Article 13 Duties of the President (ILC Standing Orders)
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Document No. (ilolex): 27199416
Part I: General Standing Orders
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 97th Session (2008).
The ILO is committed to promoting gender equality. Amendments to this effect
were adopted at the 97th Session of the International Labour Conference
(Geneva, 2008).
ARTICLE 13
Duties of the President
1. The President shall declare the opening and close of the sittings. Before
proceeding to the agenda, he shall bring before the Conference any
communication which may concern it.
2. He shall direct the debates, maintain order, ensure the observance of the
Standing Orders by such means as circumstances may demand, accord or withdraw
the right to address the Conference, put questions to the vote and announce
the result of the vote.
3. The President shall not take part in the debates and shall not vote. If he
is himself a delegate he may appoint a substitute in accordance with the
provisions of article 1, paragraph 3.
4. In the absence of the President during a sitting or any part thereof one of
the Vice-Presidents, taken in rotation, shall preside.
5. A Vice-President acting as President shall have the same rights and duties
as the President.
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