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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
AND THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION
(NB)


Whereas the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation provides that the International Labour Organisation shall co-operate within the terms thereof with public international organisations having specialised responsibilities in related fields; and

Whereas the Convention of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization provides that the Organization shall co-operate with any specialised agency of the United Nations in matters which may be the common concern of the Organization and of such specialised agency, and shall consider such matters and act with respect to them in accord with such specialised agency;

The International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization agree as follows:

Article I
Co-operation and consultation

The International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization agree that, with a view to facilitating the effective attainment of the objectives set forth in the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation and the Convention of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization within the general framework established by the Charter of the United Nations, they will act in close co-operation with each other and will consult each other regularly in regard to matters of common interest.

Article II
Reciprocal representation

1. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization Assembly and to participate without vote in the deliberations of the Assembly and of its commissions and committees with respect to items on their agenda in which the International Labour Organisation has an interest.

2. Representatives of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization shall be invited to attend the meetings of the International Labour Conference and to participate without vote in the deliberations of the Conference and of its committees with respect to items on their agenda in which the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization has an interest.

3. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Council of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization and the Maritime Safety Committee and to participate without vote in the deliberations thereof with respect to items on their agenda in which the International Labour Organisation has an interest.

4. Representatives of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization shall be invited to attend meetings of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office and of the Joint Maritime Commission and to participate without vote in the deliberations thereof with respect to items on their agenda in which the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization has an interest.

5. Appropriate arrangements shall be made by agreement from time to time for the reciprocal representation of the International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization at other meetings convened under their respective auspices which consider matters in which the other organisation has an interest.


Article III
ILO-IMCO joint committees

1. The International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization may refer to a joint committee any question of common interest which it may appear desirable to refer to such a committee.

2. Any such joint committee shall consist of representatives appointed by each organisation, the number to be appointed by each being decided by agreement between the two organisations.

3. The United Nations shall be invited to designate a representative to attend the meetings of any such joint committee; the committee may also invite other specialised agencies to be represented at its meetings as may be found desirable.

4. The reports of any such joint committee shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office and the Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization for submission to the appropriate body or bodies of the two organisations; a copy of the reports of the committee shall be communicated to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the information of the Economic and Social Council.

5. Any such joint committee shall regulate its own procedure.

Article IV
Exchange of information and documents

1. Subject to such arrangements as may be necessary for the safeguarding of confidential material, the fullest and promptest exchange of information and documents shall be made between the International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization.

2. The Director-General of the International Labour Office and the Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization, or their authorised representatives, shall, upon the request of either party, consult with each other regarding the provision by either organisation of such information as may be of interest to the other.

Article V
Personnel arrangements

The International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization agree that the measures to be taken by them, within the framework of the general arrangements for co-operation in regard to staff personnel to be made by the United Nations, will include:

(a) measures to avoid competition in the recruitment of their personnel; and

(b) measures to facilitate interchange of personnel on a temporary or permanent basis, in appropriate cases, in order to obtain the maximum benefit from their services, making due provision for the retention of seniority and pension rights.


Article VI
Statistical services

1. The International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization agree to strive, within the framework of the general arrangements for statistical co-operation made by the United Nations, for maximum co-operation with a view to the most efficient use of their technical personnel in their respective collection, analysis, publication, standardisation, improvement and dissemination of statistical information. They recognise the desirability of avoiding duplication in the collection of statistical information whenever it is practicable for either of them to utilise information or materials which the other may have available or may be specially qualified and prepared to collect, and agree to combine their efforts to secure the greatest possible usefulness and utilisation of statistical information and to minimise the burdens placed upon national governments and other organisations from which such information may be collected.

2. The International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization agree to keep one another informed of their work in the field of statistics and to consult each other in regard to all statistical projects dealing with matters of common interest.

Article VII
Financing of special services

If compliance with a request for assistance made by either organisation to the other would involve substantial expenditure for the organisation complying with the request, consultation shall take place with a view to determining the most equitable manner of meeting such expenditure.

Article VIII
Implementation of the Agreement

1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office and the Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization may enter into such supplementary arrangements for the implementation of this Agreement as may be found desirable in the light of the operating experience of the two organisations.

2. The liaison arrangements provided for in the foregoing articles of this Agreement shall apply as far as appropriate to the relations between such branch or regional offices as may be established by the two organisations as well as between their central machinery.

Article IX
Notification to and registration by the United Nations

1. In accordance with their respective agreements with the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization will inform the Economic and Social Council forthwith of the terms of the present Agreement.

2. On the coming into force of the present Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Article XI it will be communicated to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for filing and recording in pursuance of Article 10 of the Regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1946.


Article X
Revision and termination

1. This Agreement shall be subject to revision by agreement between the International Labour Organisation and the Intergovermental Maritime Consultative Organization.

2. The Agreement may be terminated by either party on 31 December of any year by notice given to the other party not later than 30 September of that year.

Article XI
Entry into force

This Agreement shall come into force on its approval by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office and the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization Assembly.

The above agreement was approved by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office on 11 December 1948 and by the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation Assembly on 16 January 1959, and thus by the terms of Article XI entered into force on 16 January 1959.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Director-General of the International Labour Office and the Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization have affixed their signatures to two authentic texts of the Agreement , the texts in English and in French being equally authoritative.

(Signed) David A. MORSE
For the International Labour Organisation

Ove NIELSEN
For the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization

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Date of entry into force: 16 January 1959
Published in: UN Treaty Series, Vol. 327.

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NB. The Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization became the International Maritime Organization on 22 May 1982.


Updated by CM. Approved by DD. Last update: 5 May 2000.