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SIXTEENTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA
Report of the Director-General
Contents
Mr. Gabriel Chike Okogwu
1. The Director-General announces with deep regret the death, on 28 June 1999, of Mr. Gabriel Chike Okogwu, former Employer member of the Governing Body.
2. Born in Nigeria in 1926, Mr. Okogwu graduated from the Universities of Leeds, United Kingdom, and Lagos, Nigeria in social studies and law. After serving as a barrister and solicitor at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he continued his career as a labour administrator. From 1971 to 1979 he was the Director of Labour of the Federal Ministry of Labour and later became the Executive Director of the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA).
3. His first association with the ILO was in 1962, when he attended the International Labour Conference as the Employers' delegate of Nigeria. He served as Employer Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Orders Committee of the 72nd Session of the International Labour Conference in 1986, and was elected Employer Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Self-Employment at the 77th Session in 1990. He served the Governing Body as a substitute member (1981-84) and as a deputy member (1984-93). He was a member of the Committee of Experts on Multinationals and Social Policy and Chairperson of its Research Subcommittee, as well as a member of the Committee of Experts on Labour Administration and the Committee on Gearing Labour Administration to Rural Development.
4. Members of the Governing Body and ILO officials will remember him as a hard-working individual, who represented the Nigerian Employers with consistent dedication, and will recall his untiring contribution to the ILO's work in employment and social policy.
5. The Governing Body will no doubt wish to request the Director-General to convey its sympathy to the family of Mr. Okogwu and to the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association.
Mr. Manuel Bustos Huerta
6. The Director-General announces with deep regret the death, on 27 September 1999, of Mr. Manuel Bustos Huerta, former Worker member of the Governing Body.
7. Born in Chile in 1943, he became active in the trade union movement at the age of 16. He served as President of the Textile Workers' Union, Vice-Chairperson of the National Confederation of Textile Unions and a member of the National Directorate of the "Central Unica de Trabajadores de Chile" which was dissolved in 1973 by the military government. He was Vice-Chairperson of the ICFTU.
8. Throughout his professional life he fought for trade union unity, the re-establishment of democracy and recognition of the freedom of association and rights of Chilean trade unions. Although he had suffered prison, torture, threats and internal and external exile, he succeeded in consolidating the trade union organizations through the creation of the "Coordinadora Nacional Sindical", the "Comando Nacional de Trabajadores" and the "Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Chile", of which he was President.
9. Besides his activities in the trade union movement, he was a Member of Parliament, and Deputy and Member of the Commission for Labour and Social Security of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies. From 1990 to 1993 he was Deputy Worker member of the Governing Body of the ILO. In 1993 he served as Worker Vice-President of the 80th Session of the International Labour Conference.
10. Mr. Bustos Huerta will be remembered for his remarkable intelligence, his faith in the values of democracy and freedom, his courage, sense of duty and spirit of fraternity and solidarity.
11. The Governing Body will no doubt wish to request the Director-General to convey its sympathy to the family of Mr. Bustos Huerta, to the Central of Chilean Trade Unions and to the Parliament of the Republic of Chile.
Mr. Gullmar Bergenström
12. The Director-General announces with deep regret the death, on 29 September 1999, of Mr. Gullmar Bergenström, former Employer member and Employer Vice-Chairperson of the Governing Body.
13. Born in 1909, Mr. Bergenström began his employer career in 1937 with the Swedish Employers' Confederation, of which he became the International Director in 1949. In this capacity he represented also the other four Nordic employers' federations in the International Organization of Employers and the ILO. He was Vice-Chairperson of the IOE Executive Committee (1952-63) and its Chairperson for 16 years (1963-79). He was elected President of the IOE General Council for 1955-56.
14. Mr. Bergenström served the Governing Body as a deputy Employer member (1951-54) and as an Employer member (1950-51 and 1954-79). From 1969 to 1980 he was also its Employer Vice-Chairperson. He attended regularly the International Labour Conference and served as Employer Vice-Chairperson of the Selection Committee and of the Committee on Programme and Structure in 1969, and as Chairperson of the Employers' group in 1974, 1975 and 1976. Addressing the Conference in 1969, he proposed the creation of a programme of assistance to employers' associations.
15. In recognition of his numerous outstanding contributions to society, Gullmar Bergenström was decorated on many occasions both in his own country and in Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway and Spain.
