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Article 42 Official translations (ILC Standing Orders)

Description: (ILC Standing Orders)
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section E - Convention and Recommendation procedure. 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 42

Official translations

After the adoption of the French and English authentic texts, official translations of the Conventions and Recommendations may, at the request of interested governments, be drawn up by the Director-General of the International Labour Office. It will be open to the governments concerned to consider such translations as authoritative in their respective countries for the application of the Conventions and Recommendations.