Decision concerning the agenda of the International Labour Conference

Record of decisions | 20 March 2018

The Governing Body decided:

(a) to place on the agenda of the 108th Session of the Conference (2019), beyond the standing items (reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General, programme and budget and other questions and information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations):

    (i) a standard-setting item (second discussion) on violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work;

    (ii) an item related to the future of work initiative with a view to the adoption of an important outcome document, possibly a declaration and to request the Director General to further develop the nature and format of the item and to present first ideas regarding the outcome document for further consideration by the Governing Body in November 2018; and

    (iii) an item related to the organization of debates and events connected to the Centenary, and to request the Director-General to further develop the nature and format of the item for further consideration by the Governing Body in November 2018;

(b) to request the Office to take note of the guidance provided in relation to the setting of the Conference agenda beyond 2019; and

(c) to provisionally place an item on the approval of the proposed amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, on the agenda of the 107th Session (2018) of the Conference, subject to the submission of any amendments adopted by the Special Tripartite Committee in April 2018.

(GB.332/INS/2, paragraph 32, as amended by the Governing Body.)