International Labor Organization

1954 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-577

The 125th session of the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization was held in Geneva on May 28 and 29, 1954, with Mr. A. M. Malik (Pakistan) presiding. Preliminary consideration was given to the agenda for the 39th session of the ILO Conference (1956), which, it was decided, would be comprised of the Director-Generals report, financial and budgetary questions, and information on the application of Conventions and Recommendations, The Director-General was requested to submit to the November session of the Governing Body reports dealing with the national law and practices of member states in the fields of (1) weekly rest in commerce and offices, (2) living and working conditions of indigenous populations in independent countries, and (3) forced labor. He was also requested to provide a general note on the conditions of plantation workers and on discrimination in the field of employment and occupation.

1955 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-172

Governing BodyThe Governing Body of the International Labor Organization held its 127th session in Rome from November 16 through 19, 1954, under the chairmanship of Mr. R. Ago (Italy). After deciding that the 39th session of the ILO Conference should open in Geneva on June 6, 1956, and noting that, in addition to the regular agenda items, the questions of vocational training in agriculture and welfare facilities for workers were likely to be carried over from the 38th session, the Governing Body considered several reports put before it by the Director-General (Morse) relating to possible further agenda items for the 39th session of the Conference. A study on discrimination in the field of employment and occupation, and a note setting forth certain questions relating to conditions of plantation workers were also discussed. The Governing Body decided to add to the agenda of the 39th session three new items of 1) forced labor, 2) weekly rest in commerce and offices, and 3) living and working conditions of indigenous populations in independent countries. The Governing Body's Committee on Standing Orders and the Application of Conventions and Recommendations was instructed to give further consideration to various points relating to the organization of the work of the ILO Conference, and particularly to arrangements for discussion of the Director-General's report and the work of the Conference committee on the application of conventions and recommendations.


1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-203 ◽  

The Governing Body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) held its 130th session in Geneva from November 15 through 19, 1955, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. H. Brown (Canada). After deciding that the 40th session of the ILO Conference should open in Geneva on June 5, 1957, and noting that, in addition to the regular agenda items, the questions of forced labor, weekly rest in commerce and offices, and living and working conditions of indigenous populations in independent countries were likely to be carried over from the 39th session, the Governing Body considered several documents submitted to it by the Director-General (Morse) relating to possible further agenda items for the 40th session. The Governing Body, after some discussion, decided to add to the agenda two new items: 1) discrimination in the field of employment and occupation, and 2) conditions of employment of plantation workers.


1959 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-470 ◽  

The 140th session of the Governing Body of the International Labor Office was held in Geneva from November 18–21, 1958. It decided to place three new items on the agenda of the 44th (1960) session of the International Labor Conference, viz.: contribution of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to the raising of incomes and living conditions in rural communities in countries in process of development; reduction of hours of work; and workers' housing. In general, the Governing Body endorsed the suggestions before it regarding action to be taken on the resolutions adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 42d session, specifically by authorizing the Director-General to communicate to the governments of member states resolutions concerning publication of labor laws, industrial health and safety campaigns, management development, and the expansion of international trade. The resolution regarding the last topic was also to be sent to the UN and to the Executive Secretary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. A resolution dealing with labor-management relations was to be communicated to governments with the request that they bring it to the attention of employers' and workers' organizations, while a resolution concerning increased technical assistance for the integration of indigenous populations was to be sent to governments, to the UN, and to several relevant specialized agencies.


1958 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-222

The 137th session of the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) was held in Geneva from October 29 to November 1, 1957, under the chairmanship of E. Calderon Puig. The Governing Body devoted three sittings to the consideration of matters concerning freedom of association, in connection with which it received from the Director-General a report on the establishment of machinery to determine the facts relating to freedom of association in ILO member states. The report contained proposals to strengthen ILO methods of promoting respect for freedom of association under regular constitutional machinery through factual inquiries and the establishment of independent machinery for the adjustment of disputes. Several members of the Governing Body felt that prior to forming the proposed body the definition of freedom of association would require clarification, while others felt that the tripartite principle should be introduced into the suggested independent commission or that a body representing the Governing Body should be installed between the commission and the Governing Body.


1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-120

The 117th session of the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization met at Geneva from November 22 to 26, 1951 under the chairmanship of Paul Ramadier. Meetings of the Governing Body's committees on manpower and employment, finance and administration, relations with other international organizations, industrial committees, technical assistance, and allocations preceded the session, at which reports of these committees were considered. Also on the Governing Body's agenda was the report of the third session of the Asian Advisory Committee, which was held in Geneva from November 10 to 13. The Governing Body authorized the Director-General (Morse) to consult the Egyptian government on suggestions which might result in an investigation by ILO of Egyptian charges that United Kingdom military authorities were using arms to force Egyptians to work in the Suez Canal zone. Among its other decisions the Governing Body accepted an invitation from Brazil to hold ILO's Fifth American Regional Conference at Rio de Janeiro from April 17 to 30, 19S2, authorized the Director-General to undertake consultations with a view to the convening of a tripartite meeting of representatives from coal-producing countries on problems of the coal mining industry, and reaffirmed the need for ILO to continue to assist governments in solving immediate practical problems in the manpower field and, particularly, to provide them with technical assistance concerning the migration process. An invitation from Turkey to locate ILO's Near and Middle East Manpower Field Office at Istanbul was accepted, and an agreement by ILO and the Council of Europe providing for cooperation between the two bodies approved. It was decided that the next session of the Governing Body should be held at Geneva from March 11 to 14, 1952.


