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International Labour Conference: 106th - 110th Sessions

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106th Session - 2017 (5-16 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Luis Ernesto Carles Rudy, delegate of Panama

Vice-presidents

Ms Saja Almajali, Government delegate of Jordania

Mr José María Lacasa Aso, Employers' delegate of Spain

Ms Marie Clarke Walker, Workers' delegate of Canada

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

A total of 169 member States are accredited at the International Labour Conference. There were 6,092 persons accredited to the Conference, of whom 4,941 were registered. There were 325 government delegates, 147 employer's delegates, and 148 worker's delegates - a total of 620 delegates registered. Also, there were 1,099 government advisers, 455 employer's advisers, and 657 workers' advisers - a total of 2,211 advisers registered.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

I. Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General;

II. Programme and budget proposals for 2018–19 and other questions;

III. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations;

IV. Labour migration (general discussion);

V. Employment and decent work for peace and resilience: Revision of the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71) (Standard setting, second discussion);

VI. A recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of fundamental principles and rights at work, under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 2008;

VII. Abrogation of Conventions Nos 4, 15, 28, 41, 60 and 67.

The One Hundred and Sixth Session of the International Labour Conference held thirteen plenary sittings, and adopted a Recommendation:

Reports submitted to the Conference Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I: Report of the Director-General - Work in a changing climate: The Green Initiative

Report of the Director-General (Appendix) - The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories International Labour

Report II: Draft Programme and Budget for 2018-19 and other questions

Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 and Report of the External Auditor

Report III (1A): Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Report III (1A): Corrigendum

Report III (1B): General Survey on the occupational safety and health instruments concerning the promotional framework, construction, mines and agriculture

Report IV: Addressing governance challenges in a changing labour migration landscape 

Report V (1): Employment and decent work for peace and resilience: Revision of the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71) 

Report V (2A): Employment and decent work for peace and resilience: Revision of the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71) 

Report V (2B): Employment and decent work for peace and resilience - Revision of the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944 (No. 71) 

Report VI: Fundamental principles and rights at work : from challenges to opportunities

Report VII (1): Abrogation of four and withdrawal of two international labour Conventions

Report VII (2): Abrogation of four and withdrawal of two international labour Conventions

Resolutions adopted

Agenda

Conference Guide

Extracts from the Record of Proceedings


107th Session - 2018 (28 May-8 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Samir Murad (from 28 May - 5 June) and Ms Saja Al Majali (from 6-8 June), delegates of Jordania

Vice-presidents

Mr Jean-Jacques Elmiger, Government delegate of Switzerland

Mr Khalifa Khamis Mattar, Employers' delegate of the USA

Ms Akiko Gono, Workers' delegate of Japan

Source: Minutes of the First Meeting.

167 member States have been accredited to the Conference. There were 6,438 persons accredited to the Conference, of whom 5,238 were registered. A total of 655 delegates, including 329 Government delegates, 163 Employers’ delegates and 163 Workers’ delegates were registered. 14. In addition, 2,623 advisers, including 1,227 Government advisers, 574 Employers’ advisers and 822 Workers’ advisers were registered. 

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

I. Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General;

II. Programme and budget and other questions;

III. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations;

IV. Effective ILO development cooperation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (general discussion);

V. Violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work (standard setting, first discussion);

VI. A recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of social dialogue and tripartism, under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 2008;

VII. Abrogation of Conventions Nos 21, 50, 64, 65, 86 and 104 and withdrawal of Recommendations Nos 7, 61 and 62;

VIII. Approval of the amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

The One Hundred and Seventh Session of the International Labour Conference adopted an Instrument of Amendment:

  • Amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

In addition, the Conference abrogated the Conventions Nos 21, 50, 64, 65, 86 and 104 and withdrew of Recommendations Nos 7, 61 and 62.

