| GB.267/15
267th Session Geneva, November 1996 |
FIFTEENTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA
Report of the Director-General
Contents
II. Progress in international labour legislation
III. European Agreement concerning the Social Security of Boatmen Engaged in Inland Navigation
I. Obituary
Mr. Frank Waugh McCulloch
1. The Director-General announces with deep regret the death, on 9 July 1996, of Mr. Frank Waugh McCulloch, former member of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations.
2. Born in 1905, he became an early champion of the disadvantaged, including women, minorities and workers. On graduating from Harvard Law School in 1929, he started practising law in Chicago and soon became involved in volunteer work on housing and the unemployed. In 1935 he took up an industrial relations position with the Council of Social Action of the Congregational-Christian Church, which he held until 1946, and joined the newly established Roosevelt University as the Director of the Labor Education Division until 1949. During the following 12 years he worked as Administrative Assistant to Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois.
3. In 1961 President Kennedy appointed him Chairman of the five-member National Labour Relations Board, a post to which he was reappointed for a second term by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Mr. McCulloch believed that the primary objective of the National Labour Relations Act was to promote and protect the right of employees, regardless of whether they were members of trade unions. He viewed collective bargaining not only as a process to promote justice in the workplace, but also as a model for citizen participation in society. His commitment to industrial democracy, combined with his incisive legal analysis and powerful persuasion, made him one of the most powerful and influential chairmen of the Board. In 1971 he joined the faculty at the University of Virginia Law School. The same year he was appointed to serve on the Public Review Board of United Auto Workers, a position he held until 1988.
4. His contribution to the work of the ILO began in 1974 when he was appointed to succeed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren on the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. His contribution to the work of the Committee, which was always judicious and full of conviction, helped to promote the case of democratic governments and thus to maintain the ILO's status as a champion of human rights in the workplace. He will be remembered not only for his dedication to the principles of the International Labour Organization but also for his frankness, independence of mind and sense of justice which brought him to the forefront of the fight against discrimination.
5. The Governing Body will no doubt wish to request the Director-General to convey its sympathy to the family of Mr. McCulloch and to the Government of the United States.
Mr. Valeriy F. Kolosov
6. The Director-General announces with deep regret the death, on 16 August 1996, of Mr. Valeriy F. Kolosov, member of the Governing Body representing the Government of the Russian Federation.
7. Born in 1942 in the Soviet Union, Mr. Kolosov later became a construction engineer. Between 1962 and 1979 he engaged in construction activities in the Moscow region as a worker, foreman, engineer and chief of department. Between 1979 and 1985 he held the post of head of the Labour Organization and Division of Wages of the Central Construction Department of the Administration of the Moscow Region. From 1985 to 1992 Mr. Kolosov served the USSR State Committee for Labour and Social Affairs as deputy head of a construction division, deputy head of the Department of Labour Productivity and Working Conditions (1985-88), head of the same division (1989-90) and head of the Central Employment Department (1990-91). In 1991 Mr. Kolosov was appointed First Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the USSR. From 1992 onward he served the Russian Federation in the same capacity.
8. In May 1993, he was appointed as representative of the Government of the Russian Federation on the Governing Body. He was known for his openness and his quest for solutions to problems facing national economies and in particular, working people.
9. The Governing Body will no doubt wish to request the Director-General to convey its sympathy to the family of Mr. Kolosov and the Government of the Russian Federation.
Mr. Kazuo Francis Yoshimura
10. The Director-General announces with deep regret the death, on 6 October 1996, of Mr. Kazuo Francis Yoshimura, former Employer member of the Governing Body and Assistant Director-General of the ILO.
11. Born in 1922 in Urawa, Japan, Mr. Yoshimura graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1944 with a degree in economics. After serving the Navy, he joined the Sanwa Bank in Ozaka in 1946 as a member of the staff of the Economic Research Department and the Foreign Banking Department. In 1951 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Economics at Sophia University, Tokyo to teach international economics. In 1956 he joined the Fuji Telecasting Company, Tokyo, as Manager of General Affairs and from 1960-65 he served the same company as manager of its international division in New York.