16. He will be remembered for his wealth of culture, his unwavering tolerance, his profound knowledge of the subjects he treated and for his capacity to identify what was really important. His immense charm, his knowledge of languages and his human warmth brought him the admiration of all who had the privilege of knowing him and working with him.
17. The Governing Body will no doubt wish to request the Director-General to convey its sympathy to the family of Mr. Bergenström, to the International Organization of Employers and to the Swedish Employers' Confederation.
II. Progress in international labour legislation
Ratifications of Conventions
18. Since the preparation of the report submitted to the 274th Session of the Governing Body, the Director-General has registered the following 80 ratifications of international labour Conventions, bringing the total number registered on 4 October 1999 to 6,679:
Albania
Ratifications registered on 30 June 1999
Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)
Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151)
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Armenia
Ratification registered on 27 April 1999
Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176)
Austria
Ratification registered on 28 May 1999
Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176)
Bahrain
Ratification registered on 2 June 1999
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159)
Belize
Ratifications registered on 22 June 1999
Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14)
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135)
Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140)
Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975 (No. 141)
Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151)
Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154)
Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)
Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156)
Bulgaria
Ratification registered on 23 March 1999
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Burkina Faso
Ratifications registered on 11 February 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Protection of Workers' Claims (Employer's Insolvency) Convention, 1992 (No. 173)
Cambodia
Ratifications registered on 23 August 1999
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150)
Chile
Ratifications registered on 13 September 1999
Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131)
Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135)
Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140)
Ratifications registered on 30 September 1999
Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 [Schedule I amended in 1980] (No. 121)
Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161)
China
Ratification registered on 28 April 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Dominican Republic
Ratifications registered on 15 June 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)
Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150)
Egypt
Ratification registered on 9 June 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Ethiopia
Ratifications registered on 24 March 1999
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Ratification registered on 27 May 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Finland
Ratification registered on 24 February 1999
Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention, 1996 (No. 178)
Ratifications registered on 25 May 1999
Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175)
Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179)
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Georgia
Ratification registered on 3 August 1999
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Iceland
Ratification registered on 11 May 1999
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147)
Indonesia
Ratifications registered on 7 June 1999
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Ireland
Ratifications registered on 22 April 1999
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177)
Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention, 1996 (No. 178)
Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179)
Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996 (No. 180)
Protocol of 1996 to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147)
Japan
Ratification registered on 28 July 1999
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Kyrgyzstan
Ratification registered on 18 February 1999
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Lithuania
Ratification registered on 10 June 1999
Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160)
Morocco
Ratification registered on 10 May 1999
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Netherlands
Ratifications registered on 15 September 1999
Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162)
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Norway
Ratifications registered on 11 June 1999
Health Protection and Medical Care (Seafarers) Convention, 1987 (No. 164)
Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176)
Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention, 1996 (No. 178)
Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179)
Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81)
Panama
Ratification registered on 10 August 1999
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Portugal
Ratifications registered on 3 May 1999
Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139)
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159)
Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162)
Seychelles
Ratification registered on 28 September 1999
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
Ratification registered on 4 October 1999
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Slovenia
Ratification registered on 21 June 1999
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147)
Spain
Ratification registered on 15 June 1999
Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
Switzerland
Ratifications registered on 17 August 1999
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Tajikistan
Ratification registered on 23 September 1999
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
United Republic of Tanzania
Ratifications registered on 15 March 1999
Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No. 170)
Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947
Togo
Ratification registered on 10 July 1999
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Trinidad and Tobago
Ratifications registered on 3 June 1999
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147)
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159)
United Kingdom
Ratification registered on 8 June 1999
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Zimbabwe
Ratification registered on 23 June 1999
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Declaration concerning the minimum age
with regard to Convention No. 138
19. The Director-General has registered on 22 April 1999 a declaration from the Government of Ireland to the effect that the initial age for admission to employment or work of 15 years specified upon ratification is raised to 16 years.
Entry into force of Conventions
20. As a result of the ratification by Ireland of the Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177), the Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention, 1996 (No. 178), and the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179) (the second ratification of these three Conventions), these three Conventions will come into force on 22 April 2000.
21. As a result of the ratification by Morocco of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) (the second ratification of this Convention), this Convention will come into force on 10 May 2000.
