International Labour Conference: 111th -

Resolutions adopted

Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation (No. 208), 2023 

Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention (No. 191), 2023 and  Recommendation (No. 207), 2023 

Abrogation of one international labour Convention and withdrawal of four Conventions, one Protocol, and 18 Recommendation

As President, the Conference elected Mr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, Minister of Labour of Qatar.

And as Vice-Presidents, Ms Ajder (Republic of Moldova) was elected for the Government group; Mr Munthe (Norway) for the Employers' group; and Mr Awan (Pakistan) for the Workers' group.

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

A total of 172 of the 187 Member States of the ILO have accredited a delegation. The following 14 Member States (9 in 2022) have not accredited a delegation: Belize, Cook Islands, Dominica, Granada, Marshall Islands,Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

There were 3,701 persons accredited to the Conference, of whom 2'572 were registered. There were 1'267 government delegates, 399 employer's delegates, and 796 worker's delegates - a total of 2'572 delegates registered. Also, there were 668 government advisers, 259 employer's advisers, and 486 workers' advisers - a total of 1'413 advisers registered.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee ILC.111/ Record No. 2A(Rev.1). 

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

A. Report of the Director-General: Advancing social justice 

Appendix: The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories 

B. Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body for the period 2022-2023 

II. Programme and Budget and other questions

Draft Programme and Budget for 2024–25 and other questions 

Programme and Budget proposals for 2024-25 
Financial report and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 and Report of the External Auditor 

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

A. Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution) 

Addendum: Joint statement by the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations and UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Chairpersons 

B. Achieving gender equality at work - General Survey by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) 

IV. Apprenticeships 
Report IV(1):Report prepared after the first discussion in 2022 containing the text of the proposed Recommendation for comments  
Report IV(2): Report containing a summary of the observations made by governments and by employers’ and workers’ organizations 

Report V: Leaving no one behind: Building inclusive labour protection in an evolving world of work 

VI. Just transition 

Report VI: Achieving a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all  

VII. Abrogation of one international labour Convention and withdrawal of four Conventions, one Protocol, and 18 Recommendations
Report VII(1): First report and questionnaire 
Report VII(2): Second report: summary of the replies received and proposed decisions 

VIII. Proposed Convention and Recommendation concerning the partial revision of 15 international labour instruments following the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work

The One Hundred and Eleventh Session of the International Labour Conference adopted a 3 new instruments:

• Recommendation (No. 208), 2023 on Quality Apprenticeships
•  Convention (No. 191), 2023 and
• Recommendation (No. 207), 2023 on Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments

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