Decision on the eighth item on the agenda: Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration): Operational plan for promotional activities and proposal for the new survey

Record of decisions | 15 March 2013

Decision on the eighth item on the agenda: Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration): Operational plan for promotional activities and proposal for the new survey

The Governing Body decided:

(a) to further postpone, until its 320th Session (March 2014), the review of the proposed operational plan for putting in place the MNE Declaration follow-up mechanism and the specified promotional activities on the basis of the recommendations submitted by the Ad Hoc Working Group at its 313th Session (March 2012), in order to obtain clarification of the various options for the organization, method and costs for operationalizing the follow-up and to allow for due consideration of how this work would be integrated into the reformed Office structure including the knowledge management strategy; and

(b) accordingly, to further suspend, until its 320th Session (March 2014), the decision taken at its 258th Session (November 1993) to conduct surveys of the MNE Declaration every four years.

(Document GB.317/POL/8, new text adopted.)