ILO GB.298 - March 2007

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298th Session, 8-30 March 2007


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GB	Governing Body		- Agenda of the Governing Body and its committees
PFA	Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee		- Programme of meetings - Schematic
PFA/BS	Building Subcommittee	ESP	Committee on Employment and Social Policy
PFA/ICTS	Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee	STM	Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues
LILS	Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards	TC	Committee on Technical Cooperation
MNE	Subcommittee on Multinational Enterprises	WP/SDG	Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization


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	Security arrangements and registration	GB.298-100

Governing Body
1	Approval of the minutes of the 297th Session of the Governing Body	GB.298/1
2	Date, place and agenda of the 98th Session (2009) of the International Labour Conference	GB.298/2
	Date of the 97th Session (May-June 2008) of the International Labour Conference	GB.298/2/1(& Corr.)
3	Review of annual reports under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work	GB.298/3
	Country Baselines: Child Labour, Elimination of Discrimination, Freedom of Association, and Elimination of Forced Labour. Trilingual documents.
4	Developments in the United Nations and other international forums	GB.298/4/1
	The ILO in an evolving multilateral system: An overview	GB.298/4/2
	The report of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance, and the environment, "Delivering as One": Implications for the ILO	GB.298/4/3
5	Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)	GB.298/5/1
	Addendum: Other activities following the 2006 Conference decision	GB.298/5/1(Add.)
	Addendum: The functioning of the complaint mechanism established under the "Supplementary Understanding"	GB.298/5/1(Add.2)
	Preparations for the Governing Body to request an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice	GB.298/5/2
	Conclusions
6	Measures taken by the Government of Belarus to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry established to examine the observance 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)	GB.298/6
	Conclusions
	344th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association	GB.298/7/1
7	345th Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association	GB.298/7/2
8	Reports of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee
	First Report: Financial questions and programme implementation	GB.298/8/1(Rev.)
	Second Report: Personnel questions	GB.298/8/2
	Third Report: Programme and Budget proposals for 2008-09	GB.298/8/3(Rev.)
	Report of the Government members of the Committee on Allocations Matters	GB.298/8/4(Rev.)
9	Reports of the Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards	GB.298/9(Rev.)
10	Report of the Subcommittee on Multinational Enterprises	GB.298/10
11	Report of the Committee on Employment and Social Policy	GB.298/11(Rev.)
12	Report of the Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues	GB.298/12(Rev.)
13	Report of the Committee on Technical Cooperation	GB.298/13(Rev.)
14	Report of the Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization	GB.298/14(Rev.)
15	Report of the Director-General	GB.298/15
	First Supplementary Report: Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations	GB.298/15/1
	Second Supplementary Report: International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources	GB.298/15/2
	Third Supplementary Report: Promotion of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006	GB.298/15/3
	Fourth Supplementary Report: Incomplete delegations at tripartite meetings	GB.298/15/4
	Fifth Supplementary Report: Collaboration between the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)	GB.298/15/5
	Addendum: General information on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)	GB.298/15/5(Add.)
	Eighth Supplementary Report: Chief Internal Auditor position - Recommendation	GB.298/15/8
16	Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body
17	Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings	GB.298/17
	Requests from international non-governmental organizations wishing to be represented at the 96th Session (2007) of the International Labour Conference	GB.298/Inf.3

Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee
Financial questions
1	Programme and Budget for 2006–07:
	a) Position of accounts as at 31 December 2006	GB.298/PFA/1/1
	b) Collection of contributions from 1 January 2007 to date	GB.298/PFA/1/2 Addendum
2	Appointment of the External Auditor	GB.298/PFA/2
3	Follow-up to the report of the Chief Internal Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2005	GB.298/PFA/3
4	Report of the Chief Internal Auditor a.i. for the year ended 31 December 2006	GB.298/PFA/4
5	Follow-up to the report of the External Auditor on the accounts for 2004–05	GB.298/PFA/5
6	Terms of reference for the review of the ILO field structure	GB.298/PFA/6(Rev.)
7	Update on the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS)	GB.298/PFA/7
8	Establishment of an Independent Oversight Advisory Committee (IOAC)	GB.298/PFA/8
9	Delegation of authority under article 18 of the Standing Orders of the International Labour Conference	GB.298/PFA/9
10	Report of the Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee	GB.298/PFA/10
11	Report of the Building Subcommittee	GB.298/PFA/11
12	Report on programme implementation in 2006	GB.298/PFA/12 (& Corr.)
13	Programme and Budget proposals for 2008–09 Remarks of the Director-General	GB.298/PFA/13(& Corr.)
	Structure of discussion of the Programme and Budget proposals for 2008–09	GB.298/PFA/13/D1
	Director-General's proposals for adjustments to the Programme and Budget proposals for 2008–09	GB.298/PFA/13/1
14	Other financial questions
	The United NationsSystem Chief Executives Board (CEB) for Coordination – Statistical report on the budgetary and financial situation of organizations of the United Nations system	GB.298/PFA/14/1
	Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics	GB.298/PFA/14/2
	ILO capacity-building strategy: The role of the International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin	GB.298/PFA/14/3
Personnel questions
15	Statement by the staff representative
16	Amendments to the Staff Regulations
17	Exceptions to the Staff Regulations
18	Composition and structure of the staff	GB.298/PFA/18
19	Decisions of the United Nations General Assembly on the report of the International Civil Service Commission	GB.298/PFA/19
20	Pensions questions:
	a) Decisions of the United Nations General Assembly on the report of the Board of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund	GB.298/PFA/20/1
	b) Report of the Board of the Special Payments Fund	GB.298/PFA/20/2
21	Matters relating to the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO
	Recognition of the Tribunal's jurisdiction by the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE)	GB.298/PFA/21/1
	Composition of the Tribunal	GB.298/PFA/21/2
22	Other personnel questions

