, rather than on detail of drafting.
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6. The reports of the Joint Committee will be communicated to the Director-General of
the ILO and the Secretary-General of IMCO for submission to the appropriate body or
bodies of the two organisations. If among the experts a divergence of opinion occurs on a
point of substance, the Director-General of the ILO and the Secretary-General of IMCO
shall take urgent steps to resolve the problems. If, nevertheless, a divergence of views
remains, the existence of this will be made known to the responsible organs in each
organisation before they reach policy decisions. Both organisations will at all times do their
utmost to find solutions.
(Signed):
Francis BLANCHARD,
Director-General of the
International Labour Office
C. P. SRIVASTAVA,
Secretary-General of the
Inter-Governmental Maritime
Consultative Organisation
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Office Publications and Documents
The following list contains only the major ILO publications issued in 1975.
Complete catalogues may be obtained, and the publications and documents purchased, from: ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH-1211 Geneva 22.
I. GENERAL PUBLICATIONS
The economics of recurrent education and training, by Vladimir Stoikov. A WEP study.
viii + 115 pp. Paperbound: 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101163-1. Hardbound: 25 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101223-9.
Employment planning and optimal allocation of physical and human resources, by Jean Bénard
and Jan Versluis. A WEP study, xii + 124 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101073-2.
Equality of opportunity and treatment in employment in the European region: problems
and policies. Report and documents of a Regional Symposium (Geneva, 21-29 April
1975). 89 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101398-7.
Flexible working hours, by Heinz Allenspach. v + 64 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101198-4.
Freedom of association: an international survey, vii + 59 pp. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101269-7.
Generating employment for the educated in India. A WEP study. 260 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101291-3.
Hours of work in industrialised countries, by Archibald A. Evans, xiv + 164 pp. 20 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101296-4.
Labour and population programmes: approaches, experience and prospects. A Report on
the ILO Labour and Population Programme prepared by Milos Macura, Ekonomski
Institute, Belgrade, iv + 49 pp. 10 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101431-2.
The optimal international division of labour, by Bohuslav Herman. Foreword by Jan Tinbergen. A WEP study, x + 155 pp. Hardbound: 30 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101286-7.
Paperbound: 20 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101285-9.
Roads and redistribution. Social costs and benefits of labour-intensive road construction
in Iran, by G. W. Irvin, assisted by B. Nilsson, L. Karlsson and R. Eriksson. A WEP
study, xi + 162 pp. 25 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101190-9.
The role of labour law in developing countries. ILO/SIDA Round Table on the Role of
Labour Law in Developing Countries (Geneva, 10-14 September, and Selva di Fasano,
Italy, 17-19 September 1974). Labour-Management Relations Series No. 49.
xx + 350 pp. 27.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101287-5.
The service industries, by Yves Sabolo, assisted by J. Gaude and R. Wéry. A WEP study.
xv + 238 pp. Hardbound: 35 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101300-6. Paperbound: 25 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101133-X.
Shift work. Economic advantages and social costs, by Marc Maurice, iv + 146 pp. 15 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101095-3.
Social security in Africa. Trends, problems and prospects, by Pierre Mouton. 166 pp.
Hardbound: 30 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101414-2. Paperbound: 20 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2101192-5.
256
Special national procedures concerning non-discrimination in employment (with particular
reference to the private sector). A practical guide. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-100199-7.
Technology and employment in industry. A case study approach. Edited by A. S. Bhalla.
Foreword by Amartya Sen. A WEP study, xv + 324 pp. Paperbound: 37.50 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101238-7. Hardbound: 45 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101241-7.
Time for transition. A mid-term review of progress in attaining the employment and income
distribution objectives of the Second United Nations Development Decade, viii + 84 pp.
15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101301-4.
Trade and employment. A study of the effects of trade expansion on employment in developing and developed countries, by H. F. Lydall. A WEP study, x + 140 pp. Paperbound:
17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101239-5. Hardbound: 27.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101240-9.
The trade union situation in Chile. Report of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission
on Freedom of Association (provisional edition). 150 pp. 20 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2101345-6.
