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Agreement
between the United Nations and the
International
Labour Organisation
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Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that specialised
agencies established by intergovernmental agreement and having wide
international responsibilities as defined in their basic instruments
in economic, social, cultural, educational, health and related fields
shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations.
The International Labour Conference, meeting in its 27th Session
in Paris on 3 November 1945, adopted a resolution confirming the
desire of the International Labour Organisation to enter into relationship
with the United Nations on terms to be determined by agreement.
Therefore, the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
The United Nations recognises the International Labour Organisation
as a specialised agency responsible for taking such action as may
be appropriate under its basic instrument for the accomplishment
of the purposes set forth therein.
ARTICLE II
Reciprocal representation
1. Representatives of the United Nations shall be invited to attend
the meetings of the International Labour Conference (hereinafter
called the Conference) and its committees, the Governing Body and
its committees, and such general, regional or other special meetings
as the International Labour Organisation may convene, and to participate,
without vote, in the deliberations of these bodies.
2. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation shall
be invited to attend meetings of the Economic and Social Council
of the United Nations (hereinafter called the Council) and of its
commissions and committees and to participate, without vote, in
the deliberations of these bodies with respect to items on their
agenda in which the International Labour Organisation has indicated
that it has an interest.
3. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation shall
be invited to attend, in a consultative capacity, meetings of the
General Assembly and shall be afforded full opportunity for presenting
to the General Assembly the views of the International Labour Organisation
on questions within the scope of its activities.
4. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation shall
be invited to attend meetings of the main committees of the General
Assembly in which the International Labour Organisation has an interest
and to participate, without vote, in the deliberations thereof.
5. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation shall
be invited to attend the meetings of the Trusteeship Council and to
participate, without vote, in the deliberations thereof with respect
to items on the agenda in which the International Labour Organisation
has indicated that it has an interest.
6. Written statements of the Organisation shall be distributed by
the Secretariat of the United Nations to all Members of the General
Assembly, the Council and its commissions and the Trusteeship Council
as appropriate.
ARTICLE III
Proposal of agenda items
Subject to such preliminary consultation as may be necessary, the
International Labour Organisation shall include in the agenda of
the Governing Body items proposed to it by the United Nations. Similarly,
the Council and its commissions and the Trusteeship Council shall
include in their agenda items proposed by the International Labour
Organisation.
ARTICLE IV
Recommendations of the General
Assembly and of the Council
1. The International Labour Organisation, having regard to the obligation
of the United Nations to promote the objectives set forth in article
55 of the Charter and the function and power of the Council, under
article 62 of the Charter, to make or initiate studies and reports
with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational,
health and related matters and to make recommendations concerning
these matters to the specialised agencies concerned, and having regard
also to the responsibility of the United Nations, under articles 58
and 63 of the Charter, to make recommendations for the coordination
of the policies and activities of such specialised agencies, agrees
to arrange for the submission, as soon as possible, to the Governing
Body, the Conference or such other organ of the International Labour
Organisation, as may be appropriate, of all formal recommendations
which the General Assembly or the Council may make to it.
2. The International Labour Organisation agrees to enter into consultation
with the United Nations upon request, with respect to such recommendations,
and in due course to report to the United Nations on the action
taken, by the Organisation or by its Members, to give effect to
such recommendations, or on the other results of their consideration.
3. The International Labour Organisation affirms its intention
of cooperating in whatever further measures may be necessary to
make coordination of the activities of specialised agencies and
those of the United Nations fully effective. In particular, it agrees
to participate in, and to cooperate with, any body or bodies which
the Council may establish for the purpose of facilitating such coordination,
and to furnish such information as may be required for the carrying
out of this purpose.
ARTICLE V
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 United Nations
and the International Labour Organisation.
2. Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of paragraph
1:
(a) the International Labour Organisation agrees to transmit
to the United Nations regular reports on the activities of the
lnternational Labour Organisation;
(b) the lnternational Labour Organisation agrees to comply to
the fullest extent practicable with any request which the United
Nations may make for the furnishing of special reports, studies
or information, subject to the conditions set forth in article
XV; and
(c) the Secretary-General shall, upon request, consult with the
Director regarding the provision to the International Labour Organisation
of such information as may be of special interest to the Organisation.
