Article 28 (ILC Standing Orders)
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Document No. (ilolex): 27199433
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section C - Admission of
new members.
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 28
1. The admission of new Members to the International Labour Organization by
the General Conference, in accordance with article 1, paragraph 4, of the
Constitution of the Organization, shall be governed by the provisions of the
present article.
2. Each application for admission made to the Conference shall be referred in
the first instance to the Selection Committee.
3. Unless the Selection Committee is of the opinion that no immediate action
should be taken on the application, it shall refer the application to a
subcommittee for examination.
4. Before submitting its report to the Selection Committee the subcommittee
may consult any representative accredited to the Conference by the applicant.
5. The Selection Committee, after considering the report of the subcommittee,
shall report on the question to the Conference.
6. In accordance with article 1, paragraph 4, of the Constitution of the
Organization:
(a) a vote concurred in by two-thirds of the delegates attending the session,
including two-thirds of the Government delegates present and voting, shall be
necessary for the admission of a new Member by the Conference;
(b) the admission shall take effect on the communication to the Director-
General of the International Labour Office by the Government of the new Member
of its formal acceptance of the obligations of the Constitution of the
Organization.
7..The readmission of former Members by the General Conference of the
International Labour Organization shall be governed by the provisions of the
preceding paragraphs of the present article. When the subcommittee provided
for by paragraph 3 above has before it an application for readmission by a
former Member which had ratified international labour Conventions before its
withdrawal from the Organization, the subcommittee shall state in its report
whether the applicant recognizes that the obligations resulting from those
Conventions continue to be binding.
Cross references
Constitution: Article 1
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