The use of statistics. A handbook for co-operatives, by Liam E. Pickett, xi 4- 203 pp.
22.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101230-1.
Year book of labour statistics 1975. 865 pp. 95 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-001426-2.
II. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE:
REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS
59th Session, Geneva, 1974 :
Record of proceedings, International Labour Conference, 59th Session, 1974. lxxviii +
823 pp. 65 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101265-4.
60th Session, Geneva, 1975 :
Making work more human. Working conditions and environment. Report of the DirectorGeneral, iv + 122 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101331-6.
Apartheid — Eleventh special report of the Director-General on the application of the Declaration concerning the Policy of Apartheid of the Republic of South Africa. 51 pp. 12.50 Sw.
frs. ISBN 92-2-100968-8.
Draft programme and budget 1976-77 and otherfinancialquestions. Report II. iii +148 pp.
17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101322-7.
Director-General's programme and budget proposals for 1976-77. Supplement to Report II.
xxxiii + 198 pp. 22.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101318-9.
Summary of reports on ratified Conventions (Articles 22 and 35 of the Constitution). Report III
(Part 1). 126 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101319-7.
Equal remuneration. Summary of reports on unratified Conventions and on Recommendations
(Article 19 of the Constitution). Report III (Part 2). iii + 61 pp. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN
92-2-101262-X.
Summary of information relating to the submission to the competent authorities of Conventions and Recommendations adopted by the International Labour Conference (Article 19
of the Constitution). Report HI (Part 3). 16 pp. 3 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101324-3.
Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
(Articles 19, 22 and 25 of the Constitution). Volume A: General Report and Observations concerning Particular Countries. Report III (Part 4A). x + 236 pp. 25 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101323-5.
257
General survey of the reports relating to the Equal Remuneration Convention (No. 100)
and Recommendation (No. 90), 1951. Report of the Committee of Experts on the
Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Articles 19, 22 and 35 of the
Constitution). Volume B. Report III (Part 4B). 86 pp. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101325-1.
Organisations of rural workers and their role in economic and social development. Report IV
(2). iii + 45 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101275-1.
Migrant workers. Report V (2). iii + 65 pp. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101276-X.
Human resources development: vocational guidance and vocational training. Report VI (2).
iii + 105 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101276-X.
Establishment of national tripartite machinery to improve the implementation of ILO standards.
Report VII (2). iii + 47 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101250-6.
Equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers. Report VIII. 123 pp. ISBN
92-2-101234-4.
Report of the working party on structure. Report IX. iii + 115 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN
92-2-101332-4.
61st Session, Geneva, 1976 :
Establishment of tripartite machinery to promote the implementation of international labour
standards. Report IV (1). iii + 32 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101362-6.
Labour administration: role, functions and organisation.1 Report V (1). iv + 170 pp. 20 Sw.
frs. ISBN 92-2-101364-2.
Working environment. Report VI (1). iii + 39 pp. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101332-4.
Employment and conditions of work and life of nursing personnel. Report VII (1). iv + 108 pp.
17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101368-5.
III.
E I G H T H A S I A N REGIONAL CONFERENCE (COLOMBO,
1975)
The poor in Asian development: An ILO programme. Report of the Director-General.
Report I (Part I). 117 pp. 17.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101386-3.
Ratification and implementation of selected international labour Conventions by Asian countries.
Report of the Director-General. Report I (Part 2). iii + 50 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs. ISBN
92-2-101387-1.
Human resources development in rural areas in Asia and the role of rural institutions. Education, training and institutions for rural human resources development in Asian countries.
Report II. iv + 155 pp. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101388-X.
The strengthening of labour administration in Asia and its role in national development with
the active participation of employers' and workers' organisations. Report III. 63 pp.
15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101389-8.
IV.
INDUSTRIAL AND O T H E R
MEETINGS
Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for Mines Other than Coal Mines (Geneva, 1975)
General Report: Effect given to the conclusions of the previous meetings. Report I (Parts 1
and 2). iv + 156 pp. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101272-7.
1
This Report was prepared for the 61st Session of the Conference but it was subsequently decided
to postpone discussion of this subject until the 63rd (1977) Session of the Conference.
