273rd Session, November 1998  

GB

Governing Body

Programme of meetings of the 273rd Session

PFA

Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee
Personnel questions

LILS

Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards

ESP

Committee on Employment and Social Policy

LILS/WP/PRS

LILS Working Party on Policy regarding the Revision of Standards

STM

Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues

TC

Committee on Technical Cooperation

WP/SDL

Working Party on the Social Dimensions of the Liberalization of International Trade

GB

Governing Body

Agenda
item

1

Approval of the minutes of the 271st and 272nd Sessions of the Governing Body

GB.273/1(Rev.1)

2

Proposals for the agenda of the 89th Session (2001) of the Conference

GB.273/2

3

Follow-up action on the ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work and its follow-up

GB.273/3

4

Follow-up on the discussion of the Report of the Director-General to the 85th Session (1997) of the International Labour Conference (Part II)

GB.273/4

5

Report of the Commission of Inquiry established to examine the complaint concerning the observance by Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), made by delegates to the 83rd Session (1996) of the Conference under article 26 of the Constitution of the ILO

GB.273/5
Report

6

Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association

• 311th report
  312th report

GB.273/6/1
GB.273/6/2

7

Reports of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee

• First report: Financial and general questions

GB.273/7/1

• Second report: Personnel questions

GB.273/7/2

• Third report: Preparation of the Programme and Budget proposals for 2000-2001

GB.273/7/3

8

Reports of the Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards

• First report:Legal issues

GB.273/8/1

• Second report: International Labour Standards and Human Rights

GB.273/8/2

9

Report of the Committee on Employment and Social Policy

GB.273/9

10

Report of the Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues

GB.273/10

11

Report of the Committee on Technical Cooperation

GB.273/11

12

Report of the Working Party on the Social Dimensions
of the Liberalization of International Trade

Oral report

13

International Institute for Labour Studies

GB.273/13

14

Report of the Director-General

GB.273/14

• First Supplementary Report: ILO activities in response to the financial crisis
  in East and South-East Asia

GB.273/14/1

• Second Supplementary Report: Incomplete delegations at tripartite meetings

GB.273/14/2

• Third Supplementary Report: Promotion of the ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work and its follow-up

GB.273/14/3

• Sixth Supplementary Report: Obituary - Yvon Chotard

 GB.273/14/6

15

Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body

• First report: Observance by Nigeria of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98): Report on the direct contacts mission to Nigeria (17 to 21 August 1998)

GB.273/15/1 (Corr.)

• Second report: Complaint concerning the non-observance by Colombia of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), made by delegates to the 86th Session (1998) of the Conference under article 26 of the Constitution of the ILO

GB.273/15/2

• Seventh report: Child-care facilities in the ILO

GB.273/15/7

16

Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings

GB.273/16 (Rev.1)

PFA

Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee

Agenda
item

1

Programme and Budget for 1998-99: regular budget account and Working Capital Fund

GB.273/PFA/1

2

Financial questions relating to the International Institute for Labour Studies:

• Authorization to accept contributions and gifts

GB.273/PFA/2/1
GB.273/PFA/2/2

3

International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin

• (a) Documents submitted to the 60th Session of the Board of the Centre
  (Turin, 6 November 1998)

GB.273/PFA/3/1

• (b) Report of the 60th Session of the Board of the Centre

GB.273/PFA/3/2

5

Cooperation between the ILO and multibilateral donors

GB.273/PFA/5

6

Information technology in the ILO

GB.273/PFA/6

7

Preparation of the Programme and Budget proposals for 2000-2001

GB.273/PFA/7

8

Other financial and general questions

• Follow-up on the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit

GB.273/PFA/8/1

• Regional meetings: Proposed new arrangements

GB.273/PFA/8/2

Personnel questions

9

Amendments to the Staff Regulations

GB.273/PFA/9

10

Exceptions to the Staff Regulations

GB.273/PFA/10

11

Report of the International Civil Service Commission

GB.273/PFA/11

12

Pensions questions

• Report of the Board of Trustees of the Special Payments Fund

GB.273/PFA/12/1

• Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

GB.273/PFA/12/2

13

Matters relating to the ILO Administrative Tribunal

• Apportionment of the costs of the ILO Administrative Tribunal

GB.273/PFA/13/1

• Recognition of the Tribunal's jurisdiction by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

GB.273/PFA/13/2

Addendum

GB.273/PFA/13/2(Add.1)

14

Other personnel questions

Mobility of staff between the field and headquarters

GB.273/PFA/14/1

LILS

Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards

Agenda
item

Legal issues

1

Revision of the procedure for the examination of representations submitted under article 24 of the Constitution

