349th bis (Special) Session of the Governing Body

On 1 November 2023, in the context of its 349th Session, the Governing Body decided that the two special sessions of the Governing Body of 10-11 November shall be held, in part, as a Committee of the Whole. Under article 4.3 of the Standing Orders, "The Governing Body may decide to meet as a Committee of the Whole in order to hold an exchange of views, in which representatives of governments that are not represented on the Governing Body may, in the manner determined by it, be given an opportunity to express their views with respect to matters concerning their own situation."

In this respect, the Governing Body approved practical arrangements, especially as regards the efficient time management of the discussion and requested that those arrangements be promptly brought to the knowledge of all Member States.

• Minutes of the 347th Session of the Governing Body
• Work plan on the strengthening of the supervisory system: Proposals on further steps to ensure legal certainty (GB.347/INS/5)
• Background document for the Tripartite Meeting on C87, in relation to the right to strike and the modalities and practices of strike action at national level (GB.323/INS/5/Appendix III)
• The standards initiative: Follow-up to the 2012 ILC Committee on the Application of Standards (GB.322/INS/5)
• Office Note: Special GB sessions – Past practice
• Office note: Special sessions of Governing Body-Origin and evolution of applicable rules

• Correspondence relating to the referral request
• Comments received from constituents on the referral request (as of 12 October, in the language of submission)