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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 Participation of observers : 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 Participation of observers : 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: Composition : action by the Governing Body 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 Report : action by the Governing Body 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 at its 195th Session at its 196th 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 Agriculture and Forestry. of Ergonomics to Industry, Freedom of Association, Committee on: Composition : action by the Governing Body 146th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 194th Session 147th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 194th Session 148th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 195th Session 149th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 195th 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 Composition for the period 1975-78 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: Composition for the period 1975-78 Fifth Session : Date and place 17-8 3 228 International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training: Composition of the Board 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 : Appointment of Governing Body representatives Date and place Participation of observers : Non-governmental international organisations 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: See Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO 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 Report : action by the Governing Body 2 160 2 160 2 139 Maritime Commission, Joint: 22nd Session: Date and place 3 228 269 Number and Page Maritime Conference, Preparatory Technical : Appointment of Governing Body representatives 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: Report : action by the Governing Body Mines Other than Coal Mines, Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for: Agenda Appointment of Governing Body representatives Conclusions and resolutions adopted Date and place Participation of observers : International non-governmental organisations 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 Composition : action by the Governing Body Report: action by the Governing Body 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: Composition : action by the Governing Body Reports: action by the Governing Body— at its 194th Session at its 195th Session at its 196th Session at its 197th Session See also Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations. Public Service, Joint Committee on the: Second Session : Appointment of Governing Body representatives Composition Date and place Participation of observers: Non-governmental international organisations Public Service, Technical Conference on the: Agenda Appointment of Governing Body representatives Conclusions adopted Date and place Participation of observers : Intergovernmental organisations International non-governmental organisations Report: action by the Governing Body 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 . . . See also Standing Orders and the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, Committee on. Regional Advisory Committees: Composition for the period 1975-78 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 Resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 60th (1975) 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 Report: action by the Governing Body Rural Development, Advisory Committee on: Composition Eighth Session: Agenda Conclusions adopted Date and place Report: action by the Governing Body 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 Report : action by the Governing Body 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 Conclusions and resolutions adopted 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 Report : action by the Governing Body 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 : Action by the Governing Body 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 2 121 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE 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 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE 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). 1 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 United Republic of Cameroon. 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 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). 6 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). 7 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 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). 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 Ratifications or Acceptances 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 Libyan Arab Republic Argentina Venezuela Thailand Niger German Democratic Republic 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 Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) 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) Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) 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) Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) 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) Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (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) Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) Germany, Federal Republic of Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130) 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) Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134) 1 Greece Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) Guyana Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill) 1 Hungary Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) 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 Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) Jamaica Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill) Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) Libyan Arab Republic Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936 (No. 53) Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) 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 Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130) Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) 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) Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Nepal Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. Ill) Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1970 (No. 133) Norway Spain Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) Sri Lanka Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) Sweden Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) Switzerland Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Syrian Arab Republic Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) Turkey Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) 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) 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 ojemployedpersons in economic sectors other than agricultur Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) 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) 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. Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 10) Applicable without modification : Overseas Territories : Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. 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) 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. Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17) 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 Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) Repatriation of Seamen Convention, 1926 (No. 23) 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. Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927 (No. 24) Applicable without modification: Overseas Departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. This declaration supersedes a declaration of non-application of 27 Apr Applicable without modification: Overseas Terrritories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) Applicable without modification: Overseas Departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. 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) 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. Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42) Applicable without modification : Overseas Territories : Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Sheet-Glass Works Convention, 1934 (No. 43) 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 Provision Convention, 1934 (No. 44) Applicable without modification : Overseas Territories : Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) Reduction of Hours of Work (Glass-Bottle Works) Convention, 1935 (No. 49) Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936 (No. 52) 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. 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) Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Applicable without modification: Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Right of Association (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 84) Applicable without modification : Overseas Departments : French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. 