GB.273/LILS/1

2

Proposed Agreement with the Inter-Parliamentary Union

No document

3

Other legal issues

International labour standards and human rights

4

Report of the Working Party on Policy regarding the Revision of Standards

GB.273/LILS/4 (Rev. 1)

5

Standard-setting policy: Ratification and promotion of fundamental ILO Conventions

GB.273/LILS/5

6

Review of the activities of the multidisciplinary teams in relation to standards

GB.273/LILS/6

7

Choice of Conventions on which reports should be requested in 2000 and 2001 under article 19 of the Constitution

GB.273/LILS/7

8

Special reports on unratified Conventions (article 19 of the Constitution)

GB.273/LILS/8

9

Other questions 

• UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel, 1997: Monitoring

GB.273/LILS/9/1

LILS/WP/PRS

Working Party on Policy regarding the Revision of Standards

Agenda
item

1

Effect given to the recommendations of the Working Party

GB.273/LILS/WP/PRS/1

2

Deferred examination of Conventions Nos. 94 and 96

GB.273/LILS/WP/PRS/2

3

Examination of the need for revision of Recommendations

GB.273/LILS/WP/PRS/3

4

Examination of the needs for revision of Conventions concerning seafarers and fishermen

GB.273/LILS/WP/PRS/4

ESP

Committee on Employment and Social Policy

Agenda
item

1

World Employment Report 1998-99 — Employability in the global economy: How training matters

• General discussion and policy implications

GB.273/ESP/1/1

• Implications for ILO activities

GB.273/ESP/1/2

2

Progress report on preparations for the Second ILO Enterprise Forum

GB.273/ESP/2

3

ILO policies and activities concerning vocational rehabilitation

GB.273/ESP/3

4

Job-creation programmes in the ILO

• Employment-intensive programmes

GB.273/ESP/4/1

• Job creation through enterprise and cooperative development

GB.273/ESP/4/2

5

Progress report on country employment policy reviews, including the tripartite meeting on the reviews for Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands

GB.273/ESP/5

6

Relations with the Bretton Woods institutions

GB.273/ESP/6

Addendum

GB.273/ESP/6(Add.1)

7

Effect to be given to the resolution concerning youth employment, adopted by the Conference at its 86th Session (June 1998)

GB.273/ESP/7

STM

Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues

Agenda
item

1

Programme of sectoral meetings, 2000-2001

GB.273/STM/1

2

Second Session of the Joint FAO/ILO/IMO Working Group on Fishermen's Training

GB.273/STM/2

3

Report of the Joint IMO/ILO Working Group on the Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996 (No. 180) (London, 19-23 January 1998)

GB.273/STM/3

4

Effect to be given to the recommendations of sectoral meetings

• Tripartite Meeting on Employment and Industrial Relations Issues in Oil Refining (Geneva, 23-27 February 1998)

GB.273/STM/4/1

• Tripartite Meeting on the Human Resources Dimension of Structural and Regulatory Changes and Globalization in Postal and Telecommunications Services (Geneva, 20-24 April 1998)

GB.273/STM/4/2

• Tripartite Meeting on Technology and Employment in the Food and Drink Industries (Geneva, 18-22 May 1998)

GB.273/STM/4/3

5

Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Working Group on liability and compensation regarding claims for death, personal injury and abandonment of seafarers

GB.273/STM/5

6

Invitation of non-governmental international organizations:

(a) Tripartite Meeting on Voluntary Initiatives Affecting Training and Education on Safety, Health and Environment in the Chemical Industries (Geneva, 22-26 February 1999);

(b) Tripartite Meeting on Managing the Privatization and Restructuring of Public Utilities (Geneva, 12-16 April 1999);

(c) Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in Small-scale Mines (Geneva, 17-21 May 1999).

GB.273/STM/6

7

Report of the Sixteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (Geneva, 6-15 October 1998)

GB.273/STM/7

8

Other questions

• Report of the Tripartite Meeting of Export Processing Zone-Operating Countries

GB.273/STM/8/1

TC

Committee on Technical Cooperation

Agenda
item

1

The ILO's technical cooperation programme, 1997-98

GB.273/TC/1

2

Report of the Working Party on the Evaluation of the Active Partnership Policy

GB.273/TC/2

3

Further developments concerning operational activities in the United Nations system

GB.273/TC/3

WP/SDL

Working Party on the Social Dimensions of the
Liberalization of International Trade

Agenda
item

1

Overview of global developments and Office activities concerning codes of conduct, social labelling and other private sector initiatives addressing labour issues

GB.273/WP/SDL/1
Executive summary

2

Progress report on the country studies on the social impact of globalization

GB.273/WP/SDL/2

3

Other questions

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