12. In 1966, Mr. Yoshimura joined the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren) as Director of the International Division and in the same year accompanied the Employers' delegate of Japan to the International Labour Conference as adviser. From 1967 to 1977 he attended every session of the Conference as the Japanese Employers' delegate. Elected substitute deputy Employer member of the Governing Body in 1966, he was appointed deputy Employer member for the terms 1969-72 and 1972-75 and regular Employer member from 1975 to February 1978, when he resigned from the Governing Body to become ILO Assistant Director-General for Asia and the Pacific.
13. During his service with the ILO, both as Employer member of the Governing Body and as a high-ranking official, Mr. Yoshimura was well known for his warm and friendly personality. He treated every official, regardless of grade, with the same respect and simplicity. His commitment to the aims of the ILO and his devoted service helped strengthen the Organization's capacity to traverse sometimes difficult periods. His exemplary nature and faithful service will be remembered with gratitude.
14. The Governing Body will no doubt wish to request the Director-General to convey its sympathy to the family of Mr. Yoshimura and to the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations.
Mr. Joseph Morris
15. The Director-General announces with deep regret the death, on 11 October 1996, of Mr. Joseph Morris, former Worker member, Worker Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Governing Body.
16. Born in England, in 1913, Mr. Morris emigrated to Canada as a teenager and started his working life as a logger in Vancouver. It was there that he began his trade union career, first with a union of unemployed workers, later as a member of the International Woodworkers of America. His passionate desire for social justice and his dedication to the welfare of his fellow workers led him to devote all his life to the trade union movement, which he served in a variety of capacities, including the posts of Executive Vice-President and President of the Canadian Labour Congress.
17. His vision and his belief in the dignity of human beings also earned him the respect of many outside Canada's borders. As Vice-President and member of the Executive Board of the ICFTU and the only Worker member of the Brandt Commission, he helped to focus worldwide attention on social issues and proved his commitment to improving the situation of developing countries. Convinced of the necessity to eradicate apartheid, he presided over the two International Trade Union Conferences for Action Against Apartheid held in Geneva in 1973 and 1977.
18. Mr. Morris was first associated with the ILO in 1958, when he took part in a meeting of the Timber Committee. In 1962, he attended the International Labour Conference for the first time and in 1966 he was elected Worker member of the Governing Body. In 1979 he became the Chairman of the Workers' group and Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body. When in 1977 Mr. Morris was elected Chairman of the Governing Body he became the first in the Organization's 58-year history to be chosen from outside the ranks of Government representatives.
19. His faithful contribution to the work of the ILO was outstanding. Besides leading the Workers' group and chairing the Governing Body he served various Governing Body committees. These included the Committee on Freedom of Association, the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee, the Committee on Discrimination and the Working Party on Structure. The correctness of his judgement and courage of his convictions became important assets for the ILO in the fight against apartheid and various crisis situations. Besides these accomplishments he will be remembered for his unpretentious nature, his wisdom, willingness to listen and constant adherence to the principles of fair play.
20. The Governing Body will no doubt wish to request the Director-General to convey its sympathy to the family of Mr. Morris and the Canadian Labour Congress.
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II. Progress in international labour legislation
Ratification of Conventions
21. Since the 265th Session of the Governing Body, the Director-General has registered the following 48 ratifications of international labour Conventions, bringing the total number registered on 3 October 1996 to 6,333:
Argentina
Ratification registered on 19 September 1996
Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96)
Brazil
Ratification registered on 25 July 1996
Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 (No. 134)
Croatia
Ratification registered on 19 July 1996
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147)
Cuba
Ratification registered on 3 October 1996
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159)
Czech Republic
Ratifications registered on 6 August 1996
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 No. 105)
Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108)
Night Work Convention, 1990 (No. 171)
Ratification registered on 23 August 1996
Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132)
Denmark
Ratification registered on 22 February 1996
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
Estonia
Ratification registered on 10 May 1996
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Equatorial Guinea
Ratifications registered on 23 April 1996
Food and Catering (Ships' Crews) Convention, 1946 (No. 68)
Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised) 1949 (No. 92)
Georgia
Ratifications registered on 22 June 1993
Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936 (No. 52)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142).
Following the admission of Georgia to the International Labour Organization, the Government of Georgia recognized that Georgia continued to be bound by the obligations arising under the above-mentioned Conventions which had been previously applicable to its territory.