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) Applicable without modification : Overseas Territories : Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) Applicable without modification: Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. 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 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 (No. 99) Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952 (No. 101) Applicable without modification: Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. 2 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) 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. Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106) 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. The Convention shall also apply to persons employed in the establishm Convention. Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) 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. 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) Applicable without modification: Overseas Departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Decision reserved : Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Minimum Age (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 112) Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (No. 113) Fishermen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1959 (No. 114) Applicable without modification: Overseas Departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Decision reserved : Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) 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. 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. Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Applicable without modification : Overseas Departments : French 27 Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) Applicable without modification : Overseas Territories : Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. 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 Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. The minimum age of sixteen years has been specified pursuant to Articl Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (No. 124) Fishermen's Competency Certificates Convention, 1966 (No, 125) Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen) Convention, 1966 (No. 126) 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. Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1970 (No. 133) Applicable without modification : Overseas Departments : French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Decision reserved: Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. *• State Convention France (cont.) Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Applicable without modification: Overseas Departments: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion. Decision reserved : Overseas Territories: Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon. United Kingdom 2 2 Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17) 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 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) Applicable without modification : Hong Kong This declaration supersedes a declaration of decision reserved registere Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) Decision reserved : Jersey, Isle of Man St. Lucia Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) Decision reserved : Guernsey, Isle of Man Gibraltar, Seychelles Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1 3 1 1 Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) Decision reserved : Jersey 12 Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (No. 124) Applicable without modification : Hong Kong 12 This declaration supersedes a declaration of decision reserved registered Not applicable : St. Lucia 30 Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) Decision reserved: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man 12 Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Hong Kong 18 Montserrat, Seychelles 9 Brunei 17 Applicable without modification : Bermuda 18 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 1 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 1 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. 28 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. 29 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. 30 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. 31 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 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 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 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 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. 1 32 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. 3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered. Article 8 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 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 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 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. 34 Artide 12 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 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 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 143 Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers 1 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 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 1 Adopted on 24 June 1975 by 265 votes in favour, 0 against, with 81 abstentions. 35 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 36 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 Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international 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. 37 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. 38 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 39 (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. 40 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. 3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its ratification has been registered. Article 19 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 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 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 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. 41 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 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 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 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 42 Recommendation 149 Recommendation concerning Organisations of Rural Workers and Their Role in Economic and Social Development1 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 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, adopts this twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Rural Workers' Organisations Recommendation, 1975: 1 Adopted on 23 June 1975 by 347 votes in favour, 0 against, with 4 abstentions. 43 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 ; 44 (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. 45 (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. 46 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. 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 48 Recommendation 150 Recommendation concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources 1 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 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 Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation, adopts this twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred 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. 1 Adopted on 23 June 1975 by 351 votes in favour, 0 against, with 2 abstentions. 49 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; 50 (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. 51 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 52 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. 53 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— 54 (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 ; 55 (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; 56 (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. 57 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. 58 (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— 59 (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. 60 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. 61 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; 62 (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. 63 (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. 64 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; 65 (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 66 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 67 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. 68 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. 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 Recommendation 151 Recommendation concerning Migrant Workers1 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 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 Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation, adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and 1 Adopted on 24 June 1975 by 288 votes in favour, 0 against, with 62 abstentions. 