Decision on the 19th item on the agenda: Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings

Record of decisions | 18 November 2009

Reappointments

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its officers, reappointed, for a period of three years, the following members of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations:

– Mr Anwar Ahmad Rashed Al-Fuzaie (Kuwait);

– Mr Michael Halton Cheadle (South Africa);

– Ms Justice Laura Cox (United Kingdom);

– Mr Pierre Lyon-Caen (France);

– Ms Angelika Nussberger (Germany).

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 1.)

Invitation of intergovernmental organizations

The Governing Body took note that the Director-General intended to invite the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to be represented at the Meeting as observers.

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 2.)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its officers, authorized the Director-General to invite the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) to be represented at the Meeting as observers.

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 4.)

Invitation of intergovernmental organizations

The Governing Body took note that the Director-General intended to invite the following international intergovernmental organizations to be represented at the Meeting as observers:

– Acuerdo de Vĩna del Mar (Latin American Agreement);

– European Union;

– Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;

– Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control;

– International Maritime Organization;

– Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Asia–Pacific Region;

– Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Region;

– Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region;

– Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Mediterranean Region;

– Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for the West and Central African Region;

– Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control;

– Riyadh Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control;

– United Nations (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea).

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 5.)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its officers, authorized the Director-General to invite the following international non-governmental organizations to be represented at the Meeting as observers:

– International Christian Maritime Association;

– International Collective in Support of Fishworkers;

– International Maritime Health Association;

– International Transport Workers’ Federation.

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 7.)

Invitation of an intergovernmental organization

The Governing Body took note that the Director-General intended to invite the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to be represented at the Meeting as an observer.

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 8.)

Invitation of intergovernmental organizations

The Governing Body took note that the Director-General intended to invite the following international intergovernmental organizations to be represented at the Meeting as observers:

– European Commission (EC);

– Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);

– United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD);

– International Trade Centre (ITC);

– United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 9.)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations and academic institutions

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its officers, authorized the Director-General to invite the following international non-governmental organizations and academic institutions to be represented at the Meeting as observers:

– Ecole Hôtelière Lausanne (EHL);

– International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA);

– International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF);

– International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF);

– Public Services International (PSI);

– Tourism and Hospitality Institute for Sustainable Development;

– UNI Global Union;

– University of Geneva, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences.

(Document GB.306/19, paragraph 11.)