1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 488-491

Governing BodyBefore concluding its 111th session in Geneva, the ILO Governing Body took the following actions: 1) established a committee to advise the Governing Body on “Asian problems and on the Asian aspects of general problems;” 2) accepted the application of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions for consultative relationships with ILO; 3) decided to hold early in 1951 a Near and Middle East Regional Conference; and 4) deferred until its autumn session consideration of the proposal that ILO create a commission to conduct an impartial inquiry into the nature and extent of forced labor throughout the world.


1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-132

The 110th meeting of the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization was scheduled to meet at Mysore, India from January 3 to 7, 1950. Among the twenty-six agenda items was a recommendation of the General Conference of ILO that the Governing Body consider instructing Director General David A. Morse to prepare a report on the problem of unemployment. The Governing Body was requested to consider at the same time the desirability of placing the question on the agenda of the International Labor Conference. Other matters calling for action by the Governing Body were proposals: 1) for the establishment of a special ILO committee on Asian affairs to ensure full development of ILO Asian activities; 2) for a program of ILO fellowships; and 3) that ILO create a fact-finding and conciliation commission on freedom of association which would provide impartial investigation of questions of infringement of trade union rights, as suggested by the Economic and Social Council.


1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-143

From November 24 to 28, 1952, the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization met in its 120th session in Geneva, under the chairmanship of Fernando Cisternas (Chile). The Governing Body decided that the thirty-seventh session of the International Labor Conference, to be held in Geneva, should open on June 4, 1954. After long discussion on proposals relating to the agenda of this session, the Governing Body decided to add the following to those items necessarily included: a) technical assistance, b) penal sanctions for breaches of contract of employment, c) migrant workers (underdeveloped countries), and d) vocational rehabilitation of the disabled. It was agreed that the next Asian regional conference should be held in Japan in September 1953 and that its agenda should include problems of wage policies and workers' housing in Asia and measures for protection of young workers in Asia. Regarding other meetings, the Governing Body instructed the tripartite subcommittee of the Joint Maritime Commission, which was to meet in 1953, to consider the need for a tripartite regional conference on hours of work and manning in the short-sea trades of northwest Europe and a resolution under which the United Nations Economic and Social Council would be invited to study the possibility of establishing machinery to regulate freight rates for shipping in this region; decided that a meeting of experts should be held in July 1953 to examine systems of payment by results in the construction industry and the techniques involved in their introduction and operation; fixed the agenda for the fourth session of the Permanent Agriculture Committee, to be convened in May 1953 in Geneva; and authorized the Director-General (Morse) to convene the eighth international conference of labor statisticians early in 1954 in Geneva, the conference to be preceded by a preliminary meeting of statistical experts in 1953 in order to define the scope of the conference's agenda.


1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 634-636

The Governing Body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) held its 132d session in Geneva from June 1–2 and on July 29, 1956 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. H. Brown (Canada). After a discussion the Governing Body requested the Director-General to submit law and practice reports to the 133d session on the following subjects: 1) conditions of work of fishermen; 2) organization of occupational health services in places of employment; and 3) collaboration between public authorities and employers' and workers' organizations at industrial and national levels. In addition, the 133d session was asked to consider as a law and practice report a report on hours of work which had already been submitted along with the conclusions of a special committee and additional information which the Office had available. The Director-General was also requested to prepare a report on technical assistance. The conclusions of the nineteenth report of the Committee on Freedom of Association and certain proposals to facilitate committee procedure were adopted. A reservation to these proposals was made by the delegate from the Soviet Union who felt they would result in slowing further the Committee's already cumbersome working methods.


1951 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-380

The 113th session of the International Labor Organization Governing Body convened in Brussels on November 13, 1950. The agenda of the meeting included the following items for consideration by the Governing Body: 1) action to be taken on resolutions adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 33d session; 2) record of the conference on Rhine boatmen (July 1950); 3) arrangements for the fifth ILO regional conference of American states; 4) arrangements for the regional conference for the near and middle east; 5) first report of the Committee on the Working of the Governing Body and its Committees; 6) methods of associating all members of the organization more closely with the work of the Governing Body; 7) reports of the Finance Committee, the Allocations Committee, the Staff Questions Committee and the manpower committees; 8) reports of the Committee on Industrial Committees, the Technical Assistance Committee and International Organizations Committee; 9) composition of committees; and 10) report of the Director-General (Morse).


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