Speaking in plenary

Speakers accredited either as delegates or as “advisers and substitute delegates” acting on behalf of delegates.

One delegate or attending minister representing the Government, one delegate representing the Employers and one delegate representing the Workers may participate in the discussion in respect of each Member State. A visiting Head of State or Government may speak in addition to the Government delegate or minister.

No speaker may speak in the discussion more than once, except in those cases when a speaker is granted a right to reply by the Conference plenary chairing officer.

Submit your request in advance through the registration form , including the name, country, group (whether government, employer or worker delegate, invited international organization), and contact information of the speaker, including a mobile number in case of urgent need.

Please note this is only to register to speak in the plenary during the discussion of the Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General. To speak in the plenary during the adoption of Committee reports, please contact the secretariats of the respective committees.

The time limit for speeches is set at a maximum of five minutes and will be strictly applied to all statements.

For participants’ information, allowance corresponds to approximately two typewritten double-spaced A4 pages (or 600 words), read at a speed that allows accurate simultaneous interpretation, that is 120 words per minute.