258
General Report: Recent events and developments in mines other than coal mines. Report I
(Part 3). iv + 62 pp. + Statistical Appendix. 15 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101273-5.
Vocational training and retraining in mines other than coal mines. Report II. ii + 65 pp.
12 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101255-7.
Welfare of workers in mines other than coal mines. Report III. iii + 70 pp. 12 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101274-3.
Iron and Steel Committee (9th Session, Geneva, 1975)
General report: action taken on the conclusions adopted at previous sessions of the Committee. Report I (Parts 1 and 2). ii + 125 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101305-7.
General report: recent events and developments in the iron and steel industry. Report I (Part 3).
ii + 82 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101306-5.
The forecasting of manpower requirements in the iron and steel industry and its significance
for the recruitment and vocational training of the industry's labour force. Report II.
62 pp. 10 Sw. frs. ISBN 92-2-101307-3.
Working environment in the iron and steel industry. Report III. iii + 75 pp. 12.50 Sw. frs.
ISBN 92-2-101308-1.
259
GENERAL INDEX
FOR 1975
GENERAL INDEX 1
FOR 1975
A
Number and Page
Accident Prevention on Board Ships at Sea and in Ports, Meeting of Experts on:
Date and place
3 228
Africa:
See Small Enterprise Development Schemes in Africa; African Advisory
Committee.
African Advisory Committee:
Sixth Session:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
2 123
1 5-6 3 229
3 227
Agricultural Education and Training, Joint FAO-UNESCO-ILO Advisory
Committee on:
Date and place
2 133
Allocations Committee:
Composition
3 216
3 199
America:
See American States Members of the ILO, Tenth Conference of ; InterAmerican Advisory Committee.
American States Members of the ILO, Tenth Conference of:
Agenda
Conclusions, recommendations and resolutions adopted (" The Mexico City
Declaration ")
Date and place
Record: action by the Governing Body at its 195th Session
Participation of observers
Appeals Board:
See Conference, 60th (1975) Session.
2 160
2 162-174
2 132
2 136-138
2 131
Asia:
See Asian Advisory Committee ; Asian Regional Conference ; Management
in Asia, Social Responsibilities of; Tenancy Legislation in Asia.
Asian Advisory Committee:
1
1 6-7
The bold-face figures refer to the numbers of the Official Bulletin. The light-face figures indicate the pages.
263
Number and Page
Asian Regional Conference, Eighth:
Date and place
Non-governmental organisation
Assistant Director-General:
Appointment of Dr. Salih K. Burgan (Jordan) as Assistant Director-General:
action by the Governing Body
3 229
2 132 3 227
2131
3 212
B
Budget of the ILO:
See Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations, Working Party
on the ; Programmé, Financial and Administrative Committee.
C
Chemical Industries Committee:
Eighth Session:
Date and place
Chile:
See Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission ; Resolutions adopted by the
3 227
3 203
Civil Aviation, Preparatory Meeting for:
Agenda
Date and place
Effect to be given to the conclusions: action by the Governing Body . . . .
2 159
2 159
2146
Civil Aviation, Tripartite Technical Meeting for:
Agenda
2 143
Coal Mines Committee:
10th Session:
Date and place
3 227
Collective Bargaining, Tripartite Advisory Meeting on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
2 128
3 209-210, 224-225
3 227
Conference, International Labour:
60th (1975) Session:
Agenda
11
Appeals Board: composition
2 154-155
Date and place
2 132
Declaration of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women
Workers
1 96-100
Excerpt from the Twelfth Report of the Selection Committee . . . .
1 107
Excerpts from the Reports of the Standing Orders Committee . . . .
1 105-107
Excerpt from the Report of the Committee on Structure
1 100-105
2 154, 155 3 212-213
Non-metropolitan territories
2 155 3 212
264
Number and Page
61st (1976) Session:
Agenda
Date and place
62nd (Maritime) Session:
Date and place
63rd (1977) Session:
Agenda
See also Resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference ; World
Conference on Employment.