Denunciations of Conventions
Albania
22. The Director-General registered, on 30 June 1999, the denunciation by Albania of the Inspection of Emigrants Convention, 1926 (No. 21). The text of the communication concerning the denunciation by Albania of this Convention reads as follows:
Having considered the time and circumstances when the abovementioned Convention was ratified, and
Having considered that present day emigration is no more like that specified in the Convention; and
After consultation with the most representative workers' and employers' organizations,
The Assembly of the Republic of Albania decided to denounce the Inspection of Emigrants Convention, 1926 (No. 21).
Belgium
23. The Director-General registered, on 13 September 1999, the denunciation by Belgium of the Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 (No. 50). The text of the communication concerning the denunciation by Belgium of this Convention reads as follows:
(Translation)
Whereas the international Convention concerning the Regulation of Certain Special Systems of Recruiting Workers was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 20th Session on 20 June 1936 and
Whereas the Kingdom of Belgium is a State party to the said Convention under Article 27 thereof,
The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium hereby denounces ILO Convention No. 50 concerning the Regulation of Certain Special Systems of Recruiting Workers, adopted at Geneva on 20 June 1936, in accordance with Article 29 thereof.
In witness whereof I Erik Derycke, Minister of Foreign Affairs, have signed the present instrument of denunciation and sealed it with the seal of my department.
Finland
24. The Director-General registered, on 23 June 1999, the denunciation by Finland of the Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930 (No. 30). The text of the communication concerning the denunciation by Finland of this Convention reads as follows:
The denunciation of the Convention is necessary because the Finnish Working Hours Act (605/1996) does not completely fulfil all the requirements of the Convention. In certain cases, in a periodic work and when the employer and the employee have agreed on flexible working hours, the hours of work can exceed ten hours a day. In addition, the Act does not in any way qualify to grant the temporary exceptions as prescribed by the Convention. The Finnish National ILO Committee is in favour of the denunciation.
Mauritius
25. The Director-General registered, on 8 July 1999, the denunciations by Mauritius of the Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 64) and the Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 65). The text of the communication concerning the denunciations by Mauritius of these Conventions reads as follows:
The Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 64) and the Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 65) were among the ILO Conventions extended by the Government of the United Kingdom to Mauritius before Mauritius attained independence on 12 March 1968. On 25 November 1969, the Mauritian Government declared to the International Labour Organization that it recognized itself to continue to be bound by, inter alia, these two Conventions.
Later, legal advice received on the application of the two Conventions while drafting reports due under article 22 of the ILO Constitution, revealed that these labour instruments were of no relevance to Mauritius inasmuch as no citizen of Mauritius can be considered as indigenous.
Subsequently, the ILO, in May 1998, invited member States to consider the denunciation of these two Conventions whilst envisaging the ratification of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169). The later Convention, however, having no relevance to Mauritius, and given that the period for denunciation of the two Conventions under reference was 8 July 1998 to 8 July 1999, the Government of Mauritius took the opportunity to denounce them.
As regards consultations with the representatives of employers' and workers' organizations, the 12 registered federations of workers' trade unions and the Mauritius Employers' Federation (MEF) were consulted on the matter (see enclosed copy of letter dated 11 March 1999 addressed to them). The MEF replied that it had no objection to the denunciation of the Conventions whilst the federations of workers' organizations did not reply despite a reminder issued on 23 March, giving them one more week to respond.
Netherlands
26. The Director-General registered, on 27 July 1999, the denunciation by the Netherlands of the Maintenance of Migrants' Pension Rights Convention, 1935 (No. 48).
Declarations concerning the application of Conventions to
non-metropolitan territories (article 35 of the Constitution)
27. The Director-General has registered the following declarations concerning the application of international labour Conventions to non-metropolitan territories:
Netherlands
Declaration registered on 15 June 1999
Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172)
Applicable without modification: Netherlands Antilles
Portugal
Declarations registered on 9 August 1999
Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Employment Policy Recommendation, 1964 (No. 122)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Declarations registered on 13 September 1999
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Declarations registered on 4 October 1999
Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 6)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Certification of Ships' Cooks Convention, 1946 (No. 69)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946 (No. 73)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946 (No. 74)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 92)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957 (No. 106)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108)
Applicable without modification: Macao
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Applicable without modification: Macao.
Notification
28. The Director-General has registered the following notification concerning the application of an international labour Convention to the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong:
Notification registered on 28 April 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Applicable with modification
The minimum age specified for the purpose of Article 2 of the Convention is 15 years.
