Article 35 Method of voting for placing items on the agenda (ILC Standing
Orders)
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Document No. (ilolex): 27199440
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section E - Convention
and Recommendation procedure.
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 35 (Endnote 1)
Method of voting for placing items on the agenda
1. When agreement on the agenda of the Conference has not been reached without
vote, the Governing Body shall decide by a first vote whether it will place
all the questions proposed on the agenda. If it decides to insert all the
questions proposed, the agenda of the Conference is considered as fixed. If it
does not so decide, the procedure shall be as follows:
2. Each member of the Governing Body entitled to vote shall receive a voting
paper on which a list of all the questions proposed is given, and shall
indicate the order in which he wishes them to be considered for inclusion in
the agenda by marking his first preference "1 ", his second "2" and so forth;
a voting paper which does not indicate the order of preference for all the
questions proposed shall be void. Each member shall place his voting paper in
the ballot box as his name is called on the roll.
3. Whenever a question is indicated as a first preference, it shall be
allotted one point, whenever it is indicated as a second preference, two
points and so forth. The questions shall then be listed on the basis of the
total points obtained, the question with the lowest total being regarded as
the first in order of preference. If the voting results in an equal number of
points for each of two or more questions, a vote by show of hands shall be
taken as between them. If the voting is still equal, the order of preference
shall be decided by lot.
4. The Governing Body shall then decide the number of questions to be placed
on the agenda, in the order of priority established in accordance with
paragraphs 2 and 3. For that purpose, it shall vote first on the total number
of questions proposed minus one, second on the total number of questions
proposed minus two, and so forth, until a majority is obtained.
Endnotes
Endnote 1
Articles 34, 35 and 36 consist of provisions of the Standing Orders of the
Governing Body which are included here for convenience of reference but are
not part of the Standing Orders of the Conference.
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