Decision on the 22nd item on the agenda: Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings
Decision on the twenty-second item on the agenda: Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings
Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
New appointment
On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body appointed Mr Alain Lacabarats (France) as a member of the Committee for a period of three years.
(Document GB.329/INS/22, paragraph 1.)
106th Session of the International Labour Conference (Geneva, 5–17 June 2017)
Invitation of international non-governmental organizations
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 106th Session of the International Labour Conference as observers:
■ Employers’ organizations
– International Christian Union of Business Executives
– World Employment Confederation
■ Workers’ organizations
– African Organization of Mines, Metal, Energy, Chemical and Allied Trade Unions
– Building and Wood Workers’ International
– Confederación de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de las Universidades de las Américas
– Confederación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Trabajadores Estatales
– Education International
– European Centre for Workers’ Questions
– European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions
– European Trade Union Confederation
– General Confederation of Trade Unions
– IndustriALL Global Union
– International Confederation of Executive Staff
– International Transport Workers’ Federation
– International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations
– Latin American Union of Municipal Workers
– Public Services International
– Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council
– Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
– Trade Union Confederation of Arab Maghreb Workers
– Trade Union International of Metal and Mining
– Trade Unions International of Transport Workers
– Trade Unions International of Workers of the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industries
– UNI Global Union
– Unión Internacional de Sindicatos de Pensionistas y Jubilados
– Unión Latinoamericana de Trabajadores de Organismos de Control
– World Federation of Teachers’ Unions
– World Organization of Workers
■ Other organizations
– African Commission of Health and Human Rights Promoters
– Anti-Slavery International
– Association of Volunteers for International Service
– Caritas Internationalis
– Clean Clothes Campaign
– Exchange and Cooperation Centre for Latin America
– Fairtrade International
– Graduate Women International
– International Alliance of Women
– International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance
– International Association of Free Thought
– International Association of Labour Inspection
– International Catholic Migration Commission
– International Centre for Trade Union Rights
– International Commission on Occupational Health
– International Coordination of Young Christian Workers
– International Council of Nurses
– International Council on Social Welfare
– International Federation for Human Rights
– International Federation of Business and Professional Women
– International Federation of Women in Legal Careers
– International Federation Terre des Hommes
– International Kolping Society
– International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth
– International Secretariat for Catholic Engineers, Agronomists and Industry Officials
– International Young Christian Workers
– Make Mothers Matter
– Migrant Forum in Asia
– Organización de Entidades Mutuales de las Américas
– SOLIDAR
– Soroptimist International
– Union Africaine de la Mutualité
– Union of International Associations
– Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing
– World Alliance of Young Men’s Christian Associations
– World Assembly of Youth
– World Federation for Mental Health
– World Medical Association
– World Movement of Christian Workers
– World Union of Professions
– Zonta International
(Document GB.329/INS/22, noted by the Governing Body as presented by the Chairperson.)
Tripartite Meeting on Issues relating to Migrant Fishers (Geneva, 18–22 September 2017)
Invitation of international non-governmental organizations
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 Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF);
■ International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA);
■ International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN);
■ International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF);
■ The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF).
(Document GB.329/INS/22, paragraph 8.)
Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Open-cast Mines (Geneva, 16–20 October 2017)
Invitation of international non-governmental organizations
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:
■ IndustriALL Global Union;
■ International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM);
■ International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA);
■ International Social Security Association (ISSA);
■ International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI).
(Document GB.329/INS/22, paragraph 11.)
Tripartite Meeting of Experts to promote Decent Work and Protection of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work for Workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) (Geneva, 21–23 November 2017)
Agenda
On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body approved the following agenda for the Meeting of Experts:
– to discuss possible action to promote decent work and fundamental principles and rights at work for workers in export processing zones (EPZs);
– to adopt conclusions which will provide guidance on the content and modalities for an action plan on EPZs as called for in the 2016 ILC conclusions on decent work in global supply chains.
(Document GB.329/INS/22, paragraph 15.)
Tripartite Meeting on Issues relating to Migrant Fishers (Geneva, 18–22 September 2017)
The Government group said that it would supply the name of the person appointed as the representative of the Governing Body and Chairperson of the Meeting in due course.