69 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 70 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. 71 (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; 73 (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 74 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. 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. 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 75 RESOLUTIONS I Resolution concerning Human and Trade Union Rights in Chile1 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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 ; 1 76 Adopted on 24 June 1975 by 236 votes in favour, 0 against, with 106 abstentions. (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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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, 1 Adopted on 24 June 1975. 77 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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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. 2. Invites the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to instruct the 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; 1 Adopted on 24 June 1975. 79 (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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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— • Adopted on 24 June 1975. 80 (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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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, 1 Adopted on 24 June 1975. 81 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. 4. Invites the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to instruct the 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; 82 (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 83 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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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. 2. Invites the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to instruct the 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. 1 84 Adopted on 24 June 1975 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. vn 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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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. vra Resolution concerning a Plan of Action with a View to Promoting Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers2 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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. 1 Adopted on 21 June 1975. » Adopted on 25 June 1975. 85 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; 86 (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 ; 87 (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; 88 (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. 89 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. 90 (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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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 ; 1. Invites the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to instruct the 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— 1 Adopted on 25 June 1975. 91 (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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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. xn 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. 1 Adopted on 9 June 1975 by 223 votes in favour, 18 against, with 20 abstentions. * Adopted on 9 June 1975 by 233 votes in favour, 2 against, with 9 abstentions. • Adopted on 18 June 1975. 92 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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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. 1 Adopted on 18 June 1975. 93 XV Resolution concerning the Payment of an Additional Annuity into the ILO Staff Pensions Fund1 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation; 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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation; 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 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation; 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; 1 Adopted on 18 June 1975. • Adopted on 19 June 1975 by 307 votes in favour, 36 against, with 22 abstentions. 94 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. xvm 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. 1 Adopted on 18 June 1975. 95 ADDITIONAL TEXTS AND DECISIONS Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers1 The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 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, 1 96 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. 97 (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. 98 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. 99 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. 100 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). 101 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. 102 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. 103 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 104 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. 105 (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 18. 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 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 votes against, with 1,632 abstentions, to recommend that formulation to the Conference as a new paragraph 11 for article 1 of the Rules. 19. 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 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 votes against, with 1,869 abstentions, to recommend that formulation to the Conference as a new 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. 107 fJ »'% ^W4 J v INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE P \ OFFICIAL BULLETIN Vol. LVIII, 1975 ¥M*S Series A, No. 2 CONTENTS Information Page 194th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (Geneva, 12-15 November 1974) 195th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (Geneva, 4-7 March 1975) Major Advisory and Other Meetings Held 109 134 158 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 . . . 162 175 180 ' " INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE 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. 109 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). 112 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 : 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; 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— 114 (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. 115 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. 116 (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 ". 117 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. 1 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). 118 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 : 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; 119 (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 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 120 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. 121 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. 122 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. 123 Experts Nominated after Consultation with the Workers' Group of the Governing 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. 1 ILO : Document for guidance, 1970: an international maritime training guide (Geneva, doc. JCST/2/ 1970/3, 1971 ; mimeographed). 124 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. The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following 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. 125 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. 126 The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following 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 Executive Staffs. 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). The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the composition 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. 127 Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining. The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the composition 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. The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the composition 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. The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the composition 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). 128 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. The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the following 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 129 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. 1 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. 130 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. International Society for Labour Law and Social Legislation. 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. 