Article 19 Methods of voting (ILC Standing Orders)
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Document No. (ilolex): 27199524
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 19
Methods of voting
1. The Conference shall vote by a show of hands, by a record vote or by secret
ballot.
2. Voting shall be by a show of hands except as hereinafter provided.
3. Votes by a show of hands shall be counted by the Secretariat and the result
announced by the President.
4. In case of doubt as to the result, the President may cause a record vote to
be taken.
5. A record vote shall be taken in all cases in which a majority of two-thirds
of the votes is required by the Constitution of the Organization, except when
the Conference is voting on the inclusion in the agenda of the following
session of an item already on the agenda of the session at which the decision
is taken.<
6. A record vote shall be taken on any question if the request is made by show
of hands of not less than 90 delegates present at the sitting, or by the
Chairperson of a group, or by a representative of the Chairperson duly
appointed by notice in writing addressed to the President, whether such a
request be made before or immediately after the vote by show of hands.
7. Record votes shall be taken by calling upon each delegation voting in turn
in the French alphabetical order of the names of the Members of the
International Labour Organization. A further and final call shall immediately
be made, in the same alphabetical order, of delegates who did not respond to
the first call.
8. The vote shall be recorded by the Secretariat and announced by the
President.
9. The names of the delegates voting in a record vote shall be inserted in the
verbatim report of the sitting.
10. Any vote on the election of the President shall be by secret ballot.
11. A vote by secret ballot shall also be taken on any question not covered by
paragraph 5, if the request is made by show of hands of not less than 90
delegates present at the sitting or by the Chairperson of a group acting on
behalf of that group.
12. Votes by secret ballot shall be counted by the Secretariat under the
direction of three returning officers nominated respectively by the
Government, Employers' and Workers' groups.
13. If, on the same question, requests are made both for a record vote in
pursuance of paragraph 6 of this article and for a vote by secret ballot in
pursuance of paragraph 11 of this article, the vote shall be taken by secret
ballot if the Conference so decides by a simple majority vote by secret
ballot.
14. The President shall permit any delegates who so request to explain their
votes briefly immediately after the voting except where the vote is taken by
secret ballot. The President may limit the time allowed for such explanations.
15. Unless the Officers otherwise decide in special circumstances, the
Conference shall vote by electronic means.
16. When the Conference votes by electronic means, paragraphs 7 and 12 above
shall not apply. In the case of a vote by show of hands, the individual votes
cast by the delegates shall be accessible during the sitting at which the vote
is taken, but only the final result of the vote shall be announced and
recorded. In the case of a record vote, the individual votes cast by the
delegates shall be recorded and published and the final result of the vote
shall be announced and recorded. In the case of a vote by secret ballot, the
individual votes cast by the delegates shall in no case be recorded or
accessible and only the final result of the vote shall be announced and
recorded.
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