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86th Session - 1998 (2-18 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Jean-Jacques Oechslin, delegate of France

Vice-presidents

Mr Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, Government delegate of Ghana

Mr I.P. Anand, Employers' delegate of India

Mr Sukesada Itoh, Workers' delegate of Japan

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

The total number of member States represented at the Conference was 157. A total of 3,507 persons were accredited to the Conference with 3,091 registered. The number of registered delegates was 550, comprising 279 Government delegates, 129 Employers' delegates and 142 Workers' delegates. In addition, the number of registered advisers was 1,576, comprising 766 Government advisers, 353 Employers' advisers and 457 Workers' advisers. 

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

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

II. Programme and budget and other financial questions;

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

IV. General conditions to stimulate job creation in small and medium-sized enterprises (second discussion);

V. Contract labour (second discussion);

VI. Child labour (first discussion);

VII. Consideration of a possible Declaration of principles of the International Labour Organization concerning fundamental rights and its appropriate follow-up mechanism.

The Eighty-sixth Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty plenary sittings, and adopted a Recommendation and a Declaration:

Reports submitted to the Conference Reports of the Committees and the Governing Body Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I: Report of the Director-General: Activities of the ILO, 1996-97

Report I: Report of the Director-General: Fourth Supplementary Report

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

Report II: Information concerning the Programme and Budget for 1998-99 and other financial and administrative questions

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

Report III (1B): General survey on the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention (No. 159) and Recommendation (No. 168), 1983

Report IV (1): General conditions to stimulate job creation in small and medium-sized enterprises

Report IV (2A): General conditions to stimulate job creation in small and medium-sized enterprises

Report IV (2B): General conditions to stimulate job creation in small and medium-sized enterprises

Report V (1): Contract labour

Report V (2A): Contract labour

Report V (2B): Contract labour

Report V (2B): Addendum

Report VI (1): Child labour

Report VI (1): Child labour - Questionnaire

Report VI (2): Child labour

Report VII: Consideration of a possible Declaration of principles of the International Labour Organization concerning fundamental rights and its appropriate follow-up mechanism

Committee on Child Labour

Report of the Committee on Child Labour

Report of the Committee on Child Labour: first discussion in plenary

Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body

Report of the Officers of the Governing Body

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

Resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 86th session

Agenda

Press Clippings

Proposed new international labour standards on extreme forms of child labour

Record of Proceedings Vol. I

Record of Proceedings Vol. II

Sixth Gathering in Honour of Women Participants at the International Labour Conference


87th Session - 1999 (1-17 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, delegate of Ghana

Vice-presidents

Mr Ali Khalil, Government delegate of Syria

Mr Tom Diju Owuor, Employers' delegate of Kenya

Ms Patricia O’Donovan, Workers' delegate of Ireland

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

The total number of member States represented at the Conference was 157. A total of 3,499 persons were accredited to the Conference with 3,065 registered. The number of registered delegates was 557, comprising 291 Government delegates, 128 Employers' delegates and 138 Workers' delegates. In addition, the number of registered advisers was 1,460, comprising 741 Government advisers, 309 Employers' advisers and 410 Workers' advisers. 

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

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

II. Programme and budget and other financial questions;

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

IV. Child labour (second discussion);

V. Revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103), and Recommendation, 1952 (No. 95), (first discussion);

VI. The role of the ILO in technical cooperation (general discussion).

The Eighty-seventh Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-two plenary sittings, and adopted a Recommendation and a Convention:

  • Recommendation (No. 190) concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour
  • Convention (No. 182) concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour
Reports submitted to the Conference Reports of the Committees and the Governing Body Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I: Report of the Director-General - Decent work

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

Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body to the Conference for the year 1998-99

Report II: Draft programme and budget 2000-01 and other financial questions

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

Report III (1B): General survey on Migrant Workers

Report IV (1): Child Labour

Report IV (2A): Child Labour

Report IV (2B): Child Labour

Report V (1): Maternity protection at work

Report V (1): Questionnaire

Report V (2): Maternity Protection at work

Report VI: The role of the ILO in Technical Cooperation

Report VI: Supplement

Committee on Child Labour

Report of the Committee on Child Labour

Report of the Committee on Child Labour: second discussion in plenary

Report of the Committee on Maternity Protection

Report of the Committee on Maternity Protection: first discussion in plenary

Effect to be given to the conclusions concerning the role of the ILO in technical cooperation, adopted by the International labour Conference at its 87th Session (June 1999): implementation plan