131 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 26 November 6 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 132 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 Conventions and Recommendations 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 196th Session of the Governing Body and Its 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 24 November 3 December 24 November 5 December 25 November 5 December 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 198th Session of the Governing Body and Its 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. 133 195th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office1 (Geneva, 4-7 March 1975) The 195th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office was 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 (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). 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 12. Reports of the Committee on Freedom of Association. 13. Reports of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee. ' See footnote 1, p. 109 (194th Session). • Postponed from the 194th Session. 'The Governing Body postponed consideration of this item to its 196th Session. 134 14. Report of the Working Party on the Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations. 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. 18. Report of the Industrial Activities 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 22. Composition and agenda of committees and of various meetings. 23. International Institute for Labour Studies. 24. International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training.1 25. Report of the Director-General. 26. Programme of meetings. 27. Appointment of Governing Body representatives on various bodies. 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. 135 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. 136 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— (a) to draw the attention of the governments of the American States Members of the 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 The Director-General was invited— (a) to draw the attention of the governments of the American States Members of the ILO to paragraphs 1 to 3 of the resolution and invite them to consider what 137 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 The Governing Body— (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 The Director-General was invited— (a) to draw the attention of the governments of the American States Members of the 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 The Director-General was invited— (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. 138 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. REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION The Governing Body had before it the 148th, 149th and 150th Reports of its Committee on Freedom of Association.1 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. 139 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. 140 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. 141 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. REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE 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). 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; 142 (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). 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 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). 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 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. 1. General Report, dealing particularly with— 143 (a) action taken in the various countries in the light of the conclusions and resolutions adopted by the first Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Food Products and Drink Industries (1963); (b) steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed 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. The Governing Body took note of this section of the report. 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. 144 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. 145 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 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. 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) The Governing Body took note of this section of the report. 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 146 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. 147 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. The Governing Body approved the following agenda for the meeting: 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. 148 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). 149 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. Experts Nominated after Consultation with the Employers' Group of the Governing 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. Experts Nominated after Consultation with the Workers' Group of the Governing 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. The Governing Body approved the following nominations : 150 Experts Nominated after Consultation with the Employers' Group of the Governing 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 Employers' Federation. 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. The Governing Body approved the following nominations : Experts Nominated after Consultation with the Workers' Group of the Governing 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. 151 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 Copyright and the Rights of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting 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. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL Obituary The Governing Body requested the Director-General to convey its sympathy on 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 152 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. Progress of International Labour Legislation Publications and Documents 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 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 Entry into Force of the Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, 1972 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. 153 Participation of Non-Governmental Organisations in the 60th (1975) Session of the International Labour Conference 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 Confederation of Executive Staffs. 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 Metalworkers' Federation. International Organisation for Commerce. International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation. International Transport Workers' Federation. International Union of Family Organisations. Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International. Public Services International. 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 Public and Allied Employees. Trade Unions International of Transport Workers. World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession. 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). 154 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 of the International Labour Conference 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. 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: 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. PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS 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 155 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 Conventions and Recommendations Technical Conference on the Public Service 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 Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia 196th Session of the Governing Body and its Committees 60th Session of the International Labour Conference 197th Session of the Governing Body 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 Technical Conference on the Public Service (Geneva, 7-16 April 1975) The Governing Body appointed the following delegation to represent it at the 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. 156 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) The Governing Body appointed the following delegation to represent it at the 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. 157 Major Advisory and Other Meetings Held 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 ; (b) steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed by 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 employees in commerce and offices. 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. 158 Resolution (No. 76) concerning the effects of inflation on the retirement pensions of employees in commerce and offices. 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. 159 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 : 1. Report of the Director-General. 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. Texts adopted: See pages 162-178 below. 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. 160 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. Texts adopted: See pages 184-195 below. 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. 161 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 163 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; I 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 1 164 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. II 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. 