Constitution of the ILO:
Instruments of Amendment, 1964: ratifications or acceptances: Kuwait,
Libyan Arab Republic, Netherlands
Instrument of Amendment, 1972: ratifications or acceptances:
— Argentina, German Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Republic,
Niger, Poland, Sudan, Thailand, Venezuela
— Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Ecuador
Conventions, International Labour:
Annulment of the denunciation by Brazil of the Labour Clauses (Public
Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94)
Cancellation of declarations of application of Conventions:
France
Declarations concerning the application of Conventions to non-metropolitan
territories:
France, United Kingdom
Netherlands, United Kingdom
Denunciations of Conventions:
Cameroon, United Republic of
Extensions of Conventions:
Cameroon, United Republic of; Somalia
Notification of the coming into force of the:
Ratifications of Conventions:
Australia
Barbados
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Ecuador
Finland
France
Gabon
Germany, Federal Republic of
Greece
Guatemala
Guyana
Hungary
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Morocco
3 195-196
3 228
3 228
3 195
1 10
110
3 235
1 25-26
1 25
1 16-25
3 238
1 16
1 15-16
1 26
1 26
3 238
1
1
1
1
1 11
1 11
3 236
1 11
3 236
12 3 236
1 12
3 237
1 12
12 3 237
13 3 237
1 13
3 237
1 13
1 13
13 3 237
1 13
1 13
3 237
1 13-14
1 14
265
Number and Page
Nepal
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Upper Volta
Yugoslavia
Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142): text . . . .
Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143):
text
Rural Workers'Organisations Convention, 1975 (No. 141): text
Conventions and Recommendations, Committee of Experts on the Application of:
45th Session :
Date and place
Report
46th Session :
Date and place
1 14
3 237
1 14
3 237
3 237
1 14
1 15
1 15 3 237
1 15
1 15
1 15 3 238
1 15
1 15
1 15 3 238
132-35
1 35-42
128-31
2 120-121, 148
2 132, 3 227
3 232
3 227
Organisations:
D
Deputy Directors-General, Appointment of:
Mr. Bertil Bolin (Sweden)
Mr. Surendra K. Jain (India)
Mr. John W. McDonald Jr. (United States)
2 153
3 212
2 153
Development Decade:
See United Nations Development Decade.
Director-General :
Reports to the Governing Body :
194th Session
195th Session
196th Session
197th Session
2
2
3
3
129-132
152-155
211-213
225-226
Discrimination, Committee on:
3 220
Dock Work, Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in:
Agenda
Date and place
3 224
3 227
266
Number and Page
E
Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment in the European Region,
Symposium on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
t.
3 232-233
2 148-150
2 132
3 197-198
Ergonomics:
See Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to Industry,
Europe:
See Equality of Opportunity and Treatment in Employment in the European
Region ; European Regional Conference,
European Regional Conference, Second:
Resolutions : action by the Governing Body
3 211-212
Evaluation of ILO Technical Co-operation Activities :
See Technical Co-operation Activities.
Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association:
Report concerning Chile: action by the Governing Body . . .
Report concerning Lesotho: action by the Governing Body . .
'3 196
3 222
Financial and Administrative Committee:
See Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee.
Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations, Working Party on the:
Composition
3 220
2 116-117
2 141
3 199
Fishing Vessels, Joint FAO-ILO-IMCO Meeting of Consultants on Safety on
Board:
2 142
Food Products and Drink Industries, Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the:
Agenda
2 143-144
Forestry:
See Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to Industry,
Freedom of Association, Committee on:
Composition: action by the Governing Body
.
150th Report: action by the Governing Body at its 196th Session
151st Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 196th Session
152nd Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 197th Session
The texts of these Reports appear in Official Bulletin, 1975, Series B.
219-220
2 113
113
139
139
198
198
222
267
Number and Page
G
Governing Body of the ILO:
Appointment of Governing Body representatives on various bodies 2 133, 156-157
Officers of the Governing Body:
Election for 1975-76
Reports
2 131-132,
194th Session:
Agenda
Date and place
195th Session:
Agenda
Date and place
196th Session:
Agenda
Date and place
197th Session:
Agenda
Date and place
198th Session:
Date and place
2
199th Session:
Date and place
200th Session:
Date and place
201st Session:
Date and place
See also Director-General : Reports to the Governing Body.
