Article 25 (ILC Standing Orders)

Description: (ILC Standing Orders)
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section A - Order of business at the opening of each session. Adopted on 21 November 1919 at the First Session of the Conference. Revised and consolidated at the 27th Session. The present text of this article includes all amendments adopted up to the 85th Session, 1997.

ARTICLE 25

1. The Conference shall be opened by the Chairman of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, assisted by the other Officers of the Governing Body. These provisional Officers shall continue to act until the President of the Conference has assumed office.

2. The first business of the Conference shall be the election of the President. The Conference shall then receive the nominations made by the groups and shall proceed to elect the three Vice-Presidents and to set up the various committees and appoint their members on the basis of proposals from the groups.

3. (1) In order to facilitate the choice of Officers of the Conference who are all of different nationalities as required by article 3, paragraph 1, of the Standing Orders, the three groups share priority of nomination for the designation of Vice-Presidents of the Conference in the rotation indicated in the following table:

(2) If a group nominates a Vice-President of the same nationality as the Vice-President nominated by a group possessing priority of nomination, such nomination shall be void.

4. In accordance with article 4, paragraph 1, of the Standing Orders, the Government group shall nominate 28 members for the Selection Committee and the Employers' and Workers' groups shall each nominate 14 members. In none of these groups shall any Member of the Organization have more than one member.

5. At the opening of the discussion on the Report of the Director-General, the Chairman of the Governing Body shall report to the Conference on the work of the Governing Body during the preceding year.