165 "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 The Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation, having met in Mexico City from 26 November to 5 December 1974, 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. 166 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 The Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation, having met in Mexico City from 26 November to 5 December 1974, 1 Adopted at the tenth plenary session, 5 Dec. 1974. 167 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). 168 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 The Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation, having met in Mexico City from 26 November to 5 December 1974, 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 1 Adopted at the tenth plenary session, 5 Dec. 1974. 169 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. 170 Resolution concerning Social and Labour Aspects of Latin American Integration1 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 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 The Tenth Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation, having met in Mexico City from 26 November to 5 December 1974, 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, 1 Adopted at the tenth plenary session, 5 Dec. 1974. 171 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; 172 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; 1 Adopted at the tenth plenary session, S Dec. 1974. 173 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. 174 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. 1 See above, p. 136. 175 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 The Advisory Committee on 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; 176 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 The Advisory Committee on Rural Development, 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 177 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; 178 — 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. 179 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. 1 See above, p. 161. * Adopted unanimously. 180 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. 1 The words in italics refer to cases of permanent migration. 181 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. 182 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 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 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) 1 Adopted unanimously. 183 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: General Considerations 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. 184 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. 185 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. 186 The Human Aspects of Training 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 187 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 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; 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 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, 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; 1 188 Adopted unanimously. Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following resolution: 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 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, 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; Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following resolution: 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 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, 1 Adopted unanimously. 189 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; Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following resolution: The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited to request the 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 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, 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; Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following resolution: 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 1 190 Adopted unanimously. 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 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, 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; Adopts this sixth day of December 1974 the following resolution: 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. 1 Adopted unanimously. 191 /-e $60 y-â * INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE OFFICIAL BULLETIN Vol. LVIII, 1975 International Labour Office CONTENT; Information 1 17 MAY tei o RECEIVED CLD, ACQUISITIONS Page 196th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (Geneva, 30-31 May 1975) 193 197th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (Geneva, 26 June 1975) 214 Major Advisory and Other Meetings Held 231 Official Measures Taken regarding Decisions of the International Labour Conference: Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, 1972 235 Ratifications of International Labour Conventions and Declarations concerning the Application of Conventions to Non-Metropolitan Territories 236 Documents Technical Conference on the Public Service (Geneva, 7-16 April 1975): Conclusions Adopted 239 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) 254 Office Publications and Documents 256 The Genera] Index for 1975 will be found at the end of this issue. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE OFFICIAL BULLETIN VOLUME SERIES 1975 LVII A INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE OFFICIAL BULLETIN Vol. LVIII 1975 Series A, No. 3 INFORMATION 196th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office1 (Geneva, 30-31 May 1975) The 196th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office was held in Geneva from Friday 30 to Saturday 31 May 1975 under the chairmanship of Mr. Khattabi. The agenda was as follows : 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 (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). 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. 193 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 12. Reports of the Committee on Freedom of Association. 13. Reports of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee. 14. Report of the Working Party on the Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations. 15. Report of the Allocations Committee. 16. Report of the Industrial Activities Committee. 17. Composition and agenda of committees and of various meetings. 18. International Institute for Labour Studies.3 19. International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training. 20. Report of the Director-General. 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. 194 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. 1 1 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. 195 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. 196 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 (Geneva, 7-16 April 1975) 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 (Geneva, 21-29 April 1975) The Governing Body— (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 197 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. REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION The Governing Body had before it the 150th, 151st and 152nd Reports of its Committee on Freedom of Association.1 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. 1 198 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. REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments: Effect to Be Given to the Conclusions and Resolutions of the Meeting The Governing Body authorised the Director-General— (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. 199 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. 200 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 The Governing Body authorised the Director-General— (a) to communicate the texts adopted by the Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries (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 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 201 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 The Governing Body— (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 Confederation of Executive Staffs. International Confederation of Public Service Officers. International Council of Nurses. International Federation of Employees in Public Service. 1 202 See pp. 206-207 below. 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 Federation of Teachers' Unions. 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 : International Confederation of Executive Staffs. International Metalworkers' Federation. 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; 203 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) The Governing Body took note of this section of the report. 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. 1 204 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. » Reappointment. 205 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). 1 Reappointment. 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. 207 Substitutes : Canada. Colombia. Ivory Coast. Mali. Morocco. Spain. Sweden. Switzerland. Turkey. Venezuela. The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following 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 The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following 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. 