3 228-230
12-4
3 214
155 3 213
2 109-110
2 109
2 134-135
2 134
3 193-194
3 193
3 214
3 214
133 3 227
3 227
3 228
3 228
H
Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments, Second Tripartite Technical
Meeting for:
Agenda
Date and place
EfiFect to be given to the conclusions and resolutions: action by the Governing
Body
2 161
2 161
2 180-191
3 199
I
Income Distribution:
See World Conference on Employment.
Industrial Activities Committee:
Composition
Reports
Industrial and Analogous Committees:
Fifth general review of the membership
Industrial Relations Information Systems, Meeting of Experts on:
Date and place
268
3 217
2 118-120, 142-146 3 199-204
2 119 3 200
3 228
Number and Page
Institute for Labour Studies, International:
Appointment of Director
2 153
3 221
Inter-American Advisory Committee:
Fifth Session :
Date and place
17-8
3 228
International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training:
3 221-222
International Institute for Labour Studies:
See Institute.
International Organisations Committee:
Composition
Reports: action by the Governing Body
3 218
2 118, 141-142
Iron and Steel Committee:
Ninth Session:
Date and place
Israel:
Request for a special survey concerning certain allegations relating to discrimination in the field of employment
3 228
2 132 3 227
3 203
2 154
J
Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Latin-American and Caribbean Symposium on
Copyright and the Rights of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations:
Date and place
2 156 3 227
L
Latin-American and Caribbean Symposium:
Lesotho:
See Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission.
Liberation Movements:
See Participation of Representatives of Liberation Movements.
M
Management in Asia, Meeting of Experts on Social Responsibilities of:
Agenda
Date and place
2 160
2 160
2 139
Maritime Commission, Joint:
22nd Session:
Date and place
3 228
269
Number and Page
Maritime Conference, Preparatory Technical :
Composition
Date and place
3 229
2 152
2 133 3 227
Meetings Held, Major Advisory and Other:
2 158-161
3 231-234
Meetings, Programme of:
2 132-133, 155-156
3 226-228
Membership of the International Labour Organisation:
Swaziland
19
Metal Trades Committee:
Tenth Session :
Agenda
2 142-143
Mexico City Declaration, The:
See American States Members of the ILO, Tenth Conference of.
Migrant Workers, Meeting of Experts on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
2 128 3 208
2 150-151 3 207-208, 223
3 227
Migrant Workers, Symposium on Workers' Education Needs of:
Mines Other than Coal Mines, Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for:
Agenda
Date and place
Mines, Panel of Consultants on Safety in:
Composition
2 136
3
2
3
2
233
157
233
132
2118
2 121
N
New Wage Systems and Structures in Industrialised Countries, Meeting of Experts
on:
Agenda
Date and place
. .
Noise and Vibration in the Working Environment, Meeting of Experts on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
2 128
2 133
2 161
2 123-124
2 132
O
Obituary:
Mr. Henryk Altman
Mr. Abbas Ammar
Mr. Toshichika Anyoji
Mr. Erik Dreyer
270
2 130
2 152-153
2 130
3 225
Number and Page
Sir Joseph Hallsworth
Mr. Paul G. Hoffman
Mr. Claude Jodoin
Lord McNair of Gleniffer
Mr. Vadakke Menon
Mr. Albert Monk
Mr. Konrad Nordahl
Mr. Yujiro Ohno
Mr. Francisco Olivo
Mr. Louis Saillant
Mr. Friedrich Sitzler
UThant
Mr. Earl Warren
2
2
2
2
2
Occupational Cancer, Panel of Consultants on:
Composition
2 130
2 130
3 211
3 211
152-153
152-153
3 211
2 130
152-153
2 130
152-153
152-153
2 130
3 204, 223
Occupational Health, Joint ILO-WHO Committee on:
Seventh Session:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
Note on the meeting
Operational Programmes, Committee on:
Agenda for the November 1975 meeting
3
2
2 132 3
3
234
150
234
234
2 147
3 218-219
2 146-147
Optimisation of the Working Environment, Symposium on New Trends in the:
See Working Environment.