Insofar as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is concerned, the modifications in respect of Article 3 of the Convention are as follows:
(1) With the written permission of the Commissioner for Labour, persons who have attained the age of 15, but are under 16, may be employed in a dangerous trade as defined in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and on woodworking machines.
(2) With the written permission of the Liquor Licensing Board, persons who have attained the age of 15, but are under 16, may be employed on or about premises licensed to supply liquor for consumption thereon between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Constitution of the International Labour Organization,
Instrument of Amendment, 1997
29. Since the 274th Session of the Governing Body, the Director-General has received the following ratifications/acceptance of the instrument:
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Albania |
Ratification |
30 June 1999 |
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Bulgaria |
Ratification |
23 March 1999 |
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Dominican Republic |
Ratification |
15 June 1999 |
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Egypt |
Ratification |
18 February 1999 |
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Ethiopia |
Ratification |
24 March 1999 |
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India(1) |
Ratification |
24 March 1999 |
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Ireland |
Ratification |
22 April 1999 |
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Lebanon R |
Ratification |
4 June 1999 |
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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
Ratification |
26 May 1999 |
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Malawi |
Ratification |
17 May 1999 |
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Moldova |
Ratification |
21 September 1999 |
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New Zealand |
Ratification |
25 May 1999 |
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Nicaragua |
Ratification |
11 August 1999 |
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Norway |
Ratification |
11 June 1999 |
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Pakistan |
Ratification |
8 March 1999 |
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Panama |
Ratification |
10 August 1999 |
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Peru |
Ratification |
16 July 1999 |
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Portugal |
Ratification |
3 May 1999 |
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Romania |
Ratification |
31 May 1999 |
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Singapore |
Acceptance |
6 May 1999 |
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Sweden |
Ratification |
10 February 1999 |
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Tajikistan |
Ratification |
10 May 1999 |
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United Arab Emirates |
Ratification |
20 May 1999 |
The total number of ratifications and acceptances now stands at 47, including two by States of chief industrial importance.
III. European Agreement on the Social Security of Boatmen
Engaged in Inland Navigation
30. By circular letters dated 14 May 1999 and 2 September 1999, the Office transmitted to all the signatories of the 1993 European Agreement on the Social Security of Boatmen Engaged in Inland Navigation certified copies -- in the four authentic languages -- of the Administrative Arrangement adopted in 1995. In the same communication, the Office also informed the contracting parties that the Administrative Arrangement was open to signature at the ILO headquarters and invited them to consider early ratification of the 1993 European Agreement. At present, only the Government of Austria has responded, informing the Director-General that appropriate steps are being taken for the signature and ratification of the European Agreement in the coming months.
31. It is recalled that the European Agreement will enter into force two months after the sixth instrument of ratification (including at least those of three States represented on the Rhine Commission and three States represented on the Danube Commission) is deposited with the Director-General. To date, only Luxembourg has signed (but not yet ratified) the Agreement.
32. Article 4.2(d) of the Staff Regulations states:
Vacancies in the Director and Principal Officer category shall be filled by the Director-General by transfer in the same grade, promotion or appointment. Such promotions or appointments, other than to vacancies in technical cooperation projects, shall be reported to the Governing Body with a short statement of the qualifications of the persons so promoted or appointed.
33. The following appointments and promotions are accordingly reported to the Governing Body:
Ms. F. Achio (Côte d'Ivoire)
Appointed Director of the ILO Multidisciplinary Team in Yaoundé on 1 July 1998 and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 September 1999. Born in 1941. Holds degrees in Psychology and Sociology from the University of the Sorbonne in Paris (France). Joined the ILO in January 1993 as Senior Officer, Regional Technical Programmes in the ILO Regional Office for Africa in Abidjan. Appointed Director of the ILO Multidisciplinary Team in Yaoundé in July 1998.
Mr. K. Ashagrie (Canada)
Appointed Chief of the Bureau of Statistics in December 1997 and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 January 1999. Born in 1940. Holds degrees in Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration from Carleton University in Ottawa (Canada) and Labour Economics and Statistics from the University of Ottawa (Canada). Joined the ILO in October 1980 as Regional Adviser on Labour Statistics for Africa based in the ILO Office in Dakar. Transferred in November 1991 to the Bureau of Statistics as Senior Labour Statistician.