208 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 The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following persons, nominated after consultation with the Employers' group, to attend the meeting: Mr. E. Ratnanayake (Sri Lanka), Labour Relations Officer, Ceylon Estates Employers' Federation. Mr. Oentoeng Soetomo, SH (Indonesia), Employers' Association of Indonesia (PUSPI). Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following 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. 209 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 The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the following 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. 210 Information on Meetings Financed from Extra-Budgetary Resources The Governing Body took note of the information supplied on the following 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. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL Obituary The Governing Body requested the Director-General to convey its sympathy on 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 Progress of International Labour Legislation Internal Administration Publications and Documents The Governing Body took note of these sections of the report. Action Taken on Resolutions Adopted by the Second European Regional Conference 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 : 211 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 Labour Conference. Participation of Non-Governmental Organisations in the 60th (1975) Session of the International Labour Conference 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: International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions. International Confederation of Public Service Officers. International Council of Social Democratic Women. International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions. 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. 212 Union of European Associations of Bank Employees. Women's International Democratic Federation. World Federation of Teachers' Unions. 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. 213 197th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office1 (Geneva, 26 June 1975) The 197th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office was held in Geneva on Thursday 26 June 1975. The agenda was as follows : 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. 6. Composition and agenda of committees and of various meetings. 7. Report of the Director-General. 8. Questions arising out of the 60th Session of the International Labour Conference. 9. Programme of meetings. 10. Appointment of Governing Body representatives on various bodies. 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). 214 Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee Government group : Brazil. Canada. Cuba. France. Federal Republic of Germany. 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. 215 Allocations Committee Government group : Canada. China. Colombia. France. Federal Republic of Germany. India. Substitutes : United Republic of Cameroon. Indonesia. Italy. Liberia. Poland. Togo. Trinidad and Tobago. 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. Federal Republic of Germany. Honduras. India. Employers'" group : Mr. Abate. Mr. Bannerman-Menson. Mr. Diallo Dramey. Mr. Oechslin. Substitutes : Mr. Ahmed. Mr. Ola. Workers' group : Mr. Fassina. Mr. González Navarro. Substitutes : Mr. Herreras. Mr. Makhlouf. 216 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. Federal Republic of Germany. 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. 217 International Organisations Committee Government group : United Republic of Cameroon. 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. González Navarro. Mr. Mehta. Committee on Operational Programmes Government group : Argentina. Brazil. Burundi. United Republic of Cameroon. Canada. Colombia. France. India. Iran. Italy. 218 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. Federal Republic of Germany. 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. González Navarro. Mr. Herreras. Mr. Kikongi di Mwinsa. Substitutes : Mr. Gharib. Mr. Haraguchi. Mr. Hawke. Mr. Mendoza. Mr. Mercado. Kuwait. Liberia. Panama. Thailand. Trinidad and Tobago. 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. Trinidad and Tobago. 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. Trinidad and Tobago. Substitute : France. Employers' group : Mr. Oechslin. Mr. Smith. Substitutes : Mr. Ghayour. 220 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. González Navarro. 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. Federal Republic of Germany. 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. 221 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. 1 222 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 Meeting of Experts on Migrant Workers 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. Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia 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. 223 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. Federal Republic of Germany. 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 The Governing Body approved the following agenda for the meeting: 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. Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining The Governing Body authorised the Director-General to invite the following 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. 224 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. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL Obituary The Governing Body requested the Director-General to convey its sympathy on 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; 225 (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. PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia 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. African Advisory Committee (Sixth Session) 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. 226 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 25 November 3 December 26 November 3 December 1-12 December Joint ILO-WHO Committee on Occupational Health (Seventh Session) Iron and Steel Committee (Ninth Session) Eighth Asian Regional Conference Geneva Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference Meeting of Experts on Migrant Workers Meeting of Experts on Tenancy Legislation in Asia Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO Latin American and Caribbean Symposium on Copyright and the Rights of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 198th Session of the Governing Body and its Committees 2 Joint Committee on the Public Service (Second Session) Committee of Social Security Experts Geneva Geneva Baguio City Geneva African Advisory Committee (Sixth Session) Lomé Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Dock Work Chemical Industries Committee (Eighth Session) 199th Session of the Governing Body and its 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 Tripartite Advisory Meeting on Collective Bargaining 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). 227 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 200th Session of the Governing Body and its 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 Iron and Steel Committee (Ninth Session) (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 : 228 Government group representative and Chairman : Employers' group : Workers' group : Mr. Dube. Mr. Montt Balmaceda. Substitute : Mr. Smith. Mr. Odeyemi. Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference (Geneva, 13-24 October 1975) On the basis of nominations submitted by the groups the Governing Body 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. Eighth Asian Regional Conference (Colombo, 30 September - 9 October 1975) On the basis of nominations submitted by the groups the Governing Body 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. African Advisory Committee (Sixth Session) (Lomé, 1-12 December 1975) On the basis of nominations submitted by the groups the Governing Body 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) On the basis of nominations submitted by the groups the Governing Body appointed the following delegation to represent it at the Second Session of the Joint Committee on the Public Service : 229 Government group : Employers' group : Workers' group : 230 Mr. Klotz. Mr. Yoshimura. Substitute : Mr. Asfour. Mr. Haraguchi. Major Advisory and Other Meetings Held 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; (b) steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed 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. 231 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. Texts adopted: See pages 239-241 below. 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 : 1. General Report, dealing particularly with— (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; (b) steps taken by the Office to carry out the studies and inquiries proposed 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. 