Organisations with Regional Consultative Status:
European Trade Union Confederation
Organisation of African Trade Union Unity
Pan-African Workers' Congress
2 155
2 155
2 155
P
Participation of Representatives of Liberation Movements in the Conference and in
Other ILO Meetings:
2 112
Pension Schemes, Symposium on the Effects of Inflation and Currency Instability on:
Date and place
3 227
Plantations, Committee on Work on:
Seventh Session :
Agenda
Date and place
2 143
3 228
Postal and Telecommunication Services, Joint Meeting on Conditions of Work and
Employment in:
Date and place
3 228
Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference:
See Maritime Conference.
Number and Page
Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee:
See also Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations.
Public Service, Joint Committee on the:
Second Session :
Composition
Date and place
Public Service, Technical Conference on the:
Agenda
Conclusions adopted
Date and place
Intergovernmental organisations
3 215
2
2
3
3
113-116
139-141
198-199
222-223
3 229
3 206-207, 224
2 133 3 227
3 202-203
3 232
2 156-157
3 239-241
2 132
2 126
2 127
3 197
R
Radiation Protection in Mining and Milling of Uranium and Thorium, ILO-WHOIAEA Symposium on:
Date and place
Note on the meeting
Recommendations, International Labour:
Human Resources Development Recommendation, 1975 (No. 150): text . .
Migrant Workers Recommendation, 1975 (No. 151): text
Rural Workers' Organisations Recommendation, 1975 (No. 149) : text . . .
Regional Advisory Committees:
Session:
Action by the Governing Body at its 194th Session:
Convocation by the ILO of a Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social Progress and the International Division of Labour
Future ILO action in the field of migrant workers
Paid educational leave
Policy of discrimination, racism and violation of trade union rights
practised by the Israeli authorities in Palestine and in other occupied
Arab territories
272
2-158
2-158
1 49-69
169-75
1 43-48
15-8
2 112
2111
2111
2 112, 135
Number and Page
Social and economic consequences of preventive action (occupational
cancer)
Special arrangements (occupational cancer)
2111
2 110-111
Session:
Adoption of the Programme and Budget for the 55th financial period
(1976-77) and the allocation of expenses among Member States . . . .
Composition of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour
Organisation
Confidential staff list
Contribution of small and medium undertakings to economic and social
progress and to the creation of employment, in particular in developing
countries
Equal status and equal opportunity for women and men in occupation and
employment
Establishment of a Publications Revolving Fund and the use of receipts from
the rental of ILO premises
Future action of the International Labour Organisation in the field of
working conditions and environment
Granting of permission to vote to the Republic of Bolivia
Granting of permission to vote to the Yemen Arab Republic
Human and trade union rights in Chile
Action by the Governing Body at its 197th Session
Industrialisation, the guarantee of employment and the protection of the
incomes of workers
Payment of an additional annuity into the ILO Staff Pensions Fund . . .
Plan of action with a view to promoting equality of opportunity and treatment for women workers
Redistribution of the proposed expenditure budget according to the revised
programme structure
Reimbursement to the Working Capital Fund of part of the withdrawals
made in 1974-75 under supplementary credits
Rural development
To place on the agenda of the next ordinary session of the Conference an
item entitled " Establishment of Tripartite Machinery to Promote the
Implementation of International Labour Standards "
Vocational rehabilitation and social reintegration of disabled or handicapped
persons
Road Transport, Meeting of Experts on Hours of Work and Rest Periods in:
Agenda
Date and place
Rural Development, Advisory Committee on:
Composition
Eighth Session :
Agenda
Conclusions adopted
Date and place
2 159
2 175-179
2 159
2136
Rural Workers and Their Organisations, Symposium on Workers' Education
Methods and Techniques for:
Agenda
Composition
2 125 3 232
2 125-126
194-95
1 93
1 92
1 79-80
1 91-92
1 93
1 81-84
1 92
1 92
1 76-77
3 226
1 84-85
1 94
1 85-91
1 95
1 94
1 77-79
1 85
1 80-81
2 160
2 160
2 146
2 123
273
Number and Page
Date and place
2 132
3 197
S
Safety and Health:
See Accident Prevention on Board Ships ; Dock Work ; Fishing Vessels ;
Mines, Panel of Consultants on Safety in ; Radiation Protection.