Ms. A. Berar-Awad (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Appointed Deputy Director of the ILO Regional Office in Beirut in April 1999 and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 October 1999. Born in 1957. Holds a Degree in Political Science and International Affairs from the University of Geneva and a Ph.D in Development Economics from the Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Joined the ILO in July 1983 as Research Economist in the Rural Employment Policies Branch in the Employment and Development Department. Appointed Women in Development Specialist in the same Branch as above in October 1990. Was reassigned to her function as the Head of the Unit on Gender and Special Groups in the Development Policies Branch in the Development and Technical Cooperation Department in April 1994.
Mr. A. Bequele (Ethiopia)
Appointed Director of the Labour Protection Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1996.
Mr. W. Blenk (Germany)
Assigned to work with the Director of the Development Cooperation Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1998.
Mr. E. Brú Bautista (Uruguay)
Appointed Chief of the Evaluation Unit in the Bureau of Programming and Management in September 1991 and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 March 1999. Born in 1943. Holds a BA (with High Honours) in Economics from the University of Puerto Rico and an MSS in Socio-Economic Planning from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (Netherlands). Undertook basic research for Ph.D in Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Joined the ILO in September 1974 as Desk Officer for projects and programmes in Latin America in the Comprehensive Employment Policies Branch in the Employment Planning and Promotion Department. Detached as Development Economist to PREALC (Santiago) in March 1979. Transferred to the Migration for Employment Branch in the Promotion of Equality Department in March 1982. Appointed Regional Adviser on Employment Planning and Policy in the ILO Area Office in Port of Spain in August 1988, where he was designated Coordinator of the PREALC Focal Point for the Caribbean (English- and Dutch-speaking member States) at the beginning of 1989.
Mr. K. Burton (Mauritius)
Appointed Chief Internal Auditor and Chief of the Internal Audit and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 January 1999. Born in 1946. Holds an ACA in Accounting from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (United Kingdom). Joined the ILO in February 1980 as Internal Auditor in the Bureau of Programming and Management. Left the Office in August 1987. Came back in January 1989 as Auditor in the Internal Audit in the Bureau of Programming and Management. Transferred to the position of Senior Administrative and Financial Officer in the ILO Regional Office in Bangkok in November 1994. Appointed Computer Auditor in the Bureau of Programming and Management in Geneva in February 1998.
Ms. C. Cornwell (United States)
Appointed Director of the Development Cooperation Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1991.
Mr. J. Courdouan (France)
Appointed Director of the Department for Government and Labour Law and Administration with effect from 1 October 1999. Appointment at D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1994.
Ms. E. Date-Bah (Ghana)
Appointed InFocus Director of the Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction in the Recovery and Reconstruction Department and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 October 1999. Born in 1944. Holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon (Ghana), an M.Sc (Econ.) in Sociology from the London School of Economics (United Kingdom) and a Ph.D in Sociology/West African Studies from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). Was lecturer and later senior lecturer at the University of Ghana for several years before joining the ILO in July 1980 as Rural Sociologist/Anthropologist in the Technology and Employment Programme. Transferred as Senior Programme and Relations Officer to the Regional Office for Africa in Addis Ababa in August 1983. Transferred back to headquarters as Official responsible for Operational Activities in the Equality of Rights Branch in October 1987. Appointed Manager of the Interdepartmental Project on Equality for Women in Employment from mid-1991 to March 1994 and later Senior Technical Specialist in Gender Questions in DGA/DEV in April 1994. Transferred to the Development Policies Branch as Specialist in Gender, Population and Development in April 1996. Assigned as Coordinator of the Action Programme on Skills and Entrepreneurship Development for Countries Emerging from Armed Conflict in the Training Policies and Systems Branch in 1997.
Ms. C. Doumbia-Henry (Dominica)
Appointed Deputy Director of the Sectoral Activities Department and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 January 2000. Born in 1953. Is a barrister-at-law and holds an LL.B in Law and an LL.M in Real Property Law from the University of the West Indies (Barbados) and a Ph.D in International Law from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Joined the ILO in May 1986 as Junior Legal Officer in the Office of the Legal Adviser. Appointed to the position of Principal Legal Officer in the Office of the Legal Adviser in August 1997.
Ms. A. Ducci Budge (Chile)
Appointed Director of the Bureau for External Relations and Partnerships and promoted to D.2 with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1992.
Mr. D. Duysens (Belgium)
Appointed Deputy Director of the Development Cooperation Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1995.