Reports submitted to the Conference Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I (A): Report of the Director-General - ILO programme implementation 2016–17 

Report I (B): Report of the Director-General - The Women at Work initiative: The push for equality

Report of the Director-General (Appendix): The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories

Report I (C): Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body to the International Labour Conference for the year 2017–18

Report II: Information concerning the programme and budget and other questions

Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 and Report of the External Auditor

Report III (A): Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Report III (A): Corrigendum

Report III (B): General Survey concerning working-time instruments - Ensuring decent working time for the future

Report III (B): Appendix IV Corrigendum 

Report IV: Towards 2030: Effective development cooperation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals 

Report IV: Corrigendum

Report V (1): Ending violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work 

Report V (2): Ending violence and harassment in the world of work

Report VI: Social dialogue and tripartism

Report VI: Corrigendum

Report VII (1): Abrogation of six international labour Conventions and withdrawal of three international labour Recommendations 

Report VII (2): Abrogation of six international labour Conventions and withdrawal of three international labour Recommendations

Amendments of 2018 to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Resolutions adopted

Withdrawal of the Hours of Work (Fishing) Recommendation, 1920 (No. 7)

Withdrawal of the Migration for Employment Recommendation, 1939 (No. 61)

Withdrawal of the Migration for Employment (Co-operation between States) Recommendation, 1939 (No. 62)

Advance Information

Agenda

Conference Guide

Record of Proceedings


108th Session - 2019 (10-21 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Jean-Jacques Elmiger, delegate of Switzerland

Vice-presidents

Ms Margarida Rosa Da Silva Izata, Government delegate of Angola

Ms Jacqueline Mugo, Employers' delegate of Kenya

Mr Plamen Dimitrov, Workers' delegate of Bulgaria

Source: Minutes of the First Meeting.

A total of 178 member States are accredited at the International Labour Conference. There were 7,661 persons accredited to the Conference, of whom 6,339 were registered. 

There were 340 government delegates, 154 employer's delegates, and 160 worker's delegates - a total of 654 delegates registered. Also, there were 1,242 government advisers, 476 employer's advisers, and 667 workers' advisers - a total of 2,385 advisers registered.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

I. Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body; and Report of the Director-General: the Director-General’s submits for discussion in plenary in 2019, the Report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work entitled Work for a brighter future;

II. Programme and budget proposals for 2020–21 and other questions;

III. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations;

IV. ILO Centenary outcome document;

V.  Violence and harassment in the world of work (standard-setting, second discussion);

VI. Thematic debates and events connected to the Future of Work, including various Centenary Initiatives.

The One Hundred and Eighth Session of the International Labour Conference adopted a Recommendation and a Convention:

Reports submitted to the Conference Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I (A): Report of the Director-General - Work for a brighter future

Report of the Director-General (Appendix): The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories 

Report I (B): Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body to the International Labour Conference for the year 2018–19

Report II: Draft Programme and Budget for 2020–21 and other questions

Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 and Report of the External Auditor

Report III (A): Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations 

Report III (B): Universal social protection for human dignity, social justice and sustainable development

Report III (B): Appendix III Corrigendum

Report IV: ILO Centenary outcome document

Report V (1): Ending violence and harassment in the world of work 

Report V (2A): Ending violence and harassment in the world of work 

Report V (2A) (Add.): Ending violence and harassment in the world of work-Addendum: Additional replies received

Report V (2B): Ending violence and harassment in the world of work 

ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work

Resolutions adopted

Agenda

Conference Guide

Records of Proceedings


 

109th Session - 2021 (25 November-11 December) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Omar Zniber, delegate of Morocco

Vice-presidents

Mr Chad Blackman, Government delegate of Barbados

Ms Ronnie Goldberg, Employers' delegate of the USA

Ms Annette Chipeleme, a Workers' delegate of Zambia

Source: Minutes of the First Meeting.

A total of 175 member States were represented at the International Labour Conference. There were 344 government delegates, 172 employer's delegates, and 171 worker's delegates - a total of 687 delegates registered. Also, there were 1,602 government advisers, 701 employer's advisers, and 845 workers' advisers - a total of 3,148 advisers registered.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

I. Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General:

(a) ILO programme implementation 2018–19;

(b) Report of the Director-General: Work in the time of COVID;

Appendix: The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories;

(c) Reports of the Chairpersons of the Governing Body for the periods 2019–20 and 2020–21;

II. Programme and budget and other questions;

III. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations;

IV. Inequalities and the world of work (general discussion);

V. A recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of social protection (social security), under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on social Justice for a Fair Globalization;

VI. Skills and lifelong learning (general discussion);

VII. Abrogation and withdrawal of international labour Conventions and Recommendations.

The One Hundred and Ninth Session of the International Labour Conference abrogated instruments of the Conventions Nos 8, 9, 16, 53, 73, 74, 91, 145, and withdrew Conventions Nos 7, 34, 54, 57, 72, 76, 93 109, 179, 180 and Recommendations Nos 27, 31, 49, 107, 137, 139, 153, 154, 174, 186, 187.