ARTICLE VI
Assistance to the Security
Council
The International Labour Organisation agrees to cooperate with
the Economic and Social Council in furnishing such information and
rendering such assistance to the Security Council as that Council
may request including assistance in carrying out decisions of the
Security Council for the maintenance or restoration of international
peace and security.
ARTICLE VII
Assistance to the Trusteeship
Council
The International Labour Organisation agrees to cooperate with
the Trusteeship Council in the carrying out of its functions and
in particular agrees that it will, to the greatest extent possible,
render such assistance as the Trusteeship Council may request, in
regard to matters with which the Organisation is concerned.
ARTICLE VIII
Non-self-governing territories
The International Labour Organisation agrees to cooperate with
the United Nations in giving effect to the principles and obligations
set forth in Chapter XI of the Charter with regard to matters affecting
the well-being and development of the peoples of non-self-governing
territories.
ARTICLE IX
Relations with the International
Court of Justice
1. The International Labour Organisation agrees to furnish any
information which may be requested by the International Court of
Justice in pursuance of article 34 of the Statute of the Court.
2. The General Assembly authorises the International Labour Organisation
to request advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice
on legal questions arising within the scope of its activities other
than questions concerning the mutual relationships of the Organisation
and the United Nations or other specialised agencies.
3. Such request may be addressed to the Court by the Conference, or
by the Governing Body acting in pursuance of an authorisation by the
Conference.
4. When requesting the International Court of Justice to give an
advisory opinion, the International Labour Organisation shall inform
the Economic and Social Council of the request.
ARTICLE X
Headquarters and regional offices
1. The International Labour Organisation, having regard to the
desirability of the headquarters of specialised agencies being situated
at the permanent seat of the United Nations, and to the advantages
that flow from such centralisation, agrees to consult the United
Nations before making any decision concerning the location of its
permanent headquarters.
2. Any regional or branch offices which the International Labour
Organisation may establish shall, so far as practicable, be closely
associated with such regional or branch offices as the United Nations
may establish.
ARTICLE XI
Personnel arrangements
1. The United Nations and the International Labour Organisation
recognises that the eventual development of a single unified international
civil service is desirable from the standpoint of effective administrative
coordination, and, with this end in view, agree to develop common
personnel standards, methods and arrangements designed to avoid
serious discrepancies in terms and conditions of employment, to
avoid competition in recruitment of personnel, and to facilitate
interchange of personnel in order to obtain the maximum benefit
from their services.
2. The United Nations and the International Labour Organisation
agree to cooperate to the fullest extent possible in achieving these
ends and in particular they agree to:
(a) consult together concerning the establishment of an International
Civil Service Commission to advise on the means by which common
standards of recruitment in the secretariats of the United Nations
and of the specialised agencies may be ensured;
(b) consult together concerning other matters relating to the
employment of their officers and staff, including conditions of
service, duration of appointments, classification, salary scales
and allowances, retirement and pension rights and staff regulations
and rules with a view to securing as much uniformity in these
matters as shall be found practicable;
(c) cooperate in the interchange of personnel, when desirable,
on a temporary or permanent basis, making due provision for the
retention of seniority and pension rights,
(d) cooperate in the establishment and operation of suitable
machinery for the settlement of disputes arising in connection
with the employment of personnel and related matters.
ARTICLE XII
Statistical services
1. The United Nations and the International Labour Organisation
agree to strive for maximum cooperation, the elimination of all
undesirable duplication between them, and the most efficient use
of their technical personnel in their respective collection, analysis,
publication and dissemination of statistical information. They agree
to combine their efforts to secure the greatest possible usefulness
and utilization 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 recognises the United
Nations as the central agency for the collection, analysis, publication,
standardization and improvement of statistics serving the general
purposes of international organisations.
3. The United Nations recognises the International Labour Organisation
as the appropriate agency for the collection, analysis, publication,
standardisation and improvement of statistics within its special
sphere, without prejudice to the right of the United Nations to
concern itself with such statistics so far as they may be essential
for its own purposes or for the improvement of statistics throughout
the world.
4. The United Nations shall develop administrative instruments
and procedures through which effective statistical cooperation may
be secured between the United Nations and the agencies brought into
relationship with it.
5. It is recognised as desirable that the collection of statistical
information should not be duplicated by the United Nations or any
of the specialised agencies whenever it is practicable for any of
them to utilise information or materials which another may have
available.
