Article 31 Procedure where proposal is made to permit Member in arrears to
vote (ILC Standing Orders)
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Document No. (ilolex): 27199436
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section D -
Disqualification from voting of members which are in arrears in the payment of
their contributions to the organization.
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 31
Procedure where proposal is made to permit Member in arrears to vote
1. Any request or proposal that the Conference should nevertheless permit a
Member which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions to vote in
accordance with article 13, paragraph 4, of the Constitution shall be referred
in the first instance to the Finance Committee of the Conference, which shall
report thereon as a matter of urgency.
2. Pending a decision on the request or proposal by the Conference, the Member
shall not be entitled to vote.
3. The Finance Committee shall submit to the Conference a report giving its
opinion on the request or proposal.
4. If the Finance Committee, having found that the failure to pay is due to
conditions beyond the control of the Member, thinks fit to propose to the
Conference that the Member should nevertheless be permitted to vote in
accordance with article 13, paragraph 4, of the Constitution, it shall in its
report:
(a) explain the nature of the conditions beyond the Member' s control;
(b) give an analysis of the financial relations between the Member and the
Organization during the preceding ten years; and
(c) indicate the measures which should be taken in order to settle the
arrears.
5. Any decision which may be taken by the Conference to permit a Member which
is in arrears in the payment of its contribution to vote notwithstanding such
arrears may be made conditional upon the Member complying with any
recommendations for settling the arrears which may be made by the Conference.
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