Final record vote on the Convention concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour

Agenda

Record of Proceedings Vol. I

Record of Proceedings Vol. II


88th Session - 2000 (30 May-15 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Mario A. Flamarique, delegate of Argentina

Vice-presidents

Ms Edit Bauer, Government delegate of Slovakia

Mr Thomas B. Moorhead, Employers' delegate of the USA

Mr Christian A. Agyei, Workers' delegate of Ghana

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

The total number of member States represented at the Conference was 159. A total of 3,581 persons were accredited to the Conference with 3,115 registered. The number of registered delegates was 584, comprising 301 Government delegates, 141 Employers' delegates and 142 Workers' delegates. In addition, the number of registered advisers was 1,597, comprising 801 Government advisers, 359 Employers' advisers and 437 Workers' advisers. 

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

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

II. Programme and budget and other financial questions;

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

IV. Revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103), and Recommendation, 1952 (No. 95) (second discussion);

V. Human resources training and development: Vocational guidance and vocational training (general discussion);

VI. Safety and health in agriculture (first discussion);

VII. Withdrawal of the Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention, 1931 (No. 31); the Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935 (No. 46); the Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works) Convention, 1936 (No. 51); the Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937 (No. 61); and the Migration for Employment Convention, 1939 (No. 66);

VIII. Report of the ILO technical cooperation mission to Myanmar.

The Eighty-eighth Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-three plenary sittings, and withdrew Conventions Nos. 31, 46, 51, 61 and 66. Further, it adopted a Recommendation and a Convention:

Reports submitted to the Conference Reports of the Committees Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I (A): Report of the Director-General: Activities of the ILO, 1998-99

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

Report I (B): Global report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

Report II Information 
concerning the Programme and Budget for 2000-01 and other financial and administrative questions

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

Report III (1B): General Survey concerning the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) and the Tripartite Consultation (Activities of the International Labour Organisation) Recommendation, 1976 (No. 152)

Report IV (1): Maternity protection at work

Report IV (2A): Maternity protection at work

Report IV (2B): Maternity protection at work

Report V: Training for employment: Social inclusion, productivity and youth employment

Report VI (1): Safety and health in agriculture

Report VI (2): Safety and health in agriculture

Report VII (1): Withdrawal of the Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention, 1931; the Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935; the Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works) Convention, 1936; the Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937; and the Migration for Employment Convention, 1939

Report VII (2): Withdrawal of the Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention, 1931; the Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935; the Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works) Convention, 1936; the Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937; and the Migration for Employment Convention, 1939

Committee on Safety and Health in Agriculture

Report of the Committee on Maternity Protection

Report of the Committee on Maternity Protection: second discussion in plenary

Report of the Committee on Safety and Health in Agriculture

Report of the Committee on Safety and Health in Agriculture: first discussion in plenary

C183 Maternity Protection Convention, 2000

Effect to be given to the resolution concerning HIV/AIDS and the world of work, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 88th Session (2000)

Final record vote on the Maternity Protection Recommendation, 2000

Agenda

Press Clippings

Record of Proceedings Vol. I

Record of Proceedings Vol. II


 

89th Session - 2001 (5-21 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Ms Patricia A. Sto. Tomas, delegate of the Philippines

Vice-presidents

Ms Cecilia Bannerman,  Government delegate of Ghana

Mr Arthur Joao Donato, Employers' delegate of Brazil

Mr Jean-Claude Parrotk,  Workers' delegate of Canada

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

The total number of member States at present represented at the Conference was 159. A total of 3,663 persons were accredited to the Conference and 3,236 registered. The number of registered delegates was 564, comprised of 293 Government delegates, 128 Employers’ delegates and 143 Workers’ delegates. In addition, the number of registered advisers was 1,644, comprised of 843 Government advisers, 364 Employers’ advisers and 437 Workers’ advisers.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

I.(a) Reports of the Chairman of the Governing Body and of the Director-General;

(b) Global report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work;

II. Programme and budget and other questions;

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

IV. Safety and health in agriculture (second discussion);

V. Promotion of cooperatives (first discussion);

VI. Social security — issues, challenges and prospects (general discussion).

The Eighty-ninth Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-one plenary sittings, and adopted a Recommendation and a Convention:

Reports submitted to the Conference Reports of the Committees Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I (A): Report of the Director-General - Reducing the decent work deficit - a global challenge

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

Report I (B): Stopping forced labour - Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 

Report II: Information concerning the Programme and Budget for 2002-03 and other financial and administrative questions 

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

Report III (1B): General Survey of the reports concerning the Night Work (Women) Convention, 1919 (No. 4), the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 41), the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 89), and the Protocol of 1990 to the Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948

Report IV (1): Safety and health in agriculture

Report IV (2A): Safety and health in agriculture

Report IV (2B): Safety and health in agriculture

Report V (1): Promotion of cooperatives

Report V (2): Promotion of cooperatives

Report VI: Social security: Issues, challenges and prospects

Committee on Safety and Health in Agriculture

Reports of the Committee on Legal Issues and International Labour Standards : first report: legal issues

Report of the Committee on Safety and Health in Agriculture: discussion in plenary

Report of the Committee on Safety and Health in Agriculture: second discussion in plenary

Reports of the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee: first report: financial questions

C184 Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001

Effect given to the conclusions of the general discussion on social security at the 89th (2001) Session of the International Labour Conference, including the ILO's submission to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (WAA-2)

Final record vote on the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001

Agenda

Record of Proceedings

Reducing the decent work deficit: a global challenge

Social Security: A New Consensus


90th Session - 2002 (4-20 June) 

Geneva, Switzerland

President and Vice-Presidents Composition Agenda Outcomes

President

Mr Jean-Jacques Elmiger, delegate of Switzerland

Vice-presidents

Mr Farhad Hussain, a Government delegate of Pakistan

Mr Max Arbesser-Rastburg, Employers' delegate of Austria

Mr Zainal Rampak,  Workers' delegate of Malaysia

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

The number of member States represented at the Conference was 160. The total number of accredited delegates and advisers was 2,460 and 2,085 registered. The number of registered delegates was 540, comprised of 282 Government delegates, 128 Employers’ delegates and 130 Workers’ delegates. In addition, the number of registered advisers was 1,545, comprised of 794 Government advisers, 314 Employers’ advisers and 437 Workers’ advisers.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

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

(b) Global report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work;

II. Programme and budget and other questions;

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

IV. Promotion of cooperatives (second discussion); 

V. Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, including the possible revision of the list of occupational diseases, Schedule I to the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No. 121), including a mechanism for future updating of the list of occupational diseases (standard setting, single discussion, with a view to the adoption of a Protocol and a Recommendation);

VI. The informal economy (general discussion);

VII. Withdrawal of 20 Recommendations.

The Ninetieth Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-two plenary sittings, and 20 recommendations were withdrawal. Further, a Protocol and two Recommendations were adopted:

Reports submitted to the Conference Reports of the Committees Texts Adopted Other Documents

Report I (A): Report of the Director-General - ILO programme implementation 2000-01

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

Report I (B): A Future Without Child Labour: Global report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

Report II Information concerning the Programme and Budget for 2002-03 and other financial and administrative questions

Report II: Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Sixty-seventh Financial Period (2000-01)

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

Report III (1B): General Survey of the reports concerning the Dock Work Convention (No. 137) and Recommendation (No. 145), 1973

Report III (2): List of Ratifications by Convention and by Country (as of December 2001)

Report IV (1): Promotion of cooperatives

Report IV (2A): Promotion of cooperatives

Report IV (2B): Promotion of cooperatives

Report V (1): Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases

Report V (2A): Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases

Report V (2B): Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases

Report VI: Decent work and the informal economy

Report VII (1): Withdrawal of 20 Recommendations

Report VII (2): Withdrawal of 20 Recommendations

Committee on occupational accidents and diseases

Report of the Committee on Occupational Accidents and Diseases: Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, and list of occupational diseases (single discussion)

Report of the Committee on Occupational Accidents and Diseases: submission, discussion and adoption

Effect to be given to resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 90th Session (2002): (a) resolution concerning tripartism and social dialogue

Effect to be given to resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 90th Session (2002): (b) resolution concerning decent work and the informal economy

P155 Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981

Agenda

Press Clippings

Record of Proceedings