Daily Bulletin ILC 2001 Details - International Labour Conference

Governing Body of the ILO

The 290th Session of the Governing Body will be held tomorrow, Friday 18 June, at 1000 in the ILO building. If the Conference completes its work this morning, the groups of the Governing Body will meet as shown below. If the Conference plenary has to continue this afternoon, then the new group meetings will be announced during that sitting.

Government group of the Governing Body	1530	Thursday, 17 June	Assembly Hall
Employers’ group of the Governing Body	1430	Thursday, 17 June	ILO-III
Workers’ group of the Governing Body	0900	Friday, 18 June	ILO-IV

N.B. The following Government members of the Governing Body should submit their credentials before 1200 today, Thursday 17 June, to office A-241: Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Uruguay.

Any memberState wishing to attend the Governing Body as an observer should also submit credentials to office A-241 before 1200 today.

International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin

Delegates are invited to visit the ILO Turin Centre information stand in the Salle des pas perdus to find out about its training and learning activities and to visit its new website www.itcilo.org.

60th anniversary exhibition

On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the ILO and the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Philadelphia, delegates are invited to visit an exhibition of documents and photographs entitled “Above the Storm: from Geneva to Philadelphia, 1939-1944”. The exhibition, which is in three parts, is located in the lobby area in front of the Governing Body room at the ILO. The first section covers the Emergency Committee, the 1939 Havana Conference, the transfer of the ILO to Montreal and the extraordinary session of the Conference in New York. The second showcase covers the 1942-1944 period leading up to the Philadelphia Conference in April 1944; the third, “Four lives, four fates”, attempts to show the different ways that the lives of three ILO officials and one delegate were affected by the wartime events.

ILO Department of Communication

The ILO Department of Communication (DCOMM) is handling inquiries from the media and arranging for press coverage of the ILC. The DCOMM Secretariat is located in Room A-641, Tel. 76700.

Numbers speak all languages

Whatever your language, you can understand the figures produced by the ILO Bureau of Statistics. Come and see the exhibition of labour statistics publications and browse the on-line database (http://laborsta.ilo.org), each day, in the Salle des pas perdus at the Palais des Nations.

International Labour Standards – Information and Assistance

The ILO’s International Labour Standards Department offers assistance at its information desk in the ILO building next to the Governing Body Room (R3). The stand is open from 13.00 to 15.00 each day and provides –

information on ILO Conventions and Recommendations and the reports of ILO supervisory bodies;
documentation on international labour standards, presented in electronic format (ILSE);
demonstrations of the ILO's legal information databases (ILOLEX and NATLEX);

ILO publications - ILO bookshop: 50 % discount

ILO publications can be purchased during the Conference from the ILO Publications Bookshop (open daily from 09.00 to 18.00), located on R2 South in the ILO library. A 50% discount on all publications will be offered to Conference participants. Those wishing to take advantage of this offer should show their badge when purchasing.

ILO publications may also be purchased direct online at www.ilo.org/publns using a credit card. For enquiries on translation and reproduction rights, please contact the Rights and Permissions Unit at the main ILO building, office 1-105 or telephone (022) 799 6063.

International Labour Standards – Information and Assistance

	information on ILO Conventions and Recommendations and the reports of ILO supervisory bodies;
	documentation on international labour standards, presented in electronic format (ILSE);
	demonstrations of the ILO's legal information databases (ILOLEX and NATLEX);

Standards policy

For information on proposals for the agenda of the International Labour Conference, the integrated approach to ILO standards-related activities and other standards policy questions, delegates are invited to contact the ILO Standards Policy Branch of the International Labour Standards Department (Ms M. Zarka-Martres (office E-3025) or Ms C. Bråkenhielm Hansell (office E-3015) at the Palais des Nations, tel. 77328

ILO Bureau of Library and Information Services

The ILO Library, the world's leading library in the field of work and work-related development and human rights issues, welcomes Conference participants. Delegates and ILO officials from the field may use all of the Library's facilities (including Internet access) and may borrow books for a period of one week. Reading areas are available in the main Reading Room and on the mezzanine floor.
The ILO Library is located on the R2 level (south) of the ILO building. Opening hours of the Reading Room: Monday-Friday: 09.00 to 18.00. E-mail and Internet access, room R2-105 (next to the Reading Room): Monday-Friday, 08.00 to 19.00, tel: 022 799 8682 (information desk), 022 799 8675 (secretariat).
If you would like to learn more about using the Internet or how to search ILO databases, please do not hesitate to ask the staff at the information desk or contact the Library’s information desk to make an appointment (tel. 022 799 8682).

Project IRIS
Project IRIS has been relocated to a newly partitioned area of the Library space on R2. This is a temporary arrangement involving approximately 80 project staff.
Special efforts have been made to minimize the disruption to staff and clients of the Library. A reading area and internet access will continue to be available to delegates and some additional seating has been provided on the mezzanine floor of the Library, next to the statistical section.

International Social Security Association (ISSA)

ISSA General Secretariat: ILO building, Office 9-13, Tel. 022 799 6617.
E-mail: issa@ilo.org. Web site: www.issa.int
Secretary General: Mr. Dalmer D. Hoskins
ISSA Documentation Centre: All ISSA publications, a vast collection of publications on social security issues from sources worldwide and access to the Social Security Worldwide SSW databases. The ISSA Documentation Centre is located on the R-3 level (north) of the ILO building
Opening hours from Monday to Friday: 09.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00
Tel.: 799 75 55, Fax: 799 85 09, E-mail: issadoc@ilo.org
ISSA Publications Stand: The stand is located in the entrance hall of the Assembly building of the Palais des Nations, near the Document Distribution Service.
Opening hours from Monday to Friday: 09.00 - 13.00.