233 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 of the International Labour Organisation, 19722 Ratifications or Acceptances 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 Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) 3 Czechoslovakia Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) 1 Ecuador Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1946 (No. 77) Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations) Convention, 1946 (No. 78) Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) 1 2 Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) 2 German Democratic Republic Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) Germany, Federal Republic of Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132) Guatemala Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120) India Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) Japan] Certifications of Ships' Cooks Convention, 1946 (No. 69) Netherlands Poland Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) Romania Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134) Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135) Dock Work Convention, 1973 (No. 137) Benzene Convention, 1971 (No. 136) Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) The minimum age of 16 years has been specified pursuant to Article 2 Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) 2 Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) 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 Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127) Yugoslavia Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129) 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 Technical Conference on the Public Service (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. 240 (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 been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and 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. 243 Conclusions (No. 6) concerning the Training of Managers and Workers in the Woodworking Industries1 The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and 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: General Considerations 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. 1 244 Adopted unanimously. 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. 245 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. 246 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. 247 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, Having been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and Having met at Geneva from 14 to 24 January 1975, 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 1 248 Adopted unanimously. 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; 249 (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. 250 Resolution (No. 8) concerning the Improvement of Protective Devices for Machinery in the Woodworking Industries in Accordance with the Demands of Technological Developmentl The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and Having met at Geneva from 14 to 24 January 1975, 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: The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is invited to request the 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 The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and Having met at Geneva from 14 to 24 January 1975, 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. 1 Adopted unanimously. 251 Resolution (No. 10) concerning the Future ILO Programme in the Field of the Woodworking Industries * The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and Having met at Geneva from 14 to 24 January 1975, 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. 1 252 Adopted unanimously. 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 The Second Tripartite Technical Meeting for the Woodworking Industries of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and Having met at Geneva from 14 to 24 January 1975, 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. 1 Adopted unanimously. 253 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. 254 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 255 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. 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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 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 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: 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 ; Programmé, Financial and Administrative Committee. C Chemical Industries Committee: Eighth Session: Date and place Participation of observers: 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 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 Participation of observers: 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 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 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 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 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: Composition : action by the Governing Body 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 Report : action by the Governing Body t. 3 232-233 2 148-150 2 132 3 197-198 Ergonomics: See Symposium on the Practical Applications of Ergonomics to Industry, Agriculture and Forestry. 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 Reports : action by the Governing Body— at its 194th Session at its 195th Session at its 196th 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, Agriculture and Forestry. Freedom of Association, Committee on: Composition: action by the Governing Body . 146th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 194th Session 147th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 194th Session 148th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 195th Session 149th Report: approval by the Governing Body at its 195th 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 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 Composition for the period 1975-78 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 Conclusions and resolutions adopted 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 Composition of the Board 2 153 3 221 Inter-American Advisory Committee: Composition for the period 1975-78 Fifth Session : Date and place 17-8 3 228 International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training: Composition of the Board 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: Appointment of Governing Body representatives Date and place Participation of observers: Non-governmental international organisations 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: See Joint ILO-UNESCO-WIPO 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 Report: action by the Governing Body 2 160 2 160 2 139 Maritime Commission, Joint: 22nd Session: Date and place 3 228 269 Number and Page Maritime Conference, Preparatory Technical : Appointment of Governing Body representatives 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: Report: action by the Governing Body Mines Other than Coal Mines, Third Tripartite Technical Meeting for: Agenda Appointment of Governing Body representatives Conclusions and resolutions adopted Date and place Participation of observers : International non-governmental organisations 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 Composition : action by the Governing Body Report: action by the Governing Body 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 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: Composition : action by the Governing Body Reports : action by the Governing Body— at its 194th Session at its 195th Session at its 196th Session at its 197th Session See also Financing of the Expenses of Conference Delegations. Public Service, Joint Committee on the: Second Session : Appointment of Governing Body representatives Composition Date and place Participation of observers: Non-governmental international organisations Public Service, Technical Conference on the: Agenda Appointment of Governing Body representatives Conclusions adopted Date and place Participation of observers : Intergovernmental organisations International non-governmental organisations Report : action by the Governing Body 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 . . . See also Standing Orders and the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, Committee on. Regional Advisory Committees: Composition for the period 1975-78 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 49-69 169-75 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 Resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 60th (1975) 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 Report: action by the Governing Body Rural Development, Advisory Committee on: Composition Eighth Session : Agenda Conclusions adopted Date and place Report : action by the Governing Body 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 Report : action by the Governing Body 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 Conclusions and resolutions adopted 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 Report: action by the Governing Body 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: Action by the Governing Body 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 2 121