Article 45 Procedure in case of revision of a Recommendation (ILC Standing Orders)


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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 45

Procedure in case of revision of a Recommendation

1. When the revision in whole or in part of a Recommendation which has been previously adopted by the Conference is included in the agenda, the International Labour Office shall submit to the Conference draft amendments corresponding to the question or questions in respect of which a proposal for revision has been placed on the agenda.

2. The Conference shall decide whether it will take as the basis of discussion the draft amendments prepared by the International Labour Office, and shall decide whether they shall be considered in full Conference or referred to a committee for report. These decisions may be preceded by a debate in full Conference on the general principles of the proposed revision in whole or in part within the limits permitted by the agenda.

3. If the draft amendments are considered in full Conference, each of them shall be placed successively before the Conference for adoption. During the debate, and until all the draft amendments have been disposed of, no motion other than a motion to amend the text of one of them or a motion as to procedure shall be considered by the Conference.

4. If the draft amendments be referred to a committee, the Conference shall, after receiving the report of the committee, proceed to discuss the text of each draft amendment in succession, in accordance with the rules laid down in the last preceding paragraph. The discussion shall not take place before the day following that on which copies of the report have been circulated to the delegates.

5. During the discussion of the draft amendments the Conference may refer one or more of them to a committee.

6. The amendments, together with the consequential amendments of the unamended provisions of the Recommendation under revision, as adopted by the Conference, shall be referred to the Conference Drafting Committee, which shall combine with them the unamended provisions of the Recommendation under revision so as to establish the final text of the Recommendation in the revised form. This text shall be circulated to the delegates.

7. No amendment shall be allowed to this text but, notwithstanding this provision, the President, after consultation with the three Vice-Presidents, may submit to the Conference amendments which have been handed to the Secretariat before the final vote is taken.

8. On receipt of the text prepared by the Drafting Committee and after discussion of the amendments, if any, submitted in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Conference shall proceed to take a final vote on the adoption of the Recommendation in accordance with article 19 of the Constitution of the Organization.

9. In accordance with article 14 of the Constitution of the Organization, and subject to the provisions of article 16, paragraph 3, of the said Constitution, the Conference shall not revise in whole or in part a Recommendation which has previously been adopted by it, save in respect of a question or questions placed by the Governing Body on the agenda of the session.

Cross references
Constitution: Article 14
Constitution: Article 16

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