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