Mr. U. Flechsenhar (Germany)
Appointed Director of the ILO Southern Africa Multidisciplinary Advisory Team in Harare with effect from 1 September 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in June 1992.
Mr. N. Gek-Boo (Malaysia)
Appointed Director for Operations in the InFocus Programme on Child Labour with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1990.
Mr. B. Gernigon (France)
Appointed Chief of the Freedom of Association and Social Dialogue Branch in the International Labour Standards Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1988.
Mr. M. Henriques (Denmark)
Appointed Director of the Job Creation and Enterprise Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1999.
Mr. M. Ishida (Japan)
Appointed Adviser to the Executive Director on Staff Development Policies and Organizational Change in the Employment Sector with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1996.
Mr. R. Islam (Bangladesh)
Appointed Director of the Recovery and Reconstruction Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in May 1993.
Ms. M. Johnson (Australia)
Appointed Director of the ILO Area Office in New Delhi and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 November 1999. Born in 1945. Holds a BA in English and Italian literature, anthropology, archaeology from the University of Sydney (Australia) and studied modern Italian literature in the University of Turin (Italy). Joined the ILO as Deputy Director of the ILO Area Office in Suva in April 1987. Transferred to the Turin Centre as Senior Project Officer for Asia and the Pacific in January 1990 and then as Coordinator of Promotional Activities. Appointed Senior Programme Officer/Gender Specialist in the Development Policies Department in April 1994 and, then, reassigned in this function to the Bureau for Active Partnership. Transferred as Chief of the Regional Programming Services to the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok in August 1997.
Mr. E. Lee (Malaysia)
Appointed Director of the International Policy Group in the Bureau for External Relations and Partnerships with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1997.
Mr. F. Maupain (France)
Appointed Special Adviser to the Director-General with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1986.
Ms. A. Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Appointed Director for Policy Development and Advocacy in the InFocus Programme on Child Labour and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 October 1999. Born in 1955. Holds a BA in Public Law, an MA and a "DESS" in International Law from the University of Paris (France) and a diploma in Public and International Law from the Political Studies Institute of Paris (France). Joined the ILO in May 1992 as Regional Adviser on Women's Questions in the ILO Regional Office for Africa in Abidjan. Transferred as Gender Specialist of the African Region to the ILO Multidisciplinary Team in Abidjan in April 1993. Transferred to the Director-General's Office in Geneva in September 1996.
Mr. M. Ozaki (Japan)
Appointed Director for Research and Policy Development of the InFocus Programme on Strengthening Social Dialogue with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1998.
Mr. P. Peek (Netherlands)
Appointed Chief of the Management Advisory Services Unit with effect from 1 August 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1998.
Ms. H.-T. Perret-Nguyen (France)
Assigned to the International Institute for Labour Studies with effect from 1 January 2000. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1997.
Mr. S. Pursey (United Kingdom)
Appointed Senior Economic Policy Adviser with effect from 1 September 1999 at the D.1 grade and will join the International Policy Group. Born in 1952. Holds a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining the ILO, he worked for the United Kingdom Trades Union Congress, and most recently as Chief Economist of the ICFTU, dealing with a range of international social and economic policies.
Mr. S. Radwan (Egypt)
Appointed Policy Adviser to the Executive Director for the Employment Sector with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1994.
Mr. F. Röselaers (Netherlands)
Appointed InFocus Director of the InFocus Programme on Child Labour with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1998.
Mr. M. Sebastian (Malaysia)
Appointed Deputy Director of the Bureau for Workers' Activities and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 September 1999. Born in 1944. Holds a diploma in teaching and a first-class honours degree in Social Sciences from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and has carried out post-graduate Ph.D research on Trade Unions in Malaysia. Joined the ILO in December 1990 as Workers' Relations Officer in the Workers' Relations Branch in the Bureau for Workers' Activities. Prior to joining the ILO in December 1990, he served as Programme Development and Project Promotion Officer and was later in charge of workers' education in the ILO Advanced Training Centre in Turin. Transferred as Workers' Activities Specialist to the ILO Multidisciplinary Team in Bangkok in May 1995. Transferred to headquarters as Head of the Operational Activities Unit in the Bureau for Workers' Activities in June 1996.
Mr. W. Sengenberger (Germany)
Appointed Director of the Employment Strategy Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1997.