Ratification registered on 23 September 1996
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Greece
Ratification registered on 29 July 1996
Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151)
Ratification registered on 17 September 1996
Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154)
Guatemala
Ratification registered on 22 February 1996
Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148)
Ratification registered on 5 June 1996
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
Guyana
Ratification registered on 10 June 1996
Repatriation of Seafarers Convention (Revised), 1987 (No. 166)
Ratification registered on 20 August 1996
Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172)
India
Ratification registered on 26 September 1996
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147)
Kazakstan
Ratifications registered on 30 July 1996
Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148)
Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)
Mauritius
Ratification registered on 14 June 1996
Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175)
Moldovia
Ratifications registered on 12 August 1996
Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81)
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88)
Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117)
Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)
Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135)
Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)
Namibia
Ratifications registered on 28 June 1996
Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150)
Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158)
Panama
Ratification registered on 3 April 1996
Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160)
Suriname
Ratifications registered on 5 June 1996
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154)
Zambia
Ratifications registered on 2 September 1996
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).
Denunciation of a Convention
22. The Director-General registered, on 18 June 1996, the denunciation by Peru of the Night Work (Bakeries) Convention, 1925 (No. 20).
23. The text of the communication concerning the denunciation by Peru of this Convention reads as follows:
The Government of Peru, in accordance with the constitutional standards in force and taking into account Article 11 of the Night Work (Bakeries) Convention, 1925 (No. 20), is denouncing the above-mentioned international instrument which it submitted for ratification on 4 April 1962. The denunciation was approved by Legislative Resolution No. 26550 of 4 December 1995.
This Convention is being denounced because it is inapplicable in Peru given that night work in this particular branch of activity is extremely influenced by the need to meet the demands of the general public and that the lack of adequate technology does not allow for the automatization of the baking of bread and other similar products.
Before deciding upon the denunciation, consultations were duly held with employers' and workers' organizations on this matter.
Ratifications authorized (article 19 of the Constitution)
24. The ratification of the following international labour Conventions has been authorized by the countries indicated:
Argentina
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Azerbaijan
Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132)
Costa Rica
Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160)
Latvia
Protection of Workers' Claims (Employer's Insolvency) Convention, 1992 (No. 173)
Mozambique
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)
Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)
Nepal
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138).
III. European Agreement concerning the Social Security of
Boatmen Engaged in Inland Navigation
25. The European Agreement concerning the Social Security of Boatmen Engaged in Inland Navigation was adopted in Strasbourg on 26 March 1993. This instrument is open for signature in accordance with article 51, paragraph 1 of the Agreement and for ratification or acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 of the same article.(1) The plenipotentiary of the Government of Belgium placed the second signature to the Agreement on 27 September 1996.
IV. Internal administration
26. 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.
27. The following appointments and promotions are accordingly reported to the Governing Body:
Mr. A. Bequele (Ethiopia)
Appointed Director of the Working Conditions and Environment Department (TRAVAIL) with effect from 1 May 1996 and promoted to D.2. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in May 1993.
Mr. O. De Vries Reilingh (Netherlands)
Appointed Director of the Multidisciplinary Team for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest with effect from 1 February 1996. Appointment at D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1988.
Mr. D. Duysens (Belgium)
Appointed Chief of the Bureau of PROPAR/TEC with effect from 1 July 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1995.
Mr. D. Freedman (United States)
Promoted to D.1 with effect from 1 March 1996 as Director of the ILO Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York. Born in 1942. Holds an MA in economics from Pennsylvania State University (1967) and a Ph.D. in economics and social development from the University of Pittsburgh (1971). Joined the ILO in 1973 in the Bureau of Economic and Social Analysis. Transferred to the Employment Department (EMPLOI) in 1978 as technical support and research officer and in 1985 appointed special adviser and head of the Planning and Reports Unit of EMPLOI. In 1994, he was detached to the secretariat of the World Summit for Social Development at the United Nations in New York.
Mr. G. Gust (Germany)
Appointed Manager of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) with effect from 1 October 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1994.
Mr. O.A. Hembrechts (Belgium)
Appointed Deputy Director of the Regional Office for Europe with effect from 1 September 1996 and promoted to D.1. Holds a degree in international relations and a degree in relations with developing countries from the University of Louvain (Belgium). Joined the ILO in 1971 as Associate Expert in Antananarivo (Madagascar) and was transferred to the ILO Office in San José in 1973. In 1974, he was recruited by the ILO as programme officer in the same office. Transferred to the ILO Regional Office in Lima in 1978 as regional programming officer, and then to the ILO Office in Buenos Aires as Deputy Director in 1980. Appointed Director of that Office in 1985. In 1989, he was transferred to headquarters to the Promotion of Technical Cooperation Branch (PROMOTEC) and was appointed Chief of the Bureau for Active Partnership (PROPAR) in 1995.