Building Subcommittee
1	Update of renovation work on the headquarters building	GB.298/PFA/BS/1
2	Follow-up to the technical study on the headquarters building: Financial considerations	GB.298/PFA/BS/2
3	Other questions

Information and Communications Technology Subcommittee
1	Information Technology Strategy	GB.298/PFA/ICTS/1
2	Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS)	GB.298/PFA/ICTS/2
3	Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)	GB.298/PFA/ICTS/3
4	Other questions

Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards
Legal issues
1	Resolutions in the International Labour Conference: Additional considerations	GB.298/LILS/1
2	Standing Orders of the International Labour Conference: Status of Interim provisions concerning the verification of credentials	GB.298/LILS/2
3	Other legal issues
	Rules of Regional Meetings: 11th African Regional Meeting (Addis Ababa, 24-27 April 2007)	GB.298/LILS/3/1
International labour standards and human rights
4	Improvements in the standards-related activities of the ILO: From strategy to implementation	GB.298/LILS/4
5	General status report on ILO action concerning discrimination in employment and occupation	GB.298/LILS/5
6	Form for reports on the application of unratified Conventions and Recommendations (article 19 of the Constitution): The Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981, and the Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981 (No. 164)	GB.298/LILS/6
7	Form for reports on the application of ratified Conventions (article 22 of the Constitution): The Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)	GB.298/LILS/7
8	Report of the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART)	GB.298/LILS/8 CEART/9/2006/10
9	Other questions

Subcommittee on Multinational Enterprises
1	Update on strategic priorities for MULTI for 2006–07	GB.298/MNE/1
2	Updates on corporate social responsibility (CSR)-related activities:
	a) Within the ILO, including the InFocus Initiative on Corporate Social Responsibility and the International Training Centre	GB.298/MNE/2/1
	(b) Within other organizations	GB.298/MNE/2/2
3	Update on planning for the event to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy	GB.298/MNE/3
4	Report on the modalities of a programme to give an orientation on international labour standards, the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy and other related matters	GB.298/MNE/4
5	Other questions

Committee on Employment and Social Policy
1	Implementation of the Global Employment Agenda: An update (country presentations)	GB.298/ESP/1
	Information note: Pakistan Information note: Burkina Faso
2	Wages around the world: Developments and challenges	GB.298/ESP/2
3	Portability of skills	GB.298/ESP/3
4	The informal economy	GB.298/ESP/4
5	The Decent Work Agenda in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): Recent developments	GB.298/ESP/5
6	Other questions

Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues
1	Future orientation of the Sectoral Activities Programme and proposals for activities in 2008-09	GB.298/STM/1
	Proposals for sectoral activities in 2008-09	GB.298/STM/1/1
2	Report of the Global Steering Group on ongoing Action Programmes	GB.298/STM/2 Addendum
3	Effect to be given to the recommendations of sectoral and technical meetings:
	Tripartite Meeting on Labour and Social Issues arising from Problems of Cross-border Mobility of International Drivers in the Road Transport Sector (Geneva, 23–26 October 2006)	GB.298/STM/3 TMRTS/2006/11
4	Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART), Ninth Session (Geneva, 30 October–3 November 2006)	GB.298/STM/4
5	Report on the 92nd Session of the IMO Legal Committee:
	a) Progress report on the work of the Joint ILO/IMO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on Liability and Compensation regarding Claims for Death, Personal Injury and Abandonment of Seafarers	GB.298/STM/5/1
	b) Second meeting of the Joint ILO/IMO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers in the Event of a Maritime Accident	GB.298/STM/5/2(Rev.)
6	Strengthening information sharing and research capacity	GB.298/STM/6
7	Other questions
	Further developments in relation to the drafting of an international instrument on ship breaking/ship recycling	GB.298/STM/7/1

Committee on Technical Cooperation
1	Women's entrepreneurship and the promotion of decent work: A thematic evaluation	GB.298/TC/1
2	Operational aspects of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)	GB.298/TC/2
	IPEC action against Child Labour: Highlights 2006	ISBN 978-92-2-119649-5
3	Public-private partnerships for technical cooperation	GB.298/TC/3
4	Technical cooperation programme for Colombia	GB.298/TC/4
5	Other questions

Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization
1	Trade and employment: Panel discussion on issues arising from the joint ILO/WTO Secretariat study on challenges for policy research	GB.298/WP/SDG/1
2	Growth, investment and employment: An update on policy coherence research and meetings	GB.298/WP/SDG/2
3	ILO Forum on Decent Work for a Fair Globalization: Report on preparations	GB.298/WP/SDG/3
4	Other questions

Updated by SA. Approved by IAN. Last update: 3 July 2007