Mr. Z. Shaheed (Pakistan)
Appointed Joint InFocus Director, responsible for Promotional Activities and Technical Cooperation in the InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 October 1999. Born in 1949. Holds a BA in Political Science from Columbia University, New York and a Ph.D in Labour Relations from the University of Leeds (United Kingdom). Joined the ILO in June 1979 as Labour Law, Labour Relations and Remuneration Specialist in the Labour Law and Labour Relations Branch. Appointed to the position of Head, Remuneration Section in the Labour Law and Labour Relations Branch in August 1989.
Mr. M. Simon Velasco (Spain)
Appointed Director of the Bureau for Workers' Activities and promoted to D.2 with effect from 1 September 1999. Born in 1942. Holds a diploma in technical and professional training in the mining sector from the School of Mining in Borinage (Belgium) and studied computer science at the University of Toulouse (France). Joined the ILO in January 1986 as Director of the ILO Branch Office in Madrid. Appointed Director of the ILO Office in Buenos Aires in January 1999.
Mr. G. Standing (United Kingdom)
Appointed Director of the InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1993.
Ms. G. Stoikov (Germany)
Appointed Acting Director of the InFocus Programme on Strengthening Social Dialogue with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1989.
Mr. L. Swepston (United States)
Appointed Chief of the Equality and Employment Branch in the International Labour Standards Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1993.
Mr. J. Takala (Finland)
Appointed InFocus Director of the Programme on SafeWork in the Labour Protection Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Born in 1946. Holds a B.Sc and an M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering and a D.Sc in Engineering from the Tampere University of Technology (Finland); studied engineering at the Helsinki University of Technology, industrial economics in the Helsinki School of Economics and occupational safety and health in the Tampere University of Technology (Finland). Joined the ILO as Chief Technical Adviser and Expert in Occupational Safety and Health in Nairobi (Kenya) in January 1978 and then in Bangkok (Thailand) in June 1983. Appointed Chief of the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre in September 1986. Appointed Chief of the Occupational Safety and Health Branch in June 1996 and confirmed D.1 in October 1999.
Ms. A. Trebilcock (United States)
Appointed Joint InFocus Director, responsible for Research and Reports in the InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 October 1999. Born in 1948. Holds a BA in History from Wellesley College (United States) and Juris Doctor (Law) from the University of California School of Law in Berkeley (United States). Joined the ILO in September 1983 as Junior Legal Officer in the Application of Standards Branch. Appointed to the position of Legal Expert in the Legislative Information Branch in June 1986. Transferred to the Labour Law and Labour Relations Branch in January 1990. Appointed as Principal Legal Officer in the Office of the Legal Adviser in August 1993. Transferred as Head of Labour Legislation Section in April 1997. Detached to the ILO Transitional Team from October 1998 to February 1999.
Mr. O. de Vries Reilingh (Netherlands)
Appointed Director of the Sectoral Activities Department with effect from 15 October 1999. Appointment at D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1988.
Mr. N. Watfa (Lebanon)
Appointed Director of the ILO Arab States Multidisciplinary Advisory Team in Beirut on 15 April 1998 and promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 June 1999. Born in 1945. Holds a B.Sc in Environmental Health from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), an M.Sc and a Ph.D in Occupational Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London University (United Kingdom). Joined the ILO as Safety and Health Officer in the Occupational Safety and Health Branch in September 1986. Appointed as Regional Adviser on Occupational Safety and Health in the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok in January 1989. Transferred to the position of Senior Officer on Chemicals and Environment to the Occupational Safety and Health Branch in May 1992.
Mr. A. Wild (United Kingdom)
Appointed Director of the Personnel Department with effect from 1 October 1999 at the D.2 grade. Born in 1954. Holds degrees in Economics and Personnel Management and has worked extensively in the human resources field in the private sector. Prior to joining the ILO, he managed an international employee relations consultancy business and lectured regularly at several universities in Great Britain.
Mr. A. Zenger (Switzerland)
Appointed Chief of the Social Protection and Labour Conditions Branch in the International Labour Standards Department with effect from 1 October 1999. Appointment at D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1986.
Ms. J. Zhang (China)
Appointed Director of the Bureau for Gender Equality and promoted to D.2 with effect from 1 October 1999. Appointment at D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1994.
Geneva, 10 November 1999.
Points for decision:
Paragraph 5;
Paragraph 11;
Paragraph 17.
1. State of chief industrial importance.