Resolution concerning the privileges and immunities of the International Labour Organisation Adopted on 10 July 1948 by the International Labour Conference at its Thirty-First Session


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Whereas the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, as amended by the 1946 Instrument of Amendment, provides that the International Labour Organisation shall enjoy in the territory of each of its Members such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes and that delegates to the Conference, members of the Governing Body and the Director-General and officials of the Office shall likewise enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organisation; and

Whereas the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted on 13 February 1946 a resolution contemplating the unification as far as possible of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the United Nations and the various specialised agencies; and

Whereas consultations concerning the implementation of the aforesaid resolution have taken place between the United Nations and the specialised agencies, including the International Labour Organisation; and

Whereas by a resolution adopted on 21 November 1947 the General Assembly of the United Nations approved a Convention on the privileges and immunities of the specialised agencies which is submitted to the specialised agencies for acceptance and to every Member of the United Nations and every other State Member of one or more of the specialised agencies for accession; and

Whereas the Convention on the privileges and immunities of the specialised agencies approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations consists of standard clauses applicable to all specialised agencies and of draft annexes relating to each of the agencies; and

Whereas this Convention becomes applicable to each specialised agency only when the final text of the annex relating to that agency has been adopted by it and transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations; and

Whereas this Convention in no way limits or prejudices the privileges and immunities which have been or may hereafter be accorded by any State to any specialised agency by reason of the location in the territory of that State of its headquarters or regional offices:

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Desiring to define the privileges and immunities of the International Labour Organisation within the meaning of paragraph 3 of article 40 of the Constitution of the Organisation,

Accepts on behalf of the International Labour Organisation the standard clauses of the Convention on the privileges and immunities of the specialised agencies as modified by the annex relating to the International Labour Organisation attached to the present Resolution;

Authorises the Director-General of the International Labour Office to transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the said annex and to inform him that the International Labour Organisation accepts the standard clauses as modified by the said annex and undertakes to give effect to the provisions indicated in section 37 of the standard clauses in accordance with the terms thereof;

Invites the States Members of the International Labour Organisation to accede to the Convention on the privileges and immunities of the specialised agencies and to undertake to apply the provisions thereof to the International Labour Organisation; and

Authorises the Director-General to communicate the text of the Convention on the privileges and immunities of the specialised agencies, including the annex relating to the International Labour Organisation, to those of the Members of the International Labour Organisation which are not Members of the United Nations and to invite them to accede thereto in accordance with the terms of Article 42 of the Convention.
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