Salaried Employees and Professional Workers, Advisory Committee on:
Agenda
Date and place
Effect given and to be given to the conclusions and resolutions : action by the
Governing Body
Shift Work and New Patterns of Working Time in Industrialised Countries, Symposium on:
Date and place
2 158
2 158-159
2 158
2 144-145
3 228
Ships, Accident Prevention on Board Ships at Sea and in Ports:
See Accident Prevention.
Small Enterprise Development Schemes in Africa, Meeting of Experts on:
Date and place
Social Security Experts, Committee of:
Composition
Date and place
3 228
2 121-122, 147
3 227
Social Security Experts, Meeting of Selected Members of the Committee of:
Agenda
2 148
Composition
2 147-148 3 208-209
Standing Orders and the Application of Conventions and Recommendations,
Committee on:
Composition
Reports : action by the Governing Body
3 216
2 117-118, 141
Structure, Working Party on:
Appointment of Governing Body representative
2 157
Date and place
2 132, 156 3 226
See also Conference, 60th Session (Excerpt from the Report of the Committee
on Structure).
Swaziland:
See Membership of the International Labour Organisation.
Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to Industry, Agriculture
and Forestry:
Date and place
2 159
T
Teachers, Joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of
the Recommendation concerning the Status of:
Third Session :
Composition
Date and place
274
3 207
3 227
Number and Page
Technical Co-operation:
See Operational Programmes, Committee on ; Technical Co-operation
Activities.
Technical Co-operation Activities, Establishment of a Tripartite Team for the
Evaluation of ILO:
Composition and terms of reference: action by the Governing Body . . .
Tenancy Legislation in Asia, Meeting of Experts on:
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
3 225-226
2 127
2 151-152 3 209, 223-224
2 155-156 3 227
Textiles Committee:
Tenth Session:
Agenda
2 143
Trade, Development Co-operation, Employment and Labour:
Study on the effects of trade expansion on employment in developing and
developed countries : action by the Governing Body
2112
Trade Unionists, Symposium on Economic Education for:
Agenda
Date and place
2 161
2 161
3 197
Training, Joint EMCO-ILO Committee on:
Fourth Session :
Agenda
Composition
Date and place
Note on the meeting
Understanding between the Director-General of the ILO and the SecretaryGeneral of IMCO concerning the Joint Committee: text
2 124
2 124-125
2 132
3 231
3 254-255
Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining:
See Collective Bargaining.
Tripartite Technical Meeting for Civil Aviation:
See Civil Aviation.
Tripartite Technical Meeting (Second) for the Food Products and Drink Industries:
See Food Products and Drink Industries.
Tripartite World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social
Progress and the International Division of Labour:
See World Conference.
Turin Centre:
See International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training.
u
United Nations Development Decade, Second:
Review and appraisal: action by the Governing Body
2118
Uranium and Thorium:
See Radiation Protection.
275
Number and Page
w
Wages:
See New Wage Systems and Structures in Industrialised Countries, Meeting of
Experts on.
Women Workers, Declaration of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for:
See Conference, 60th Session.
Women Workers, Panel of Consultants on the Problems of:
Composition
Women's Year, International:
2 121, 148
2 142
Woodworking Industries, Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the:
Agenda
- Conclusions and resolutions adopted
Date and place
3 231
3 242-253
2 132 3 242
Workers' Education:
See Rural Workers and Their Organisations ; Migrant Workers.
Workers' Education, Panel of Consultants on:
Composition
3 204-206
Working Environment, Meeting of Experts on Noise and Vibration in the:
See Noise and Vibration.
Working Environment, Symposium on New Trends in the Optimisation of the:
Date and place
3 228
Working Time:
See Shift Work and New Patterns of Working Time.
World Conference on Employment, Income Distribution and Social Progress and the
International Division of Labour, Tripartite:
Agenda
' Date and place
3 194
3 228
Y
Young Workers, Panel of Consultants on the Problems of:
Composition
276
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