Mr. M. Ishida (Japan)
Appointed Director of the Enterprise and Cooperative Development Department (ENTREPRISE) with effect from 1 May 1996 and promoted to D.2. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1995.
Mr. R. Islam (Bangladesh)
Appointed Deputy Director of the Development Policies Department (POLDEV) with effect from 15 October 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in May 1993.
Mr. V. Klotz (Germany)
Transferred to the Sectoral Activities Department (SECTOR) with effect from 1 September 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in May 1993.
Mr. F. Lisk (Sierra Leone)
Appointed Chief of the Entrepreneurship and Management Development Branch (ENT/MAN) with effect from 1 May 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in May 1991.
Mr. V. Morozov (Russian Federation)
Appointed Director at the D.2 grade of the Sectoral Activities Department (SECTOR) with effect from 1 June 1996.
Mr. D. Ndjonkou (Cameroon)
Appointed Director at grade D.1 of the ILO Office in Beijing with effect from 1 November 1996. Holds an MA in cooperative enterprise management from the University of Marburg (Germany), a certificate of post-graduate studies in agrarian economy, and a diploma in higher education and training methodology. Joined the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin in June 1980 as trainer in cooperative management. Recruited by the ILO in 1983 as a cooperative education and training promotion specialist in the Cooperative Branch (COOP). In 1988, was transferred to Abidjan as regional adviser in cooperatives and returned to headquarters in 1991 when he was appointed to the Director-General's Office (CABINET). Appointed Director of the ILO Office in Pretoria in 1995.
Mr. Ng Gek-Boo (Malaysia)
Appointed Chief of the Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch (POLEMP) with effect from 1 July 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1990.
Ms. H.T. Perret-Nguyen (France)
Appointed Chief of the Personnel Administration Branch (P/ADMIN) with effect from 15 August 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in May 1989.
Mr. F. Roselaers (Netherlands)
Appointed Director of the Director-General's Office with effect from 15 September 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in June 1991.
Ms. H. Sarfati (Israel)
Appointed Director of the Industrial Relations and Labour Administration Department (RELPROF) with effect from 1 June 1996 and promoted to D.2. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in May 1987.
Mr. W.R. Simpson (United Kingdom)
Appointed Director of the ILO East Asia Multidisciplinary Advisory Team in Bangkok with effect from 1 June 1996. Promotion to D.2 was reported to the Governing Body in March 1988.
Mr. R.J. Smith (United Kingdom)
Appointed Chief of the Personnel Planning and Career Development Branch (P/PLAN) with effect from 15 August 1996. Promotion to D.1 was reported to the Governing Body in November 1992.
Mr. L.A. Tchalykh (Russian Federation)
Appointed Director of the ILO Office in Antananarivo at the D.1 grade with effect from 15 July 1996. Appointment to the ILO was reported to the Governing Body in June 1991.
V. Publications and documents
International Labour Conference
28. The following reports for the 83rd (1996) Session of the International Labour Conference have been issued in English, French, and Spanish:
Report I: Report of the Director-General: Activities of the ILO, 1994-95 (also available in German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese).
Appendix (also available in German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese).
Report II: Information concerning the Programme and Budget for 1996-97 and other financial and administrative questions.
Report III(5): Lists of ratifications by Convention and by country (as at 31 December 1995).
Report IV(2A): Home work (also available in German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese).
Report V(1): Employment policies in a global context (also available in German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese).
29. The following reports for the 84th (1996) (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference have been issued in English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese:
Report I: Revision of the Labour Inspection (Seamen) Recommendation, 1926 (No. 28).
Report II: Revision of the Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1958 (No. 109), and Recommendation, 1958 (No. 109).
Report III: Revision of the Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920 (No. 9).
Report IV: Partial revision of the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147).
30. The following report for the 86th (1998) Session of the International Labour Conference has been issued in English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese:
Report VI(1): Child labour: Targeting the intolerable.
Questionnaire (separate publication).
