Meeting documents

February 2013

1. Report of the Director-General

   20 February 2013

2. Reference document concerning the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration): Operational plan for promotional activities and proposal for the new survey (GB.317/POL/8)

   18 February 2013

   Proposed operational plan and survey instrument to evaluate the effect given to the ILO MNE Declaration: Report to the International Labour Office, Geneva, by Dr Henning Best and Dr Lars Kaczmirek (15 January 2013)

3. Choice of Conventions and Recommendations on which reports should be requested under article 19 of the Constitution in 2014

   15 February 2013

   In the present document, the Governing Body is invited to decide on the theme of the General Survey that should be prepared by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations in 2014 and discussed by the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards in 2015, and the instruments that would be covered in this General Survey (see the draft decision in paragraph 13).

4. Legal protection of the ILO in its member States, including the status of its privileges and immunities: Update

   14 February 2013

   This document provides an update to GB.313/LILS/1 (March 2012) and invites the Governing Body to review the status of the ILO’s legal protection in its member States, including its privileges and immunities and further consider measures to secure legal protection where needed (see draft decision in paragraph 16).

5. Recurrent discussion report on employment (2014)

   14 February 2013

   The Governing Body is invited to comment on the issues presented to inform the preparation of the Office report for the recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of employment for the 103rd Session (2014) of the Conference (see draft decision in paragraph 31).

6. Report of the Chief Internal Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2012 - Report of the Chief Internal Auditor on significant findings resulting from internal audit and investigation assignments undertaken in 2012

   14 February 2013

   This paper contains the report of the Chief Internal Auditor on significant findings resulting from internal audit and investigation assignments undertaken in 2012 for consideration by the Governing Body.

7. Convocation of the 102nd Session of the International Labour Conference (June 2013)

   13 February 2013

8. Regional perspectives on technical cooperation: Asia and the Pacific

   13 February 2013

   The paper focuses on the trends in technical cooperation during the last ten years, results achieved in the priorities agreed on for the Asia–Pacific Decent Work Decade, expenditure rates, key donors for the region and an outlook for resource mobilization through new modalities, including South–South and triangular cooperation (SSTC). This is the second in a series of reviews on technical cooperation in the regions, following one on Africa submitted to the Governing Body in March 2012 (GB.313/POL/8). The Governing Body is invited to request the Office to submit at its 319th Session (October 2013) a regional resource mobilization strategy and action plan for Asia and the Pacific (see draft decision in paragraph 39).

9. UN system coordination and common services: Financial implications for the ILO

   13 February 2013

   The Governing Body is invited to consider the implications for the ILO of participation in UN system operational development activities and provide guidance to the Office (see draft decision in paragraph 25).

10. Programme and budget for 2012–13 - Position of accounts as at 31 December 2012

    12 February 2013

    This paper provides information on the position of 2012–13 income and expenditure as at 31 December 2012. For the 12-month period ending 31 December 2012, contributions received were US$494,673,310 and expenditures recorded were US$388,926,269. In accordance with article 21.2(a) of the Financial Regulations, arrears of contributions received in 2012 were used to reimburse the Working Capital Fund and internal borrowings, to cover the 2010–11 deficit of US$59,242,192. The excess of income received over expenditure as at 31 December 2012 is US$16,504,849 at the budget rate of exchange of 0.84 Swiss francs to the US dollar.