Decision on the third item on the agenda: Sectoral meetings held in 2017 and proposals for 2018

Record of decisions | 02 November 2017

Decision on the third item on the agenda: Sectoral meetings held in 2017 and proposals for 2018

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the reports of the meetings referred to in section I of document GB.331/POL/3;

(b) authorized the Director-General to publish the Guidelines on decent work and socially responsible tourism;

(c) authorized the Director-General to communicate the final report of the Tripartite Meeting on Improving Employment and Working Conditions in Health Services to governments, requesting them to communicate the report to the employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned, and to the international employers’ and workers’ organizations and other international organizations concerned;

(d) requested the Director-General to bear in mind, when drawing up proposals for future work, the recommendations for future action by the ILO made by the meetings referred to in section I of document GB.331/POL/3;

(e) requested the Director-General to work with the WHO and the OECD on the implementation of the recommendations of the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth and to take into account its guidance in the implementation of the Five-Year Action Plan for Health Employment and Economic Growth;

(f) endorsed the proposals contained in the table appended to document GB.331/POL/3 relating to the dates, duration, official title, purpose and composition of the meetings listed therein.

(Document GB.331/POL/3, paragraph 21, as amended.)