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Part I General Standing Orders

• ARTICLE 1 Composition of the Conference
• ARTICLE 2 Right of admission to sittings of the Conference
• ARTICLE 3 Officers of the Conference
• ARTICLE 4 Selection Committee
• ARTICLE 5 Credentials Committee
• ARTICLE 6 Conference Drafting Committee
• ARTICLE 7 Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
• ARTICLE 7bis Finance Committee of Government Representatives
• ARTICLE 8 Other committees
• ARTICLE 9 Adjustments to the membership of committees
• ARTICLE 10 General provisions concerning committees
• ARTICLE 11 Procedure for the adoption, abrogation
• ARTICLE 11bis Procedure for the consideration of the Programme and Budget
• ARTICLE 11ter Procedure for the consideration of items placed on the agenda for general discussion
• ARTICLE 12 Reports of the Chairman of the Governing Body and the Director-General
• ARTICLE 13 Duties of the President
• ARTICLE 14 Right to address the Conference
• ARTICLE 15 Motions, resolutions and amendments
• ARTICLE 16 Closure
• ARTICLE 17 Resolutions relating to matters not included in an item placed on the agenda
• ARTICLE 17bis Prior consultation in respect of proposals for new activities relating to matters of direct concern to the United Nations or other specialized agencies
• ARTICLE 17ter Time-limit for the submission of proposals for new activities
• ARTICLE 18 Proposals involving expenditure
• ARTICLE 19 Methods of voting
• ARTICLE 20 Quorum
• ARTICLE 21 Majority
• ARTICLE 22 Secretariat of the Conference
• ARTICLE 23 Verbatim reports
• ARTICLE 24 Languages

Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects

Section A - Order of business at the opening of each session

• ARTICLE 25

Section B - Verification of credentials

• ARTICLE 26

Section C - Admission of new members

• ARTICLE 27
• ARTICLE 28

Section D - Disqualification from voting of members which are in arrears in the payment of their contributions to the organization

• ARTICLE 29 Notification to Member in arrears
• ARTICLE 30 Notification to Conference and Governing Body that Member is in arrears
• ARTICLE 31 Procedure where proposal is made to permit Member in arrears to vote
• ARTICLE 32 Period of validity of a decision to permit Member in arrears to vote
• ARTICLE 33 Cessation of disqualification from voting

Section E - Convention and Recommendation procedure

• ARTICLE 34 General provisions
• ARTICLE 35 Method of voting for placing items on the agenda
• ARTICLE 36 Preparatory conferences
• ARTICLE 37 Objections to items on the agenda
• ARTICLE 38 Preparatory stages of single-discussion procedure
• ARTICLE 39 Preparatory stages of double-discussion procedure
• ARTICLE 39bis Consultation of the United Nations and other specialized agencies
• ARTICLE 40 Procedure for the consideration of texts
• ARTICLE 41 Procedure if a Convention fails to obtain a two-thirds majority
• ARTICLE 42 Official translations
• ARTICLE 43 Procedure for placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of revising a Convention in whole or in part
• ARTICLE 44 Procedure in case of revision of a Convention
• ARTICLE 45 Procedure in case of revision of a Recommendation
• ARTICLE 45bis Procedure to be followed in the event of the abrogation

Section F - Procedure for the consideration by the Conference of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Organization

• ARTICLE 46 Inclusion of proposals for the amendment of the Constitution in the agenda
• ARTICLE 47 Procedure for the consideration of proposed amendments to the Constitution by the Conference

Section G - Governing Body elections

• ARTICLE 48 Periodicity of elections
• ARTICLE 49 Government electoral college
• ARTICLE 50 Employers' and Workers' electoral colleges
• ARTICLE 51 Notice of elections
• ARTICLE 52 Procedure of voting
• ARTICLE 53 (Deleted)
• ARTICLE 54 Vacancies

Section H - Committees of the Conference

• ARTICLE 55 Scope
• ARTICLE 56 Composition of committees and right to participate in their work
• ARTICLE 57 Officers of committees
• ARTICLE 58 Languages of committees
• ARTICLE 59 Committee drafting committees; subcommittees
• ARTICLE 60 Sittings
• ARTICLE 61 Duties of Chairman
• ARTICLE 62 Right to address the committee
• ARTICLE 63 Motions, resolutions and amendments
• ARTICLE 64 Closure
• ARTICLE 65 Method of voting
• ARTICLE 66 Quorum
• ARTICLE 67 Amendments to text submitted by committee drafting committee
• ARTICLE 68 Secretariat
• ARTICLE 69 (Deleted)

Section I - Conference groups

• ARTICLE 70 Autonomy of groups
• ARTICLE 71 Officers of groups
• ARTICLE 72 Official meetings
• ARTICLE 73 Procedure of voting at elections
• ARTICLE 74 Non-official meetings
• ARTICLE 75 Procedure for the nomination of members of committees by the Government group

Section J - Suspension of a provision of the Standing Orders

• ARTICLE 76

Index to the Constitution of the International Labour Organization and to the Standing Orders of the International Labour Conference

Note for maritime session of the International Labour Conference