Decision on the fifth item on the agenda: Effect to be given to the recommendations of sectoral and technical meetings

Decision on the fifth item on the agenda: Effect to be given to the recommendations of sectoral and technical meetings

The Governing Body, subject to the availability of resources:

(a) authorized the Director-General to publish the revised ILO–IMO Guidelines on the medical examination of seafarers, the Guidelines on training in the port sector, the Code of practice on safety and health in the use of machinery and, as a joint publication, the Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards;

(b) authorized the Director-General to communicate the final reports or notes on the proceedings of the sectoral and technical meetings referred to in Part I of document GB.313/POL/5 to governments, requesting them to communicate the texts to the employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned, as well as to the international employers’ and workers’ organizations and other international organizations concerned;

(c) requested the Director-General to bear in mind when drawing up proposals for future work, the recommendations made by: the Global Dialogue Forum on the Needs of Older Workers in relation to Changing Work Processes and the Working Environment in Retail Commerce; the Joint ILO–IMO Meeting on Medical Fitness Examinations of Seafarers and Ships’ Medicine Chests; the Tripartite Meeting on Promoting Social Dialogue on Restructuring and its Effects on Employment in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries; and the Tripartite Meeting of Experts for the Review and the Adoption of ILO Guidelines on Training in the Port Sector; and

(d) requested the Director-General to bear in mind when drawing up proposals for future work, the views expressed by the participants in the Global Dialogue Forum on the Role of Private Employment Agencies in Promoting Decent Work and Improving the Functioning of Labour Markets in Private Services Sectors, as summarized in the final report of the discussion.

(Document GB.313/POL/5, paragraph 26, as amended.)