Article 58 Languages of committees (ILC Standing Orders)
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Spanish
Document No. (ilolex): 27199464
Part II: Standing Orders concerning special subjects, Section H - Committees
of the Conference.
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 58
Languages of committees
1. The French and English languages shall be the official languages of the
committees.
2. Speeches in French shall be summarized in English and vice versa by an
interpreter belonging to the Secretariat of the Conference.
3. Speeches made in Spanish shall be summarized by the official interpreters,
who shall also give a summary in Spanish of speeches made in English and
French.
4. A delegate may speak in another non-official language, but the relevant
delegation must provide for a summarized translation of the speech into one of
the two official languages by an interpreter attached to the delegation,
unless an interpreter of the Conference for the official languages can be
placed at its disposal by the Secretariat of the Conference. This summarized
translation shall then be rendered in the other official language by an
interpreter of the Secretariat.
5. In cases where at least one-fifth of the members of a committee taking an
actual part in its work either as regular members or as substitutes declare
individually and in writing that it is difficult for them to take part in the
proceedings of the committee in either of the official languages or in Spanish
and ask for an additional interpretation into another language with which they
are conversant, the committee shall accede to that request, provided that the
Secretariat of the Conference is able to supply the necessary interpreters.
6. In cases where the number of members of a committee who ask for an
additional interpretation into a non-official language in the conditions laid
down in the above paragraph is less than one-fifth of the number of members,
the committee shall decide whether it shall accede to the request as an
exceptional measure, and provided that the Secretariat of the Conference is
able to furnish the necessary interpreters.
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