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

Record of decisions | 10 November 2016

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

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Reappointments

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

– Mr Mario Ackerman (Argentina);

– Ms Leila Azouri (Lebanon);

– Ms Graciela Josefina Dixon Caton (Panama);

– Mr Raymond Ranjeva (Madagascar).

(Document GB.328/INS/19, paragraph 1.)

Meeting of Experts to adopt Guidelines on Decent Work and Socially Responsible Tourism (Geneva, 20–24 February 2017)

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

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

– International Tourism Partnership (ITP);

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

– UNI Global Union;

– World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).

(Document GB.328/INS/19, paragraph 5.)

Tripartite Meeting on Improving Employment and Working Conditions in Health Services (Geneva, 24–28 April 2017)

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

– European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU);

– European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM);

– International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);

– International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH);

– International Confederation of Midwives (ICM);

– International Council of Nurses (ICN);

– International Hospital Federation (IHF);

– International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP);

– NGO Forum for Health;

– Public Services International (PSI);

– Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition;

– UNI Global Union;

– World Dental Federation (FDI);

– World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA);

– World Medical Association (WMA).

(Document GB.328/INS/19, paragraph 12.)

Tenth European Regional Meeting (Istanbul, Turkey, 2–5 October 2017)

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

– Business Europe;

– European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC);

– General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU);

– Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN);

– World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA).

(Document GB.328/INS/19, paragraph 17.)

Appointment of Governing Body representatives on various bodies

The Workers’ group was not in a position to nominate a Governing Body representative, who would also chair the above Meeting. The group would inform the secretariat when they had identified a representative.

(Document GB.328/INS/19, paragraph 18.)