6. In order to build up a central collection of statistical information
for general use, it is agreed that data supplied to the International
Labour Organisation for incorporation in its basic statistical series
or special reports should, so far as practicable, be made available
to the United Nations.
ARTICLE XIII
Administrative and technical
services
1. The United Nations and the International Labour Organisation
recognise the desirability, in the interest of administrative and
technical uniformity and of the most efficient use of personnel
and resources, of avoiding, whenever possible, the establishment
and operation of competitive or overlapping facilities and services
among the United Nations and the specialised agencies.
2. Accordingly, the United Nations and the International Labour
Organisation agree to consult together concerning the establishment
and use of common administrative and technical services and facilities
in addition to those referred to in articles XI, XII and XIV, in
so far as the establishment and use of such services may from time
to time be found practicable and appropriate.
3. Arrangements shall be made between the United Nations and the
International Labour Organisation in regard to the registration
and deposit of official documents.
ARTICLE XIV
Budgetary and financial arrangements
1. The International Labour Organisation recognises the desirability
of establishing close budgetary and financial relationships with
the United Nations in order that the administrative operations of
the United Nations and of the specialised agencies shall be carried
out in the most efficient and economical manner possible, and that
the maximum measure of coordination and uniformity with respect
to these operations shall be secured.
2. The United Nations and the International Labour Organisation
agree to cooperate to the fullest extent possible in achieving these
ends and, in particular, shall consult together concerning the desirability
of making appropriate arrangements for the inclusion of the budget
of the Organisation within a general budget of the United Nations.
Any such arrangements which may be made shall be defined in a supplementary
agreement between the two organisations.
3. In the preparation of the budget of the International Labour
Organisation the Organisation shall consult with the United Nations.
4. The International Labour Organisation agrees to transmit its
proposed budget to the United Nations annually at the same time
as such budget is transmitted to its Members. The General Assembly
shall examine the budget or proposed budget of the Organisation
and may make recommendations to it concerning any item or items
contained therein.
5. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation shall
be entitled to participate, without vote, in the deliberations of
the General Assembly or any committee thereof at all times when
the budget of the Organisation or general administrative or financial
questions affecting the Organisation are under consideration.
6. The United Nations may undertake the collection of contributions
from those Members of the International Labour Organisation which
are also Members of the United Nations in accordance with such arrangements
as may be defined by a later agreement between the United Nations
and the International Labour Organisation.
7. The United Nations shall, upon its own initiative or upon the
request of the International Labour Organisation, arrange for studies
to be undertaken concerning other financial and fiscal questions
of interest to the Organisation and to other specialised agencies
with a view to the provision of common services and the securing
of uniformity in such matters.
8. The International Labour Organisation agrees to conform as far
as may be practicable to standard practices and forms recommended
by the United Nations.
ARTICLE XV
Financing of special services
1. In the event of the International Labour Organisation being
faced with the necessity of incurring substantial extra expense
as a result of any request which the United Nations may make for
special reports, studies or assistance in accordance with articles
V, VI or VII or with other provisions of this Agreement, consultation
shall take place with a view to determining the most equitable manner
in which such expense shall be borne.
2. Consultation between the United Nations and the lnternational
Labour Organisation shall similarly take place with a view to making
such arrangements as may be found equitable for covering the costs
of central administrative, technical or fiscal services or facilities
or other special assistance provided by the United Nations.
ARTICLE XVI
lnteragency agreements
The International Labour Organisation agrees to inform the Council
of the nature and scope of any formal agreement between the International
Labour Organisation and any other specialised agency or intergovernmental
organisation and in particular agrees to inform the Council before
any such agreement is concluded.
ARTICLE XVII
Liaison
1. The United Nations and the International Labour Organisation agree
to the foregoing provisions in the belief that they will contribute
to the maintenance of effective liaison between the two organisations.
They affirm their intention of taking whatever further measures may
be necessary to make this liaison fully effective.
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 XVIII
lmplementation of the Agreement
The Secretary-General and the Director 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.
ARTICLE XIX
Revision
This Agreement shall be subject to revision by agreement between the
United Nations and the International Labour Organisation.
ARTICLE XX
Entry into force
This Agreement shall come into force on its approval by the General
Assembly of the United Nations and the General Conference of the
International Labour Organisation.
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