31. The Record of Proceedings of the 83rd Session of the International Labour Conference has been issued in English, French and Spanish.
Sectoral Activities Programme
32. The following report for the Tripartite Meeting on the Globalization of the Footwear, Textile and Clothing Industries has been issued in English, French and Spanish:
Globalization of the footwear, textile and clothing industries.
33. The following report for the Tripartite Meeting on Improving the Conditions of Employment and Work of Agricultural Wage Workers in the Context of Economic Restructuring has been issued in English, French and Spanish:
Wage workers in agriculture: Conditions of employment and work.
Periodical publications
34. The following issues have been published or are in the press in the languages indicated:
Bulletin of Labour Statistics: first, second and third quarterly issues 1996 (trilingual).
Statistics on occupational wages and hours of work and on food prices: October inquiry results, 1994 and 1995 (trilingual).
Conditions of Work Digest: Vol. 14/1995, Working time around the world (in English).
International Labour Documentation: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6/7, 8 and 9, 1996 (in English).
International Labour Review: Vol. 134, 1995/6 (in French and Spanish; English edition already published); Vol. 135, 1996/1 and 1996/2 (in English and French).
Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization: 80th Session, October 1995-February 1996; and 81st Session, May-July 1996 (in English and French).
Labour Education: No. 100-101, 1995/3-4, Special issue: New media for workers' education and training (in English, French and Spanish); No. 102, 1996/1, Special issue: Trade unions and child labour (in English, French and Spanish).
Official Bulletin: Vol. LXXVIII, 1995, Series A, Nos. 2 and 3; Vol. LXXVIII, 1995, Series B, No. 3 (in English, French and Spanish).
Serial publications
35. The following volumes have been issued or are in the press in English:
Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper
No. 78: Technological and regulatory changes affecting multinational enterprises in telecommunications: Aspects of the impact on the workforce, by Robin Mansell and Puay Tang (June 1996).
Improve Your Construction Business Series
No. 2: Site management (Handbook and Workbook), by C.-A. Andersson, Derek Miles, R.H. Neale and J. Ward (May 1996).
No. 3: Business management (Handbook and Workbook), by C.-A. Andersson, Derek Miles and J. Ward (June 1996).
International Construction Management Series
No. 7: Managing international construction projects: An overview, edited by Richard Neale (July 1996).
Management Development Series
No. 33: Localizing global production: Know-how transfer in international manufacturing, by Klaus North (November 1996).
Labour Law and Labour Relations Programme, occasional papers
No. 11: Legislation on women's employment in Latin America: A comparative study, by María del Mar Serna Calvo (April 1996).
Non-periodical publications
36. The following volumes have been issued or are in the press in the languages indicated:
Management consulting: A guide to the profession, edited by Milan Kubr. Third (revised) edition (in English) (March 1996).
Employing foreign workers: A manual on policies and procedures of special interest to middle- and low-income countries, by W.R. Böhning (in English) (May 1996).
More and better jobs for women: An action guide. An ILO follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and the World Summit for Social Development, by Lin Lean Lim (in English) (June 1996).
Ergonomic checkpoints: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions (in English) (June 1996).
International Labour Conventions and Recommendations 1919-1995. Set of three volumes (in English) (June 1996).
Combining work and elder care: A challenge for now and the future, edited by Irene Hoskins (in English) (July 1996).
Cómo seleccionar y trabajar con consultores. Guía para el cliente, by Milan Kubr (English edition already published) (August 1996).
La conception, le suivi et l'évaluation des programmes et des projets de coopération technique. Manuel de formation (in French and Spanish; English edition already published) (August 1996).
Introducción al estudio del trabajo, edited by George Kanawaty. Fourth edition (in Spanish). (English and French editions already published) (September 1996).
Restructuring the labour market: The South African challenge. An ILO country review, by Guy Standing, John Sender and John Weeks (in English) (September 1996).
Your health and safety at work: A modular training package (in English) (October 1996).
Management of alcohol- and drug-related issues in the workplace. An ILO code of practice (in English, French and Spanish) (October 1996).
Accident prevention on board ship at sea and in port. An ILO code of practice. Second (revised) edition (in English, French and Spanish) (October 1996).
Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases. An ILO code of practice (in English, French and Spanish) (November 1996).