Reports submitted to the Conference Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I (A): Decent work results - ILO programme implementation 2018–19

Report I (B): Report of the Director-General - Work in the time of COVID 

Report of the Director-General (Appendix 2020): The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories

Report of the Director-General (Appendix 2021): The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories

Report I (C): Reports of the Chairpersons of the Governing Body for the periods 2019–20 and 2020–21

Report II: Draft Programme and Budget for 2022–23 and other questions

Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 and Report of the External Auditor

Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 and Report of the External Auditor

Report III (A): 2020 Report on the application of international labour standards

Report III (A): Addendum

Report III (B): Promoting employment and decent work in a changing landscape

Report III (B): Addendum

Report IV (Rev.): Inequalities and the world of work

Report IV: Suggested points for discussion

Report V: Building the future of social protection for a human-centred world of work

Report V: Suggested points for discussion

Report V: Addendum

Report VI: Shaping skills and lifelong learning for the future of work

Report VI: Suggested points for discussion

Report VII (A1): Abrogation of eight international labour Conventions and withdrawal of nine international labour Conventions and 11 international labour Recommendations 

Report VII (A2): Abrogation of eight international labour Conventions and withdrawal of nine international labour Conventions and 11 international labour Recommendations

Report VII (B1): Withdrawal of one international labour Convention 

Report VII (B2): Withdrawal of one international labour Convention

Resolutions adopted

Agenda

Record of Proceedings

Special arrangements and rules of procedure


110th Session - 2022 (27 May-11 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Claudio Moroni, delegate of Argentina

Vice-presidents

Mr Ali Bin Samikh Al-Marri, Government delegate of Qatar

Mr Alexandre Furlan, Employers' delegate of Brazil

Ms Paola Egúsquiza Granda, Workers' delegate of Peru

Source: Minutes of the First Meeting.

178 member States were represented at the International Labour Conference. There were 351 government delegates, 175 employer's delegates, and 174 worker's delegates - a total of 700 delegates registered. Also, there were 1,773 government advisers, 713 employer's advisers, and 949 workers' advisers - a total of 3,435 advisers registered.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

I. Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General:

(a) ILO programme implementation 2020–21;

(b) Report of the Director-General: The least developed countries: Crisis, structural transformation and the future of work;

Appendix: The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories;

(c) Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body for the period 2021–22;

II. Programme and budget and other questions;

III. Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations;

IV. Apprenticeships (standard-setting, first discussion);

V. A recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of employment under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on social Justice for a Fair Globalization;

VI. Decent work and the social and solidarity economy (general discussion);

VII. Inclusion of safe and healthy working conditions in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work through an amendment to paragraph 2 of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998;

VIII. Approval of amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 adopted by the Special Tripartite Committee at the second part of its fourth meeting in May 2022.

The One Hundred and Tenth Session of the International Labour Conference adopted an Instrument of Amendment:

  • Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006.

Reports submitted to the Conference Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I (A): ILO programme implementation 2020–21 

Report I (B): Report of the Director-General - The least developed countries: Crisis, structural transformation and the future of work

Report of the Director-General (Appendix): The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories

Report I (C): Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body for the period 2021–22

Report II: Information concerning the programme and budget and other questions 

Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and Report of the External Auditor

Report III (A): 2022 Report on the application of international labour standards

Report III (B): Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy 

Report III (B): Corrigendum

Report IV (1): A framework for quality apprenticeships

Report IV (2): A framework for quality apprenticeships

Report V: Responding to the crisis and fostering inclusive and sustainable development with a new generation of comprehensive employment policies - Third recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of employment

Report V: Suggested points for discussion

Report VI: Decent work and the social and solidarity economy 

Report VI: Suggested points for discussion

Report VII: Inclusion of safe and healthy working conditions in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work 

VIII. Approval of amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 adopted by the Special Tripartite Committee at the second part of its fourth meeting in May 2022.

Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006

Resolutions adopted

Agenda

Conference Guide

Record of Proceedings