Unions in a changing world: Problems and prospects in selected industrialized countries, by Shauna L. Olney (in English) (November 1996).
World Employment 1996-97: National policies in a global context (in English, French and Spanish) (November 1996).
Trade unions and child labour: A guide to action, by Alec Fyfe and Michele Jankanish. ILO Child Labour Collection (in English) (December 1996).
Agreements with commercial and non-profit-making
publishers and distributors
37. The following agreements have been signed since the 265th Session of the Governing Body:
| Privatization surprises in transition economies: Employee-ownership in Central and Eastern Europe (English edition) | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom | |
| Finding the balance: Financing and coverage of social protection in Europe (English edition) | International Social Security Association, Switzerland | |
| Public sector pay and adjustment. Lessons from five countries (English edition) | Routledge Ltd., United Kingdom | |
| Productivity and quality management. A modular programme (co-publication English edition) | Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan | |
| Employers and the environmental challenge (reprint) | Indian Institute of Ecology & Environment, India | |
| Environment, employment and development (reprint) | " | |
| Environment and the world of work. Report of the Director-General. International Labour Conference, 77th Session, 1990 (reprint) | " | |
| Introduction to working conditions and environment (reprint) | " | |
| Man in his working environment. A workers' education manual (reprint) | " | |
| Safety, health and welfare on construction sites. A training manual (reprint) | International Federation of Building and Woodworkers, Switzerland | |
| The use of lasers in the workplace. A practical guide. Occupational Safety and Health Series No. 68 (Arabic edition) | Arab Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, Syrian Arab Republic | |
| How to read a balance sheet. An ILO programmed book. Second (revised) edition (Chinese edition) | China Finance and Economic Publishing House, China | |
| Surveys of economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment: An ILO manual on concepts and methods (Arabic edition) | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Jordan | |
| Child labour: A guide to project design (Bengali edition) | Economic Studies & Journals Publishing Co., India | |
| Poverty and famines: An essay on entitlement and deprivation (Italian edition) | Edizioni di Comunitá, Italy | |
| Industrial development through small-firm cooperation. Theory and practice (Spanish edition) | Editorial Galac S.A., Venezuela | |
| Environmental management training. An ILO/UNEP programme in support of managers and management institutions (Portuguese edition) | Expert Books, Brazil | |
| Adaptation of jobs and the employment of the disabled (Portuguese edition) | Coordenadoria Nacional para Integração da Pessoa Portadora de Deficiência, Brazil | |
| Management development: A trainer's guide (Czech edition) | Grada Publishing, Czech Republic | |
| Economics. A workers' education manual (Bahasa Indonesia edition) | Indonesian Human Resources Foundation, Indonesia | |
| Financial and economic analysis of enterprises: A workers' education manual (Bahasa Indonesia edition) | " | |
| Freedom of association: A workers' education manual. Second (revised) edition (Bahasa Indonesia edition) | " | |
| Minimum wage fixing: An international review of practices and problems (Bahasa Indonesia edition) | " | |
| Social security. A workers' education guide (Bahasa Indonesia edition) | " | |
| We can make it. Stories of disabled women in developing countries (Spanish edition) | Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales, Spain | |
| Ergonomic checkpoints. Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions (Japanese edition) | Institute for Science of Labour, Japan | |
| Employment prospects for disabled people in transition countries. Guidelines on active training and employment policies for disabled people in Central and Eastern Europe (Polish edition) | Interart, Poland | |
| Major hazard control. A practical manual (Korean edition) | Korea Industrial Safety Corporation, Republic of Korea | |
| Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work. A training manual (Korean edition) | Korea Industrial Safety Corporation, Republic of Korea | |
| Safety and health in the use of agrochemicals: A guide (Korean edition) | " | |
| Safety in the use of chemicals at work. An ILO code of practice (Korean edition) | " | |
| Collective bargaining: A workers' education manual. Second (revised) edition (Lithuanian edition) | Lithuanian Trade Union Federation of Local Industry and Service Workers, Lithuania | |
| Impact of structural adjustment in the public services (efficiency, quality improvement and working conditions) (Chinese edition) | Ministry of Personnel, China | |
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Geneva, 13 November 1996.
Points for decision:
Paragraph 5;
Paragraph 9;
Paragraph 14;
Paragraph 20.
1 See GB.262/14/1 and GB.264/16.